Dolly Parton turned down Elvis Presley’s request – ‘I cried all night’ | Music | Entertainment | EUROtoday

After over 50 years in present enterprise, Dolly Parton – who has offered over 100 million data worldwide – nonetheless exhibits no signal of stopping. Over the course of her unimaginable profession, the 80-year-old has identified some large names, however do you know she as soon as turned down Elvis Presley himself? The Country star might have ended up in tears, however having held off ended up massively benefiting her years later. It’s not fairly often {that a} singer’s known as up and instructed that not solely does Elvis need to meet them, but additionally needs to cowl a tune they wrote. And that’s precisely what occurred to a younger Dolly again within the early Seventies together with her hit tune I Will Always Love You.

Speaking on Living and Learning with Reba McEntire, the singer stated: “I was so excited, I told everybody. They had called me [to tell me] that Elvis was recording it, and [asked] if I wanted to come to the studio. Elvis wanted to meet me and all that.”

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

She 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 uncompromising Colonel instructed her that Elvis couldn’t cowl the observe as these had been the phrases.

Dolly 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.” Yet, ultimately, standing as much as the Colonel proved to be an knowledgeable transfer by her.

In 1992, Whitney Houston recorded I Always Love You and made the Country star’s two-time No 1 her very personal. The Bodyguard singer’s cowl model spent a record-breaking 14 weeks at No 1 and is the sixth best-selling single of all time with 20 million gross sales. In reality, Houston simply beats Elvis in seventh place with It’s Now or Never. Dolly has since joked that the royalties from the well-known cowl made her sufficient cash to purchase Graceland.

Despite issues figuring out for her, Dolly all the time wished she may have set issues straight with Elvis, who died in 1977, and ended up having a dream the place this occurred. The 80-year-old turned this right into a tune known as I Dreamed About Elvis Last Night. She has solely ever carried out the observe reside in live performance with a tribute artist of the King, however plans to document it sooner or later.