[Kaslin]

Dolly Parton was the one who originally sang "I Always Love You" in the movie The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. She wrote it in 1973 for her one-time partner and mentor Porter Wagoner, with whom she was having a business splitting at the time

Dolly Parton I will Always Love You Background and composition

Personally, Dolly Parton's version is my favorite. Not that there is anything wrong with Houston's version

[exDemMom]

Dolly Parton was the one who originally sang "I Always Love You" in the movie The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. She wrote it in 1973 for her one-time partner and mentor Porter Wagoner, with whom she was having a business splitting at the time

Personally, Dolly Parton's version is my favorite. Not that there is anything wrong with Houston's version

Oddly, when I was stationed in Spain many years ago, I saw that movie at least ten times. Not that I liked it that much, but because VCRs were fairly new and expensive at the time, and there were only a limited number of movies available. My friend had two movies, and that was the better of the two.

Even after seeing The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas so many times, I did not know the song existed until Whitney sang it. I guess that's because Dolly's version was just another country song, and I don't care for country music. Whitney's version is one of my favorite songs of all time.