Four decades after Dolly Parton turned down Elvis Presley’s request for the rights to “I Will Always Love You,” a 13-year-old girl from Austria took the iconic ballad and made it her own.
The “forbidden” song – which Whitney Houston introduced to a new audience in 1992 – was beautifully sung by Laura Kamhuber during the blind auditions of The Voice Kids.
She left the judges momentarily speechless. Keep reading to discover more about the young girl’s audition that has garnered 226 million views on YouTube!
In 1974, Elvis Presley sought to acquire Dolly Parton’s hit song “I Will Always Love You,” which she had released that same year.