Dolly Parton has launched the newest cowl from her upcoming new album – a canopy of 4 Non Blondes’ ‘What’s Up?’ Hearken to it under.
Parton is at the moment gearing as much as launch her forty ninth solo album ‘Rockstar’, which can be launched in November and can characteristic 9 authentic songs and 21 covers of rock classics together with Prince’s ‘Purple Rain’, The Rolling Stones‘ ‘(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction’ and plenty of extra.
Not too long ago, Parton shared her cowl of The Beatles‘ ‘Let It Be’ that includes Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Mick Fleetwood and Peter Frampton. Parton additionally beforehand shared a canopy of Queen’s ‘We Are The Champions’.
Teaming up with musician Linda Parry too on her newest cowl, Parton mentioned in a press release: “Initially, I really like Linda Perry. Second of all, I really like this tune written by Linda. Third of all, I really like being part of this video to attempt to make folks take into consideration what’s occurring on this world as we speak. Shout out to the little kids that helped with the video! If our youngsters don’t make it, then what is going to? Once more, I ask ‘What’s Up?’ Take pleasure in.”
The video is directed by Steve Summers and was filmed at Eakin Elementary Faculty in downtown Nashville. You’ll be able to watch it right here:
Perry added in her personal assertion: “How is one alleged to react when the best and most prolific songwriter on this planet needs to cowl a tune YOU wrote? Her model of ‘What’s Up?’ is so good. Her spin on it made me really feel prefer it was her tune. No shock there. Being on set making the video was a snug straightforward expertise. The vibe on set was chill and Dolly and I acquired to catch up and chuckle rather a lot. I might go on and on, clearly I’m a fan.”
Parton just lately opened up about why she by no means let Elvis Presley cowl her hit ‘I Will All the time Love You’.
Presley had apparently beloved the tune and expressed curiosity in recording a canopy, however Parton revealed in a brand new interview with BBC Radio 2 why it by no means materialised. Parton defined that her resolution wasn’t due to Presley, however relatively due to a battle along with his supervisor, Colonel Tom Parker.
“‘I wouldn’t let Colonel Tom Parker [have the rights to the song],” she clarified. “Elvis beloved it. I talked to Priscilla not very way back – she mentioned, ‘Elvis sang it to me once we had been on the courthouse steps after we acquired divorced’.
“‘He beloved the tune and wished to do it. Had it labored up. They’d already known as me to come back right down to the studio and to listen to a part of the tune.”
Nevertheless, the night time earlier than, Parker known as Parton and mentioned he wouldn’t do something with Presley except he had the publishing rights, and when Parton refused to surrender the copyright for the tune, he mentioned he couldn’t conform to her phrases.
‘I Will All the time Love You’ reached new ranges of recognition when Whitney Houston recorded her personal model in 1992 for the movie The Bodyguard.
