#whitney-houston

#whitney-houston

In her new memoir Star of the Show: My Life on Stage, Parton writes of the cover version: I didn't even recognize it at first when I heard it on the radio! But since I had written it myself and owned all the publishing rights, the sales and the radio airplay of Whitney's version created a huge windfall. She adds: I was also proud to present Whitney with a Grammy for her rendition in 1994. I've said it many time I will always love Whitney and what she did with my little song.

The show was Champs-Elysees, France's top-rated late-night program, and the American singer was still virtually unknown in Europe at the time. What's less often remembered is that, just before the incident, Houston had performed Saving All My Love for You on set. It was the first single that took her to No. 1 in the United States (on October 26, 1985, to be exact), and its story is more complicated than its syrupy tone might suggest.