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Claudia on Instagram: "Dolly Parton decided to make a go of things as a solo artist, famously penning her ballad, “I Will Always Love You,” to soften the blow on her mentor (on the same day that she happened to write “Jolene,” no less). Released in 1974, the song went to the top of Billboard’s ‘Hot Country Songs’ chart and became one of the year’s best-selling singles.

But it’s what happened next that has gone down in music industry lore, because in June of that year, with “I Will Always Love You” in the top spot on the country chart, Elvis Presley let it be known that he wanted to record a cover of the song.  Needless to say, Parton was over the moon.  Until that is, Presley’s manager, Col. Tom Parker, informed the young singer/songwriter that the standard operating procedure was that so Hot Country Songs, Standard Operating Procedure, Tom Parker, Make You Believe, Country Songs, Recording Artists, Dolly Parton, Always Love You, Over The Moon

Claudia on Instagram: "Dolly Parton decided to make a go of things as a solo artist, famously penning her ballad, “I Will Always Love You,” to soften the blow on her mentor (on the same day that she happened to write “Jolene,” no less). Released in 1974, the song went to the top of Billboard’s ‘Hot Country Songs’ chart and became one of the year’s best-selling singles. But it’s what happened next that has gone down in music industry lore, because in June of that year, with “I Will Always…

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