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who wrote the original song i will always love you
I Will Always Love You is a song written and originally recorded by Dolly Parton.
who did dolly parton write the song i will always love you for
Dolly Parton wrote the song for her one-time partner and mentor Porter Wagoner, from whom she was separating professionally after a seven-year partnership.
was dolly parton's i will always love you a success
Dolly Parton's version of I Will Always Love You was a commercial success. It reached number one on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart twice.
what are some other versions of i will always love you
Whitney Houston recorded her version of I Will Always Love You for the 1992 film The Bodyguard.

Question: when was the song first released
Self-contained rewrite: when was i will always love you first released