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Dolly Parton's response to first hearing Whitney Houston's I Will Always Love You

Dolly wrote the song to ease the animosity between herself and her mentor (Image: WireImage)

Dolly Parton topped the charts not once, but twice with her heartbreakingly beautiful song, I Will Always Love You.

The 9 to 5 singer originally wrote the track in 1973 for her mentor, Porter Wagoner, after quitting as assistant on his show to go solo.

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