query: who wrote one moment in time by whitney houston

pos: One Moment in Time One Moment in Time "One Moment in Time" is a song by American singer Whitney Houston and written by Albert Hammond and John Bettis, produced by Narada Michael Walden for the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, South Korea. The song was Houston's third number one in the UK Singles Chart, and reached number five on the US "Billboard" Hot 100. The song was later included on the second disc of her first greatest hits "" and also on "The Ultimate Collection" and on the second disc of "". The song's melody was inspired by the timeless figure of Elvis

pos: One Moment in Time Desert Island Discs in February 2012. That same month, the song featured at the beginning of the 2012 Brit Awards at London's O2 Arena in tribute to Houston who had died earlier in the month by playing the song accompanied with a 30-second-video montage of her music videos. One Moment in Time "One Moment in Time" is a song by American singer Whitney Houston and written by Albert Hammond and John Bettis, produced by Narada Michael Walden for the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, South Korea. The song was Houston's third number one in the UK Singles Chart, and

pos: One Moment in Time One Moment in Time "One Moment in Time" is a song by American singer Whitney Houston and written by Albert Hammond and John Bettis, produced by Narada Michael Walden for the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, South Korea. The song was Houston's third number one in the UK Singles Chart, and reached number five on the US "Billboard" Hot 100. The song was later included on the second disc of her first greatest hits "" and also on "The Ultimate Collection" and on the second disc of "". The song's melody was inspired by the timeless figure of Elvis

pos: John Bettis is "As Long as We Got Each Other", co-written with long-time collaborator Steve Dorff as the theme song to the hit ABC Network television sitcom "Growing Pains", sung by five-time Grammy winner B.J. Thomas for six seasons, solo for season 1; and, as a duet with Jennifer Warnes for seasons 2, 3, 5, and 7; and, with Dusty Springfield for season 4. In 1988, he co-wrote "One Moment in Time" with Albert Hammond which was recorded by Whitney Houston as the theme for the Summer Olympics. John Bettis continued developing an eclectic catalog into the 1990s. 1991's "Can You Stop

pos: John Bettis other artists such as Madonna ("Crazy for You"), Michael Jackson ("Human Nature"), The Pointer Sisters ("Slow Hand"), Diana Ross ("When You Tell Me That You Love Me"), Jennifer Warnes ("Nights Are Forever"), Peabo Bryson ("Can You Stop the Rain"), George Strait ("Heartland"), Ronnie Milsap ("Only One Love in My Life"), and Barbara Mandrell ("One of a Kind Pair of Fools"). Bettis also co-wrote, with Albert Hammond, "One Moment in Time", the 1988 Summer Olympics anthem performed by Whitney Houston and, with Steve Dorff, the theme song to the 1980s sitcom "Growing Pains", "As Long as We Got Each Other." In

neg: Whitney Houston videography 22 weeks, which remains the all-time record for a video collection by a female artist, it was also certified Platinum for shipments of 100,000 units by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on July 15, 1986. In 1987, Houston released the music video for "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)", the first single from her second album "Whitney" (1987), which depicts Houston in one of her iconic looks, the clip―towering curly wig, colorful dangly earrings and a series of going-to-the-club outfits. In 1988, the music video for the song "One Moment in Time", the title track off

neg: One Moment in Time Presley, with Hammond imagining it as being sung by Presley at the opening of the Olympics. It appeared on the album "", produced in conjunction with NBC Sports' coverage of the Seoul games and which, in addition to Whitney Houston who sang it live at the main ceremony, also featured artists such as: The Four Tops, The Bee Gees, Eric Carmen, Taylor Dayne and the film composer John Williams. The track is an anthem for believing in yourself against all odds as Houston asks for "One moment in time/when I'm racing with destiny/Then, in that one moment of time, I

neg: I Will Always Love You: The Best of Whitney Houston I Will Always Love You: The Best of Whitney Houston I Will Always Love You: The Best of Whitney Houston is a posthumous greatest hits album by American recording artist Whitney Houston. The album was released on November 13, 2012 via RCA Records. The album features a selection of Houston's greatest hits including remastered versions of "I Wanna Dance With Somebody", "How Will I Know", "So Emotional", "I Have Nothing" and "One Moment in Time". The album was released in both standard and deluxe versions. It was also released with an accompanying 5 track bonus CD with the duets sung

neg: Jeff Hostetler a 3.85 GPA in Finance from West Virginia University. His nephew is Ryan Nehlen, who played wide receiver for the West Virginia Mountaineers. Chris Cuomo of ABC News interviewed Hostetler as part of "One Moment in Time: The Life of Whitney Houston", a two-hour special on ABC shortly after the 2012 death of singer Whitney Houston. In Super Bowl XXV, Houston performed "The Star-Spangled Banner", and Hostetler and Super Bowl XXV MVP Ottis Anderson reflected on Houston's performance in that game. He is the uncle of former Buffalo Bills tight-end Jonathan Stupar and New Orleans Saints linebacker Nate Stupar. Jeff

neg: The Star Spangled Banner (Whitney Houston recording) News, in their articles of lip-syncing, wrote that "Houston's unforgettable rendition of the anthem [...] set the standard that most singers have tried to top." Jenny Mayo of "The Washington Times", in her review of Houston's 2009 album "I Look to You", praised the rendition highly: "Miss Houston is an artist who can—or at least used to—make songs untouchable. 'The Star Spangled Banner' will never be the same." Bill Lamb from About.com expressed that "[Houston's] formidable power made her Super Bowl XXV 'Star Spangled Banner' performance a legendary moment," and on her biography by Lamb, also described it "as one

neg: Whitney: The Greatest Hits 32nd global best-selling album of 2012 with sales of one million copies. Adapted from AllMusic. Whitney: The Greatest Hits Whitney: The Greatest Hits is a compilation album by American singer Whitney Houston, released in May 2000. The set consists of disc one with ballads and disc two with uptempo numbers and remixes. Houston's performance of "The Star-Spangled Banner" at Super Bowl XXV, and 1988 Olympics tribute "One Moment in Time" are also included in the set. The collection includes four new songs—"Could I Have This Kiss Forever", duet with Enrique Iglesias, "If I Told You That", duet with George Michael,

