Dolly Parton on Whitney Houston's Version of Her Song 

The measure of class is how comfortable you make people around you. Dolly treats everyone like they matter and that is class personified.

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Truly! ❤

Scott D it really did and it made her more rich , I just wish people would understand the music business

Color Purple Lover me too , I remember dolly saying something along the lines of "I loved that it was so successful because I got so goddamn rich"

I remember Dolly Pardon saying that when she wrote that song she took the money to the bank but when Whitney sang it, she bought the bank.. Whitney made that song untouchable by any other artist..Whitney took it to a level that can't ever be beat..

so funny! so true though. But, Whitney's golden vocal chords even made the National Anthem a million seller. So yeap she was the greatest.

Color Purple Lover Yeah but she still could have been jealous or not like Whitney’s cover...

Dolly is a pure genius. I mean, two songs done in one day, and one of them became the bestselling song from a woman. Speechless.

True that, but also Dolly hit number one with the same song twice in the 70's.

That shit made her over $50 million because her record is still doing Numbers till this day till this fucking day I will always love you by Dolly Parton and Whitney Version is still doing Numbers she’s getting a check every day there’s not a second that doesn’t go by where this record is not even played on somebody’s stereo

@@ChicagoKnightEra so - very smart woman. It made Whintey famous. It made her rich.

@@normadesmond6017 Whitney was already famous and a huge icon when the Bodyguard and that song came out.

Even if she wanted to say something bad, there's nothing bad she could muster about that cover

jay charleston would've been nice

Randy Rose it would, along with Carrie Underwood too, would have been beautiful. Three powerhouses, wonderful ladies

It wouldn't have fit. Dolly would have been unheard. The most beautiful part of Whitney version is that range and the vocal finesse which would have made Dolly sound like a drag

Dolly can't sing

Sadly that can't happen 😔 Whitney Houston 1963-2012

Dolly also made a lot of millions off Whitney singing that song.

​@@poodlegirl55 Whitney made money too. It was beautiful and business at the same time. I have a poodle too!

@@beebleezy627 yea but Dolly made more cause she owned the copyrights & the writing😅

@@corysanon7084Ok, but the fact still remains: both women got their coins. End of story.

Exactly

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😅😅😅❤❤❤❤Love Dolly!!! Saludos desde Argentina.....

FACTS! As long as they send the checks to the right address, we good😂😂😂😂

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Her, Reba & Trisha are my holy trinity of female country music artists 🥹

Both are beautiful

Amen❤❤❤

Zinnie Boy i could never get into Dolly’s version. It just seems so fake to me, too simple. If you really love somebody It should have some passion? That’s why i always likes Whitney’s better. But both are great. You’re right

Kyle summers well Dolly's was to country dinner Porter Wagner who she stared on his door for years and wanted to leave so it was a don't saying I'll already love you as a friend but I have to go. Unlike Whitney using it as a love song

watch how she sang it to Burt Reynolds in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-iZ_dn3swCVU.html

My favorite in particular is Dolly's 1982 version. It always makes me tear up.

Ever since I watched the Dolly episode of Drunk History, I've been in love with her version of her song. Just her in general, based on what she did for Wagner

Wrong, Kevin played Dolly's recording. Whitney didn't like the song, and didn't want to do it. David Foster went into Long Beach to get a copy of the record. They only had the album Prisoner In Disguise, when David heard Linda's recording he said that he knew immediately what they could do. When Dolly found out that they were using Linda's version as the template for theirs, she called David on the phone to give him the final verse (she said it was important to the song). David had to add another 45 seconds to include the final verse. The arrangement is basically the same as Ronstadt's the just played with the melody line. It's funny how many different tales about the song are on youtube or in print. Robin Crawford confirmed that it was the music producer and not the films producer that brought Linda's version to Whitney.

What I find amazing is that I get the same goosebumps and feeling from both versions even though both singers have very different approaches.

Chills!

That's Whitney saying hi!

NO ONE can sing it better than Dolly.

the lies you tell bitch!

It's dollys song but nobody did it better then Whitney.

IMO Linda Ronstadt had the best version! BTW Whitney & Dolly never met or knew each other!

Don Hawkins INCORRECT

Eronit Ramadani depends on when you grew up. Older folks associated it with Dolly. Whitney exposed a younger generation to it, and her rendition was more accessible because it had the pop ballad treatment. They both sang it beautifully in their own ways with their own strengths, but you can’t really compare one as being better or worse than the other. They are just too different.

@@l.denison9353 whatever but tbh it's Whitney's ever since she touched it

Jack Walker that’s a lie.

Kyle summers how so?

Yeah dream all you want lol.

Excuse me she made 20 million

Dolly had a number one hit with it in the 70's. Actually twice.

Wow, what's the story behind it?

Christian Crocetti that’s what good singers do. They take the songwriter’s song and communicate it convincingly.

+Indie Guy You don't. lol Love Dolly though. hehe.

+Indie Guy how how is she now 70? make up or not she still looks fine for her age

She is always the same sweet little Dolly she's always been no matter what she looks like, with or without makeup.

Even her voice is still freaking same, and she looks like she is 47 years old.

I don't wanne see you without makeup

She's 70 years old she would look different then when she was younger anyway. So why not get surgery if you want too?

Much respect to Dolly for her 'Imagination Library' giving young children books until they are five yrs old (Allover the world!

Please do not be so mean. Whitney cared and was wonderful. Both are wonderful. Be kind. Remember Santa is coming.

And Linda Ronstadt did the first cover and Kevin played that one for Whitney. Which sounds more pop.

Get your facts straight bitch. In her time, Whitney also did a lot of charitable work. She even paid the full hospital fee for a girl who had cancer. But of course the tabloid needs to exploit her private life to sell instead of her amazing talent and wonderful heart. Both women are wonderful in their own rights, both are legends. Whitney did not have to climb anything. She was already there.

Mark Anthony aka TIGERMAN don’t put words in that woman’s mouth when it has been covered several times before Whitney touched it

georgie hollander the FACTS say different