dolly parton wrote i will always love you for whitney houston.
dolly parton wrote i will always love you for whitney houston.
who did dolly parton wrote i will always love you for?
whitney houston
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's studio b in nashville on june 12, 1973. "i will always love you" was issued on march 18, 1974, as the second single from parton's thirteenth solo studio album, "jolene" (1974). in 1982, parton re-recorded the song, when it was included on the soundtrack to the film "the best little whorehouse in texas". in addition to the 1982 re-recording for the soundtrack album, parton's original 1974 recording of the song also appeared in martin scorsese's film "alice doesn't live here anymore", and the 1996 film "it's my party." the song also won parton female vocalist of the year at the 1975 cma awards.
i will always love you
author curtis w. ellison stated that the song "speaks about the breakup of a relationship between a man and a woman that does not descend into unremitting domestic turmoil, but instead envisions parting with respect – because of the initiative of the woman". according to sheet music published at musicnotes.com by hal leonard corporation, the country love track is set in a time signature of common time with a tempo of 66 beats per minute. (larghetto/adagio) although parton found much success with the song, many people are unaware of its origin; during an interview, parton's manager danny nozel said that "one thing we found out from "american idol" is that most people don't know that dolly parton wrote [the track]". during an interview on the bobby bones show, dolly parton revealed that she wrote her signature song "jolene" on the same day that she wrote "i will always love you."
i will always love you