neg: The Bodyguard (musical) The Bodyguard (musical) The Bodyguard is a 2012 stage musical written by Alexander Dinelaris, based on the 1992 film "The Bodyguard", with the score featuring songs recorded by Whitney Houston including "One Moment in Time", "I Wanna Dance with Somebody" and her cover version of Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You". The show began previews at the Adelphi Theatre in London's West End, on 6 November 2012, and officially opened on 5 December 2012. The musical is based on the 1992 film "The Bodyguard" which starred and featured songs by Whitney Houston. The show was officially confirmed in February

neg: The Bodyguard (musical) the character of Rachel Marron to the forefront rather than the bodyguard. The script adapted from the original screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan also expands the role of Rachel Marron's sister Nicki. The stage musical like the original film features music by Whitney Houston which in addition to the original movie soundtrack adds the following additional Houston tracks: "So Emotional", "One Moment in Time", "Saving All My Love for You", "I'm Your Baby Tonight", "How Will I Know", "Oh Yes", "All the Man That I Need", "All at Once", and "I Wanna Dance with Somebody". Following Whitney Houston's death the show's

neg: Whitney: The Greatest Hits Whitney: The Greatest Hits Whitney: The Greatest Hits is a compilation album by American singer Whitney Houston, released in May 2000. The set consists of disc one with ballads and disc two with uptempo numbers and remixes. Houston's performance of "The Star-Spangled Banner" at Super Bowl XXV, and 1988 Olympics tribute "One Moment in Time" are also included in the set. The collection includes four new songs—"Could I Have This Kiss Forever", duet with Enrique Iglesias, "If I Told You That", duet with George Michael, "Same Script, Different Cast", duet with Deborah Cox and "Fine"—all of which were released as

neg: Ottis Anderson America, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, The Breast Cancer Research Foundation, and the Deborah Hospital Foundation. Anderson is a member of Omega Psi Phi fraternity. Chris Cuomo of ABC News interviewed Anderson as part of "One Moment in Time: The Life of Whitney Houston", a two-hour special on ABC shortly after the death of singer Whitney Houston. In Super Bowl XXV, Houston performed "The Star-Spangled Banner", and Anderson and then-Giants quarterback Jeff Hostetler, along with then-Buffalo Bills quarterback Frank Reich, reflected on Houston's performance in that game. Anderson appeared on Comedy Central's Tosh.0 during the

neg: Moment of Truth World Tour Moment of Truth World Tour The Moment of Truth World Tour was the second worldwide tour by American R&B/Pop singer, Whitney Houston, and supported her "multi-platinum" hit album "Whitney". The trek started on July 4, 1987 in North America and continued overseas during 1988 in Europe, Asia and Australia. As reported by Pollstar Magazine's top grossing tours in 1987, Houston had the seventh highest-earning and the highest grossing tour by a female artist that year. The North American leg tour alone grossed over $20.1 million. The name of the tour, Moment of Truth, was a track that was to be

neg: I Know Him So Well In 1987, a studio version of "I Know Him So Well" was recorded as a duet by Cissy Houston and her daughter Whitney Houston for Whitney's second album, "Whitney". It was released as a final and 6th single from "Whitney" on November 30, 1988 in Australia, Germany, Netherlands, and Spain. There was no official music video produced for the Houston duet of song, however there are live performance video-recordings. The song version was included in the Whitney Houston North American leg of the Moment of Truth World Tour. The single was not promoted as heavily as previous singles from "Whitney".

neg: Moment of Truth World Tour on the "Whitney" album and subsequently left off and was replaced with "You're Still My Man". The song "Moment of Truth" was featured on the B-side to the US 7" single for "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)". It was also released on the CD single for "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)". Following the release of "Whitney", Houston began promoting the album with a world tour. She began on July 4 in Tampa, Florida, where she played to over 70,000 people. In a specious show of religious faith, Houston barred the sale of beer during the concert, alienating most of

neg: The Bodyguard (musical) story detail.” There were also some negative critics including Michael Billington from "The Guardian", who said that the musical was "one more example of the necrophiliac musical morbidly attracted to a cinematic corpse". The Bodyguard (musical) The Bodyguard is a 2012 stage musical written by Alexander Dinelaris, based on the 1992 film "The Bodyguard", with the score featuring songs recorded by Whitney Houston including "One Moment in Time", "I Wanna Dance with Somebody" and her cover version of Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You". The show began previews at the Adelphi Theatre in London's West End, on 6 November

neg: Whitney Houston rock concert raised over $1 million for charities while bringing awareness to apartheid. Houston then flew back to the US for a concert at Madison Square Garden in New York City in August. The show was a benefit concert that raised a quarter of a million dollars for the United Negro College Fund. In the same year, she recorded a song for NBC's coverage of the 1988 Summer Olympics, "One Moment in Time", which became a Top 5 hit in the US, while reaching number one in the UK and Germany. With her world tour continuing overseas, Houston was still

neg: Whitney Houston snippet of "One Moment in Time" as the background music in the ceremony's first segment. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie said that all New Jersey state flags would be flown at half-staff on Tuesday, February 21 to honor Houston. Houston was also featured, alongside other recently deceased figures from the movie industry, in the "In Memoriam" montage at the 84th Academy Awards on February 26, 2012. Houston was a mezzo-soprano, and was commonly referred to as "The Voice" in reference to her exceptional vocal talent. She was third in MTV's list of 22 Greatest Voices, and sixth on "Online Magazine

