Dolly wrote this song for Porter Wagoner. She was the female singer on his weekly show in the 1960’s. When she told Porter she was leaving his show Porter was so mad at her. He told her you are killing your career by leaving. She stormed out after a screaming match between the two. She came back the next day and told Porter “ you sit your ass down and just listen” . After she sang this song to him he told Dolly “ I will let you go BUT, I have to be the producer on that song.
Dolly wrote this as a personal love letter to her boss, because she was leaving his TV show & she wantted to go solo. Whitney did it years later for her movie 'The Bodyguard', where her character was a Diva & her version is a Diva performance. Both are beautiful in their own right. Dolly jokes that Whitney made her rich. LOL
Yes, this is Dolly's song and she said when she asked Whitney to sing it that it was the best thing she ever did bc not only did Whitney do the song justice and sung it amazingly beatiful like she figure she would but she made Alot more money of the song and she's still making money from it to this day.
Dolly is a prolific songwriter. See the earlier comment about her inspiration for this one over 50 years ago. To date she estimates she has written over 6,000 songs.
"American country singer-songwriter Dolly Parton has composed over 5,000 songs throughout her career. The total number of individual song titles she has recorded and released is 956, totaling over 1,100 individual recordings when studio recordings, remixes, and live tracks are combined" "Country music singer-songwriter Dolly Parton wrote the song in 1973 for her one-time partner and mentor Porter Wagoner, from whom she was separating professionally after a seven-year partnership. She recorded it in RCA Studio B in Nashville on June 12, 1973."
If you haven't done so yet, you need to listen to the original version of this song that Dolly sang on the Porter Wagner Show for the first time here, "Dolly Parton - I will always love you (1974)". This was the first time she ever sang it and it was written to be sang to Porter on their show and you can even see Porter in this version. He came and sat beside her when she finnished the song and told her, "you sang it just sorta like you mean it too". And she looked him in the eyes and said, "Well I really did sorta mean it". That moment was priceless.
When ask what she thought about the way Whitney sings her song, she said..."She sings it perfectly and sends me lots of money every time she does!" BTW...Dolly has from the 1st penny given it all to the black Memphis communities...
Music back then didn't need to be screamed to be heard. We all listened with our hearts wide open if someone sang a ballad. Listen to Beth from kiss. Ended up being their only #1 song
@@rogerreimer6787 dunno the amount I just remember interviews of her laughing and saying she was happy with it because each time its played she gets payed
Dolly has written over 5,000 songs in her career this is her most famous. When she heard Whitney Houston singing it on the radio she had to pull over because she couldn't believe how beautiful it was being done. She made millions of dollars off of Whitney's version.
Elvis wanted to sing it also but wanted all of the rights to it. Dolly said no (no one said no to the king of Rock and roll - except for the queen of country)
Whitney Houston was 5 or 6 years old when Dolly wrote this song. Later when Whitney contracted with Dolly to sing and perform this song Dolly said in an interview "it didn't matter to her if people thought this was a Whitney Houston song as long as the royalty checks keep coming and don't bounce". Dooly wrote and performed this song in 1974.
Yeah. Whitney sings it note for note perfect. Like a machine. Perfect. But like a cold cold Machine just belting it out. Dolly sings it with heart, emotion, and WARMTH. You can have the “machine”.
Dolly wrote and sang a sweet love song and Whitney did a big movie theme version. You have to be dramatic to do a movie theme song when the movie is about the dramatic life of a singer. Dolly's voice is amazing, there is no enhancement here at all. This is exactly how she would have sounded singing in your den.
Elvis Presley wanted to record this song but because Colonel Parker demanded writing credits Dolly Parton said “No.” Whitney Houston recorded this song for the 1992 film The Bodyguard and as they say the rest is history.
A very loving reaction ❤🌹! I see 👁👁 that you have reacted to Dolly Parton before: Jolene. I Will Always Love You was released as the second single from Dolly Parton's 1974 album: Jolene. It was written by Dolly Parton. It was produced by Bob Ferguson. The song re-recorded for the 1982 film: Best Little Whorehouse In Texas, movie soundtrack. It reached #1 on the Country chart in 1974. It reached #1 on the Country chart, #17 on the Adult Contemporary chart and #53 on the Hot 100 in 1982. During an interview on The Bobby Bones Show in 2018, Dolly Parton revealed that she wrote the song: "I Will Always Love You", on the same day that she wrote her hit song: "Jolene". Dolly Parton had a variety show in 1976 called: Dolly!, that lasted one season. To close every episode, she would recite the opening lyrics to this song ("And I hope life treats you kind...") and sing it as the credits rolled. This live performance is from that television show. Dolly Parton wrote the song in 1973 for her one-time partner and mentor Porter Wagoner, from whom she was separating professionally after a seven-year partnership. Leaving Porter Wagoner wasn't easy - he thought Dolly Parton was making a mistake and felt she was being disloyal. Dolly Parton played the song to Porter Wagoner the morning after she wrote it as her way of letting him know that her mind was made up and to express how she felt about him. Apparently, it got the message across: Dolly Parton said that Porter Wagoner was in tears when she finished, and he called it "the prettiest song I ever heard". She recorded it in RCA Studio B in Nashville on June 12, 1973. Dolly Parton also performed this song to Porter Wagoner on May 19, 2007, during his Porter 50th Anniversary Celebration at the Grand Ole Opry. "This was my goodbye song to Porter", Dolly Parton said before singing to him. Porter Wagoner was suffering from lung cancer at the time and passed away on October 28, 2007. Dolly Parton was asked during a 2023 appearance on BBC 2 Radio whether it was true that she wouldn’t let Elvis Presley record a version of her 1974 hit song: “I Will Always Love You”. “I wouldn’t let Colonel Tom Parker [record the song]”, she clarified. Colonel Tom Parker, a Dutch-born carnival barker turned music impresario, was Elvis Presley’s longtime manager and known and often criticized for his cutthroat business style. “See, Elvis loved the song. In fact, I talked to Priscilla [Presley] not very long ago, Dolly Parton said. “She said to me: ‘You know, Elvis sang that song to me when we walked down the courthouse steps when we got divorced. He was singing to me ‘I Will Always Love You’”. Dolly Parton recalled that Elvis Presley “loved the song” and had crafted his own take on it. She was so ecstatic about the idea that she initially agreed to watch Elvis Presley as he laid down the track. However, one last-moment snag forced her to call off the whole project. “[T]he night before [the recording session], Colonel Tom Parker calls me and says: ‘Well, you know we don’t record anything with Elvis unless we have publishing on it, or at least half the publishing’”, Dolly Parton remembered. “Well, I said, because I had a No. 1 song on it, I said, ‘This is the most important copyright in my whole publishing company, and I can’t do that’”. “I said [to Parker of the decision]: ‘I’m really sorry,’ and I cried all night. I mean, it was like the worst thing. You know, it’s like: ‘Oh, my