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The Essential Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0078636685823
Label: RCA
Manufacturer: RCA
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: RCA
Release Date: June 18, 1996
Studio: RCA
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Editorial Review:
Before George (Jones) and Tammy (Wynette), before Conway (Twitty) and Loretta (Lynn), there was Porter and Dolly (1967-1974), originally brought together on Porter's laxative-sponsored TV show. With Wagoner's steady baritone anchoring Parton's gossamer soprano, the two breathed such emotional life into their songs of heated love and marital strife that many of their fans thought the pompadoured Porter and the cantilevered Dolly were husband and wife. While the majority of their duet albums included a dead-baby-gone-to-Jesus special, this compilation happily eschews all religious references except Dolly's gospelish tribute to her grandfather, "Daddy Was an Old-Time Preacher Man." What satisfies most is the carefully constructed harmonies, the two voices sliding in and out of prominence, then launching into a thrilling mix and breaking and gliding again. When they hit their stride on "Holding on to Nothin'," the most dramatic and cathartic performance here, they take a back seat to no other duet team in history. -Alanna Nash
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - Tuneful gems
In its immortal duets, this classic album offers traditional country in all its splendid variety. There are the beautiful slow ballads like Yours Love, Always Always, Lost Forever In Your Kiss, Say Forever You'll Be Mine and Just Someone I Used To Know, a real tear-jerker. The Right Combination and If Teardrops Were Pennies are two of the best uptempo love songs whilst Daddy Was An Old Time Preacher Man, written by Dolly, is uplifting gospel at its best with an irresistible beat and propulsive rhythmic ... Read More
Rating: - Dolly and Porter
Just wanted some of Porter and Dolly music. They sound so good and Dolly is so young. Just wanted some of her beginning music.
Rating: - Classic Dolly and Porter
I bought this CD for my mom who is a HUGE Dolly Parton and Porter Waggoner fan - she loves it. She says it has all the "oldies but goodies" on it from Dolly's early days. Every time I visit she has it playing in her CD player, so for any Dolly/Porter fan I think this is a great gift idea! Mom gives it 5 stars!!
Rating: - One Of The Unlikeliest Duos Ever - And One Of The Very Best
Porter and his loud suits and Dolly with her big - er .. hair were the perfect foils for those in the media who liked to pick on Country music stars. But their perfect harmony on some of the best Country tunes ever penned [by themselves as well as Ray Griff, Jack Clement, Jerry Chesnut, Tom Paxton, Harlan Howard, Carl Butler, Johnny Russell, and Joyce McCord] soon shut them up.
From 1967 to 1980 they collaborated to put 20 selections onto the Country charts, thirteen of them in the Top 10, ... Read More
Rating: - More of Their Greatest HIts than--Their "Greatest Hits"!!
Porter Wagoner, from West Plains, MO and Dolly Parton, from Sevierville, TN had 20 Billboard duet hits from 1967 to 1980. This CD comprises ALL of those songs. Porter and Dolly were NOT husband and wife. (Combined the two produced 154 (!) chart hits from 1954-1995). The tracks follow in almost the exact sequence of their release. Favorites are always subjective but this reviewer especially liked "If Teardrops Were Pennies", "Is Forever Loner Than Always", "Making Plans" and a wailing ... Read More
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