Dolly Parton RIP: The Story of Her Most Famous Song Embodies the Her Life Story—and the American Dream

Dolly Parton RIP: The Story of Her Most Famous Song Embodies the Her Life Story—and the American Dream

Dolly Parton died Tuesday of cancer at the age of 80 surrounded by loved ones. She was loved like few other entertainers in American history. The story of how her most famous song, “I Will Always Love You,” came to be – and how Whitney Houston came to record it, may be the best of...

Dolly Parton reveals how she felt when she first heard Whitney Houston’s ‘I Will Always Love You’

Dolly Parton was unaware that Whitney Houston had recorded “I Will Always Love You” until the singer’s version was released for the soundtrack of The Bodyguard nearly two decades after Parton first recorded the song in 1974. Recalling the moment during a 2003 interview with Larry King, Parton said she initially heard a rumour that Houston had been recommended her song after another track was dropped. “I thought, ‘Oh, that’d be great.’ It took me…

CHOCHILINO How Dolly Parton told her story through six iconic songs %

Figure caption, Watch: “We used flour for powder” – Dolly reflects on early life in 1979 BBC interview ByPaul Glynn Culture reporter The much-loved US singer-songwriter, actress and philanthropist Dolly Parton, who has died aged 80, was known as the Queen of Country. Raised in Tennessee, she rose to fame in the late 1960s with hits that bridged country and pop music. Her songs covered deeply personal themes around growing up poor, love and los…