Comments on: Six Pack: Dolly Parton, Songwriter

By: Paul W Dennis

Paul W Dennis — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:44:48 +0000

Actually, I was always fond of Bill Phillip’s classic 1966 recording of “Put It Off Until Tomorrow” (Dolly also sang harmony on it) and his follow up, also written by Dolly called “The Company You Keep”. Both songs reached the top ten. I think these were the two earliest Parton songs to chart

By: Partridge

Partridge — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:44:51 +0000

And another I think is a Dolly classic is Skeeter Davis’ “Fuel to the Flame”- a late 1966, early 1967 hit. Along with “Put It Off Until Tomorrow.” this was one of the earliest Dolly-penned songs to be a hit.

By: Partridge

Partridge — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:38:23 +0000

Whitney Houston’s version of “I Will Always Love You” is a great showcase for her lung power and is a dramatic vocal, but I never really loved it as an interpretation of the song. To me she sounds like someone who loves
the sound of her own voice. So much so, in
fact, that I would love to hear Whitney tear
into “Still Within the Sound of My Voice.”
But she sucks the life out of “I Will Always Love You.”

One song you mentioned is “Down from Dover.” I’m not familiar with the Nancy Sinatra/Lee Hazelwood version, but Skeeter Davis recorded an exquisite version of it on her 1970 album “It’s Hard to Be a Woman.” Unfortunately, all of Skeeter’s albums are pretty much obscure and forgotten.

By: Leeann Ward

Leeann Ward — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:41:45 +0000

As much as I hate to admit it, I prefer Whitney’s version over any of Dolly’s, especially after she belts it after that single drum beat.

By: Erik North

Erik North — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:09:52 +0000

With all due respect, I must honorably but strongly dissent over Whitney Houston’s version of “I Will Always Love You.” Sixteen years later, I still can’t stand to hear that bombastic, way-over-the-top way she mangled that song.

By: Sheldon

Sheldon — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:40:23 +0000

Merle said somewhere that he got Dolly on his bus one night when they were doing a show somewhere and told her his feelings he had for her…She let him down easy…

By: J.R. Journey

J.R. Journey — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:35:15 +0000

Wow. I didn’t know any of that stuff about Dolly and Merle Haggard. And I think this is a great feature too …