Dolly Parton and Dionne Warwick working on gospel song together
Two living legends are coming together for a "very special" song.
Dolly Parton and Dionne Warwick have a new duet planned for 2023. The Grammy Award winners are working on a gospel duet, which Warwick says is coming soon.
She made the announcement during an appearance on the 'Tamron Hall Show'.
The 82-year-old says the song already has a title and will be released sometime in January. Warwick explains how the duet came about.
"She sent me a song that she wanted me to record, and I said, ‘Okay, that sounds like a deal.' She’s such a sweetheart, I know her. And then she sent me another song, the one that we're going to be doing as a duet. It's a gospel song called 'Peace Like a River'."
The 'That's What Friends Are For' singer says Parton wrote their new song.
"I am very excited about this. I really am. I've done so many duets over the years, but this one's gonna be very special," she told host Tamaron Hall.
The two singers have become close friends over the years. Parton wrote a song that would become very special in the Warwick family.
Warwick is the first cousin of Whitney Houston. The late singer famously sang 'I Will Always Love You' in the 1992 film, 'The Bodyguard'.
The song was originally recorded by Parton in 1973. The 76-year-old star wrote the song as a goodbye letter to her business partner at the time, Porter Wagoner.
Warwick says working with Parton on their new song was destiny. "It was preordained. God's got a purpose," she told Tamron.
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Parton performed 'I Will Always Love You' at her goddaughter Miley Cyrus's 2022 New Year's Eve party. They sang the song together and fans are begging them to release their live version as a single.
Listen to their beautiful duet below.
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