I will always love you?

Tough call..especially in this section. Whitney, the high notes.

I'm a huge Dolly fan. But it's hard to deny that Whitney kicked that songs ***. She NAILED it. There's 3 versions of the song. I like Dolly's 1973 version best (It's rarely ever heard as the second Dolly version made in '82 is way more played. Most people don't know it exists.) But after that comes Whitney's version, which I actually knew first, and then the wellknown one Dolly made for Whorehouse. But Whitney sang that song soooo good. It gives me chills. Even Doll says she couldn't believe her song could be done like that when she heard it. I think they're both good, but i'm a country girl so I lean a lot more towards Dolly. When Dolly sings it, I wanna cry, because I feel that hurt. I hang on her every word. Do you know why she wrote the song? She was contracted to a guy named Porter Wagoner who helped her into country music, but she didn't want him running her life anymore and she wanted a solo-career. So even though she loved him more than anything, and owed him her success, she had to tell him she was leaving and she just didn't know how to do that. One night she was kind of drunk on the sofa of her house late, late at night and she wrote this song for him, and she wrote Jolene (another amazing song of hers) in the same night. It went to number 1 then, and then again 9 years later for her movie The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas (amazing movie by the way, watch it if you've never seen it), then again when Whitney did it for The Bodyguard a decade later. I do admire Whitney's singing talents, but the song is so raw and emotional when Dolly does it, so I prefer her version, especially the 1973 real version. Besides, Dolly's a sweety :) I met her once & she told me she loved me! lol

"I Will Always Love You" was ALWAYS Dolly Parton's song. She wrote it for her former mentor and(business) partner Porter Wagoner at the time they were splitting. A meaningful song.

I couldn't handle the Whitney Houston version, so much so, that I have never watched the whole film (The Bodyguard), despite several attempts.

Dolly 1973,Whitney's 1992

I liked the bland version sung by John Doe in the Bodyguard film.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grakjh30Uu0

But forced to choose between Dolly and Whitney, I choose Dolly.

Dolly Parton. You should check out Whitney Houston's fail in UK with that song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cI2-DoRqSCA

Dolly's version.She wrote this song in honor of her former mentor and singing partner

Porter Wagoner after she left to go solo in 1974.

they both unnecessarily go "yooooOOUOUOOOOOooouououoOOOOUUoooooooo ooohhhhhhh my spleeeeeeen" right?

then neither.