In 1967, Dolly Parton began appearing on The Porter Wagoner Show. When she met with Wagoner, she had no idea that he would offer her the life-changing role. Still, she was quick to accept it. It was a particularly good stroke of luck, as Wagoner wanted little to do with Parton before he met her.
Porter Wagoner didn’t want Dolly Parton on his show
In the latter half of the 1960s, Parton began making a name for herself in Nashville.
“Everybody you ran into was talking about Dolly Parton. Everybody,” journalist Bill Littleton recalled in the book Dolly by Alanna Nash. “They all had a Dolly Parton story, they all knew her, and everybody had been to lunch with her. It was like the town had adopted her, and she was the fair-haired child. Every time you’d turn around. There was no way to stop her.”
Porter Wagoner and...
Porter Wagoner didn’t want Dolly Parton on his show
In the latter half of the 1960s, Parton began making a name for herself in Nashville.
“Everybody you ran into was talking about Dolly Parton. Everybody,” journalist Bill Littleton recalled in the book Dolly by Alanna Nash. “They all had a Dolly Parton story, they all knew her, and everybody had been to lunch with her. It was like the town had adopted her, and she was the fair-haired child. Every time you’d turn around. There was no way to stop her.”
Porter Wagoner and...
- 5/15/2024
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
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