The greatest ever live performance of “I Will Always Love You”

“I will always love you” has become one of the standards for female vocalists’ auditions.

It was written by Dolly Parton in the 1970s.

Technically, it went up to a whole new level, and gained worldwide fame in 1992 when it was covered by Whitney Houston, becoming her highest selling single ever.

However, Charice Pempengco, 16 of the Philippines, who for some people is already the best singer in the world, did probably the greatest ever live (albeit, shortened) version of the song, on the UK TV show “The Paul O’Grady Show” which was aired 8th April 2008.

In fact, she was not yet 16 during that performance; her 16th birthday was on 10th May 2008.

What do you think, have you seen/heard anybody sing this song better (apart perhaps Whitney herself in her prime):

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To make a fair comparison, the following is supposedly Whitney Houston’s best live version (during the 1994 Grammy Awards):

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Here’s another one:

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Who do you think is better?

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    2 Comments »

    Comment by BEBEK
    2008-12-01 17:34:08

    simple : the best singer in the world is me, myself!!!!!!!! or on second thought mr sabud’s kada arau monduli is the best ever live performance in the entire universe….

    but frankly speaking……… between charice and whitney – it’s a draw!!!! the only difference is whitney is hooked on drugs while charice is an innocent angel….!!!

    Comment by pinolobu
    2008-12-01 21:27:22

    Hey, leave Sabud out of this!!!

     
     
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