Watch Dolly Parton Hear "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston for the First Time on Camera
The clip is not long. It exists as part of a behind-the-scenes documentary segment that was shot in the early 1990s, in the period just after The Bodyguard soundtrack had been released and before it became clear that Whitney Houston's version of "I Will Always Love You" was going to do what it proceeded to do — become one of the best-selling singles in the history of recorded music.
At the time of the filming, Dolly had heard the version. She had heard it in the way that you hear something when someone plays it for you in a controlled setting, with people watching your reaction, which means you hear it and you also manage your reaction to it simultaneously.
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