Porter Wagoner

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country music singer human television host

Porter Wagoner was an American country music singer and television host best known for his flashy Nudie suits, his long-running TV show, and for launching Dolly Parton’s career as his duet partner.

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Porter Wayne Wagoner 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf country music singer ⓘ
human ⓘ
television host ⓘ
associatedAct Dolly Parton ⓘ
The Wagonmasters ⓘ
awardReceived Grammy Award for Best Gospel or Other Religious Recording ⓘ
surface form: Grammy Award for Best Gospel Performance (Other Than Soul Gospel)

Grammy Award for Best Gospel or Other Religious Recording ⓘ
surface form: Grammy Award for Best Sacred Performance (Non-Classical)
birthName Porter Wagoner self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Porter Wayne Wagoner
burialPlace Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Nashville ⓘ
causeOfDeath lung cancer ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1927-08-12 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2007-10-28 ⓘ
dateOfGrandOleOpryInduction 1957 ⓘ
dateOfHallOfFameInduction 2002 ⓘ
duoPartner Dolly Parton ⓘ
genre country music ⓘ
gospel music ⓘ
honky-tonk ⓘ
hallOfFameInduction Country Music Hall of Fame ⓘ
instrument vocals ⓘ
introducedOnTV Dolly Parton ⓘ
launchedCareerOf Dolly Parton ⓘ
memberOf Grand Ole Opry ⓘ
name Porter Wagoner self-link ⓘ
notableAlbum Confessions of a Broken Man ⓘ
Skid Row Joe ⓘ
“The Carroll County Accident” ⓘ
surface form: The Carroll County Accident

The Cold Hard Facts of Life ⓘ
notableFor The Porter Wagoner Show ⓘ
duet recordings with Dolly Parton ⓘ
flashy Nudie suits ⓘ
notableWork “A Satisfied Mind” ⓘ
“Green, Green Grass of Home” ⓘ
“Misery Loves Company” ⓘ
“The Carroll County Accident” ⓘ
numberOfChildren 3 ⓘ
occupation singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
television presenter ⓘ
placeOfBirth West Plains, Missouri, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Nashville, Tennessee, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordLabel RCA Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
RCA Victor ⓘ
styleCharacteristic Nudie Cohn–designed outfits ⓘ
rhinestone-studded stage suits ⓘ
televisionShow The Porter Wagoner Show ⓘ
televisionShowEndYear 1981 ⓘ
televisionShowStartYear 1960 ⓘ
yearsActive 1950s–2000s ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dolly Parton → associatedAct → Porter Wagoner ⓘ
Parton → associatedAct → Porter Wagoner ⓘ
subject surface form: Dolly Parton
Porter Wagoner → birthName → Porter Wagoner self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Porter Wayne Wagoner
Porter Wagoner → name → Porter Wagoner self-link ⓘ