The song I Will Always Love You was composed, written and performed, in 1973, by the blonde Dolly Rebecca Parton, a country music singer. Produced in 1974 by Davis Foster, it initially witnessed rather timid success.
In 1992, Whitney Houston, an American singer, actress, producer and model, sang the song again as the original sound track of the film Bodyguard, with Kevin Costner as partner. It became an astounding success and raked in over 400 million dollars as proceeds. She performed it around the world in her concerts. Thanks to its universal popularity, it sold 10,000,000 copies.
I Will Always Love You tops the chart of the one hundred most beautiful love songs. It is also the most sold female hit in world. The wordings are spoken to an ex-boyfriend, whom she loved and will always love, but to whom she wishes happiness and love.
Whitney Houston was born on August 9, 1963, in Newark, New Jersey. She died on February 11, 2012, in Beverly Hills, California. She was laid to rest in the Westfield cemetery, New Jersey, next to her father.