Dolly Parton Almost Wrecked Her Car When She Heard This Whitney Houston Song

One of the nation's favourite singer-songwriters is Dolly Parton. 

She has garnered attention for years thanks to her sassy sense of humour, her moving ballads, and her numerous charitable endeavours. 

Parton is active on social media, where she routinely creates and posts videos with inspirational and uplifting messages for her followers

Parton recently shared on Instagram what happened when she first heard Houston's version of her famous song 

I Will Always Love You" in advance of the debut of the brand-new music biopic Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody.

What did Dolly Parton say about almost wrecking her car when she heard ‘I Will Always Love You’?

Although Parton composed "I Will Always Love You" in the early '70s, Houston covered the ballad for her movie The Bodyguard in 1992, giving the song new life

Parton recently posted a video to Instagram in which she discussed her feelings after hearing Whitney Houston's rendition for the first time.

"I was passing through Brentwood, a small town close to where I reside in Nashville, while I was heading home in my car from my office. 

Parton stated, "I just heard this voice come on the radio. It "sort of rung a bell," Parton said, "but it didn't hit because she was kind of discussing it."