Porter Wagoner

1970 | Peak: #40

It’s a shame that radio didn’t embrace this one.

1969 | Peak: #11

Far too polite and matronly to make for an interesting country record.

1968 | Peak: #51

“I write a lot of sad songs. Some of them are just plum pitiful.” – Dolly Parton

1968 | Peak : #5

Porter & Dolly scored a double-sided hit single in 1968, with both sides establishing a subgenre within their catalog.

The A-side, “We’ll Get Ahead Someday”, became their first top five hit. It’s the first single of theirs that casts them as the playfully quarreling husband and wife.

When the chemistry is there, it’s there from day one. The pairing of Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton was electric, and all of the elements that made it work were clearly evident on their first single.