Dolly Parton admits she would love Beyoncé to release a cover of her iconic track Jolene and enjoy a "really big hit" with it.
The 74-year-old singer said that she is thrilled numerous artists have covered her 1974 song but she is still hopeful that one day a major artist will record their own take on the classic number.
Speaking to Big Issue magazine, she said: "'Jolene has been recorded more than any other song that I have ever written.
"It has been recorded worldwide over 400 times in lots of different languages by lots of different bands.
"The White Stripes did a wonderful job of it, and many other people. But nobody's ever had a really big hit record on it.
"I've always hoped somebody might do someday, someone like Beyoncé."
Parton said she still takes "a lot of pride" in the late Whitney Houston's 1992 cover of her chart-topping song I Will Always Love You.
"I had a number one with I Will Always Love You twice, once in the Seventies then I did it in the movie The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and had another number one in the eighties.
"And then Whitney did it and it was considered one of the greatest love songs of all time.
"Still to this day I take a lot of pride in that."
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