Porter Wagoner

Porter Wagoner was an American singer, singer-songwriter, bandleader, musician and actor (1927–2007). He was born at West Plains and died at Alive Hospice.

Overview

Recorded at birth as Porter Wayne Wagoner.

Born at West Plains in 1927, died at Alive Hospice in 2007.

Catalogued works

9 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service and Wellcome Collection.

Please Don't Stop Loving Me. Zuurberg Pass, South Africa: a wagon road. Woodburytype, 1888, after a photograph by Robert Harris., dated 1888, held by Wellcome Collection. Meiring's Poort, South Africa: a mountain pass with horses and wagon. Woodburytype, 1888, after a photograph by Robert Harris., dated 1888, held by Wellcome Collection. Johannesburg, South Africa: wagons and bullocks gathering in Market Square. Photograph by Robert Harris, 1888., dated 1888, held by Wellcome Collection. Natal, South Africa: a wagon crossing the Umkomas River. Woodburytype, 1888, after a photograph by Robert Harris., dated 1888, held by Wellcome Collection. Barrington's Mountain Pass, South Africa: a road with a wagon. Woodburytype, 1888, after a photograph by Robert Harris., dated 1888, held by Wellcome Collection. Johannesburg, South Africa: bullocks yoked to loaded wagons at the morning market. Woodburytype, 1888, after a photograph by Robert Harris., dated 1888, held by Wellcome Collection. Natal, South Africa: a wagon crossing a river on the road to The Umzinto. Woodburytype, 1888, after a photograph by Robert Harris., dated 1888, held by Wellcome Collection. Van Staaden's Pass, South Africa: a river crossing on the Cape Road with horses and wagon. Woodburytype, 1888, after a photograph by Robert Harris., dated 1888, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 17 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Wagoner, Porter, Oxford Music Online, 2015. Wagoner, Porter (12 Aug. 1927–28 Oct. 2007), country music singer, American National Biography Online, 2023. A Satisfied Mind: The Country Music Life of Porter Wagoner, Notes, 1994. Wagoner, Henry O., African American Studies Center, 2013. Wagoner, Henry O., Sr., African American Studies Center, 2006.

Digitised editions and texts

10 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

Bringing Home The Bacon (1953) — Internet Archive. The Porter Wagoner Show (1963) — Internet Archive. An Angel Made Of Ice (1953) — Internet Archive. The Best of Country & West - RCA Victor SRS-555 - Side B (1966) — Internet Archive. On The Road--The Porter Wagoner Show With Norma Jean And The Wagonmasters (1966) — Internet Archive. More Grand Old Gospel (1967) — Internet Archive. WWCR 25m. World Wide Country Radio. Fri. 2026-07-31 T 17.00.20 Z 12160.0kHz (2026) — Internet Archive. In Person Recorded Live (1964) — Internet Archive. Live From Gilley's — Internet Archive. The Porter Wagoner Show (1961-79) (1961) — Internet Archive.

Evidence base

This article draws on 4 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 4 means 4 genuinely separate publishers of record. 15 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

the recorded working language is English.

Subjects and genres recorded for the work are country music.

Membership is recorded of Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton.

Chronology

  1. 1888Zuurberg Pass, South Africa: a wagon road. Woodburytype, 1888, after a photograph by Robert Harris. (Wellcome Collection).
  2. 1888Meiring's Poort, South Africa: a mountain pass with horses and wagon. Woodburytype, 1888, after a photograph by Robert Harris. (Wellcome Collection).
  3. 1888Johannesburg, South Africa: wagons and bullocks gathering in Market Square. Photograph by Robert Harris, 1888. (Wellcome Collection).
  4. 1888Natal, South Africa: a wagon crossing the Umkomas River. Woodburytype, 1888, after a photograph by Robert Harris. (Wellcome Collection).
  5. 1888Barrington's Mountain Pass, South Africa: a road with a wagon. Woodburytype, 1888, after a photograph by Robert Harris. (Wellcome Collection).
  6. 1927Porter Wagoner born at West Plains.
  7. 1953An Angel Made Of Ice digitised by Internet Archive.
  8. 1953Bringing Home The Bacon digitised by Internet Archive.
  9. 1963The Porter Wagoner Show digitised by Internet Archive.
  10. 1964In Person Recorded Live digitised by Internet Archive.
  11. 1966The Best of Country & West - RCA Victor SRS-555 - Side B digitised by Internet Archive.
  12. 1966On The Road--The Porter Wagoner Show With Norma Jean And The Wagonmasters digitised by Internet Archive.
  13. 1967More Grand Old Gospel digitised by Internet Archive.
  14. 2007Porter Wagoner died at Alive Hospice.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

    “Porter Wagoner”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    Consult the source
  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q712139: Porter Wagoner

    Consult the source

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