The part about Dolly Parton not letting Elvis have a slice of the royalties is true. Tom Parker was known for demanding this of songwriters and Dolly had the guts to tell him to whistle.
However, the song wasn't a B-Side. It was well known in America after she sang it as a goodbye when...
As should everyone.
Weird that two of us should simultaneously post a song about not being like other people.
Billy Bragg and Johnny Marr did this on the B Side of 'Levi Stubbs Tears,' which also had a cover of Dick Gaughan's brilliant 'Think Again'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Am9s85pfH8I
No, Jolene's B Side was apparently called: 'Love, You're So Beautiful Tonight.' 'I Will Always Love You' wasn't a B Side, but a separate single from the same album as Jolene. It didn't chart in the UK, but was number one in the US Country charts...
This is on an EP, but it is on the B Side with 'Rainy Night In Soho' being the song pushed as the lead track. Always one of the Pogues finest moments and now particularly beloved by many fans of the greatest TV series ever made:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zk2TMBwLjog
The A Side was called 'Loaded,' but it was actually an Andrew Wetherall remix of 'I'm Losing More Than I've Ever Had.' He changed it so much that they called it by another name. Both great, but surely not as good as this Primal Scream B Side:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8KynrRA1u8
Well said sir! Great song that I've only ever seen as a live recording on the Turning Japanese B Side. Given that both their albums 'New Clear Days' and 'Magnets' are nothing to write home about, I can't believe that they never thought it worthy of doing in the studio.
Here is my favourite...