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Dude, Whitney Houston was like 11 when Dolly wrote this song LOL.
True
Yes bigger but not necessarily better
yeah..... Dolly Parton said: This song made her famous and me rich. She earned about 50 millions out of the Whitney version. And I still think that Dolly's was the better version. She sang it with emotion. Whitney - not so much.
Big facts!
@@normadesmond6017 I always say that Whitney sings it at you, Dolly sings it to you.
No...this is Dolly’s song, she wrote it. Whitney Houston covered it. Needless to say, Dolly cashed in on the royalties, big time.
Dolly said this song put money in the bank, and when Whitney covered it she got enough in royalties to buy the bank 😝
@cooter Actually twice, but I think she's still the only one who ever did it.
she wrote it to porter wagoner
he knew who it was ,everybody with that "fake shocked" look on their face, "Hmmm, I've heard this before ,...Hmmm""""puh-leeze .EVERYBODY ON planet earth has heard it before..I'm talking about W.H. version,Dolly ,maybe not , but everybodys heard Houstons
I love This song but only if Dolly is singing it.
Whitney did a great job with this song, but Dolly's version is like she's singing just for you. She'll always be my favorite.
Yea but Whitney took the song and made it bigger
@@monaewmw not really..... Whitney yes made it popular again....but who got the royalties? Dolly!!!! And also you are looking at the mainstream popularity. You are not looking at the fact that country music is huge and anyone with a brain knows Dolly wrote this! She is known for that song!
Mine too, I like Whitney Houston's version but I love Dolly's
@@monaewmw bigger but not better
@@monaewmw yeah I think that’s the point. Whitney sang a huge ballad full of power. Dolly sang a an emotionally intimate and vulnerable song. Whitney was singing to everyone and Dolly is singing to me…if that makes sense?
Both versions are perfect in their own ways. I love both equally!!
No this was written by Dolly. Elvis wanted to recored it but Dolly wouldn't give up the rights to the song
@Lady Seashell Bikini It wasn't that she didn't want Elvis to sing it, the problem was that Elvis' management wanted Elvis to share in the songwriter's royalties.
@Lady Seashell Bikini What do you mean by "Elvis didn't have the best image?"
Whitney covered this with a grand performance and made Dolly major dollars 💵. Dolly is a great songwriter and her songs are heartfelt.
She takes what she's owed. "Whitney sings it best, and I get the lovely checks"
A Damn gem.
I believe this song was a “hit” three times. Dolly and Whitney were two
Dolly gave Whitney this song and later said "Whitney made millions....I made more millions!"
@@Frau44 it’s actually hit #1 3 times. Twice for Dolly (1974 & 1982) and again for Whitney. Over 100 artists have recorded it and it’s charted for many of them as well. Which is really a testament to how good this song really is.
@@Frau44 was it Willy Nelson who sang it?
Dolly wrote it around 1973, Whitney Houston covered it in early 90s
1967
Hong Kong Phooey 1973 This song was written as a farewell to Porter Wagoner, Dolly’s duet partner at the time.
@@jefferydsmith9966 You know what? I think I got my years mixed up. 1967 was when she started working with Porter. She agreed to 5 years.
So, you're perfectly correct.
Dude at the end literally complimented Dolly for writing the song, come on man.
Yeah, there is "that."
She wrote the song about the "Dude at the end". They were a duo for a while and that was her "Thanks for everything but goodbye....I'm going solo" song to him.
Dolly wrote this song!! There was movie produced, directed and starred by Kevin Costner "The Bodyguard" (excellent movie by the way). Costner hired Whitney Houston to be the female lead (the part was a superstar singer and he knew she would be perfect in the role) and he had another song in mind for her to sing. Whitney said she was not an actress, Costner said he would help her and she would do fine and she did a great job. The song Costner had chosen for the movie ended up being used in another movie that same year so since he always liked this song, he decided on it. Whitney didn't want to do it, she insisted that it was a country song and she didn't do country music. Costner is also a singer and songwriter and he assured her that he could change up the song a bit and help her and she would indeed be able to sing it. This song became the biggest hit of Whitney's career which was sagging a bit before she did this movie due to some issues she had with drugs and an abusive marriage. Dolly is a great and prolific writer, she has written music that she as well as other artists have done for years and a couple of movie soundtracks as well. This is a beautiful song no matter how it is sung and no matter who sings it.
