It was "I Will Always Love You" which was already a hit. Elvis asked to cover it, invited her to come to the session, & then the night before, his manager says You have to give us 1/2 your royalties!! Of course she said no, & she would have kicked herself when Whitney made it a huge hit, again.
The manager, hours before the session start: "We have a rule that Elvis don’t record anything that we don’t take half the publishing."
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