It’s common for artists to “cover” songs that were huge hits for other performers, but only rarely does the cover version do justice to the original.
Well I’m about to share one of those rare instances with you right now…
“The Cry of The Heart”
“You know, there’s really only three female singers in the world: Barbra Streisand, Linda Ronstadt, and Connie Smith. The rest of us are only pretending.“
-–Dolly Parton
That’s some pretty high praise right there, especially coming from someone who is a Country Music giant herself.
You could easily convince me that Dolly’s exaggerating a bit with the “The rest of us are only pretending” part, but…