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It was Cosners idea to have Whitney Houston sing Dolly's song
Thank you for this explanation! I knew and had heard bits and pieces of this over the years. 1) I did NOT know Kevin Costner had approached Whitney to be in the Bodyguard with him, 2) NOR that he had chosen this song himself for her to sing, and 3) that it was his SECOND choice after the first one fell through. Do you recall what the first song choice was? Thank you for sharing!
@@le2800 The other song was "What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted."
@@sherryheim5504 Thank you! I liked that song a lot, but I think this song turned out to be the better fit. So, I guess it worked out for the best after all. Those two women made a killing at their banks!!!
This is Dolly's song. Whitney redid it. Both versions are amazing and beautiful. Dolly offers emotion and Whitney offers power :) Dolly was very very proud and honored to have Whitney cover it :)
David Foster rearranged the music into a more contemporary/pop song for WH.
I love how you youngsters do not realize that most good shit today was actually written and sung when your parents were kids......I am 51 years old, and this song was covered by Whitney Houston in the movie, The Bodyguard, many years later! Dolly Parton wrote this song and sung it first on the Porter Wagoner show, which is where she is telling Porter Wagoner, the man in this above video, Goodbye, as she was moving on with her life in the music industry......Porter Wagoner hired Dolly Parton to be an entertainer on his show back in the late 1960's early 1970's. Back then, most entertainers were under contracts with studios for multi-year deals, and you were pretty much locked into that role until the contract ran out....they used to "own" people, so to speak. The above video is from the Porter Wagoner show, which is where Dolly was locked into a contract by the Nashville Heavy Weight.......As Dolly's profile grew from being on the show, she realized that she had to move on with her career in the Country Music Industry, which meant breaking her contract. Porter Wagoner did not want her to leave his show, but she insisted......on her way out, she wrote Porter Wagoner, her boss, this beautiful song, telling him that as much as she loved him for pulling her out of obscurity, it was time she left the nest......so she wrote this song expressing to him how she felt in appreciation for all that he had done for her.....he was a father figure to her in many ways and as hard as it was to let her out of her contract, it was even harder for Dolly to jump out into the unknown with no safety net. Dolly Parton is one of the most genuine and sweetest singer song writers to ever have been in the business. That is why she is so loved to this day.
I'm 58 and I remember all these great singers, especially how the songs all usually meant something.
Dolly wrote this AND Jolene on the SAME day!!!
That was a good day.
released in 1974 so nowhere near being Whitney's song.
Quick, everyone send the original songs to him and see if he learns who the actual writer of these covers are.
LOL
'I hear this somewhere' jeez
i saw someone else's comment that i agreed with .... Dollys version makes you want to cry and she has accepted the end of a relationship and Whitneys version is sung like you are still coming to terms with heartbreak and makes you want to punch a bloke in the face !!! ;) i like both versions ....dolly for when start drinking ...Whitney for when you are drunk
Whitney was born in 1963. This was 1974 when she was 11 years old
LMAO
And Bodyguard was released in 1992, when Whitney was 29, almost 2 decades after Dolly first made bank with the song.
Have you ever heard of a time machine? Dolly could have heard Whitney sing it and gone back in time to write and record the song.
It says it on the video 1974. Lol! Shouldn’t be a question of who had it first. Growing up I liked the Whitney Houston version more. But as I got older I appreciate the original more. Especially if the singer also wrote the song.
Song was actually written in 1968 and preformed on this show in 1974,it was around a couple years before this tv show
Not only is it Dollys song, but she donates all the royalties from Whitney singing it to black charities in Tennessee. Plus...... she wrote this song AND the song Jolene on the SAME DAY! ! She is an AMAZING lady
There's always a debate about who sang this song better. Whitney has the better vocal performance whereas Dolly sings it with a deeper sincerity. When I hear Whitney's I feel blown away and amazed, when I hear Dolly's I feel like I want to cry.
No. Dolly has the better vocal performance. There's no comparison. It's like comparing oranges and apples. Louder isn't better.
After this broadcast on TV, the song reached #1 on the charts in 1974. When she sang it 8 years later in the movie "Best Little Whore house in Texas", it again reached #1 on the charts. When Whitney Houston sang it 12 years later in 1994, it reached #1 for the third time. That's #1 three times in 20 years.
Yeees! I LOOOVE that movie!
You could also say it reached #1 is 3 separate decades.
