Dolly Parton and Whitney Houston are legends who never had the opportunity to perform the hit single, “I Will Always Love You” together. Recent interview withLive Streaming: See What Happens, Parton revealed that she was never approached to perform the song with Houston. She admits she is embarrassed by theWaiting to exhalestar would have outperformed her vocally, she still would have liked to have sung it with her.
“I was never asked to perform that with Whitney,” Parton revealed. “I wish that could’ve happened, I would have loved that, but I don’t think I could’ve come up to snuff with her, though. She’d have out-sung me on that one for sure.”
During #WWHL, @DollyPartonWhitney Houston said that she would have loved to have performed ‘I Will Always Love You.’
“I would’ve loved that, but I don’t think I could come up to snuff with her though. She would’ve outsung me on that one for sure.” pic.twitter.com/4ReL6humhD
— WWHL (@BravoWWHL) July 30, 2021
Parton penned “I Will Always Love You”Porter Wagoner was her mentor, business partner and mentor. She died in 1973. The song became a hit and reached number one on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts twice. Houston’s recording of the song made it a new hit.
Houston Recorded “I Will Always Love You”ForThe BodyguardParton’s 1992 hit song became a worldwide sensation. It reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 charts 14 times consecutively and was a worldwide success. Houston won the Grammy Record of the Year for the song, which was also certified as a diamond.
Parton has always praised Houston’s song renditions and even called her to express gratitude. She said Grammy.comIn a February 2019 interview, she stated that it was her favorite version of one of her songs.
“I will always treasure, and should, the big crossover with Whitney on ‘I Will Always Love You,’because that really put me in the forefront as a writer and an artist and I think it made a lot of people see me as a writer,”Parton spoke. “I was just a girl with the big hair and big t– and a big personality, but I think that one kind of pointed a finger at me as a serious songwriter and the fact that it did so well and I was so touched by it and so honored by it that. That one will stand out in my mind forever.”
Her version of “I Will Always Love You”Houston spoke with Houston after the release.Rolling StoneAbout the country star. “I think Dolly Parton is a hell of a writer and a hell of a singer,”Houston shared. “I was so concerned when I sang her song how she’d feel about it, in terms of the arrangement, my licks, my flavor. When she said she was floored, that meant so much to me.”