Did You Know Dolly Parton Wrote These Songs?

Did you know that many of Dolly Parton's songs were made famous by other artists? Here are some songs you never knew were written by Dolly Parton. Written by Parton in the early 1970s, ‘To Daddy’ was recorded by Emmylou Harris as a single for her 1977 album ‘Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town’. The song tells the story of a teenager watching her parents' unhappy relationship. The song was a hit for Harris, reaching number ten on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart in 1978. Parton’s most famous songwriting credit, ‘I Will Always Love You’, was originally recorded and released by the singer herself. Her version reached number one on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart twice, in 1974 and 1982. However, when pop superstar Whitney Houston recorded the song for the movie ‘The Bodyguard’ in 1992, it took the world by storm. The song spent 14 consecutive weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and became the best-selling single ever by a woman, with over 20 million copies sold worldwide.