Dolly is a true icon, one of the biggest... probably one of the best songwriters of all time!
Seriously! Which part of “I think that’s gotta be one of the prettiest songs you’ve ever written.”, didn’t you understand?
she wrote it to Porter wagoner, she was leaving the show and he didnt want her to go
My favorite Dolly quote is "It takes a lot of money to look this cheap."
She also stated that if it's saggin, baggin, or draggin....it was time to get it nipped, tucked, or plucked. Maybe that was Joan Rivers. Lol
In a Documentary on Dolly Parton.....she talked about this song and how much ot meant to her. But when approached by Elvis Pressley's Manager to sell the Rights to that Song...she turned down the offer. She stated she would always be willing to allow any performer to re-record that song because she was gonna Milk that Old Cow for all it was Worth.
@@jadziadax5365 hahaha Regardless, its still a cool quote.
😂🤣😂💀 I looove her!
In 1966 or 67, Dolly became a regular performer on The Porter Wagner Show. They fought like cats and dogs (Dolly's words). When her contract was up, Dolly was ready to move on. Porter wanted her to stay, even going so far as to tell her she owed it to him. She wrote this song in one night hoping it would explain how she felt and how grateful she was to him. She sat him down and sang it for him. But he was just too angry. She left the show and went out on her own. Porter actually sued her for the rights to the songs she wrote while under contract with him. And he won the suit. Her songs were legally his. Years later, Porter was sick and broke and mostly forgotten, except in Nashville. He was selling all those songs that he had won. Dolly Parton bought all her songs back from him. Dolly has a beautiful heart full of compassion and forgiveness. She felt no sense of justice or revenge. After buying the songs from him, she gifted them back to him.
Even though I loved this song first by Dolly Parton, I also really liked Whitney's version. Whitney Huston's mother, Cissy Huston was one of Elvis Presley's backup singers called "The Sweet Sensations". Cissy Huston later had a stellar career as a gospel singer.
Dolly wrote this song has a goodbye to Porter Wagner, she had been on his show for a couple of years but her talent was way above this show. She and he knew it and this was Dollys way of saying goodbye
Dolly joked years later when she recorded the song she earned enough money to put a few bucks in the bank and when Whitney sung it she bought the bank. The success of that recording inspired other artists to record her music and she made the most money in her career over the next decade as she has written over 3,000 songs.
Dolly wrote this for Porter Wagoner who gave her her start in the business. She was leaving his show to go out on her own and wanted to thank him. He initially was ok with it but turned sour on it and her when his ratings slumped without her. But when he was in dire straits and needed cash, he put his entire music catalog up for sale. She bought it and then gave it back to him later as a gift. When he was on his death bed, she would sit with him and sing to him. I Will Always Love You was a number one hit in three decades in a row. 1970s when she wrote it and first recorded it. 1980s when it was on the soundtrack of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. And, then in the 1990s when Whitney Houston covered it and took it to number one. Recently, it was honored in the multi-star video, Forever Country: Artist of Then, Now, and Forever th-cam.com/video/E2pAslx5az8/w-d-xo.html. She once jokingly said, "Whitney can have the credit, as long as I get the check."
First of all, Dolly Parton wrote "I will always love you" and also another song called "Jolene" back in 1974. Jolene at the time was with her very desr friend on a tv show. She said that she would stay for about five years and then she said she was going to go on her own which she did. She wrote this song "I will always Love You" and sang it right before she left and left him in tears. Over the years, Dolly Parton has written over 3,000 songs, has whole nunch of Grammy Awards and Oscars too and as a matter of fact Life Achievement Awards. She can play about five or six musical instruments very, very well. Dolly has a net worth of over 650 million dollars and is not only a Hall of Famer but is also referred to as "The Queen of Country Music". Wh h she is. To this day she continually is helping out the poor and the homeless and donating to all kinds of charties. When Dolly Parton wrote " I will Always Love You" she was twenty seven years old. Whitney Houston was born August 9, 1963. What does that tell you? As time went on there was ao a movie valled "The Bodyguard" with producer Kevin Costner. He helped Whitney s whole lot. And though Whitney had a Super Beautiful Voice this was the song that she had to sing. She told Costner that she couldn't sing it because it was country and she didn't sing vountry. He allowed her to even vhange a few words at the beginning which she did, sang it and the slow as well as Dolly's song became a big success. Naturally Dolly had given her😂 Whitney Houston permission not only to sing her song but as long as the checks kept coming in, she could even call it her song which she did. Dolly gave Whitney Houston the right to do that to the pretty little song that she had written. But anyway could you please play another song by Dolly Parton for me? It's called "Me and Little Andy". And please let me know what you think of it. Have a Blessed Evening. Adios.