God … Elvis Presley’”, she said. “And other people were saying: ‘You’re nuts. It’s Elvis Presley. I mean, hell, I’d give him all of it’. I said, ‘I can’t do that. Something in my heart says, ‘Don’t do that’". Whitney Houston recorded a Soul-ballad arrangement of the song for the 1992 film: The Bodyguard, movie soundtrack. Her version peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for a then-record-breaking 14 weeks. The single was certified Diamond by the RIAA, making it Whitney Houston's first Diamond single, the third female artist who had both a Diamond single and a Diamond album, and becoming the best-selling single by a woman in the U.S. The song was a global success, topping the charts in many countries. With over 24 million copies sold, it became the best-selling global single of all time by a female solo artist. When she won the Best Pop Vocal Performance Female award at the 36th Annual Grammy Awards for her recording, Dolly Parton presented her the award. It was also the world's best-selling single of 1992. She won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year and the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance Female in 1994 for the song. She also won a Grammy Award for Album Of The Year for The Bodyguard - Original Soundtrack Album. Dolly Parton, once again, recorded the song: "I Will Always Love You", in 1995 as a duet with Vince Gill for her album: Something Special. Following an August 26, 1995, performance of the duet at the Grand Ole Opry which aired on TNN, radio stations began giving the duet unsolicited airplay, causing it to debut on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart at number 53. After a performance at the 29th Annual CMA Awards, the song was officially released as a single in November 1995, peaking at number 15 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. This marked the third time Parton had a top 20 hit with the song. The song was nominated at the 38th Annual Grammy Awards for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals and was named Vocal Event of the Year at the 30th Annual CMA Awards. The song found further chart success as part of the "Forever Country" medley, created in 2016 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Country Music Association Awards. The medley also features the songs: "Take Me Home, Country Roads" and "On The Road Again". Dolly Parton performs on the medley, along with 29 other country music artists. The medley debuted at number one on the Billboard US Hot Country Songs chart and number 21 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on October 8, 2016. In 2020, the television special: Dolly Parton - I Will Always Love You, celebrating her legendary singer-songwriting career with archival footage from her early Country days starting with Porter Wagoner in the late 1960s to her success as a crossover Pop superstar a decade later. The song has been covered by many other artists including 📻: Linda Ronstadt, Sarah Washington, Amber Riley, LeAnn Rimes, Charice, Stella Parton, Roch Voisine, Atelier Bossa-Conscious, Amar, Saskia & Serge, Halestorm, Roger Whittaker, John Doe, Angela, Kristin Chenoweth, Rik Waller, Fleur Seule and more. Song Credits 📝: Dolly Parton - lead vocals, guitar Jimmy Colvard - guitar Chip Young - guitar Stu Basore - pedal steel guitar Bobby Dyson - bass Larrie Londin - drums Buck Trent - banjo Bobby Thompson - banjo Mack Magaha - fiddle Johnny Gimble - fiddle Hargus "Pig" Robbins - piano Dolores Edgin - background vocals Hershel Winginton - background vocals Joe Babcock - background vocals June Page - background vocals Legacy 🛡: The song won Dolly Parton Female Vocalist of the Year at the 1975 CMA Awards. The ballad came in at #1 in a 2011 Valentine's Day poll by CMT to find the best love song. "I Will Always Love You" has been recognized by BMI for over ten million broadcast performances. Lyrics 🗒: If I should stay I would only be in your way So I'll go, but I know I'll think of you each step of the way And I will always love you I will always love you Bitter-sweet memories That's all I am taking with me Goodbye, please don't cry We both know that I'm not What you need And I will always love you I will always love you I hope life treats you kind And I hope that you have all That you ever dreamed of And I wish you joy And happiness But above all of this I wish you love And I will always love you I will always love you I will always love you Dolly Parton Info 📰: Dolly Rebecca Parton was born on January 19, 1946 in Pittman Center, Tennessee. She is a singer, songwriter, musician, actress, philanthropist and businesswoman, known primarily for her decades-long career in country music. Her musical influences include: Rose Maddox, Molly O'Day, Roy Acuff, Kitty Wells, George Jones, Brenda Lee and Patsy Cline. She began performing as a child, singing on local radio and television programs in the East Tennessee area. By the age of ten, she was appearing on The Cas Walker Show on both WIVK Radio and WBIR-TV in Knoxville, Tennessee. At 13, she was recording music like the single: "Puppy Love", on a small Louisiana record label called Goldband Records. She appeared at the Grand Ole Opry, where she first met Johnny Cash, who encouraged her to follow her own instincts regarding her music career. After graduating from Sevier County High School in 1964, Dolly Parton moved to Nashville, Tennessee the next day. Her initial success came as a songwriter, having signed with Combine Publishing shortly after her arrival in Nashville. Along with her frequent songwriting partner, her uncle Bill Owens, she wrote several charting singles during this time, including two Top 10 hits for Bill Phillips: "Put It Off Until Tomorrow", and "The Company You Keep" (1966), and Skeeter Davis' number 11 hit song: "Fuel To The Flame" (1967). ****CONTINUE BELOW****
After achieving success as a songwriter for others, she recorded her debut solo album in 1967 called: "Hello, I'm Dolly", which led to success during the remainder of the 1960s both as a solo artist and with a series of duet albums with Porter Wagoner, before her sales and chart peak came during the 1970s and continued into the 1980s. Dolly Parton turned down several offers over the years to pose nude for Playboy magazine, but she did appear on the cover of the October 1978 issue wearing a Playboy bunny outfit, complete with ears. Dolly Parton's albums in the 1990s did not sell as well, but she achieved commercial success again in the new millennium and has released albums on various independent record labels since 2000, including her own record label: Dolly Records. With a career spanning over fifty years, Dolly Parton has been described as a "country music legend" and has sold more than 100 million records worldwide, making her one of the best-selling female artists of all time. Dolly Parton's music includes Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)-certified Gold, Platinum and multi-Platinum awards. She has had 25 singles reach no. 1 on the Billboard country music charts, a record for a female artist (tied with Reba McEntire). She has 44 career Top 10 country albums, a record for any artist, and she has 110 career-charted singles over the past 40 years. She has composed over 3,000 songs, including "I Will Always Love You" (a two-time U.S. country chart-topper, and an international Pop hit for Whitney Houston), "Jolene", "Coat Of Many Colors", and "9 To 5". As an actress, she has starred in films including 9 To 5 (1980) and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982), for which she earned Golden Globe nominations for Best Actress, and Rhinestone (1984), Steel Magnolias (1989), Straight Talk (1992) and Joyful Noise (2012). She has received 11 Grammy Awards out of 50 nominations, including the Lifetime Achievement Award; ten Country Music Association