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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 ...
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]
The Best of Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton is a compilation album by Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton.It was released on July 19, 1971, by RCA Victor. [1] The album contains tracks from each of their collaboration albums released up to that point, with the exception of 1969's Always, Always.
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 .
Porter Wayne and Dolly Rebecca "Tomorrow Is Forever" 1970 9 34 "Daddy Was an Old Time Preacher Man" 7 12 Once More "Better Move It on Home" 1971 7 8 The Best of Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton "The Right Combination" 14 26 The Right Combination • Burning the Midnight Oil "Burning the Midnight Oil" 11 9 "Lost Forever in Your Kiss" 1972 9 —
During the 1960s, he worked as an old-time fiddler on The Porter Wagoner Show [4] and later worked with the aspiring female star on the show, Dolly Parton. [2] Among the later songs Magaha wrote, "We'll Get Ahead Someday" provided a top-ten country single for Wagoner and Parton in 1968, one of their first duet hits.
The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to Popular Standards. Penguin-Perigee Trade. ISBN 978-0-399-52744-9. Yagoda, Ben (2015). The B-Side: The Death of Tin Pan Alley and the Rebirth of the Great American Song. New York: Riverhead Books. ISBN 978-1-594-48849-8. Zinsser, William (2001). Easy to Remember: The Great American Songwriters and Their Songs ...
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.