The man sitting beside her is the one she wrote this song to and for, Porter Wagner
this is the first i heard of this what a jackass telling her after this perfomance this was her best song basicaly congratulating himself or what ? and why has dolly taken credit for writting it all these years and more importantly made all the royalties on it?
where did you get this information from cause everything else but you when i research says dolly parton wrote that
Ray Ray, read the comment again. SHE wrote the song as a goodbye to Porter Wagner. It's her song.
Whitney Houston was born in 1963 and this song was released 1974 Whitney was only 11 years old when this song was released
Both versions are great. And you know what, you don't have to choose. You can listen to them both back to back if you want to.
She wrote this song and "Jolene" on the same day!!!
I've watched so many people of color watch this, and they just can't believe Whitney didn't write it! haha Dolly has written over 3,000 songs in here lifetime! Dolly said in an interview; this song had me able to put money in the bank, but years later when Whitney covered it, i was able to buy the bank!
Bryan S. What the hell does people of color have to do with it. You don’t think people of pale skin didn’t know this either. Could of left color out of it bud. Your whole statement sounds racist.
@@theghost8593 Dude don't be ignorant, We actually know the song, when it was written and who originally did it! I exclusively watch A.A.'s reaction video's just to watch their face of disbelief when they find out something they had no clue about! And you were another classic case of someone black who only knew of Whitney's version. Amazes me though white and black folks never look to where a song originates from when they first hear it. Me being a musician always looks to the writing credits. I hate lazy people who just take for granted one is an original when it was actually done before or multiple times! "Tennessee Whiskey" is a fine example People still think Chris Stapleton wrote that tune.....when it was written in 1981 and had been covered by other artist!! "Dean Dillion and Linda Hargrove" wrote it! Or Unchained Melody, made popular through the Righteous Brothers and again through the movie Ghost! Again written years before and covered by others before! Get educated, research, and look like possibly you have something between your ears.
Bryan S. Your racist antics are speaking through your text. You can’t say “WE” then go along to say “white and black.” Sounds like a secret racist trying to slick justify yourself. I don’t care if you was a musician or wrote the song yourself. You didn’t have to call us people of color. Then goes to call us A.As. What the fuck is that. We have a name. You should really think about the things that you type. I’m sure you wouldn’t dare speak in this nature to any African American face to face. Please don’t be rude behind a phone or keyboard. I would fault your parents for this horrible way of thinking but your actually old enough to have something between your ears and you wasted your knowledge on being a dickhead racist. Your a terrible person and blindly part of the problem. You don’t deserve life.
@@theghost8593 You're the racist GHOST! Bryan made an observation, that was 100% obvious! And so what if he watches Black folks react to Country, Rock, Heavy Metal. That's his choice. But he was dead on in his comments to you!!There was absolutely NOTHING racist in his comments. Don't be one of those young blacks, that all the sudden gets triggered by what a white person says and turn in on them. That's fucking WEAK!! You best wake up and become a man!! Your last comment sounded like a real bitch to me! And yes i'm BLACK!!
KELLEN Slater what bro? You sound stupid af. When the fuck did people start calling black people “AA’s” or Blacks” wtf are you saying? That’s like calling him “CA” like wtf? Yea you might be black but you definitely not a real nigga on no level. You really a white man under all that shit.
The song has been released 4 times since Dolly wrote it and has been #1 each time on the charts.
Dolly wrote over 3k sings, and sang hundreds. Whitney had songs written for her, or did covers. This is one of the songs Whitney covered.
Dolly wrote this song. She went to #1 on the charts. Then she rerecorded it for the Movie, Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and it again went to # 1. Then Whitney recorded it for the movie The Bodyguard and she had a # 1 hit with it. Dolly once said her own version was money in the bank but Whitney’s version made enough to buy the bank.
One of her biggest hits was Jolene.
Dolly also wrote Nine to Five for the movie of the same name. She had a # 1 hit with it and received an academy award nomination for it. She was also one of the stars in the movie.
Dolly has accomplished so much it would be impossible to list it here. Dolly is a country music legend but she has the kind of voice that transcends genres.