neg: Whitney Houston the 30th Grammy Awards in 1988, Houston was nominated for three awards, including Album of the Year, winning her second Grammy for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)". Houston also won two American Music Awards in 1988 and 1989, respectively, and a Soul Train Music Award. Following the release of the album, Houston embarked on the "Moment of Truth World Tour", which was one of the ten highest-grossing concert tours of 1987. The success of the tours during 1986–87 and her two studio albums ranked Houston No. 8 for the highest-earning entertainers

neg: Whitney Houston Live: Her Greatest Performances the full range of her talent. Shorn of the studio’s confining arrangements and gauzy production, the Newark native had the freedom to display those hairpin turns of phrase, last-second switches in key and playful improvisations that rank her among the greatest singers of all time.' Glenn Gamboa of newsday gave it Grade A and wrote, 'Houston was an extraordinary singer, an artist who rarely delivered a song the same way twice. Early on, her improvised inflections, her runs, her stops and starts—they all seemed brilliantly planned and elegantly executed. "Whitney Houston Live" documents how great the singer was before her

neg: Whitney Houston had never appeared on a Houston album: "One Moment in Time", "The Star Spangled Banner", and "If You Say My Eyes Are Beautiful", a duet with Jermaine Jackson from his 1986 "Precious Moments" album. Along with the album, an accompanying VHS and DVD was released featuring the music videos to Houston's greatest hits, as well as several hard-to-find live performances including her 1983 debut on "The Merv Griffin Show", and interviews. The greatest hits album was certified 3× platinum in the US, with worldwide sales of 10 million. Though Houston was seen as a "good girl" with a perfect image

neg: Whitney Houston albums discography the Official UK Charts Company in October 2012, Houston is at number four in the top 10 biggest selling female singles artists of all-time list with a sales total of 8.5 million singles. Whitney Houston is one of pop music's best-selling music artists of all-time, with an estimated 170–200 million records sold worldwide. Whitney Houston albums discography The discography of American singer Whitney Houston (1963–2012) consists of seven studio albums, six compilations, two soundtrack albums, five box sets, six extended plays, and 57 singles. In 1985, Houston released her self-titled debut album. It spent 14 weeks at No.1 on the

neg: The Star Spangled Banner (Whitney Houston recording) negative views of it, such as Melone of "St. Petersburg Times" who expressed disappointment about it, commenting "Granted, there were technical difficulties in the way of a live performance, but at least a few other singers have pulled off the national anthem live at a Super Bowl. This was the nation's most precious piece of music sung by one of its best performers at a most precarious time. If we were going to make such a deal of the moment, for the troops in Saudi Arabia, we should have heard the real thing. Or at least we should have been

neg: Whitney Houston I Know"—influenced several African-American women artists who followed in her footsteps. Houston began singing in church as a child and became a background vocalist while in high school. With the guidance of Arista Records chairman Clive Davis, she signed to the label at the age of 19. Her first two studio albums, "Whitney Houston" (1985) and "Whitney" (1987), both reached number one on the "Billboard" 200 in the United States and became two of the world's best-selling albums of all time. She became the only artist to have seven consecutive number-one singles on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart, from "Saving

neg: Whitney: The Greatest Hits singles. It also includes three other songs that had never appeared on a Houston album: "One Moment in Time", "The Star Spangled Banner", and "If You Say My Eyes Are Beautiful", a duet with Jermaine Jackson from his 1986 "Precious Moments" album. Along with the album, an accompanying VHS and DVD was released featuring the music videos to Houston's greatest hits, as well as several hard-to-find live performances including her 1983 debut on "The Merv Griffin Show", and interviews. Upon its release "Whitney: The Greatest Hits" was a commercial success, but it received mixed reviews from music critics. Many complained

neg: The Ultimate Collection (Whitney Houston album) The Ultimate Collection (Whitney Houston album) The Ultimate Collection is a Whitney Houston greatest hits collection, released on October 29, 2007. It was the first time a single CD of Houston's hit singles had been released. It debuted at number five in the UK, with sales of 37,228. It climbed to number three in its second week on the chart. As of February 2012, the album has sold over one million copies in the United Kingdom. In Brazil, the album was released as "Whitney Houston – The Best So Far". In 2011, it was reissued as "All Time Best -

neg: Whitney Houston videography of perfunctory storyline and focus on her performance, however, several sources recognized her as one of pioneers who laid the groundwork and broke down barriers with the videos during her generation. In 2003, VH1 ranked Houston at number three on the list of '50 Greatest Women of the Video Era'. In February 2012, "TIME", on a photo article in honor of Black History Month, listed her as one of '50 Cultural Giants'. Gil Kaufman from MTV News said that "[Houston] proved you could make a fuss without making a spectacle." Whitney Houston videography The videography of American pop/R&B recording artist

neg: Moment of Truth World Tour the video era: an encyclopedic, restless virtuoso. She has absorbed the soul and pop styles of everyone from Aretha Franklin to Barbra Streisand to Diana Ross to Al Green; she can deliver a gospel rasp, a velvety coo, a floating soprano and a cheerleader's whoop." Moment of Truth World Tour The Moment of Truth World Tour was the second worldwide tour by American R&B/Pop singer, Whitney Houston, and supported her "multi-platinum" hit album "Whitney". The trek started on July 4, 1987 in North America and continued overseas during 1988 in Europe, Asia and Australia. As reported by Pollstar Magazine's top

neg: Naughty (album) Naughty (album) Naughty is the second solo album by American R&B/funk singer Chaka Khan, released on Warner Bros. Records in 1980. Three singles were released from "Naughty": the club hit "Clouds" (penned by Ashford & Simpson who also wrote Chaka's "I'm Every Woman"). "Clouds" features background vocals performed by a 16-year-old Whitney Houston and her mother Cissy Houston (US R&B #10), "Get Ready, Get Set" (#48) and the big hit "Papillon (a.k.a. Hot Butterfly)" (#22). The album track "Our Love's in Danger" featured prominent background vocals from Luther Vandross and Whitney Houston. On Billboard's charts, the album reached #6 on