Awards, including Entertainer of the Year and is one of only seven female artists to win the Country Music Association's Entertainer of the Year Award; five Academy of Country Music Awards, also including Entertainer of the Year; four People's Choice Awards; and three American Music Awards. She is also in a select group to have received at least one nomination from the Academy Awards, Grammy Awards, Tony Awards, and Emmy Awards. In 1999, Dolly Parton was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. In 2005, she received the National Medal of Arts. In 2018, Dolly Parton received a second star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, inducted alongside Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris in recognition of their work as a trio. In 2021, she was included on the Time 100, Time's annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. The New York Times called her among the three of America's Most Beloved Divas (alongside Patti LaBelle and Barbra Streisand). In 2022, she was nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, a nomination she had initially declined but ultimately accepted, and was subsequently inducted. In 2023, Dolly Parton was named an Honorary Member of the American Library Association. Outside of her work in the music industry, she also co-owns The Dollywood Company, which manages a number of entertainment venues including the Dollywood theme park, the Splash Country water park, and a number of dinner theatre venues such as The Dolly Parton Stampede and Pirates Voyage. She has founded a number of charitable and philanthropic organizations, chief among them is the Dollywood Foundation, which manages a number of projects to bring education and poverty relief to East Tennessee where she grew up. Recent Work 👷♀: Dolly Parton's Coat Of Many Colors, a made-for-TV film based on Dolly Parton's song of the same name, and featuring narration by Dolly Parton, aired on NBC in December 2015, with child actress Alyvia Alyn Lind portraying the young Dolly Parton. Dolly Parton also had a cameo in the sequel, which aired in November 2016. In June 2018, Dolly Parton announced an eight-part Netflix series, featuring her music career. She is its executive producer and co-star. The series called: Dolly Parton's Heartstrings, aired in November 2019. In December 2019, the biographical documentary: Here I Am, was added to the catalog of the Netflix streaming service. The documentary, a co-production of Netflix and the BBC, takes its name from Dolly Parton's 1971 song. In November 2020, Dolly Parton produced and starred in the Netflix musical film: Dolly Parton's Christmas On The Square, which won her a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie. In November 2021, Dolly Parton was confirmed to be appearing in the final season of the television series: Grace And Frankie, in a guest-starring role, reuniting with her 9 To 5 movie co-stars Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda. In July 2022, Dolly Parton appeared as a simulation of herself on sci-fi show: The Orville, in the episode "Midnight Blue". In December 2022, Dolly Parton appeared in an NBC special titled: "Dolly Parton's Mountain Magic Christmas". On January 17, 2023, Dolly Parton announced she would release her first Rock album, entitled: Rockstar, later that year, during an interview on The View. It will be released on November 17, 2023, and feature collaborations with Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Elton John, Sheryl Crow, Miley Cyrus, Lizzo and amongst others. Dolly Parton still performs her music live on stage in 2024. Hall Of Fame Honors 🏅: During her career, Parton has gained induction into numerous Halls of Fame. Those honors include: Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame (1986) Small Town of America Hall of Fame (1988) East Tennessee Hall of Fame (1988) Country Music Hall of Fame (1999) Songwriters Hall of Fame (2001) Junior Achievement of East Tennessee Business Hall of Fame (2003) The Americana Highway Hall of Fame (2006) Grammy Hall of Fame - "I Will Always Love You 1974 Recording" (2007) Blue Ridge Music Hall of Fame - Songwriter Category (2008) Gospel Music Hall of Fame (2009) Music City Walk of Fame (2009) Country Gospel Music Hall of Fame (2010) Grammy Hall of Fame "Jolene 1974 Recording" (2014) The National Hall of Fame for Mountain Artisans (2014) The Happiness Hall of Fame (2016) East Tennessee Writers Hall of Fame (2019) Grammy Hall of Fame "Coat Of Many Colors 1971 Recording" Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (2022) Filmography 📽: 9 To 5 (1980) The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas (1982) Rhinestone (1984) Steel Magnolias (1989) Straight Talk (1992) Frank McKlusky, C.I. (2002) Miss Congeniality 2: Armed And Fabulous (2005) The Year Dolly Parton Was My Mom (2011) Gnomeo & Juliet (2011) Joyful Noise (2012) Hollywood To Dollywood (2012) Dolly Parton's Christmas On Thee Square (2020) Run, Rose, Run (2023) *Under Production Dolly Parton Albums 📀: Hello, I'm Dolly (1967) Just Between You And Me w/ Porter Wagoner (1968) Just Because I'm A Woman (1968) Just the Two Of Us w/ Porter Wagoner (1968) In The Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad) (1969) Always, Always w/ Porter Wagoner (1969) My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy (1969) The Fairest Of Them All (1970) Porter Wayne And Dolly Rebecca w/ Porter Wagoner (1970) Once More w/ Porter Wagoner (1970) Two Of A Kind w/ Porter Wagoner (1971) The Golden Streets Of Glory (1971) Joshua (1971) Coat Of Many Colors (1971) The Right Combination Burning The Midnight Oil w/ Porter Wagoner (1972) Touch Your Woman (1972) Together Always w/ Porter Wagoner (1972) My Favorite Songwriter, Porter Wagoner (1972) We Found It w/ Porter Wagoner) (1973) My Tennessee Mountain Home (1973) Love And Music w/ Porter Wagoner (1973) Bubbling Over (1973) Jolene (1974) Porter 'n' Dolly w/ Porter Wagoner (1974) Love Is Like A Butterfly (1974) The Bargain Store (1975) Say Forever You'll Be Mine w/ Porter Wagoner (1975) Dolly (1975) All I Can Do (1976) New Harvest...First Gathering (1977) Here You Come Again (1977) Heartbreaker (1978) Great Balls Of Fire (1979) Dolly, Dolly, Dolly (1980) Porter & Dolly w/ Porter Wagoner (1980) 9 To 5 And Odd Jobs (1980) Heartbreak Express (1982) Burlap & Satin (1983) The Great Pretender (1984) Once Upon a Christmas w/ Kenny Rogers (1984) Real Love (1985) Trio w/ Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt (1987) Rainbow (1987) White Limozeen (1989) Home For Christmas (1990) Eagle When She Flies (1991) Slow Dancing With The Moon (1993) Honky Tonk Angels w/ Loretta Lynn and Tammy Wynette (1993) Something Special (1995) Treasures (1996) Hungry Again (1998) Trio II w/ Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt (1999) Precious Memories (1999) The Grass Is Blue (1999) Little Sparrow (2001) Halos & Horns (2002) For God And Country (2003) Those Were the Days (2005) Backwoods Barbie (2008) Better Day (2011) Blue Smoke (2014) Pure & Simple (2016) I Believe In You (2017) A Holly Dolly Christmas (2020) Run, Rose, Run (2022) Rockstar (2023) ****CONTINUE BELOW****
