Porter Wagoner
The Essential Porter Wagoner
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October 19 - 25, 2025
Year of Release: 1997
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A Satified Mind
Company's Comin'
Eat Drink And Be Merry
(Tomorrow You'll Cry)
What Would You Do
(If Jesus Came
To Your House)
Tryin' To Forget The Blues
I Thought I Heard
You Call My Name
Your Old Love Letters
Misery Loves Company
I've Enjoyed As Much Of This
I Can Stand
Sorrow On The Rocks
Green Green Grass Of Home
I'll Go Down Swinging
Skid Row Joe
The Cold Hard Facts Of Life
The Carroll County Accident
Big Wind
The Last One To Touch Me
What Ain't To Be
Just Might Happen
Highway Headin' South
I Haven't Learned A Thing
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Porter Wagoner was a Country legend. Although I, myself, didn't really remember his music while growing up.
He discovered Dolly Parton. Johnny Cash's "Hey Porter" was about this week's artist. The Essential
Porter Wagoner covers his career (1957-1976). Many of the songs from this collection were Top 5/Top10 hits.
He was inducted into the Country Hall of Fame (by Dolly Parton), in 2002. He continued to record albums until 2007.
Porter Wagoner passed away from lung cancer on October 28, 2007, as his family and Dolly Parton at his side. He was
80 years old. He was married twice, and fathered three children, Richard, Denise, and Debra.
The Essential Porter Wagoner collects 20 songs from his career, solo. He recorded a total of 13 albums
with Dolly Parton (1968-1980), as well as albums with Skeeter Davis, and The Blackwood Brothers.
"A Satisfied Mind" (1955; #1), "Company's Coming" (1954; #7), "Eat, Drink And Be Merry (Tomorrow
You'll Cry)" (1955; #3), "What Would You Do (If Jesus Came To Your House)" (1956; #8), "Tryin' To Forget
The Blues" (1956; #11), "I Thought I Heard You Calling My Name" (1957; #11), "Your Old Love Letters"
(1960, #10), "Misery Loves Company" (1962; #1), "I've Enjoyed As Much Of This I Can Stand" (1962; #7),
"Sorror On The Rocks" (1964; #5), "Green Green Grass Of Home" (1965; #4), "I'll Gzo Down Swinging"
(1964; #11), "Skid Row Joe" (1965; #3; a great "talking song"), "The Cold Hard Facts Of Love" (1967; #2),
"The Carroll County Accident" (1968; #2; very Merle Haggard'ish), "Big Wind" (1969; #3), "The Last One
To Touch Me" (1971; #18), "What Ain't To Be, Just Might Happen" (1972; #8), "Highway Headin' South"
(1974; #15), I Haven't Learned A Thing" (1977; #76; with Merle Haggard).
Twenty songs total, 9 Top 5 hits, 4 Top 10 hits. 13 out of 20. A very good collection of his solo recordings.
Porter Wagoner's music is definitely traditional Country music, old-fashioned Country. A very good comparison would be
to Merle Haggard, especially towards the end of the 1960s to the 1970s. If you're looking for True Country, The
Essentail Porter Wagoner is a great choice.
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