Porter Wagoner Net Worth: Age, Height, Weight, Bio

Porter Wagoner Net Worth

How rich is Porter Wagoner? For this question we spent 18 hours on research (Wikipedia, Youtube, we read books in libraries, etc) to review the post.

The main source of income: Musicians
Total Net Worth at the moment 2024 year – is about $89,2 Million.

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Biography

Porter Wagoner information Birth date: August 12, 1927 Death date: 2007-10-28 Birth place: West Plains, Missouri, USA Profession:Soundtrack, Actor

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How tall is Porter Wagoner – 1,65m.
How much weight is Porter Wagoner – 77kg

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Biography,Early life and careerWagoner (l) with Red Gale and Don Warden in a 1956 publicity photoWagoner was born in West Plains, Missouri, the son of Bertha May (nee Bridges) and Charles E. Wagoner, a farmer. His first band, the Blue Ridge Boys, performed on radio station KWPM-AM from a butcher shop in his native West Plains, Missouri where Wagoner cut meat. In 1951, he was hired by Si Siman as a performer on KWTO in Springfield, Missouri. This led to a contract with RCA Victor.With lagging sales, Wagoner and his trio played schoolhouses for the gate proceeds, but in 1953, his song Trademark became a hit for Carl Smith, followed by a few hits of his own for RCA Victor. Starting in 1955, he was a featured performer on ABC-TVs Ozark Jubilee in Springfield, Missouri. He often appeared on the show as part of the Porter Wagoner Trio with Don Warden and Speedy Haworth. Warden, on steel guitar, became Wagoners long-time business manager. In 1957, Wagoner and Warden moved to Nashville, Tennessee, joining the Grand Ole Opry.Like many of his contemporaries in country music, Wagoner toured and performed outdoors for fans at American Legion houses in rural towns. Fans sat on wooden benches facing what was often a makeshift stage. Wagoner would mingle with the audience during performance breaks and usually remembered the names of the towns he visited.Chart successWagoners 81 charted records include A Satisfied Mind (No. 1, 1955), “Misery Loves Company” (No. 1, 1962), “Ive Enjoyed as Much of This as I Can Stand” (No. 7, 1962–1963), “Sorrow on the Rocks” (No. 5, 1964), “Green, Green Grass of Home” (No. 4, 1965), “Skid Row Joe” (No. 3, 1965–1966), “The Cold Hard Facts of Life” (No. 2, 1967), and “The Carroll County Accident” (No. 2, 1968–1969).Among his hit duets with Dolly Parton were a cover of Tom Paxtons The Last Thing on My Mind (1967), Well Get Ahead Someday (1968), Just Someone I Used to Know (1969), Daddy Was An Old Time Preacher Man, (1970), Better Move it on Home (1971), The Right Combination (1972), Please Dont Stop Loving Me (No. 1, 1974) and Making Plans (No. 2, 1980). He also won three Grammy Awards for gospel recordings.Television seriesWagoner and Dolly Parton, 1969His syndicated television program, The Porter Wagoner Show, aired from 1960 to 1981. There were 686 30-minute episodes taped, the first 104 (1960–66) in black-and-white and the remainder (1966–81) in color. At its peak, his show was featured in over 100 markets, with an average viewership of over three million.[citation needed] Reruns of the program air on the rural cable network RFD-TV and its sister channel in the UK Rural TV.The shows usually featured opening performances by Wagoner with performances by Norma Jean, or later Parton, and comedic interludes by Speck Rhodes. During Partons tenure, she and Wagoner usually sang a duet. Each episode also featured a guest who would usually perform one or two songs. A spiritual or gospel performance was almost always featured toward the end of the show, generally performed by either Wagoner or Parton, or the shows guest star, or occasionally the entire cast. After Dolly left the show, Porter began taping the show at Opryland USA in various locations around the park.The shows had a friendly, informal feel, with Wagoner trading jokes with band members (frequently during songs) and exchanging banter with Parton and Howser. In 1974, Dolly Partons song I Will Always Love You, written about her professional break from Wagoner, went to number one on the country music charts.Wagoners stage alter ego was Skid Row Joe. The cast included:Singer Norma Jean (1960–1965)Singer Jeannie Seely (1965–1966)Singer Dolly Parton (1966–1974)Singer Barbara Lea (1974–1976)Singer Linda Carol Moore (1976–1978)Singer Mel Tillis (1968 regular)Comedian/stand-up bass Curly Harris (1960–mid-60s)Announcer Don HowserThe Wagonmasters1961Don Warden on steel guitarLittle Jack Little on fiddleBenny Williams on banjo and guitar (1961)Speck Rhodes Comedian/stand-up bassMid 1960sBuck Trent on banjo and guitarGeorge McCormick on rhythm guitarMack Magaha on fiddleRay Downs on rhythm guitar and vocalMichael Treadwell on bass guitarAfter 1974Bruce Osborn – lead guitarFred Newell on banjo/guitar/mandolinDave Kirby on guitarStu Basor on steel guitar/dobroBobby Dyson on bassJerry Carrigan on drumsMack Magaha on fiddleLater workWagoner brought James Brown to the Grand Ole Opry, produced a rhythm & blues album for Joe Simon, and appeared in the Clint Eastwood film Honkytonk Man. During the mid-1980s, Wagoner formed an all-girl group, The Right Combination, named after one of his hit records with Parton. He also hosted Opry Backstage during the 1990s on The Nashville Network. Though Partons departure caused some animosity on both sides, the two reconciled in the late 1980s and appeared together a number of times in the following years, Parton inducted Wagoner into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2002.Wagoner made a guest appearance on the HBO comedy series Da Ali G Show in 2004, its second season, interviewed by Borat Sagdiyev.On July 14, 2006, he underwent surgery for an abdominal aneurysm.[citation needed]Wagoner was honored on May 19, 2007 at the Grand Ole Opry for both his 50 years of membership and his 80th birthday. It was telecast on GACs Grand Ole Opry Live that day with artists including Parton, Stuart and Patty Loveless. Grand Ole Opry Live host Nan Kelley was part of the birthday celebration as well.On June 5, 2007, Wagoner released his final album called Wagonmaster. The album was produced by Marty Stuart for the Anti- label. The album received the best reviews of Wagoners career and briefly charted on the country charts, a music video was also produced of one of the tracks, a cover of Johnny Cashs Committed to Parkview. He toured during the summer of 2007 to promote the album, including a late-July appearance on Late Show with David Letterman. One of these was to open for the rock group The White Stripes at a sold-out concert at Madison Square Garden in New York City.FamilyWagoner was married twice, to Velma Johnson for less than a year in 1943, and then to Ruth Olive Williams from 1946 to 1986, though they separated 20 years before the divorce. He was survived by his three children, Richard, Denise and Debra.DeathUntil his final illness, Wagoner appeared regularly on the Grand Ole Opry and toured actively. He died from lung cancer in Nashville on October 28, 2007, with his family and Dolly Parton at his side. Wagoners funeral was held November 1, 2007, at the Grand Ole Opry House. He is buried at Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Nashville.

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