Cover Story: Jolene

from The Music Show · host Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Every great song gets covered. Sometimes beautifully, sometimes badly, and sometimes by people who clearly should have known better.Cover Story, returning for its third series, hunts down the best, the worst, and the downright strange versions of classic songs, and asks the question: why does this version give us goosebumps while that one makes our skin crawl?According to some Dolly Apocrypha, Dolly Parton wrote Jolene and I Will Always Love You on the same day: a lifetime's worth of goosebump production in a single day. And whilst I Will Always Love You is best known by its Whitney Houston cover, Jolene is Dolly's most covered song. And the variety is stunning. Join Andy and his guests - Adelaide Cabaret Festival's Reuben Kaye and Gillian Cosgriff - to paint a picture of a beauty beyond compare. Adelaide Cabaret Festival runs until 21 JuneJolene – Dolly PartonComposed and performed by Dolly PartonReleased as a single, January 1974Versions heard in this episode:Olivia Newton John - Come On Over, 1976Beyonce - COWBOY CARTER, 2024Dami Im - Jolene (Acoustic) single, 2018Nicola Zuraitis, Dan Pugach and his Big Band - single, 2025Strawberry Switchblade - Strawberry Switchblade, 1985Darcy Clay - Jesus I Was Evil (EP), 1997Miley Cyrus - Attention (Live), 2022andReuben Kaye and Gillian Cosgriff - live in The Music Show studio, 2026Next time on Cover Story: Carole King's Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? Technical production by Isabella Tropiano and Angela GrantThe show this week was made on Gadigal, Gundungurra, and Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Country.

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Every great song gets covered. Sometimes beautifully, sometimes badly, and sometimes by people who clearly should have known better. Cover Story, returning for its third series, hunts down the best, the worst, and the downright strange versions of classic songs, and asks the question: why does this version give us goosebumps while that one makes our skin crawl? According to some Dolly Apocrypha, Dolly Parton wrote Jolene and I Will Always Love You on the same day: a lifetime's worth of goosebump production in a single day. And whilst I Will Always Love You is best known by its Whitney Houston cover, Jolene is Dolly's most covered song. And the variety is stunning. Join Andy and his guests - Adelaide Cabaret Festival's Reuben Kaye and Gillian Cosgriff - to paint a picture of a beauty beyond compare. Adelaide Cabaret Festival runs until 21 June Jolene – Dolly Parton Composed and performed by Dolly Parton Released as a single, January 1974 Versions heard in this episode: Olivia Newton John - Come On Over, 1976 Beyonce - COWBOY CARTER, 2024 Dami Im - Jolene (Acoustic) single, 2018 Nicola Zuraitis, Dan Pugach and his Big Band - single, 2025 Strawberry Switchblade - Strawberry Switchblade, 1985 Darcy Clay - Jesus I Was Evil (EP), 1997 Miley Cyrus - Attention (Live), 2022 and Reuben Kaye and Gillian Cosgriff - live in The Music Show studio, 2026 Next time on Cover Story: Carole King's Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? Technical production by Isabella Tropiano and Angela Grant The show this week was made on Gadigal, Gundungurra, and Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Country.

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