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Carrie Underwood delivered the title song of Wednesday night’s live TV special CMA Presents I Will Always Love You: A Celebration of Dolly Parton. The country music star closed out the ABC broadcast with a soaring performance of Parton’s 1974 ballad, joined near the end by some of the evening’s other performers.
The singer appeared in a flowing white dress onstage to sing the night’s emotional, final tribute. Among the artists that honored Parton during the show were Zac Brown, who sang a “duet” with Parton using her prerecorded vocals from “Butterfly,” and Ella Langley, who offered her take on the 1974 hit “Jolene.”
Released on Parton’s Jolene album, “I Will Always Love You” was originally written as a farewell to Porter Wagoner, who hired Parton to regularly appear on his TV variety series. Wagoner, a country crooner known for his rhinestone suits, was a veteran hitmaker who gave Parton her big break by casting her on his show. The pair became frequent duet partners and released 13 duet albums; they won the Country Music Association Award for Vocal Duo of the Year three times.