neg: Whitney Houston filmography It was nominated for five Image Awards, including Outstanding Motion Picture, and won two—for Best Actress (Whitney Houston) and Best Supporting Actress (Loretta Devine). It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Music, Original Musical or Comedy Score. "The Preacher's Wife: Original Soundtrack Album" is the best-selling gospel album of all time. The soundtrack also remained at number one for a record twenty-six weeks on the Billboard Top Gospel Albums Chart. Whitney Houston filmography American entertainer Whitney Houston worked in four feature films, one television film, seven television episodes, and appeared in six commercials. She made her screen acting

neg: Whitney Houston Live: Her Greatest Performances 200. 30% of the album sales were digital, the first time Houston has achieved that. Upon its release, Whitney Houston Live: Her Greatest Performances garnered enormous critical acclaim and praise. Giving it 5 stars, Jim Farber of NYDAILYNEWS, praised the album saying, 'The recordings here—with their odd echoes, imperfect playing, and wavering ambiences—show that Houston performed even better without a net than with one. The performances also work wonders in disproving the image of her, in her shiniest years, as a too-perfect wax figure of a star.' He further added, 'Only in concert did Houston, who died in 2012, show

neg: Whitney Houston When you wish and pray for something as a kid, you never know what blessings God will give you." Alicia Keys said "Whitney is an artist who inspired me from [the time I was] a little girl." Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson cites Houston as her biggest musical influence. She told "Newsday" that she learned from Houston the "difference between being able to sing and knowing how to sing". Leona Lewis, who has been called "the new Whitney Houston", also cites her as an influence. Lewis stated that she idolized her as a little girl. Houston was the most awarded female

neg: Whitney Houston Whitney Houston Whitney Elizabeth Houston (August 9, 1963 – February 11, 2012) was an American singer and actress. She was cited as the most awarded female artist of all time by "Guinness World Records" and remains one of the best-selling music artists of all time with 200 million records sold worldwide. She released seven studio albums and two soundtrack albums, all of which have been certified diamond, multi-platinum, platinum, or gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Houston's crossover appeal on the popular music charts—as well as her prominence on MTV, starting with her video for "How Will

neg: Fine (Whitney Houston song) Fine (Whitney Houston song) "Fine" is a song by American R&B singer Whitney Houston, and was the fourth single from her 2000 compilation album, "". "Fine" is a mid-tempo R&B tune, written and produced by Raphael Saadiq and Kamaal Fareed. According to "Billboard", it features "languid retro-funk guitars" and a "sneaky hook", brought to life by "richly layered harmonies". It was described as having "a sleek lite-funk sound" by "The Star-Ledger". "Billboard" wrote that "Fine" is "perhaps her most convincing crack at urbanized pop music to date. [Houston] seems to have eased into the chilled soul that propels a street-wise

neg: Albert Hammond by Hammond include "Make Me an Island" and "You're Such a Good Looking Woman" by Joe Dolan, "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" by Starship, "One Moment in Time" sung by Whitney Houston, "The Air That I Breathe", a hit for The Hollies, "To All the Girls I've Loved Before" a Julio Iglesias/Willie Nelson duet, and "When I Need You" by Leo Sayer. In 2015 he received the British Academy's Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Song Collection. He was also a solo singer in his own right. His biggest (and only Top 20) Billboard hit was "It Never Rains in Southern

neg: Whitney (2018 film) Whitney (2018 film) Whitney is a 2018 documentary film about the singer Whitney Houston, written and directed by Kevin Macdonald. It was screened out of competition at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival and was released on July 6, 2018, by Roadside Attractions and Miramax. In December 2018, "Whitney" was nominated at the 61st Grammy Awards for Best Music Film. A look at the life and career of Whitney Houston, who broke more music industry records than any other female singer in history and became the only artist to have seven consecutive U.S. number one singles. Friends, family and colleagues talk

neg: Grammy Awards and nominations for Whitney Houston Will Always Love You" at its 36th ceremonies in 1994. Below is a list of awards for which she has been nominated and those that she won (the winner in each category has ★ mark). Grammy Awards and nominations for Whitney Houston Whitney Houston is one of the most successful female singers of all time. Her accomplishments have been recognized with six competitive Grammy Awards, and one Grammy Hall of Fame Award, giving her a total of 7 Grammy Awards. Though she has been nominated twenty-six times and for two times songs performed by her were nominated for Song of

neg: Grammy Awards and nominations for Whitney Houston Grammy Awards and nominations for Whitney Houston Whitney Houston is one of the most successful female singers of all time. Her accomplishments have been recognized with six competitive Grammy Awards, and one Grammy Hall of Fame Award, giving her a total of 7 Grammy Awards. Though she has been nominated twenty-six times and for two times songs performed by her were nominated for Song of the Year. She earned her first Grammy, Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female in 1986, and was honored with two general field Grammys: Album of the Year for "" and Record of the Year for "I

neg: One Wish: The Holiday Album re-uses "Joy to the World" and "Who Would Imagine a King" from 1996's "". "Moscow-Pullman Daily News" wrote that Houston's "voice [...] dazzles on [the album] [...] as she soulfully interprets holiday classics[.] Her voice - though at times a bit raspy - captivates on every track [.]" "The New York Times" noted the "lavish swoops, the sultry whispers, the gospelly asides and the meteoric crescendos" from Houston. Adapted from AllMusic. One Wish: The Holiday Album One Wish: The Holiday Album is the sixth studio album by American singer Whitney Houston, released in November 2003. The album is a Christmas

neg: The Star Spangled Banner (Whitney Houston recording) "The Christian Science Monitor"s Peter Grier drew comparisons between Houston's version and Aguilera's, writing "One thing is sure: She [Aguilera] was no Whitney Houston. Remember Ms. Houston’s performance of 'The Star-Spangled Banner' at the Super Bowl in 1991? Houston [...] gave an emotional rendition of the song, and it remains one of her career highlights." "The Oxford Student"s Abbas Panjwani wrote that "Houston’s version is totally euphoric and boundless in energy. Nothing overly fancy. Just immense vocal talent." Chris Willman from Yahoo! Music complimented on Houston's version of the song that it "hasn't aged" and "may remain the most highly

