Olivia Newton-John and Dolly Parton had a fantastic friendship whereas the Grease actor and singer was nonetheless alive — ever since Newton-John gained the Country Music Association Female Vocalist Of The Year award in 1974 for “If You Love Me (Let Me Know),” making her the primary non-American-born artist to win that award. Before Newton-John handed away in August 2022, she truly recorded a duets album, Just the Two of Us: The Duets Collection, which can be out in May. One of the duets options Parton; it’s the 2 singers performing Parton’s 1974 basic “Jolene.” The reimagined “Jolene” additionally encompasses a new video of the 2 singers; Newton-John additionally says how she “always wanted to sing with Dolly.”
“I’m so excited to be working with Olivia Newton-John, one of my favorites of all time,” Parton says in one other clip. “We’ve always kind of stayed close through the years and I am just so proud to be a part of this duet project that she’s doing.”
According to a press launch, previous to her dying, Newton-John stated Parton was “always there for me… What she did for me early on in my career in Nashville is something I will never forget.”
Just the Two of Us: The Duets Collection may also characteristic duets with Mariah Carey, Michael McDonald, John Travolta, Barry Gibb, Vanessa Amorosi, Jon Secada, Newton-John’s daughter Chloe Lattanzi, and extra.
Watch Parton and Newton-John sing “Jolene” under.
Just the Two of Us: The Duets Collection can be out 5/5 by way of Primary Wave Music.