#OnThisDay in 2007, #PorterWagoner, American country singer, discovered Dolly Parton ("Y'All Come"; "A Satisfied Mind"), died of lung cancer at 80.
#RIP 🥀

"Green, Green Grass of Home", written by #ClaudeCurlyPutmanJr, and first recorded by singer #JohnnyDarrell in 1965, is a country song made popular by #PorterWagoner the same year, when it reached No. 4 on the Country chart. It was also recorded by #BobbyBare and by #JerryLeeLewis, who included it in his album #CountrySongsForCityFolks (later re-issued as All Country). #TomJones learned the song from Lewis' version and, in 1966, he had a worldwide No. 1 hit with it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1suiNZ-IlU

#OnThisDay in 1927, #PorterWagoner, American country singer, discovered Dolly Parton ("Y'All Come"; "A Satisfied Mind"), born in West Plains, Missouri (d. 2007).
#RIP 🎗

"Green, Green Grass of Home", written by #ClaudeCurlyPutmanJr, and first recorded by singer #JohnnyDarrell in 1965, is a country song made popular by #PorterWagoner the same year, when it reached No. 4 on the Country chart. It was also recorded by #BobbyBare and by #JerryLeeLewis, who included it in his album #CountrySongsForCityFolks (later re-issued as All Country). #TomJones learned the song from Lewis' version and, in 1966, he had a worldwide No. 1 hit with it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYjBpgz2lus

"I Will Always Love You" is a song written and originally recorded in 1973 by American singer-songwriter #DollyParton. Written as a farewell to her business partner and mentor #PorterWagoner, expressing Parton's decision to pursue a solo career, the country single was released in 1974. The song was a commercial success for Parton, twice reaching the top spot of the US #Billboard #HotCountrySongs chart: first in June 1974, then again in October 1982.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKsQR72HY0s

"Green, Green Grass of Home", written by #ClaudeCurlyPutmanJr, and first recorded by singer #JohnnyDarrell in 1965, is a country song made popular by #PorterWagoner the same year, when it reached No. 4 on the Country chart. It was also recorded by #BobbyBare and by #JerryLeeLewis, who included it in his album #CountrySongsForCityFolks (later re-issued as All Country). #TomJones learned the song from Lewis' version and, in 1966, he had a worldwide No. 1 hit with it.
https://youtu.be/bAXkZkGzxWk