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Dolly Parton on her life and road to stardom (2016)

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Newest development Aug 27, 2026 · 2 reportsHow Dolly Parton used "I Will Always Love You" royalties to support the Black community in Nashville

From May 2016, Dolly Parton speaks with Gayle King about her road to country music fame, Whitney Houston's cover of "I Will Always Love You," her marriage and more.

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  1. The Hyperreality of Dolly Parton

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    How Dolly Parton used "I Will Always Love You" royalties to support the Black community in Nashville

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  1. CBS News

    Dolly Parton on her life and road to stardom (2016) (opens CBS News)

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    From May 2016, Dolly Parton speaks with Gayle King about her road to country music fame, Whitney Houston's cover of "I Will Always Love You," her marriage and more.

  2. WREG Memphis

    How 'I Will Always Love You' almost went to Elvis (opens WREG Memphis)

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    MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- For a moment, country music superstar Ronnie McDowell simply refused to believe icon, Dolly Parton's passing. "Somebody called me yesterday and I thought they were joking," said McDowell. "I thought they were just aggravating me," he told WREG's Alex Coleman.

  3. Rolling Stone

    John Mayer Performs Soulful Cover of ‘I Will Always Love You’ in Tribute to Dolly Parton (opens Rolling Stone)

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    The singer-songwriter played Parton's classic during the intro to "Gravity"

  4. First Things

    The Hyperreal Dolly Parton (opens First Things)

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    Before her song “I Will Always Love You” became a Whitney Houston hit, Dolly Parton was a young girl from Pittman Center, Tennessee. She was born to a farmer,...

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    The Hyperreality of Dolly Parton (opens First Things)

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    Before her song “I Will Always Love You” became a Whitney Houston hit, Dolly Parton was a young girl from Pittman Center, Tennessee. She was born to a farmer,...

  6. People

    7 Surprising Details You May Not Know About Whitney Houston’s Legendary Ballad ‘I Will Always Love You’ (opens People)

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    “I Will Always Love You” was written by country music star Dolly Parton in 1974

  7. New York Post

    John Mayer salutes Dolly Parton with a guitar solo at starry Hamptons show (opens New York Post)

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    Mayer wailed on Parton’s 1974 classic “I Will Always Love You” during a private SiriusXM show at Stephen Talkhouse.

  8. CBS News

    How Dolly Parton used "I Will Always Love You" royalties to support the Black community in Nashville (opens CBS News)

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    Nashville historian David Ewing joins "The Daily Report" to break down how Dolly Parton used her royalties from Whitney Houston's rendition of "I Will Always Love You" to uplift the Black community in the city.

  9. Washington Examiner

    Dolly Parton, 1946-2026 (opens Washington Examiner)

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    “I will always love you …” If you have been alive in America at any point in the last half-century, you have heard those words in one of two voices — Dolly Parton’s original, a spare country farewell written as a professional goodbye, or Whitney Houston’s cover.

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