She also recorded it as a duet with Vince Gill a couple years after the bodyguard and it went to #15, which is not as successfull as the other versions, but it was a hit each time she recorded it.
Whitney Houston had a big hit with a cover of this song for the movie, the Bodyguard.
Dolly said in an interview that she was driving and listening to the radio when Whitney's version came on and she was absolutely floored, had to pull over to finish listening because Whitney's take was so different and so powerful and amazing and she LOVED IT and knew from then on it was Whitney's. She originally wrote it for Porter Wagoner to tell him goodbye when she quit working for him, but Whitney's version told her it was more than the sum of its parts
This is her song and written as a fair well to Porter
Yep she wrote it...and “Jolene” on the same day!
"I Will Always Love You" is a song written and originally recorded in 1973 by American singer-songwriter Dolly Parton.[1] Her country version of the track was released in 1974 as a single and was written as a farewell to her former business partner and mentor of seven years, Porter Wagoner, following Parton's decision to leave The Porter Wagoner Show and pursue a solo career.
Dolly wrote this song for her ex coworker.
Without her making this Whitney would of never sang it.
Never understood the hype over Whitney's cover of this song as her version has none of the soul and heart that Dolly put into her song in the first place.
Mostly because Whitney’s cover is very vocally impressive.
Damn, Dolly Parton was a real beauty and had a voice to accompany that softness and grace she carried. What a babe.
Dolly's first release of this song hit number one. Her second release hit number one, too. When she licensed the song to Whitney Houston, it hit number one for the third time. Dolly Parton wrote *I Will Always Love You* and sang it on air for the first time here, her last day on the Porter Wagoner Show. He's the fella who came out at the end of the song.
This was Dolly's goodbye to Porter Wagoner. She promised him five years and then she'd go out on her own.
Dolly wrote this song and it hit the top of the country music charts when she released it
number 1 on more than one occasion
Dolly had a tv show back in the 80's (after she was already a big star) and I remember that she closed every episode by singing this song that she wrote.
Dolly wrote this when Whitney was about 11 years old. Over the years, many artists wanted to cover it, including Elvis Presley but they didn't allow it until Whitney and I saw Dolly Parton, just a clip of an interview and she said Whitney's voice, she just had to say yes and she said "You know, Whitney made millions off that song but you know what I made?.....MORE MILLIONS!!!!!"
Elvis Presley wanted to record this song when Priscilla left him. Dolly wanted Elvis to record this song, too. The problem was Colonel Tom Parker, who managed Elvis, said they had to have 50% of the royalties. Dolly, being the keen businesswoman she is, said absolutely not. Parker wouldn't budge...insisting on a 50% share. To the disappointment of both Elvis, Dolly, and fans of both, that version never saw the light of day.
I love watching peoples reaction when they find out that Dolly Parton
wrote and sang, 'I will always love you,' and Whitney Huston just did a
cover of the song.
Dolly wrote it for Porter to quit her job. As the writer, she had publishing rights, and she made over $10million in royalties from Whitney's version from "The Body Guard"
It's funny that you're actually not sure if it was Dolly or Whitney who wrote it. Dolly sang it live in 1974, I don't think that Whitney was able to write songs then 😉😂
Actually, Whitney has only co-written 4 songs, and the only one l've heard of is Queen of the night. While Dolly has written over 3000!
Dolly wrote the song and she released it twice in the 1970’s with it becoming #1 on the country charts twice, and it became her most famous song. Whitney Houston did a cover of the song with it becoming #1 on the Pop Charts, as well as her most famous song. Dolly donated all the money she made from the Whitney Houston version to African American communities. Dolly donated $200 million for the discovery of one of the vaccines for COVID-19. Dolly is a sweet and gracious lady.
Yes, Dolly wrote this song and, " Jolene " in the same day, Whitney just covered it which, Dolly said she didn't care because, she was laughing all the way to the bank from the royalties on it!
The man in blue,was Porter Wagoner Dolly's boss who didn't want her to leave,so she wrote "I Will Always Love You" for him!❤ She wanted to go out on her own to make records❤
It's Dolly Parton's song COVERED by Whitney Houston...both did an excellent job interpreting.
Dolly wrote this song in 1973, Whitey was like ten years old. Whitney covered this song in the 90's and made Dolly major bucks. Dolly's version was recorded and certified platinum.
