Report: Jessica Simpson asks for removal of Dolly Parton tribute
UPI News Service, 12/21/2006
Pop singer Jessica Simpson has asked for removal of a song she recorded during a tribute to Dolly Parton on December 3, People magazine reported Thursday.
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Simpson, performing at the Kennedy Center Honors, was attempting to sing Parton's classic hit "9 to 5," but botched the lyrics and ran from the stage in tears. She re-recorded the song, but now wants that version edited out of the broadcast, which is set to air December 26 on CBS.
"Dolly you make me so nervous. I can't even sing the words right," the singer said during the show.
The performance, which also honored Andrew Lloyd Webber, Zubin Mehta, Smokey Robinson
and director Steven Spielberg, was attended by President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush.
Parton told People that Simpson is "so talented" and "someday they'll be paying tribute to her."