Our own Dolly Parton

The new Michael Jackson single was released this week. I think it's called "This is it". From the clip I heard on the radio, I have to say it reminds me of some of the ballads from the "Dangerous" album (the only Jackson album I remember being released when I was growing up). It really reminded me of "Heal the World" and "Hold Me" (the Free Willy song). For me, that's a good thing.
The other interesting thing they said was that the song was actually written by Paul Anka, and that he would be getting 50% of profits. I couldn't help thinking that he was our Dolly Parton. Let me explain. They're both people who've had their own careers as singers. But, who have probably made more money writing songs (or having their songs covered) by other singers. So for example, Dolly probably made an insane amount of money when Whitney Houston covered "I Will Always Love You", and when "Islands in the Stream" was remixed as "Ghetto Superstar". Paul's most well known song is probably "My Way" from Frank Sinatra. I wonder if he gets a cut every time someone sings it at karaoke!