Porter 'n' Dolly is the eleventh collaborative studio album by Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton. It was released on August 19, 1974, by RCA Victor. The album was produced by Bob Ferguson. It peaked at number eight on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. The album's single, "Please Don't Stop Loving Me", peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, becoming Porter and Dolly's only song to top the chart.
Recording sessions for the album took place on May 23 and 24, 1974, at RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee. These two sessions produced eight of the album's ten tracks. The two other tracks were recorded during sessions for previous albums. "Sounds of Nature" was recorded during a September 30, 1971 session for the 1972 album The Right Combination • Burning the Midnight Oil and "Together You and I" was recorded during a May 2, 1972 session for the 1972 album Together Always.
Dolly would later re-record two songs from this album. She re-recorded "The Fire That Keeps You Warm" for her 1976 album All I Can Do and "Together You and I" for her 2011 album ?Better Day.
The album was released August 19, 1974, on LP, cassette, and 8-track.
?"Please Don't Stop Loving Me" received the Country Award from BMI in 1975.
Personnel Credits are adapted from the original album liner notes and the 2014 box set, Just Between You and Me: The Complete Recordings, 1967–1976.
Joe Babcock – background vocals Stu Basore – steel guitar Lea Jane Berinati – background vocals Tom Brannon – background vocals Herb Burnette – art director Jerry Carrigan – drums Jimmy Colvard – electric guitar Pete Drake – steel guitar Bobby Dyson – bass Dolores Edgin – background vocals Bob Ferguson – producer Dave Kirby – electric guitar Larrie Londin – drums Lea Jane Singers – background vocals Mack Magaha – fiddle Bruce Osborn – guitar, tremolo Hargus "Pig" Robbins – piano June Page – background vocals Dolly Parton – lead vocals Tom Pick – recording engineer Hope Powell – cover photo Roy Shockley – recording technician Buddy Spicher – fiddle Jerry Stembridge (Chip Young) – rhythm guitar Wendellyna Suits – background vocals Bobby Thompson – banjo, rhythm guitar Buck Trent – electric banjo Sharon Vaughn – background vocals Porter Wagoner – lead vocals Ernest West – background vocals ?Jerry Whitehurst – piano
