94 I Will Always Love You

WHITNEY HOUSTON 1992

Dolly Parton wrote “I Will Always Love You” about the hard decision to move on from her mentor Porter Wagoner, and reached Number One with two different recordings. Kevin Costner suggested the song to his Bodyguard co-star Houston, who, with the aid of producer David Foster, revamped it as a mighty R&B ballad that became an even bigger hit. Houston and Costner insisted on keeping the song’s a cappella intro against the label’s wishes. “I didn’t care if it was ever on the radio,” Costner said later. “It shows how much she digs this guy.”