neg: George Merrill (songwriter) George Merrill (songwriter) George Merrill (born January 10, 1956) is an American songwriter whose work mostly dates from the mid- to late 1980s. He co-wrote "How Will I Know", which was a hit for Whitney Houston in 1986, as well as Houston's 1987 hit "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)". From the mid- to late 1980s to the present day, Merrill has been one half of vocal duo Boy Meets Girl, who are best remembered for the late-1988 hit "Waiting for a Star to Fall". He wrote the song and had initially offered it to Houston and Belinda

neg: The Star Spangled Banner (Whitney Houston recording) a "moving rendition" and "imaginative arrangement" of the national anthem, adding "The rare moment on the football field showed her to be much more than a hit machine." Jim Farber, a music critic of "New York Daily News", in his review of Houston's 2000 album "Whitney: The Greatest Hits", said the song was "bold enough to launch a thousand ships." Sportswriter Dave Anderson of "The New York Times" commented that "When Whitney Houston belted out the national anthem with the nation at war, she reminded everybody that there was a much more important world out there beyond the Super Bowl,

neg: Fine (Whitney Houston song) track. She wisely does not give into the temptation to belt and wail her way through the song [...]. Instead, Houston works the more sultry lower register of her voice, saving the big, beautiful notes as a dramatic accent toward the end of the cut". LA Weekly in its review for "Whitney: The Greatest Hits" wrote that "Only on the stellar R&B track “Fine” does Whitney stand out. [...] “Fine” is soulful, funky and tight as hell. And the vocal performance ranks among Whitney’s best." "The Baltimore Sun" wrote that "Of the new tracks [on "Whitney: The Greatest Hits"], only

neg: Elena Gheorghe "Sus în Deal în Poieniţă". At age 11 she joined the "Children's National Palace" where she took singing lessons. In 2000 she won the gold trophy "Little Bear" (in Baia Mare) with One Moment In Time by Whitney Houston. In 2001 she participated in the "Mamaia Festival". Gheorghe is of both Romanian and Aromanian background. Gheorghe started singing with Mandinga, a very successful band in the Latino genre in early 2003. In June that year, "Mandinga" released their first album – "...De Corazón". Mandinga was placed 4th in the Romanian National Eurovision Selection in March 2005 with the song "My

neg: Glennis Grace Glennis Grace Glenda Hulita Elisabeth Batta (born 19 June 1978), better known by her stage name Glennis Grace, is a Dutch singer from Amsterdam. In 2005 Grace represented the Netherlands in the 50th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest and in 2018 she appeared on the 13th season of "America's Got Talent" and made it to the finals. Grace was born in Amsterdam and got discovered at the age of 15 years after she won the Dutch TV talent show in 1994 called "Soundmixshow", where she performed the song "One Moment in Time" from Whitney Houston. In 2005, Grace accepted

neg: Welcome Home Heroes with Whitney Houston the above-mentioned performances with an 80-minute running time or less, shorter than the original 96-minute edition. Welcome Home Heroes with Whitney Houston Welcome Home Heroes with Whitney Houston is the first ever solo televised concert and video by American recording artist Whitney Houston. Released on May 14, 1991, through Arista Records, the video contains Whitney's HBO concert special "Welcome Home Heroes with Whitney Houston", which was broadcast live from the Naval Air Station in Norfolk, Virginia, on March 31, 1991, Easter Sunday, for 3.500 servicemen and women returning from the Gulf War. It was released in VHS and Laserdisc on

neg: Hold Me (Teddy Pendergrass & Whitney Houston song) Hold Me (Teddy Pendergrass & Whitney Houston song) "Hold Me" is a ballad duet performed by American singers Teddy Pendergrass and Whitney Houston. It was written by Michael Masser and Linda Creed for Pendergrass's eighth studio album "Love Language" (1984). Production was overseen by Masser who used one of his earlier arrangements that he had produced for "In Your Arms", a song recorded by singer Diana Ross for her 1982 album "Silk Electric", on the duet. "Hold Me" was among the singles released from Pendergrass's album and was later included in Houston's 1985 self-titled debut album, serving as the debut

neg: So Emotional in France, 26 in Australia and 30 in Switzerland. The music video for "So Emotional", directed by Wayne Isham, features Houston on tour and preparing for the night's concert. It was filmed at Lehigh University's Stabler Arena in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania between dates of her 1987-1988 "Moment of Truth Tour". Track 2: "Didn't We Almost Have It All" (live) is from her September 2, 1987 concert in Saratoga Springs, New York during the Moment of Truth World Tour. So Emotional "So Emotional" is a song by American singer Whitney Houston. It was released as the third single from her second studio

neg: Moment to Moment (Houston Person album) Moment to Moment (Houston Person album) Moment to Moment is an album by saxophonist Houston Person which was recorded in 2010 and released on the HighNote label. In his review on Allmusic, Ken Dryden states "In his mid-seventies at the time of this record date, tenor saxophonist Houston Person shows no signs of slowing down; he's accompanied here by musicians who are, for the most part, at least a generation younger. Person's lush tone is a major part of the standards of the date". On All About Jazz, Greg Simmons noted "Those expecting a deeply relaxed, background-music affair may be

neg: Count On Me (Whitney Houston and CeCe Winans song) US. Chicago Tribune editor Greg Kot wrote that Winans' is one of the few voices on the album that sounds enraptured. Allmusic editor Craig Lytle praised: "She (Whitney) teams with Cece Winans on the inspirational duet "Count on Me," and both accomplished singers raise all hopes with their comforting vocals." Billboard called this song torchy. "The Orlando Sentinel" wrote that "with its swelling choruses and shouted pledges of friendship" the song "is infused with "We Are the World" earnestness and overkill, but the performances save it from being too treacly". The music video for the song features Houston and Winans

