Dolly Parton - I Will Always Love You - 1974

[mothersboys]

I love this song. It makes me cry everytime I here it.

[bruceliem]

She sounds like a teenager. It's cute.

[adelgado75]

Whitney's version started off great but then she ruined it.

[Lelucas100]

Sem dizer uma palavra....vamos simplesmente dançar.

[yobonab]

I had never heard anything of Whitney Houston until she butchered this beautiful song of Dolly's. Rest in peace and all that, but don't remember Houston for this song, as it's not hers. However, I'm sure Dolly appreciated the royalties she earned from Houston's version.

[DaninMaine]

Dolly wrote this sweet little sad song and no one has done it better.  It's an intimate song, not a big bombastic anthem. Thank you Dolly!

[040590vll]

Whitney Houston made this song a whole lot better !!!!!! WTF is this she can't sing !!!

[srnair47]

Definitely better than Whitney's version! But knuckleheads will not admit.

[MelodyARogers]

Uhm... this is the original, for those of you who think Whitney wrote her own stuff.

[VASINGER]

So so so much better than Whitney Houston!

[ManovSteelo]

Sweet. Certainly laid the groundwork for Whitney's blockbuster!

[tessinetly]

And that's how this song is sung.

[OldHippieChik]

Have loved Dolly's original of this song since hearing it for the first time in 1974. She is an amazing woman.

[nikkorlf]

nothing beats the original version. though Whitney's version isn't country

[VASINGER]

@nikkorlf Thats why this version is better. Because its Country..

[JFYarbro]

Does any one remember when dolly yodlin this song Im searching for it. So Beautiful

[DJDrugless]

A RIP to Whitney... I always thought Dolly's version of this was the superior version of this song. I always start to choke and tear up at the 2:04 point when Dolly starts "talking".

[Gandolf417]

Not that anyone is actually following this stream anymore but Dolly wrote this song about Porter Wagner, her first love. Whitney sucked the life out of it years later. Dolly will always rock this song better, even though Whitney sang it well!

[joshb80]

Thanks for posting! Never heard this earlier version. Makes me want to go and watch "The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas".

[RCALennon]

@joshb80 Haha!

[CrisVangel1958]

The Bodyguard!  lol, Dolly..

[teendude16]

Does it go back to 74, I thought it was much newer?. I liked it thanks.

[RCALennon]

@teendude16 Indeed. SHe's super young on that album cover. At that time she probably didn't know she'd later have boobs as big as her hair.

[teendude16]

@RCALennon , LOL, thats funny. Thanks RCAlennon

[RCALennon]

@nauort23 Haha thanks. I never really thought I had much of an accent. You should hear the backwoods Canadian hicks. Now there's an accent!

[RaymondTVinyl]

Awesome RCA!!!  This is the real early version!

[KcBargainDeals]

A true gift!!

[ferrarial]

A different version to the one I have but still far superior to Whitney Houstons, Much more emotion and not just trying to pack as many notes into it as possible

[78rpmblog]

I think Dolly's version is superior. Thanks for sharing.