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I Will Always Love You is a Country act. Their sound grew out of Porter Wagoner. Those roots explain a lot about how I Will Always Love You arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as My Heart Will Go On, There You'll Be, Take My Breath Away, I Have Nothing and Every Breath You Take, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Christina Grimmie, Kristin Chenoweth, Whitney Houston, Vince Gill and Linda Ronstadt, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 16 connections around I Will Always Love You, reaching back through Porter Wagoner and forward to Christina Grimmie. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
"I Will Always Love You" is a song written and originally recorded in 1973 by American singer-songwriter Dolly Parton. Written as a farewell to her business partner and mentor Porter Wagoner, expressing Parton's decision to pursue a solo career, the country single was released in 1974. The song was a commercial success for Parton, twice reaching the top spot of the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart: first in June 1974, then again in October 1982, with a re-recording for The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas soundtrack.
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I Will Always Love You connections
I Will Always Love You grew out of Porter Wagoner, shares an orbit with My Heart Will Go On, There You'll Be, Take My Breath Away and I Have Nothing, went on to shape Christina Grimmie, Kristin Chenoweth, Whitney Houston and Vince Gill. 16 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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