Artist & Tune
Version by Dolly Parton
Version by Miley Cyrus
Version by Alison Krauss
Version by Olivia Newton-John
Version by The Petersens
Version by Leila Farouhar
Version by Agnes Chan
Version by The White Stripes
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About the Song
Written (reportedly on the same day she wrote "I Will Always Love You") and recorded in 1973 in the RCA studios in Nashville. Released as both a single and as the title track of an album that year.
She says that she wrote the song about a bank teller in Nashville who was having an affair with Parton's husband while she was touring. The results were not pretty! She says that she chose the name from a fan with red hair who sought an autograph at one of her concerts.