neg: Whitney Houston (album) worldwide. In 1986, at the 28th Grammy Awards, "Whitney Houston" received four nominations; including Album of the Year and won one, Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female for "Saving All My Love for You". For the 29th Grammy Awards of 1987, the album earned one nomination for Record of the Year for "Greatest Love of All". In 2003, the album was ranked number 254 on "Rolling Stone" magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. In honor of its 25th anniversary, the album was reissued as "Whitney Houston – The Deluxe Anniversary Edition" on January 26, 2010, an expanded

neg: Paul Jabara guest vocals by a then 20-year-old Whitney Houston. It also includes the song "It's Raining Men". That song was re-recorded several years later by drag supermodel RuPaul and Martha Wash. Wash sang on the original recording as part of the group The Weather Girls. Some other songs Jabara wrote for others to perform include: In 2005, a workshop of a musical entitled "Last Dance" played New York City. It was a musical assembled from Jabara's well known disco songs and told the story of a modern-day teenager who goes back in time to spend one night at Studio 54. Jabara

neg: Whitney Houston Houston played Rachel Marron, a star who is stalked by a crazed fan and hires a bodyguard to protect her. "USA Today" listed it as one of the 25 most memorable movie moments of the last 25 years in 2007. Houston's mainstream appeal allowed people to look past the interracial nature of the relationship between her character and Costner's. However, controversy arose as some felt the film's advertising intentionally hid Houston's face to hide the film's interracial relationship. In an interview with "Rolling Stone" in 1993, Houston commented that "people know who Whitney Houston is – I'm black. You can't

neg: Lisa Tucker (singer) and contract limitations for minors. When Tucker was 13, she auditioned for "Star Search" and eventually made it to the finals. She was the runner-up to Tiffany Evans. At the age of 16, she auditioned for the fifth season of "American Idol" in Denver, Colorado with a song she also sang on "Star Search", "One Moment in Time" by Whitney Houston. Simon Cowell said she was the best 16-year-old to ever audition for the show. Later, the judges made a unanimous decision to put her through to the season's final 24. America voted her through to the top 12. While

neg: Aleksandra Kovač old-school soul music, such as Aretha Franklin, Sly Stone, Parliament and Curtis Mayfield. At the same time, Kovač studied classical music at the Belgrade University. In next five years, K2 worked with great names in music such as Derek Bramble, who worked with Whitney Houston and Nona Gaye, the writing duo Rod Argent, who produced albums for Tanita Tikaram, and many others. After their contract with Mismanagement expired in 1995, the sisters returned to Belgrade and wrote, arranged and produced their debut album "K2", that hit number one on the charts. "K2" sold more than 70 000 copies, and the

neg: Samir Bağırov program included: the actor of the Russian drama theater Eldar Bagirbekov, the rising star - dancer Naila Dadasheva, who invariably accompanies the singer Akin and Zalina in all concerts and the show ballet Spider (head Andrei Babich). Bagirov was influenced by musicians Alla Pugacheva, Muslim Magomayev (musician) , Rashid Behbudov and Whitney Houston. Alla Pugacheva has always been Samir's favorite singer. During at school he was parodying many his fave singers like Muslim Magomayev. Whitney Houston was his greatest inspiration. One of the interviews he gave in 90 years,he said ""I think Whitney Houston is phenomena of pop music"." Musical

neg: Whitney Houston filmography Whitney Houston filmography American entertainer Whitney Houston worked in four feature films, one television film, seven television episodes, and appeared in six commercials. She made her screen acting debut as Rachel Marron in the romantic thriller film "The Bodyguard" (1992). It was the second-highest-grossing film worldwide in 1992, making $411 million worldwide. "The Bodyguard" received mixed to negative reviews from film critics, and received seven Golden Raspberry Award nominations, including Worst Picture. The soundtrack became the best-selling soundtrack of all time, selling more than 45 million copies worldwide. In 1995, Houston starred alongside Angela Bassett, Loretta Devine, and Lela Rochon

neg: The Pendulum Vibe across a wide spectrum of pop music." Del F. Cowie of "Exclaim!" called the album "ahead of its time". John Murph of the "Washington City Paper" wrote that, "artistically, it placed Joi ahead of the pack of prominent R&B singers of the time (SWV, Toni Braxton, Whitney Houston) by sidestepping sap in favor of more vital juices". The album was part of a wave female R&B artists who released similarly styled and themed debuts, including Carleen Anderson, Shara Nelson, and Des'ree. Martin Johnson of the "Chicago Reader" wrote of their collective legacy in a 1994 article, "[they are] likely to

neg: Heartbreak Hotel (Whitney Houston song) Heartbreak Hotel (Whitney Houston song) "Heartbreak Hotel" is a song by American singer Whitney Houston. Originally intended to be included on TLC's third studio album "FanMail", who rejected the song, it was released as the second single from Houston's 1998 album "My Love Is Your Love". The song prominently features R&B singers Faith Evans and Kelly Price during the choruses and bridge. The song reached number two on the US "Billboard" Hot 100 and peaked at number one on "Billboard"s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart on February 2, 1999. "Heartbreak Hotel" was certified Platinum by the RIAA. It was also a

neg: Kashif (musician) Moore, Dionne Warwick, Giorge Pettus, Stacy Lattisaw, Meli'sa Morgan, Exposé, The Wootens, Freda Payne, Whitney Houston, and others. His Grammy nominations are for the instrumentals "The Mood", "Call Me Tonight", "Edgartown Groove" featuring Al Jarreau. In 1985, he received another Grammy nomination for another instrumental entitled "The Movie Song". He also wrote and produced "Inside Love" for his musical idol, George Benson. It was during this time that he met and launched the career of then unknown Kenny G with "Hi How Ya Doin" and "Nighttime in Tribeca". In 1985, Kashif teamed up with then newcomer, Whitney Houston. The result