Some more good Dolly Parton songs 🎶: Puppy Love, 9 To 5, But You Know I Love You, Old Flames Can't Hold A Candle To You, Applejack, Me And Little Andy, Here You Come Again, Hard Candy Christmas, Two Doors Down, It's All Wrong But It's All Right, We Used To, Harper Valley PTA, D.I.V.O.R.C.E., Here You Come Again, Lovin' You, Bobby's Arms, Do I Ever Cross Your Mind?, Think About Love, Hold Me, It's My Time, Potential New Boyfriend, Real Love, The Bargain Store, In The Ghetto, Don't Call It Love, Mama Say A Prayer, Love Is Like A Butterfly, Save The Last Dance For Me, Heartbreaker, Islands In The Stream, Baby I'm Burnin', Coat Of Many Colors, My Tennessee Mountain Home, Touch Your Woman, Lonely Comin´ Down, When I Sing For Him, Traveling Man, The Last Thing On My Mind, Just Because I'm A Woman, Anything's Better Than Nothing, We'll Get Ahead Someday, All I Can Do, Please Don't Stop Loving Me, Great Balls Of Fire, Always Always, You're The Only One, But You Know I Love You, Gonna Hurry (As Slow As I Can), God's Coloring Book, Golden Streets Of Glory, Yellow Roses, Before The Next Teardrop Falls, Today I Started Loving You Again, Peace Train, Down From Dover, Blue Smoke, My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy, Baby Come Out Tonight, Gypsy Joe And Me, Daddy Come And Get Me, How Great Thou Art, Two Doors Down, Little Sparrow, Just The Way I Am, Behind Closed Doors, For The Good Times, Just When I Needed You Most, The Salt In My Tears, Honky Tonk Songs, After The Goldrush, Satin Sheets, Blue Valley Songbird, Hungry Again, I Wanna Go Back There, Time And Tears, I'll Never Say Goodbye, I Still Lost You, The Camel's Heart, When Jesus Comes Calling For Me, Paradise Road, Shine On, Dumb Blonde, Your Ole Handy Man, I Don't Wanna Throw Rice, Put It Off Until Tomorrow, I Wasted My Tears, Something Fishy, Fuel To The Flame, The Giving And The Taking, I've Lived My Life, The Little Things, Alabama Sundown, Handful Of Dust, A Little At A Time, I Hope You're Never Happy, Letter To Heaven, You're Gonna Be Sorry, I Wish I Felt This Way At Home, Sweet Summer Lovin’, Downtown, False Eyelashes, I'll Oilwells Love You, The Only Way Out, More Than Words Can Tell, Mendy Never Sleeps, Little Bit Slow To Catch On, The Bridge, Love And Learn, I'm Running Out Of Love, Starting Over Again, The Great Pretender, Light Of A Clear Blue Morning, Baby Sister, Try Being Lonely, My Blue Tears, Joshua, You're Gonna Be So Sorry, Mine, We Had All The Good Things Going, Don't Let Trouble Make Up Your Mind, Little Bird, She Never Met A Man (She Didn't Like), Daddy, Washday Blues, Big Wind, Shine, Possession Gets Too Strong, But You Loved Me Then, The Carroll County Accident, The House Of The Rising Sun, More Than Their Share, Chas, Paradise Road, Heartbreak Express, God Won't Get You, High Sierra, Put It Off Until Tomorrow, A Habit I Can't Break, To Know Him Is To Love Him, Your Ole Handy Man, Tennessee Homesick Blues, I Really Got The Feeling, Why Why Why, I'm Not Worth The Tears, Single Women, The Seeker, We Used To, I Don't Trust Me Around You, This Boy Has Been Hurt, I Couldn't Wait Forever, Too Lonely Too Long, I Wound Easy, Hillbilly Willy, I Don't Want You Around Me Anymore, Shattered Image, More Where That Came From, Silver Sandals, Don’t Make Me Have To Come Down There, Unlikely Angel, Star Of The Show, The Bridge, Stairway To Heaven, Jeannie’s Afraid Of The Dark, The Fire's Still Burning, Say Forever You'll Be Mine, Wildflowers, If Teardrops Were Pennies, Run That by Me One More Time, Sandy's Song, Telling Me Lies, Better Move It On Home, When Someone Wants To Leave, Dagger Through The Heart, Appalachian Memories, Take Me Back To The Country, Eagle When She Flies, To Daddy, Early Morning Breeze, Games People Play, Busy Signal, Burning The Midnight Oil, What Will Baby Be, Lost Forever In Your Kiss, Daddy Was An Old Time Preacher Man, Romeo, PMS Blues, The Love I Used To Call Mine, When Beauty Lives In Memory, These Old Bones, Highlight Of My Life, The Stranger, Randy, Somebody’s Everything, Sugar Hill, Walls Of My Mind, Tomorrow Is Forever, Making Plans, The Grass Is Blue, Dark As A Dungeon, Eugene Oregon, Pleasant As May, Cash On The Barrel!, Here I Am There, It’s A Gamble Either Way, The Pain Of Loving You, I'm A Drifter, Evening Shade, There Will Be Peace In The Valley, My Heart Started Breaking, Most Of All Why, Green Eyed Boy, Chicken Every Sunday, Raven Dove, Once Upon A Christmas, The Beginning, With Bells On, The Master's Hand, Kentucky Gambler, Sixteen Years, Cologne, Hollywood Potters, Country Road, Backwoods Barbie, The Greatest Gift Of All, Family, River Of Happiness, A Christmas To Remember, Down, Mountain Angel, I'm In No Condition, The Company You Keep, I'll Be Home For Christmas, Drinkenstein, The Man, Say Goodnight, Poor Folks’ Town, Nickels And Dimes, Hold Me, 'Til Death Do Us Part, How Can I (Help You Forgive Me), Send Me The Pillow You Dream On, Muke Skinner Blues (Blu Yodel No 8), When Someone Wants To Leave, Christmas Without You, When Tie Our Love (In A Double Knot), Same Old Fool, Why'd You Come In Here Lookin' Like That, In The Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad) and Coming For To Carry Me Home. Fun Fact 🕵♀: Several times, long before Whitney Houston recorded the song in 1992, Dolly Parton suggested to singer Patti LaBelle that she record the song: "I Will Always Love You", because she felt Patti LaBelle could have sung it so well. However, Patti LaBelle admitted she kept putting off the opportunity to do so and later deeply regretted it after she heard Whitney Houston's rendition of the song.
@@Amaberean I never posted that Dolly Parton wrote the song: Harper Valley PTA, just that it's another good song that has been sung by Dolly Parton. All the best, friend.
Dolly wrote and recorded this song in 1973, when Whitney was still a child. Whitney did not even want to sing it because it was a country song. Dolly does not get the credit she deserves for this, but it is her song.
This is the minority opinion, but I always thought Whitney Houston's version of this song was terrible. The arrangement and production of Whitney's version is over done and she overpowers what is suppose to be a wistful love song about growing apart. I don't deny Whitney Houston was a talented singer and performer.....but she wasn't Dolly Parton.
Dolly wrote the song in 1973, it was released and was a number one hit in 1974. It was used in the movie in 1982 and went to number one on the country charts again. She wrote this song as a good bye song when she wanted to leave the Porter Wagoner Show after her contract was up. It was her first big break. Whitney did her pop cover and then Dolly charted it a third time this time as duet with Vince Gill in 1995.
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Someone else put it perfectly. Whitney sings it to the world, Dolly makes you feel like she's singing it to you.
Glad you discovered and appreciated the great voice of Dolly!
Dolly wrote this song for Porter Wagoner. She was the female singer on his weekly show in the 1960’s. When she told Porter she was leaving his show Porter was so mad at her. He told her you are killing your career by leaving. She stormed out after a screaming match between the two. She came back the next day and told Porter “ you sit your ass down and just listen” . After she sang this song to him he told Dolly “ I will let you go BUT, I have to be the producer on that song.
She also took care of him and his family when he got sick and paid for all of his funeral expenses.
Dolly wrote this as a personal love letter to her boss, because she was leaving his TV show & she wantted to go solo. Whitney did it years later for her movie 'The Bodyguard', where her character was a Diva & her version is a Diva performance. Both are beautiful in their own right. Dolly jokes that Whitney made her rich. LOL
It has been said that Whitney sang her version to the world, but Dolly sings to you. Both great, but very different.
Yes, this is Dolly's song and she said when she asked Whitney to sing it that it was the best thing she ever did bc not only did Whitney do the song justice and sung it amazingly beatiful like she figure she would but she made Alot more money of the song and she's still making money from it to this day.
Dolly is a prolific songwriter. See the earlier comment about her inspiration for this one over 50 years ago. To date she estimates she has written over 6,000 songs.
Love both versions of this song. And Whitney can truly belt out a song but Dolly makes you feel it heart and soul.
