Elvis Presley touchingly sang successful music to Priscilla as they left divorce court docket | Music | Entertainment | EUROtoday

Elvis Presley married simply as soon as to Priscilla Presley from 1967 to 1973, the mom of his solely little one, Lisa Marie.

After splitting in 1972, the couple ended up having fairly an amicable divorce, which was finalised a yr later.

In reality, the King even sang successful love music to Priscilla as they left their divorce courtroom.

It seems the music Elvis sang to his soon-to-be ex-wife was I Will Always Love You, Dolly Parton’s hit music.

The lyrics appear fairly becoming of their scenario of a pair breaking apart with a dedication to persevering with loving one another.

They open: “If I should stay/I would only be in your way/And so I’ll go, but I know/I’ll think of you each step of the way. And I will always love you/I will always love you.”

Writing previously in The Big Issue’s Letter To My Younger Self, Dolly herself said: “Priscilla told me later that he sang that song to her when they were coming down the steps of the courthouse after they divorced. That really touched me.”

Being significantly touched by this second goes again to when the Country singer turned down Elvis eager to sing I Will Always Love You years earlier than; a music The King by no means recorded.

Dolly shared how Elvis’ supervisor Colonel Tom Parker had fairly the demand for the monitor.

Speaking beforehand on Living and Learning with Reba McEntire, Dolly stated: “It didn’t have anything to do with Elvis. I loved Elvis. It was Colonel Tom Parker, his manager, who was brilliant. You can’t take that way from people. He did all right by him.”

However, the nation star was reluctant to offer away her personal music like that. She stated: “But, I already had a No. 1 song, I Will Always Love You. That was the most important copyright I had in my publishing company. So I was so excited, I told everybody. They had called me that Elvis was recording it, and if I wanted to come to the studio. Elvis wanted to meet me and all that.”

That night, earlier than the session, Colonel Tom Parker known as her up. Elvis’ supervisor stated to Dolly: “You know, we don’t record anything with Elvis unless we have the publishing, or at least half the publishing.”

Dolly replied: “Well, that throws a new light on this because I can’t give you half the publishing. I’m gonna leave that to my family. I can’t do that.” So The Colonel informed her that Elvis couldn’t cowl the monitor as these had been the phrases.

She admitted: “I cried all night. Oh, I just pictured Elvis, like, singing it. And I know that Elvis loved it. And I know it wasn’t him, but it’s true. I said no.”

Nevertheless, it turned out to be a sensible choice as she says she made sufficient cash that she may have purchased Graceland from Houston’s cowl, which went on to be one of many best-selling singles of all time.