neg: Sam Dees and "Lover for Life" (Whitney Houston). Sam Dees also wrote the song "Just The Lonely Talking again", which was originally recorded by the American R&B vocal group The Manhattans on their 1983 album ""Forever By Your Side"", and later recorded by Whitney Houston in 1987 on her second studio album ""Whitney"". He released a solo single titled "After All" in 1989, and the accompanying album, "Secret Admirer", was not successful. Sam Dees continues to write and produce. He released recordings on his own Pen Pad label and also recorded for Ardent Records in England, not to be confused with Ardent

neg: Whitney Houston (album) Whitney Houston (album) Whitney Houston is the debut studio album by American contemporary R&B and pop singer Whitney Houston. It was released on February 14, 1985, by Arista Records. The album initially had a slow commercial response, but began getting more popular in the summer of 1985. It eventually topped the "Billboard" 200 for 14 weeks in 1986, generating three number-one singles — "Saving All My Love for You", "How Will I Know" and "Greatest Love of All" (a cover of "The Greatest Love of All", originally recorded in 1977 by George Benson) — on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart,

neg: Michael Weisman for the American team, but we're not going to whitewash anything." "The Washington Post" said the reporting "brought an almost unprecedented honesty to network Olympic telecasts." S"ports Illustrated" said Weisman deserved credit for "elevating Olympic coverage to the level of true journalism." Other ideas Weisman introduced for the Olympics included miniature “point of view cameras” for specific events such as the pole vault and gymnastics, the “Olympic Chronicles,” profiles which highlighted athletes and moments from Olympics past, and an Olympic soundtrack which included an original Whitney Houston song, “One Moment in Time”. Weisman's leadership and production of the Olympics coverage

neg: Boy Meets Girl (band) Boy Meets Girl (band) Boy Meets Girl is an American pop-music duo consisting of keyboardist and vocalist George Merrill and singer Shannon Rubicam. They are perhaps best known for their hit song "Waiting for a Star to Fall" from 1988 and for writing two of Whitney Houston's number one hits: "How Will I Know" and "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)." The members of Boy Meets Girl, George Merrill and Shannon Rubicam, wrote and composed a number of songs for other artists. Most famous are their two number one hits written for Whitney Houston, "How Will I Know"

neg: Marry the Night to outdo that feeling. I wanted to outdo that moment that opens up the show. I'm just that way." Wanting to have a new style of music, Gaga made it clear she did not want her fans to like the song. She wanted to write a song that could define where she was with "Born This Way" and her life. In an interview with "NME", Gaga explained that the main inspiration behind the song was singer Whitney Houston and also added: "This song is about me going back to New York. I wrote this about the courage it took for

neg: All at Once (Whitney Houston song) All at Once (Whitney Houston song) "All at Once" is a song by American singer Whitney Houston, written by Michael Masser and Jeffrey Osborne. The song is from her debut album "Whitney Houston" and was released as a single in Japan and several European countries in 1985–1986. While it did not receive an official single release in the United States, the song did receive steady radio airplay on Pop and R&B/soul formats there. The song is a heartbreak ballad about a lover who leaves without warning and the damage it does. Arista released a promotional music video exclusive to Germany

neg: Whitney Houston history. Houston's entrance into the music industry is considered one of the 25 musical milestones of the last 25 years, according to "USA Today" in 2007. It stated that she paved the way for Mariah Carey's chart-topping vocal gymnastics. In 1997, the Franklin School in East Orange, New Jersey was renamed to The Whitney E. Houston Academy School of Creative and Performing Arts. In 2001, Houston was the first artist to be given a BET Lifetime Achievement Award. Houston is one of pop music's best-selling music artists of all-time, with an estimated 170–200 million records sold worldwide. She was ranked

neg: Love Will Save the Day this time, Whitney Houston had achieved a record-breaking string of seven number-one hits, with four of those #1's from her current album "Whitney". "Love Will Save the Day" did not become Houston's eighth consecutive number one, but continued her trend of hit singles by peaking in the US Top 10. The #9 peak on the Hot 100 was Houston's lowest solo peak up to this time. The song also made the Top 10 without an accompanying music video. Houston had stronger performances on the charts prior to this song but it did remain in the top 40 for 11 weeks,

neg: Adrian Gurvitz Steve Perry, REO Speedwagon and Chicago. In 1992, he wrote "Even if My Heart Would Break", recorded by Aaron Neville and Kenny G. The song appeared in the movie and on the best selling soundtrack album of all time, "The Bodyguard" starring Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner. "The Bodyguard" soundtrack still is the No. 1 selling soundtrack of all time and it is recognized as being one of the top 5 best selling albums of all time. "The Bodyguard" soundtrack won a Grammy for best album of the year in 1994 and has sold over 45 million copies worldwide. Also,

neg: Arthur Ashe Stadium the US Open, with Whitney Houston singing "One Moment in Time" during the stadium's inauguration ceremonies and dedicating the performance to the late Arthur Ashe. The stadium has also hosted the first-ever outdoor regular season WNBA game in 2008; the Indiana Fever beat the host New York Liberty The game served as a fundraising event for breast cancer research. The facility features a Hawk-Eye electronic system which allows tennis players to challenge the umpire's decision on calls made throughout championships. In 2005, the color scheme for the courts was changed from green to electric blue inner courts and a light

neg: Exhale (Shoop Shoop) "Waiting to Exhale" soundtrack on November 7, 1995, through Arista Records. The b-side of the single includes four songs: "Dancin' on the Smooth Edge", which was initially included as the B-side to "All the Man That I Need" (1991), "Moment of Truth", "Do You Hear What I Hear", which Houston recorded for the compilation "A Very Special Christmas" (1987), and her duet with Aretha Franklin, "It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Be" (1989). "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" is also featured on Houston's compilation albums "" (2000), "Love, Whitney" (2001), "The Ultimate Collection" (2007), "The Essential Whitney Houston" (2011), and

