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The Porter Wagoner Show
(1960-1980)

This 20 year series is in many ways the most successful country music half-hour show in history.  Produced in Nashville, virtually every country music performer in the business appeared over the years:

Hank Williams, Jr.
 Mel Tillis
 Jerry Reed
 
Willie Nelson
 Waylon Jennings
 Lester Flatt
 
Bill Monroe
 George Jones
 and many others… 
Marty Robbins
 Merle Haggard
  

And hundreds more; including many now deceased performers such as:

Lefty Frizzell, Webb Pierce, George Morgan, Roy Acuff, Tex Ritter, Conway Twitty, Archie Campbell, Dottie West and many, many more.

It is also of interest as Dolly Parton was the girl singer with the show form 1967 to 1974.  The production values are good and the flavor of the show is up and lively.  There were 686 thirty minute episodes filmed, the first 104 being shot in black and white, the remainder in color.


 
 





this week : dolly parton & porter wagoner
the duets