I Will Always Love You

The pair shared a stage during Parton's dog-focused television special, 'Dolly Parton's Pet Gala.'

Dolly Parton never minced words about it.  She said that she will always love Whitney Houston's version of her hit "I Will Always Love You" because it sold millions of copies and made Dolly LOTS of money.  I honestly never thought anyone would come close to Whitney's version of that song.  I mean, holy cow!  She sang the bloody hell out of it and it spent 14 weeks at #1 on the Billboard

I had the pleasure of seeing Whitney Houston in concert back in the early 90's.  One of the legs of her I'm Your Baby Tonight Tour kicked off at Rupp Arena in Lexington.  That was back in the day when you actually had to call Ticketmaster to get tickets.  You couldn't get them online.  Well, I happened to call the morning those tickets when on sale, RIGHT when they went on sale, and ended up snagg