Dolly is a prolific songwriter. She loved Whitney's version. She also appreciated the residuals she earned. 😁
Dolly is a philanthropist and a beautiful human being all around. Heart of gold. ❤️
Dude, Dolly wrote and recorded this song is 1974........Whitney sang it in her movie....I heard someone ask Dolly how she felt about Whitney singing it........She said she loved it .....all the way to the Bank......
This is Dolly’s song 100 percent! Dolly gave this song to Whitney Huston for the movie body guard!
HazeBruv, just a thought. When doing future reaction videos maybe you can research the original author of any song, IF the singer isn't that person. Or, as in this video, pleasantly discover that the singer is the original author when someone else has popularized it more😊.
Dolly Parton wrote this song, she was working her first job a TV show long ago and felt it was time for her to leave and go on but their career elsewhere and she wrote this song for the man that shows she was on to say goodbye
No, this is Dolly's song. She wrote it and was the first to sing it on this show.
Many years later, a movie titled THE BODYGUARD was filmed and Whitney Houston
was the main female star in it. She recorded it and it moved from country music to
mainstream music.
Both women made huge amounts of money off of this song.
Please tell me you know that is Dolly's song!!!!!!!!!! Whitney did the most amazing job covering it, she was amazing. With that said, Dolly made this song a #1 hit two times before Whitney sang it. Two wonder singers that I enjoy.
It’s not somebody else’s song. She wrote it. That’s the creator. Whitney covered it.
Dolly wrote the song in 1973. Whitney was a 10 year old child when that song came out. Dolly hit #1 twice with the song. First time was 1974 on the Billboard Country chart. The second time she sung it in a movie and in 1982 it hit the Country chart again at #1. The third time it hit #1 was Whitney on the Billboard top 100 chart in 1992, again when it was in a movie.
Dolly wrote hundreds of songs including this one. All Whitney did was do a cover. They even said at the end of the video that Dolly wrote the song.
Amazingly I just saw this article saying she has written over 3,000 songs, including 25 number one hits!
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_Parton
I think that Whitney was about 9 years old when this hit the charts
Many, many years ago I was in the USAF. My supervisor knew Dolly and her family, he always said Dolly is as sweet, kind and down to earth as she appears. I think it is her sweet kindhearted soul that comes through when she sings this song.
Dolly killed this song too. Hers was the origional. She wrote it too. Her version was country. Whitney's was r&b. Both were great.
Dolly is so beautiful inside and out .
I prefer dollies version... as time has gone on... i used to prefer Whitneys...but Dollys is just so much more real
Dolly wrote this when she was leaving the Porter Wagoner Show. Whitey Houston did sing it. Elvis wanted to sing it but Col. Tom Parker wanted to buy all rights to the song and she said no.
It is so embarrassing that people don't know that Dolly Parton wrote this song.
I love both versions. Whitney has that powerful force that gives you chills. Dolly has that gentle heartbreaking lilt that brings tears to the eye. Beautiful. Both. I do think Dolly’s version feels more personal and for good reason. You can feel it. But both such talented singers. Beautiful.
Dolly wrote a letter (which became this song) telling Porter Wagoner (the man in this video) when her 5 year contract to do his show was up, it was time for her to move on. The song went to number 1. Later, when it was featured in a movie titled The Nest Little Whorehouse In Texas, starring Dolly Parton and Burt Reynolds, it went to number 1 again. Then, Dolly let Whitney Houston sing it for the movie The Bodyguard. The first time she heard Whitney's version on the radio, she was driving down the highway and had to pull over. That's when she realized she was going to make tons of money from the royalties from Whitney's version. For the third time, I Will Always Love You went to number 1 again. Yes, this song was number 1 in the 70s, the 80s, and the 90s. As a side note, Dolly Parton wrote two number 1 songs in the same day...I will Always Love You, and also Jolene.
There's a treasure trove of music that was recorded before you were born, amigo. Seek and ye shall receive.
THIS IS THE ORIGINAL VERSION! WHITNEY HOUSTON'S VERSION IS A COVER.
Dolly WROTE this song
Yeah Whitney Houston covered it , Dolly Parton wrote it in 1973 when she was trying to break her professional career off with Porter Wagoner and he wasn't listening to her so she went home and wrote him this song
It's not Whitney Houston's song. Just because Whitney borrowed this song does not make it Whitney's song. Its Dolly Parton's since 1974 because she wrote it and sang it. This is Dolly Parton's song.
