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Elvis Presley met Priscilla Presleycompletely by chance in 1959 when she was 14 and he was 24.

He was singing to me, ‘I Will Always Love You.'"

Dolly Parton performing in ’70s

The pair would continue to remain close right up until his death.

Instead, it was because Presley’s manager wanted her to give up some of her publishing rights.

But there is one person Parton agreed to let cover the song Whitney Houston.

Elvis and Priscilla on their wedding day

Were Dolly Parton and Elvis Friends?

The legends had a fair amount in common.

They also both had similar upbringings.

Parton with an award for her song