Every time it is played on the radio, purchased as a cassette or used in a film, Parton receives a publishing fee. The deal was called off.Īlmost two decades later, Whitney Houston covered the song, with Parton holding on to those lucrative publishing rights. She wasn’t about to change that-even for the King. Ever since she started her own music publishing company in 1966, she had held onto nearly all of her publishing rights, which meant she got paid a bigger royalty whenever one of her songs is played or covered. Having the King of Rock and Roll cover one of her tunes seemed to be a no-brainer.īut there was a catch: Presley’s manager insisted that she sign over half the publishing rights. He wanted to cover “I Will Always Love You,” Parton’s 1974 chart-topping single. In the mid 1970s Elvis Presley, then in the middle of his comeback, approached Dolly Parton.
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