She released a song recently about the Coronavirus called When Life Gets Good Again
Dolly wrote this song. The best version ever.
Ummm....
Whitney Houston sang it beautifully, but Dolly Parton wrote the song and sung it on the Porter Wagner show.
Dolly wrote the song to tell her husband how much she loved him.
Yes. This song was written and sung by Dolly Parton, first, then Whitney Huston covered it later. Dolly always salutes Whitney for taking her song and doing her own spin on it and always praises Whitney’s talent and performance of it. A real classy lady. But yes, it’s Dollys song.
It's Dolly Parton's song. She wrote it. Whitney did sing it, almost 2 decades after Dolly wrote and recorded it. But it absolutely is Dolly Parton's song.
No computer enhancements. Sitting down. Casual. Gorgeous.
Dolly wrote AND popularized this way before Whitney came along. Whitney beautifully refreshed it into the broader mainstream.
Dolly wrote this for Carl Perkins, who ruthlessly screwed her over but, in the end, Dolly had moved on graciously and was at his side when he died. An incredible woman.
Whitney came out with it but Dolly wrote it for Porter Wagner, the man sitting with her here. Whitney's version came out when she did the movie The Bodyguard
This was Dollly's song. She is a great song writer, humanitarian, voice of an angel, funny and sweet as hell. She is an
American icon, no other like her.
You most likely heard Witney Houston sing it on the radio and in a movie
Dolly Wrote This Song When She Was Leaving The Porter Wagner Show.
When Dolly was ask what she thought about Whitney Houston singing her song, Dolly Replied....Whitney sings it perfectly....and she's making me lots of money.
That is 100% written by Miss Dolly’ Parton and there’s a beautiful story about it!!! She allowed Miss Whitney to do a beautiful cover. I still prefer the original as it has way more meaning.
The Story Behind The Song:
It was her goodbye to Mr. Porter Wagoner. Dolly once starred on the show The Porter Wagoner Show, it’s how she got her first big break. She was on the show for five years but started to want to break away and work on her own projects. Mr. Porter Wagoner didn’t want to see Dolly leave his show and it led to a bit of an issue. He refused to listen to why she wanted to go. Dolly wrote this song for him, explaining how she felt. Porter had no choice but to listen, at that point.
After she wrote the song, she shared it with Mr. Porter. She sang it for him and she said he started crying. After that, Dolly revealed that he said, “Well, hell! If you feel that strong about it, just go on - providing I get to produce that record because that’s the best song you ever wrote.”
Dolly wrote this and recorded it when Whitney was about 10 years old so it had been around a LONG time before Whitney covered it. It's been number one about three or four times, the first time when it first came out by Dolly and then years later when Whitney covered it and again when Dolly redid it with Vince Gill and it seems like maybe one more time but I can't remember that one.
I get weary hearing people say, "Oh, Dolly is doing a Whitney Houston song." NO. Whitney did a Dolly Parton song. Dolly didn't seem to mind that people thought this song belonged to Whitney because Whitney's version made a LOT of money for Dolly and I believe she donated ALL the royalties from Whitney's version to various black schools or organizations.
Elvis wanted to record it but his manager, Colonel Parker would only let him record it if Dolly would sell him the rights to it, which means that all future royalties would have been his as well. She refused and at the time she was a fairly unknown and she said she cried all night after turning Elvis down because it would have been quite an accomplishment to have him record her song but something told her that would not be a very wise business decision and turns out she was right. She reportedly said that if I Will Always Love You was the ONLY song she had ever written, she would have been rich if she had never done another thing in her life. However, she did do a LOT of other things including tours and recording songs and she so far has written a few thousand songs. I think Elvis was the loser on this deal.
Dolly has written over 3K songs, including this one. Whitney Houston covered it for the movie Bodyguard with Doll's blessing
That video says 1974 but the show was taped in late 60's
Dolly WROTE this song along with about 3000 other songs
Whitney was singing this song in the mirror with a hairbrush microphone when Dolly wrote this song
Dolly hit number 1 with it twice once in the 70s and again in a movie soundtrack in the 80s then Whitney phoned and asked if she could cover it and Dolly said of course
Whitney Houston covered it and made it a hit in 1992. However, Dolly wrote it, was the first to record it (1974), making it a number in hit on the counter music charts.