Elvis Presley wanted to record his version of the song that he dedicated to Priscilla after the divorce, but he did not get the rights to publish it.
In an interview with BBC Radio 2, Dolly Parton said that Priscilla Presley confessed something to her regarding her divorce from Elvis.
It is a song that the King of Rock and Roll sang to his ex-wife once the divorce was processed.
The Dolly Parton song that Elvis dedicated to Priscilla
The divorce between Priscilla and Elvis Presley took place in 1973. After this, Elvis was quite affected, so much so that he dedicated a melancholic song to her.
We're talking about Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You." “Elvis loved the song. In fact, I spoke to Priscilla not long ago,” Parton told BBC Radio 2. During a conversation with Dolly, Priscilla told her that on the day they went to sign the divorce papers, Elvis sang that song to her as they were walking through the streets. courthouse stairs.
Regarding this anecdote, Parton revealed to Big Issue: "she really moved me." Likewise, she revealed that Elvis Presley wanted to record his own version of "I Will Always Love You." However, something prevented that from happening.
It turns out that Dolly Parton had no problem with Elvis recording his own version of the classic song, in fact she says: "He loved the song, he wanted to do it, it worked for him." But, according to what she herself told BBC Radio 2, Colonel Parker set conditions to reach an agreement: "We don't record anything with Elvis unless it is published," said Presley's manager.
"I told him I couldn't do it. I was heartbroken, I always wanted to hear Elvis perform," Parton added. The biggest problem with this matter was that Dolly Parton was not willing to give up the copyright to the song.
Later, she said that, some time later, she dreamed of Elvis singing his song. That dream inspired her own melody that will be part of her next album "Rockstar."