Dolly is awesome 70+ and just got in the Tock n Roll Hall of Fame. Now has released a Rock n Roll album
"American country singer-songwriter Dolly Parton has composed over 5,000 songs throughout her career. The total number of individual song titles she has recorded and released is 956, totaling over 1,100 individual recordings when studio recordings, remixes, and live tracks are combined"
"Country music singer-songwriter Dolly Parton wrote the song in 1973 for her one-time partner and mentor Porter Wagoner, from whom she was separating professionally after a seven-year partnership. She recorded it in RCA Studio B in Nashville on June 12, 1973."
If you haven't done so yet, you need to listen to the original version of this song that Dolly sang on the Porter Wagner Show for the first time here, "Dolly Parton - I will always love you (1974)". This was the first time she ever sang it and it was written to be sang to Porter on their show and you can even see Porter in this version. He came and sat beside her when she finnished the song and told her, "you sang it just sorta like you mean it too". And she looked him in the eyes and said, "Well I really did sorta mean it". That moment was priceless.
When ask what she thought about the way Whitney sings her song, she said..."She sings it perfectly and sends me lots of money every time she does!" BTW...Dolly has from the 1st penny given it all to the black Memphis communities...
Dolly is legend!!❤
Music back then didn't need to be screamed to be heard. We all listened with our hearts wide open if someone sang a ballad.
Listen to Beth from kiss. Ended up being their only #1 song
Dolly wrote this and was happy Whitney covered it. She got paid lol
I heard 20 million Dolly make from Whitney singing it
@@rogerreimer6787 dunno the amount I just remember interviews of her laughing and saying she was happy with it because each time its played she gets payed
Dolly has written over 5,000 songs in her career this is her most famous. When she heard Whitney Houston singing it on the radio she had to pull over because she couldn't believe how beautiful it was being done. She made millions of dollars off of Whitney's version.
Dolly one of the best people ever lol I've heard her praising Whitney because her bank account went up in a funny loving way
Elvis wanted to sing it also but wanted all of the rights to it. Dolly said no (no one said no to the king of Rock and roll - except for the queen of country)
@@andreadeamon6419 Elvis didn't want the rights , Colonel Parker did. That greedy old man held Elvis back more than he helped him (IMO).
If I could hang out with anyone It would be Dolly She is a National treasure
You're selling her short. She's a gift to the world, and I'm speaking of her character more than her exquisite singing
Surprise surprise!
Dolly once said that when she wrote this song she laughed all the way to the bank. When Whitney sang it Dolly went and bought the bank!
Whitney Houston was 5 or 6 years old when Dolly wrote this song. Later when Whitney contracted with Dolly to sing and perform this song Dolly said in an interview "it didn't matter to her if people thought this was a Whitney Houston song as long as the royalty checks keep coming and don't bounce". Dooly wrote and performed this song in 1974.
Dolly Parton wrote the song as a letter of resignation
Yeah. Whitney sings it note for note perfect. Like a machine. Perfect. But like a cold cold Machine just belting it out.
Dolly sings it with heart, emotion, and WARMTH.
You can have the “machine”.
Hi, honey. I couldn’t agree with you more. And you summed it up perfectly , a machine.
@@olgamountain9904 well, thank you ma’am.
Dolly wrote and sang a sweet love song and Whitney did a big movie theme version. You have to be dramatic to do a movie theme song when the movie is about the dramatic life of a singer. Dolly's voice is amazing, there is no enhancement here at all. This is exactly how she would have sounded singing in your den.
Elvis Presley wanted to record this song but because Colonel Parker demanded writing credits Dolly Parton said “No.” Whitney Houston recorded this song for the 1992 film The Bodyguard and as they say the rest is history.
You have to react too...dolly parton feat vince gill i will always love u..its a perfect duet ever!
Your sweet, Love Dolly!
Great reaction!
Peace, Love!!
Dolly wrote and recorded this song in 1973 .
I think Whitney was about 3 years old when Dolly wrote this song.
Dolly wrote this song in 1963.
She is rite his song music and all in less than 24 hrs. And it was written for porter Wagner
Here's the story of I Will Always Love You on Comedy Central's 'Drunk History'
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The perfect breakup song.....
It's not "her version", she wrote the damn thing!
Whitney in my opinion screamed the song. Dolly saaaang it
A very loving reaction ❤🌹! I see 👁👁 that you have reacted to Dolly Parton before: Jolene. I Will Always Love You was released as the second single from Dolly Parton's 1974 album: Jolene. It was written by Dolly Parton. It was produced by Bob Ferguson. The song re-recorded for the 1982 film: Best Little Whorehouse In Texas, movie soundtrack. It reached #1 on the Country chart in 1974. It reached #1 on the Country chart, #17 on the Adult Contemporary chart and #53 on the Hot 100 in 1982. During an interview on The Bobby Bones Show in 2018, Dolly Parton revealed that she wrote the song: "I Will Always Love You", on the same day that she wrote her hit song: "Jolene". Dolly Parton had a variety show in 1976 called: Dolly!, that lasted one season. To close every episode, she would recite the opening lyrics to this song ("And I hope life treats you kind...") and sing it as the credits rolled. This live performance is from that television show.
Dolly Parton wrote the song in 1973 for her one-time partner and mentor Porter Wagoner, from whom she was separating professionally after a seven-year partnership. Leaving Porter Wagoner wasn't easy - he thought Dolly Parton was making a mistake and felt she was being disloyal. Dolly Parton played the song to Porter Wagoner the morning after she wrote it as her way of letting him know that her mind was made up and to express how she felt about him. Apparently, it got the message across: Dolly Parton said that Porter Wagoner was in tears when she finished, and he called it "the prettiest song I ever heard". She recorded it in RCA Studio B in Nashville on June 12, 1973.
Dolly Parton also performed this song to Porter Wagoner on May 19, 2007, during his Porter 50th Anniversary Celebration at the Grand Ole Opry. "This was my goodbye song to Porter", Dolly Parton said before singing to him. Porter Wagoner was suffering from lung cancer at the time and passed away on October 28, 2007.
Dolly Parton was asked during a 2023 appearance on BBC 2 Radio whether it was true that she wouldn’t let Elvis Presley record a version of her 1974 hit song: “I Will Always Love You”.
“I wouldn’t let Colonel Tom Parker [record the song]”, she clarified. Colonel Tom Parker, a Dutch-born carnival barker turned music impresario, was Elvis Presley’s longtime manager and known and often criticized for his cutthroat business style.
“See, Elvis loved the song. In fact, I talked to Priscilla [Presley] not very long ago, Dolly Parton said. “She said to me: ‘You know, Elvis sang that song to me when we walked down the courthouse steps when we got divorced. He was singing to me ‘I Will Always Love You’”.
Dolly Parton recalled that Elvis Presley “loved the song” and had crafted his own take on it. She was so ecstatic about the idea that she initially agreed to watch Elvis Presley as he laid down the track. However, one last-moment snag forced her to call off the whole project.
“[T]he night before [the recording session], Colonel Tom Parker calls me and says: ‘Well, you know we don’t record anything with Elvis unless we have publishing on it, or at least half the publishing’”, Dolly Parton remembered. “Well, I said, because I had a No. 1 song on it, I said, ‘This is the most important copyright in my whole publishing company, and I can’t do that’”.
“I said [to Parker of the decision]: ‘I’m really sorry,’ and I cried all night. I mean, it was like the worst thing. You know, it’s like: ‘Oh, my God … Elvis Presley’”, she said. “And other people were saying: ‘You’re nuts. It’s Elvis Presley. I mean, hell, I’d give him all of it’. I said, ‘I can’t do that. Something in my heart says, ‘Don’t do that’".
