Rapper FIRST time REACTION to Dolly Parton - I Will Always Love You!

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  @viviangullicksonwhite8845 · 2 years ago (edited)

  This was written by Dolly as a farewell to her long time singing partner Porter Wagoner as she decided to pursue a solo career, despite his wishes to continue as a duo. She didn't want him to be sad or mad as he had helped her a lot on her way. She wanted to follow her dreams and the break up was nothing to do with her love for him and what he did for her. Such a beautiful song. <3 you Black Pegasus. You make me laugh and you keep it real. From a 70 year old woman reliving the oldies and learning about rap and hip hop. Keep it up <3

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  @gavinholt5428 · 2 years ago

  Dolly Parton invested her royalties from Whitney Houston's cover of "I Will Always Love You" into Black community projects in Nashville. A woman of pure class.

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  @MrRondonmon · 2 years ago

  She left the Porter Wagner show after 5 years, she kept telling him she wanted to go solo, he didn't "hear her" so she wrote him this song. So, he let her leave, then sued her. But later in life when he was destitute, and had to sell the rights to all of his songs, she bought them back and gave them to him, and at his death bead Dolly was there.

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  @phoenixnow58 · 1 month ago

  We will always love you Dolly 8/25/26  RIP ❤

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  @bonnievonbraun6276 · 2 years ago

  Somebody commented : "Whitney sang to the world, but Dolly sang to you."

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  @PriscillaV1964 · 2 years ago

  Kids, . . . this song is NOT about a romantic breakup.

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• JI

  @JilliannaT · 2 years ago

  This song was not written for a romantic relationship, it was written for loss of a professional relationship. Porter Wagner was a partner, a mentor, and a great supporter of Dolly&apos;s career. She had decided to pursue a solo career and wanted to end her partnership with Porter on a good place, and to let him know that she would always love him. <br><br>Dolly&apos;s husband has always supported her career, but never wanted to be in the spotlight, she always respected and supported that too.

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  @michaelfarmer9472 · 2 years ago

  He wasn&apos;t &quot;puttin&apos; it down&quot;. &nbsp;She signed a 5 year contract to be on Porter Wagoner&apos;s tv show. &nbsp;After 5 years of being the &quot;token girl singer&quot; she wanted to branch out and go solo. &nbsp;He didn&apos;t like that, and wanted her to renew her contract, as the show&apos;s ratings were high. &nbsp;She got tired of talking to him about it, went home and wrote the song, and sang it to him the next day. &nbsp;At that point, he understood. &nbsp;He said she could go with his Blessing under 1 condition...that he could produce the song. &nbsp;Later, he was sued, lost his music catalogue, and was broke. &nbsp;During the same time, Dolly was making money. &nbsp;She managed to buy his music catalogue &nbsp;and gifted it back to him, mending any lingering hard feelings he harbored for her leaving his show at its peak. &nbsp;They remained friends until his death.

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  @habituallearner7680 · 2 years ago

  Whitney&apos;s version leaves you breathless at the beauty of her voice. Dolly&apos;s version leaves you crying at the raw emotion.

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  @im2bz4stupidity · 2 years ago

  Dolly has written over 5,000 songs. &nbsp;700+ of them have charted - Including 198 solo singles, 49 featured artist singles, 6 promotional singles, and 70+ music videos.

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• JI

  @jimmckay2337 · 2 years ago

  I like Dolly’s version ten fold better than Whitney’s. No sleight to Whitney, she did great. Dolly’s version is just raw and beautiful.

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  @PetyrinaJaye · 2 years ago

  Legend has it, Dolly wrote this song and “Jolene” in the same night. She remarked in an interview about it “It was a good night for music.” ❤❤❤

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