Dolly Parton revealed that her music was present during the divorce between Elvis and Priscilla Presley
Dolly Parton revealed that he was present at a decisive moment for the couple formed by Elvis It is Priscilla Presley: the divorce. The singer said in an interview with BBC Radio 2 (via People) what Elvis sang “I Will Always Love You” to his ex-wife as they left the courtroom after their separation.
Elvis loved music. In fact, I spoke to Priscilla, some time ago. She told me, ‘You know, Elvis sang that song to me when we walked down the courthouse stairs when we got divorced. He was singing ‘I Will Always Love You’ to me.’
Parton also stated that Elvis wanted to record her own version of the song, but she denied the request. Her manager, Colonel Tom Parkerwarned that the owner of the hit “All Shook Up” would own half of the publishing rights. Dolly was “heartbroken”, but the song was the “most important in his entire publishing enterprise”.
The country artist is about to release another solo album, Rockstar, which will feature nine original compositions and 20 covers. Like this, Dolly Parton managed to pay homage to the star with “I Dreamed of Elvis”, written 20 years ago with The Jordanaires.
“I wrote a song and dreamed that Elvis was singing ‘I Will Always Love You’. So I wrote a whole song about Elvis and then we did ‘I Will Always Love You’, and it’s on this album,” said the singer.
Source: Rollingstone
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