From "The King of Country Music" to "The Queen of Fado" to "The Godfather of Soul", AND Plenty Porter Wagoner, too!
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
TRUE POETS, Part 3: DOLLY PARTON
Dolly Parton is bigger than ever...no pun intended! She's best known for songs like "Nine To Five", but I prefer the more country side. Songs like "Just Because I'm A Woman" and "Dagger Through The Heart", which Sinead O'Connor covered so beautifully in a tribute album to Dolly. Porter Wagoner gave Dolly her first big break and the songs from that period were pretty remarkable. Here are three of my favorites, including Dolly's goodbye song to Porter, "I Will Always Love You". When Whitney Houston had a monster hit with that one, it was Dolly's version that I played on my turntable.
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