Artist:Whitney Houston
Song:I Will Always Love You
Album:I Will Always Love You: The Best of Whitney Houston
The 1992 single I Will Always Love You may be the biggest hit single of all time. It is from Whitney Houston's film debut The Bodyguard. Whitney had recorded three albums. But the 1990 album I'm Your Baby Tonight wasn't as well received as her previous albums. It also didn't sell as well. So Whitney thought about trying movies. Meanwhile she married Bobby Brown and gave birth to her daughter. After all kinds of offers, Whitney settled on The Bodyguard starring with Kevin Costner. She's playing a version of herself in the movie. Though the film was not reviewed favorably, it did well at the box office. But the soundtrack album was a huge seller. The album sold 45M copies worldwide which is double of what her first two albums sold. I Will Always Love You topped the charts for 14 weeks. Whitney performed six songs on the soundtrack. The rest is filler. I Will Always Love You was written by Dolly Parton. She recorded it in 1974. The original plan was for Whitney to cover Jimmy Ruffin's What Becomes of the Brokenhearted. When it was discovered that song was going to be used in Fried Green Tomatoes, Whitney requested a different song. Costner suggested I Will Always Love You. He played Linda Ronstadt's recording for her. David Foster arranged and produced. The sax solo is by Kirk Whalum. The record won two Grammys. You can get it on this budget comp released after Whitney's death. After doing the films Waiting to Exhale and The Preacher's Wife, Whitney released the album My Love Is Your Love in 1998. It did OK but her albums didn't sell as well after that. And as we all know she had personal problems that led to her death on Feb. 11, 2012 at age 48. Here's the video for I Will Always Love You by Whitney Houston.
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