Pictured l-r: Buck Trent, original member of the Wagonmasters (Porter’s band), Marty Stuart, Dolly Parton, Porter Wagoner and Patty Loveless. Photo by Chris Hollo, Hollophotographics. Copyright Grand Ole Opry 2007.

• Sept. 14, 1961 – The Porter Wagoner Show debuts on 18 TV stations. It remains on the air in syndication until 1979.

• Sept. 21, 1961 – Porter records his second No. 1 single, the Jerry Reed-penned "Misery Loves Company."

• June 7, 1965 – He records the classic "Green, Green Grass Of Home."

• Jan. 4, 1966 – Porter enters Nashville's Parkview Hospital, a psychiatric facility, with exhaustion. His admission comes barely a week after he separated from his wife.

• March 2, 1967 – His Confessions Of A Broken Man album becomes the first Nashville project to win a Grammy for cover art.

• Sept. 5, 1967 – Dolly Parton makes her first appearance on "The Porter Wagoner Show," replacing his former "girl singer," Norma Jean.

• Oct. 10, 1967 – Porter & Dolly record together for the first time.

• Sept. 25, 1971 – Porter Wagoner Boulevard is dedicated in West Plains.

• Feb. 19, 1974 – Dolly announces plans to sever her duet partnership with Porter.

• May 24, 1974 – Porter & Dolly record their only No. 1 hit as a duo, "Please Don’t Stop Loving Me."

• Jan. 31, 1979 – Porter unveils his new disco sound in a Nashville performance. The morning paper, The Tennessean, says the music is "about as disco as Goo Goo clusters."

• March 10, 1979 – James Brown plays the Opry, at Porter’s invitation.