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By that time Wagoner had released eighty-one Billboard-charting songs, including forty-nine songs that reached the Top 20, twenty-nine songs that reached the Top 10, and fifteen songs that reached the Top 5. [1] Wagoner's writing credits by 1992 included "about 175" songs according to Eng. [2]
Porter Wayne Wagoner (August 12, 1927 – October 28, 2007) [1] was an American country music singer known for his flashy Nudie and Manuel suits and blond pompadour. In 1967, he introduced singer Dolly Parton on his television show, The Porter Wagoner Show .
1. “We Are Family” by Sister Sledge. Release Year: 1979 Genre: R&B/Soul This bumping disco hit from Sister Sledge is an obvious feel-good choice for a family playlist and a shoo-in for any ...
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas: 1982 [24] Dolly Parton Single A-side [ae] 1982 [167] "Harper Valley PTA" Dolly Parton Tom T. Hall: In the Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad) 1969 [45] "He Left Me Love" Dolly Parton Porter Wagoner My Favorite Songwriter, Porter Wagoner: 1972 [111] "He Rode All the Way to Texas" Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris ...
Ten-year-old Gayla Peevey performed "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" in 1953 and her version remains one of the silliest (and the most popular) Christmas songs on radio waves each year. 6 ...
Isaac Lee Hayes Jr. (August 20, 1942 – August 10, 2008) was an American singer, songwriter, composer, and actor. He was one of the creative forces behind the Southern soul music label Stax Records in the 1960s, [4] serving as an in-house songwriter with his partner David Porter, as well as a session musician and record producer.
The actor announced that the pair recently lost their mother, Cloerinda Jean Johnson Porter-Ford, in an Instagram post to honor her uploaded on Thursday, Feb. 29. She was 79 .
The first of Porter's "list songs", it features a string of suggestive and droll comparisons and examples, preposterous pairings and double entendres, dropping famous names and events, drawing from highbrow and popular culture. Porter was a strong admirer of the Savoy operas of Gilbert and Sullivan, many of whose stage works featured similar ...