Whitney Houston recorded a Soul-ballad arrangement of the song for the 1992 film: The Bodyguard, movie soundtrack. Her version peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for a then-record-breaking 14 weeks. The single was certified Diamond by the RIAA, making it Whitney Houston's first Diamond single, the third female artist who had both a Diamond single and a Diamond album, and becoming the best-selling single by a woman in the U.S. The song was a global success, topping the charts in many countries. With over 24 million copies sold, it became the best-selling global single of all time by a female solo artist. When she won the Best Pop Vocal Performance Female award at the 36th Annual Grammy Awards for her recording, Dolly Parton presented her the award. It was also the world's best-selling single of 1992. She won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year and the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance Female in 1994 for the song. She also won a Grammy Award for Album Of The Year for The Bodyguard - Original Soundtrack Album.
Dolly Parton, once again, recorded the song: "I Will Always Love You", in 1995 as a duet with Vince Gill for her album: Something Special. Following an August 26, 1995, performance of the duet at the Grand Ole Opry which aired on TNN, radio stations began giving the duet unsolicited airplay, causing it to debut on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart at number 53. After a performance at the 29th Annual CMA Awards, the song was officially released as a single in November 1995, peaking at number 15 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. This marked the third time Parton had a top 20 hit with the song. The song was nominated at the 38th Annual Grammy Awards for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals and was named Vocal Event of the Year at the 30th Annual CMA Awards.
The song found further chart success as part of the "Forever Country" medley, created in 2016 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Country Music Association Awards. The medley also features the songs: "Take Me Home, Country Roads" and "On The Road Again". Dolly Parton performs on the medley, along with 29 other country music artists. The medley debuted at number one on the Billboard US Hot Country Songs chart and number 21 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on October 8, 2016.
In 2020, the television special: Dolly Parton - I Will Always Love You, celebrating her legendary singer-songwriting career with archival footage from her early Country days starting with Porter Wagoner in the late 1960s to her success as a crossover Pop superstar a decade later.
The song has been covered by many other artists including 📻: Linda Ronstadt, Sarah Washington, Amber Riley, LeAnn Rimes, Charice, Stella Parton, Roch Voisine, Atelier Bossa-Conscious, Amar, Saskia & Serge, Halestorm, Roger Whittaker, John Doe, Angela, Kristin Chenoweth, Rik Waller, Fleur Seule and more.
Song Credits 📝:
Dolly Parton - lead vocals, guitar
Jimmy Colvard - guitar
Chip Young - guitar
Stu Basore - pedal steel guitar
Bobby Dyson - bass
Larrie Londin - drums
Buck Trent - banjo
Bobby Thompson - banjo
Mack Magaha - fiddle
Johnny Gimble - fiddle
Hargus "Pig" Robbins - piano
Dolores Edgin - background vocals
Hershel Winginton - background vocals
Joe Babcock - background vocals
June Page - background vocals
Legacy 🛡:
The song won Dolly Parton Female Vocalist of the Year at the 1975 CMA Awards.
The ballad came in at #1 in a 2011 Valentine's Day poll by CMT to find the best love song.
"I Will Always Love You" has been recognized by BMI for over ten million broadcast performances.
Lyrics 🗒:
If I should stay
I would only be in your way
So I'll go, but I know
I'll think of you each step of the way
And I will always love you
I will always love you
Bitter-sweet memories
That's all I am taking with me
Goodbye, please don't cry
We both know that I'm not
What you need
And I will always love you
I will always love you
I hope life treats you kind
And I hope that you have all
That you ever dreamed of
And I wish you joy
And happiness
But above all of this
I wish you love
And I will always love you
I will always love you
I will always love you
Dolly Parton Info 📰:
Dolly Rebecca Parton was born on January 19, 1946 in Pittman Center, Tennessee. She is a singer, songwriter, musician, actress, philanthropist and businesswoman, known primarily for her decades-long career in country music. Her musical influences include: Rose Maddox, Molly O'Day, Roy Acuff, Kitty Wells, George Jones, Brenda Lee and Patsy Cline. She began performing as a child, singing on local radio and television programs in the East Tennessee area. By the age of ten, she was appearing on The Cas Walker Show on both WIVK Radio and WBIR-TV in Knoxville, Tennessee. At 13, she was recording music like the single: "Puppy Love", on a small Louisiana record label called Goldband Records. She appeared at the Grand Ole Opry, where she first met Johnny Cash, who encouraged her to follow her own instincts regarding her music career.
After graduating from Sevier County High School in 1964, Dolly Parton moved to Nashville, Tennessee the next day. Her initial success came as a songwriter, having signed with Combine Publishing shortly after her arrival in Nashville. Along with her frequent songwriting partner, her uncle Bill Owens, she wrote several charting singles during this time, including two Top 10 hits for Bill Phillips: "Put It Off Until Tomorrow", and "The Company You Keep" (1966), and Skeeter Davis' number 11 hit song: "Fuel To The Flame" (1967).
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After achieving success as a songwriter for others, she recorded her debut solo album in 1967 called: "Hello, I'm Dolly", which led to success during the remainder of the 1960s both as a solo artist and with a series of duet albums with Porter Wagoner, before her sales and chart peak came during the 1970s and continued into the 1980s. Dolly Parton turned down several offers over the years to pose nude for Playboy magazine, but she did appear on the cover of the October 1978 issue wearing a Playboy bunny outfit, complete with ears. Dolly Parton's albums in the 1990s did not sell as well, but she achieved commercial success again in the new millennium and has released albums on various independent record labels since 2000, including her own record label: Dolly Records.
With a career spanning over fifty years, Dolly Parton has been described as a "country music legend" and has sold more than 100 million records worldwide, making her one of the best-selling female artists of all time. Dolly Parton's music includes Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)-certified Gold, Platinum and multi-Platinum awards. She has had 25 singles reach no. 1 on the Billboard country music charts, a record for a female artist (tied with Reba McEntire). She has 44 career Top 10 country albums, a record for any artist, and she has 110 career-charted singles over the past 40 years.
She has composed over 3,000 songs, including "I Will Always Love You" (a two-time U.S. country chart-topper, and an international Pop hit for Whitney Houston), "Jolene", "Coat Of Many Colors", and "9 To 5". As an actress, she has starred in films including 9 To 5 (1980) and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982), for which she earned Golden Globe nominations for Best Actress, and Rhinestone (1984), Steel Magnolias (1989), Straight Talk (1992) and Joyful Noise (2012).
She has received 11 Grammy Awards out of 50 nominations, including the Lifetime Achievement Award; ten Country Music Association Awards, including Entertainer of the Year and is one of only seven female artists to win the Country Music Association's Entertainer of the Year Award; five Academy of Country Music Awards, also including Entertainer of the Year; four People's Choice Awards; and three American Music Awards. She is also in a select group to have received at least one nomination from the Academy Awards, Grammy Awards, Tony Awards, and Emmy Awards. In 1999, Dolly Parton was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. In 2005, she received the National Medal of Arts.
In 2018, Dolly Parton received a second star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, inducted alongside Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris in recognition of their work as a trio. In 2021, she was included on the Time 100, Time's annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. The New York Times called her among the three of America's Most Beloved Divas (alongside Patti LaBelle and Barbra Streisand). In 2022, she was nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, a nomination she had initially declined but ultimately accepted, and was subsequently inducted. In 2023, Dolly Parton was named an Honorary Member of the American Library Association.
