Who wrote "I Will Always Love You" ???!
Question: I've heard both Whitney Houston and Dolly Parton sing this phenominal song but WHO WROTE IT???!
Answers: I've heard both Whitney Houston and Dolly Parton sing this phenominal song but WHO WROTE IT???!
"I Will Always Love You" is a song written and originally performed by American country singer-songwriter Dolly Parton (first released as a single in 1974) and then most famously recorded by American pop/R&B singer Whitney Houston.
Dolly Parton wrote the song in 1973 and it was released a year later, having been produced by Bob Ferguson. She has told numerous interviewers over the years that she wrote it for her one-time partner and mentor Porter Wagoner, with whom she was having a business splitting at the time.
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I thought dolly did.
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Dolly Parton.
"I Will Always Love You" is a song written and originally performed by American country singer-songwriter Dolly Parton (first released as a single in 1974) and then most famously recorded by American pop/R&B singer Whitney Houston.
Dolly Parton wrote the song in 1973 and it was released a year later, having been produced by Bob Ferguson. She has told numerous interviewers over the years that she wrote it for her one-time partner and mentor Porter Wagoner, with whom she was having a business splitting at the time. Recorded on June 17, 1973 in RCA's Studio "B" in Nashville, the song was included on Parton's album Jolene, and was released as a follow-up single, after the Country chart-topping success of the title track, in April 1974 (see 1974 in music). The single reached number one on the Billboard Country Singles chart a month later, but had just modest success on the pop charts. The lyrics express a bittersweet and poignant ode to an ex-lover, and are delivered with Parton's twang. Parton has told interviewers -- most recently CMT in 2006 [1] -- that she had been contacted by someone in the Elvis Presley organization who expressed to her his wish to record the song. When she refused to split her songwriting royalties he did not record it, but the song was covered by artists across various other genres, including a jazz version by Horace Silver and a folk version by Linda Ronstadt, although they only garnered modest attention.
Parton re-recorded the song in 1982 (see 1982 in music) to include it on the soundtrack to the film The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. Her 1982 version also reached number one on the US Country Chart, marking the first time the same song reached number one on the country charts twice by the same artist. The 1982 version also saw limited success on the US Hot 100 singles chart, reaching number fifty-three.
Parton would have success with the song again in 1995 as a duet with Vince Gill. This time the song peaked at No. 15 in December of that year, making it the third time the song was a hit for Parton, albeit in duet form this time. In 2003, CMT ranked it #16 on their 100 Greatest Songs in Country Music. In 2004, CMT ranked it #1 on their 100 Greatest Country Love Songs.
In 1992 (see 1992 in music), singer Whitney Houston covered the song for the soundtrack to The Bodyguard (see The Bodyguard), her film debut. The song was also referenced in the plot of the film itself. Houston was originally to record Jimmy Ruffin's "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" as the lead single from The Bodyguard. However, when the producer discovered the song would be used for Fried Green Tomatoes, he asked her co-star Kevin Costner to find a new song. Houston reinterpreted the song as a soul ballad, showcasing her voice.
Houston's single was a massive worldwide success, selling over 10 million copies and proving itself to be a much bigger success than the original version had been almost 20 years earlier. It became a regular on countdown lists, appearing at number eight on VH1's "100 Greatest Songs of the Past 25 Years", and number one on VH1's "100 Greatest Love Songs". The single's video, credited to Alan Smithee, begins with the performance of the song Houston gives at the end of The Bodyguard. The video then cuts to Houston in a dark blue suit sitting in an empty theater with the spotlight shining on her, singing of her love. The video is intercut with scenes from The Bodyguard.
In March 2007, the United World Chart ranked Houston's "I Will Always Love You" as the most successful song released by a solo female artist.[1]
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