Outside of her work in the music industry, she also co-owns The Dollywood Company, which manages a number of entertainment venues including the Dollywood theme park, the Splash Country water park, and a number of dinner theatre venues such as The Dolly Parton Stampede and Pirates Voyage. She has founded a number of charitable and philanthropic organizations, chief among them is the Dollywood Foundation, which manages a number of projects to bring education and poverty relief to East Tennessee where she grew up.
Recent Work 👷♀:
Dolly Parton's Coat Of Many Colors, a made-for-TV film based on Dolly Parton's song of the same name, and featuring narration by Dolly Parton, aired on NBC in December 2015, with child actress Alyvia Alyn Lind portraying the young Dolly Parton. Dolly Parton also had a cameo in the sequel, which aired in November 2016.
In June 2018, Dolly Parton announced an eight-part Netflix series, featuring her music career. She is its executive producer and co-star. The series called: Dolly Parton's Heartstrings, aired in November 2019.
In December 2019, the biographical documentary: Here I Am, was added to the catalog of the Netflix streaming service. The documentary, a co-production of Netflix and the BBC, takes its name from Dolly Parton's 1971 song.
In November 2020, Dolly Parton produced and starred in the Netflix musical film: Dolly Parton's Christmas On The Square, which won her a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie.
In November 2021, Dolly Parton was confirmed to be appearing in the final season of the television series: Grace And Frankie, in a guest-starring role, reuniting with her 9 To 5 movie co-stars Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda.
In July 2022, Dolly Parton appeared as a simulation of herself on sci-fi show: The Orville, in the episode "Midnight Blue".
In December 2022, Dolly Parton appeared in an NBC special titled: "Dolly Parton's Mountain Magic Christmas".
On January 17, 2023, Dolly Parton announced she would release her first Rock album, entitled: Rockstar, later that year, during an interview on The View. It will be released on November 17, 2023, and feature collaborations with Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Elton John, Sheryl Crow, Miley Cyrus, Lizzo and amongst others.
Dolly Parton still performs her music live on stage in 2024.
Hall Of Fame Honors 🏅:
During her career, Parton has gained induction into numerous Halls of Fame. Those honors include:
Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame (1986)
Small Town of America Hall of Fame (1988)
East Tennessee Hall of Fame (1988)
Country Music Hall of Fame (1999)
Songwriters Hall of Fame (2001)
Junior Achievement of East Tennessee Business Hall of Fame (2003)
The Americana Highway Hall of Fame (2006)
Grammy Hall of Fame - "I Will Always Love You 1974 Recording" (2007)
Blue Ridge Music Hall of Fame - Songwriter Category (2008)
Gospel Music Hall of Fame (2009)
Music City Walk of Fame (2009)
Country Gospel Music Hall of Fame (2010)
Grammy Hall of Fame "Jolene 1974 Recording" (2014)
The National Hall of Fame for Mountain Artisans (2014)
The Happiness Hall of Fame (2016)
East Tennessee Writers Hall of Fame (2019)
Grammy Hall of Fame "Coat Of Many Colors 1971 Recording"
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (2022)
Filmography 📽:
9 To 5 (1980)
The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas (1982)
Rhinestone (1984)
Steel Magnolias (1989)
Straight Talk (1992)
Frank McKlusky, C.I. (2002)
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed And Fabulous (2005)
The Year Dolly Parton Was My Mom (2011)
Gnomeo & Juliet (2011)
Joyful Noise (2012)
Hollywood To Dollywood (2012)
Dolly Parton's Christmas On Thee Square (2020)
Run, Rose, Run (2023) *Under Production
Dolly Parton Albums 📀:
Hello, I'm Dolly (1967)
Just Between You And Me w/ Porter Wagoner (1968)
Just Because I'm A Woman (1968)
Just the Two Of Us w/ Porter Wagoner (1968)
In The Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad) (1969)
Always, Always w/ Porter Wagoner (1969)
My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy (1969)
The Fairest Of Them All (1970)
Porter Wayne And Dolly Rebecca w/ Porter Wagoner (1970)
Once More w/ Porter Wagoner (1970)
Two Of A Kind w/ Porter Wagoner (1971)
The Golden Streets Of Glory (1971)
Joshua (1971)
Coat Of Many Colors (1971)
The Right Combination Burning The Midnight Oil w/ Porter Wagoner (1972)
Touch Your Woman (1972)
Together Always w/ Porter Wagoner (1972)
My Favorite Songwriter, Porter Wagoner (1972)
We Found It w/ Porter Wagoner) (1973)
My Tennessee Mountain Home (1973)
Love And Music w/ Porter Wagoner (1973)
Bubbling Over (1973)
Jolene (1974)
Porter 'n' Dolly w/ Porter Wagoner (1974)
Love Is Like A Butterfly (1974)
The Bargain Store (1975)
Say Forever You'll Be Mine w/ Porter Wagoner (1975)
Dolly (1975)
All I Can Do (1976)
New Harvest...First Gathering (1977)
Here You Come Again (1977)
Heartbreaker (1978)
Great Balls Of Fire (1979)
Dolly, Dolly, Dolly (1980)
Porter & Dolly w/ Porter Wagoner (1980)
9 To 5 And Odd Jobs (1980)
Heartbreak Express (1982)
Burlap & Satin (1983)
The Great Pretender (1984)
Once Upon a Christmas w/ Kenny Rogers (1984)
Real Love (1985)
Trio w/ Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt (1987)
Rainbow (1987)
White Limozeen (1989)
Home For Christmas (1990)
Eagle When She Flies (1991)
Slow Dancing With The Moon (1993)
Honky Tonk Angels w/ Loretta Lynn and Tammy Wynette (1993)
Something Special (1995)
Treasures (1996)
Hungry Again (1998)
Trio II w/ Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt (1999)
Precious Memories (1999)
The Grass Is Blue (1999)
Little Sparrow (2001)
Halos & Horns (2002)
For God And Country (2003)
Those Were the Days (2005)
Backwoods Barbie (2008)
Better Day (2011)
Blue Smoke (2014)
Pure & Simple (2016)
I Believe In You (2017)
A Holly Dolly Christmas (2020)
Run, Rose, Run (2022)
Rockstar (2023)
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Some more good Dolly Parton songs 🎶: Puppy Love, 9 To 5, But You Know I Love You, Old Flames Can't Hold A Candle To You, Applejack, Me And Little Andy, Here You Come Again, Hard Candy Christmas, Two Doors Down, It's All Wrong But It's All Right, We Used To, Harper Valley PTA, D.I.V.O.R.C.E., Here You Come Again, Lovin' You, Bobby's Arms, Do I Ever Cross Your Mind?, Think About Love, Hold Me, It's My Time, Potential New Boyfriend, Real Love, The Bargain Store, In The Ghetto, Don't Call It Love, Mama Say A Prayer, Love Is Like A Butterfly, Save The Last Dance For Me, Heartbreaker, Islands In The Stream, Baby I'm Burnin', Coat Of Many Colors, My Tennessee Mountain Home, Touch Your Woman, Lonely Comin´ Down, When I Sing For Him, Traveling Man, The Last Thing On My Mind, Just Because I'm A Woman, Anything's Better Than Nothing, We'll Get Ahead Someday, All I Can Do, Please Don't Stop Loving Me, Great Balls Of Fire, Always Always, You're The Only One, But You Know I Love You, Gonna Hurry (As Slow As I Can), God's Coloring Book, Golden Streets Of Glory, Yellow Roses, Before The Next Teardrop Falls, Today I Started Loving You Again, Peace Train, Down From Dover, Blue Smoke, My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy, Baby Come Out Tonight, Gypsy Joe And Me, Daddy Come And Get Me, How Great Thou Art, Two Doors Down, Little Sparrow, Just The Way I Am, Behind Closed Doors, For The Good Times, Just When I Needed You Most, The Salt In My Tears, Honky Tonk Songs, After The Goldrush, Satin Sheets, Blue Valley Songbird, Hungry Again, I Wanna Go Back There, Time And Tears, I'll Never Say Goodbye, I Still Lost You, The Camel's Heart, When Jesus Comes Calling For Me, Paradise Road, Shine On, Dumb Blonde, Your Ole Handy Man, I Don't Wanna Throw Rice, Put It Off Until Tomorrow, I Wasted My Tears, Something Fishy, Fuel To The Flame, The Giving And The Taking, I've Lived My Life, The Little Things, Alabama Sundown, Handful Of Dust, A Little At A Time, I Hope You're Never Happy, Letter To Heaven, You're Gonna Be Sorry, I Wish I Felt This Way At Home, Sweet Summer Lovin’, Downtown, False Eyelashes, I'll Oilwells Love You, The Only Way Out, More Than Words Can Tell, Mendy Never Sleeps, Little Bit Slow To Catch On, The Bridge, Love And Learn, I'm Running Out Of Love, Starting Over Again, The Great Pretender, Light Of A Clear Blue Morning, Baby Sister, Try Being Lonely, My Blue Tears, Joshua, You're Gonna Be So Sorry, Mine, We Had All The Good Things Going, Don't Let Trouble Make Up Your Mind, Little Bird, She Never Met A Man (She Didn't Like), Daddy, Washday Blues, Big Wind, Shine, Possession Gets Too Strong, But You Loved Me Then, The Carroll County Accident, The House Of The Rising Sun, More Than Their Share, Chas, Paradise Road, Heartbreak Express, God Won't Get You, High Sierra, Put It Off Until Tomorrow, A Habit I Can't Break, To Know Him Is To Love Him, Your Ole Handy Man, Tennessee Homesick Blues, I Really Got The Feeling, Why Why Why, I'm Not Worth The Tears, Single Women, The Seeker, We Used To, I Don't Trust Me Around You, This Boy Has Been Hurt, I Couldn't Wait Forever, Too Lonely Too Long, I Wound Easy, Hillbilly Willy, I Don't Want You Around Me Anymore, Shattered Image, More Where That Came From, Silver Sandals, Don’t Make Me Have To Come Down There, Unlikely Angel, Star Of The Show, The Bridge, Stairway To Heaven, Jeannie’s Afraid Of The Dark, The Fire's Still Burning, Say Forever You'll Be Mine, Wildflowers, If Teardrops Were Pennies, Run That by Me One More Time, Sandy's Song, Telling Me Lies, Better Move It On Home, When Someone Wants To Leave, Dagger Through The Heart, Appalachian Memories, Take Me Back To The Country, Eagle When She Flies, To Daddy, Early Morning Breeze, Games People Play, Busy Signal, Burning The Midnight Oil, What Will Baby Be, Lost Forever In Your Kiss, Daddy Was An Old Time Preacher Man, Romeo, PMS Blues, The Love I Used To Call Mine, When Beauty Lives In Memory, These Old Bones, Highlight Of My Life, The Stranger, Randy, Somebody’s Everything, Sugar Hill, Walls Of My Mind, Tomorrow Is Forever, Making Plans, The Grass Is Blue, Dark As A Dungeon, Eugene Oregon, Pleasant As May, Cash On The Barrel!, Here I Am There, It’s A Gamble Either Way, The Pain Of Loving You, I'm A Drifter, Evening Shade, There Will Be Peace In The Valley, My Heart Started Breaking, Most Of All Why, Green Eyed Boy, Chicken Every Sunday, Raven Dove, Once Upon A Christmas, The Beginning, With Bells On, The Master's Hand, Kentucky Gambler, Sixteen Years, Cologne, Hollywood Potters, Country Road, Backwoods Barbie, The Greatest Gift Of All, Family, River Of Happiness, A Christmas To Remember, Down, Mountain Angel, I'm In No Condition, The Company You Keep, I'll Be Home For Christmas, Drinkenstein, The Man, Say Goodnight, Poor Folks’ Town, Nickels And Dimes, Hold Me, 'Til Death Do Us Part, How Can I (Help You Forgive Me), Send Me The Pillow You Dream On, Muke Skinner Blues (Blu Yodel No 8), When Someone Wants To Leave, Christmas Without You, When Tie Our Love (In A Double Knot), Same Old Fool, Why'd You Come In Here Lookin' Like That, In The Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad) and Coming For To Carry Me Home.
Fun Fact 🕵♀: Several times, long before Whitney Houston recorded the song in 1992, Dolly Parton suggested to singer Patti LaBelle that she record the song: "I Will Always Love You", because she felt Patti LaBelle could have sung it so well. However, Patti LaBelle admitted she kept putting off the opportunity to do so and later deeply regretted it after she heard Whitney Houston's rendition of the song.
@@IceManLikeGervin Sorry, but Tom T. Hall wrote ‘Harper Valley P.T.A.’
Not Dolly.
@@Amaberean I never posted that Dolly Parton wrote the song: Harper Valley PTA, just that it's another good song that has been sung by Dolly Parton. All the best, friend.
it was not a power ballid it was a love song
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Dolly wrote and recorded this song in 1973, when Whitney was still a child. Whitney did not even want to sing it because it was a country song. Dolly does not get the credit she deserves for this, but it is her song.
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I know a church song. She's sings it very, very well. I like her version too but whitney's knocks it out of Park
That was supposed to say her song I So hate auto correct😂
This is the minority opinion, but I always thought Whitney Houston's version of this song was terrible. The arrangement and production of Whitney's version is over done and she overpowers what is suppose to be a wistful love song about growing apart. I don't deny Whitney Houston was a talented singer and performer.....but she wasn't Dolly Parton.
Dolly wrote it for the movie, "Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" and starred with Burt Reynolds in it... good stuff always from her🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤
I liked that movie.
Dolly wrote the song in 1973, it was released and was a number one hit in 1974. It was used in the movie in 1982 and went to number one on the country charts again. She wrote this song as a good bye song when she wanted to leave the Porter Wagoner Show after her contract was up. It was her first big break. Whitney did her pop cover and then Dolly charted it a third time this time as duet with Vince Gill in 1995.
@wendymartin4892 Wrong
@@justin3132 oh, no... guess I am human after all🤗
It was personal for Dolly
Has Whiney Houston ever done anything original or only covers?!
I don't think Frank sinatra wrote a song in his life. It doesn't matter if a singer does or doesn't write the song providing they do it justice
P.S. Dolly also had an affair with married Porter Waggoner. She wrote this song for him.
That was all rumors that both always denied. Just gossip. I’ll believe Dolly.
Don't think you're right about that. Dolly's husband would have beaten him to a pulp.
Great reaction ❤