neg: Whitney Houston (album) best-selling album of 1986, and later Diamond by the Canadian Recording Industry Association(CRIA). "Whitney Houston" was also the 1986's top selling album in Australia, staying at number one of the Kent Music Report albums chart for 11 weeks, the longest stay by a female artist at the time. It became the first time an African American artist had a number 1 album in Australia. In Japan, the album was ranked number two on list of the 1986's best-selling album by a foreign artist, with a total of 450,000 units combined sales of LP, CD and Compact Cassette, only behind Madonna's

neg: I'll Never Love Again and heartbreaking scene that only enhances the song's emotional quotient". In his film review, Ty Burr of "The Boston Globe" said Gaga's "climactic memorial" performance of the song "will leave you a soggy mess whether you like it or not". Scott Feinberg of "The Hollywood Reporter" predicted the song would earn Gaga an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song. "USA Today" Patrick Ryan wrote, "And with 'I'll Never Love Again,' the film's devastating emotional closer, Gaga gets her own Whitney Houston moment, powering through a formidable number about love and loss with searing vulnerability and grace. It's a transcendent

neg: Whitney Houston fifth studio album, "Just Whitney". The album included productions from then-husband Bobby Brown, as well as Missy Elliott and Babyface, and marked the first time that Houston did not produce with Clive Davis as Davis had been released by top management at BMG. Upon its release, "Just Whitney" received mixed reviews. The album debuted at number 9 on the "Billboard" 200 chart and it had the highest first week sales of any album Houston had ever released. The four singles released from the album did not fare well on the "Billboard" Hot 100, but became dance chart hits. "Just Whitney"

neg: Claude Kelly in 2006, and led to a publishing contract with Warner/Chappell Music. That year, Kelly was introduced to producer RedOne, and began working with him and Lady Gaga, who was at the time working on her first album. This led to an introduction to Akon. Kelly and Akon co-wrote "Hold My Hand" with Whitney Houston in mind, but Akon liked the song so much that he decided to record it as a duet with Michael Jackson. It was one of Jackson's last recordings, and appeared on his 2010 posthumous album "Michael". Nicknamed the Studio Beast, Kelly has written numerous hits, including

neg: I Believe in You and Me the song for her film "The Preacher's Wife" and released it as a single. Following its release, the song became a top 5 pop and R&B hit in the US, also peaking on music charts worldwide; it is most popularly known as a Whitney Houston song. Despite the bigger success of the Whitney Houston version, however, the song's co-composer David Wolfert, stated in a 2001 interview that young songwriters, referring to the song, told him: "Oh, you wrote that Whitney song." He stated, "I said, 'That's not really a Whitney song,' and play them the (Four Tops) original. Their mouths

neg: Whitney Houston Live: Her Greatest Performances death in 2012 and builds a strong case that her talent should outlast her tabloid exploits.' Jeff Simon of BuffaloNews, gave the album 4 starts and wrote, 'While three quarters of the female singers on TV singing contests seem to want to be Houston, what she does on this disc makes them all seem like kindergarten kids wiping their noses on their sleeves.' He further stated, 'She wasn’t long for this world. But when it came to stuff like this, find me anyone in her time that did it better. Maybe, if we’re lucky no one again will ever try.'

neg: Whitney Houston Live: Her Greatest Performances Whitney Houston Live: Her Greatest Performances Whitney Houston Live: Her Greatest Performances is a posthumous live album by American recording artist Whitney Houston. It was released on November 10, 2014 by Legacy Recordings, a division of Sony Music Entertainment. Following the week of the album's release on November 10, "Whitney Houston Live: Her Greatest Performances" made Billboard chart debuts, Whitney Houston Live: Her Greatest Performances sold 22,000 copies in the week ending Nov. 16, according to Nielsen SoundScan, by debuting at #1 on the Billboard Top R&B Albums chart, #2 on the R&B/Hip Hop chart, and #19 on the Billboard

neg: Goodbye to Language create a new one. This shot is the realization." Erin Whitney of "The Huffington Post" wrote that "The moment is so innovative and unusual that Godard and his cinematographer, Fabrice Aragno, didn't even have a name for it (Aragno has referred to the shot as "separation," for lack of a better term)." David Ehrlich of "The Dissolve" has described the technique as a "choose your own adventure" shot and wrote that "by rendering the disparate images separate but simultaneous, Godard has found a way for viewers to compare separate images at the moment they see them. "Goodbye To Language" effectively

neg: Whitney Houston time after peaking No. 1 and remaining there for three weeks on the Hot 100 chart, which made her debut the first album by a woman to yield three No. 1 hits. Houston was No. 1 artist of the year and "Whitney Houston" was the No. 1 album of the year on the 1986 "Billboard" year-end charts, making her the first woman to earn that distinction. At the time, Houston released the best-selling debut album by a solo artist. Houston then embarked on her world tour, "Greatest Love Tour". The album had become an international success, and was certified 13×

neg: Whitney Houston saw Houston performing with her mother in a New York City nightclub. He convinced Arista's head Clive Davis to make time to see Houston perform. Davis was impressed and immediately offered a worldwide recording contract, which Houston signed. (Houston had been offered deals by recording agencies before--by Michael Zager in 1980, and by Elektra Records in 1981--but her mother declined them on the grounds that Whitney had yet to complete high school.) Later that year, Houston made her national television debut alongside Davis on "The Merv Griffin Show". Houston did not begin work on an album immediately. The label wanted

neg: Whitney (album) Whitney (album) Whitney is the second studio album by American singer Whitney Houston, released on June 2, 1987 by Arista Records as the follow-up to her best selling debut album, "Whitney Houston". The album catapulted her to international fame. "Whitney" was certified 9× platinum by the RIAA on November 29, 1995. The album exceeded the expectations of many people and was popular after its release. It debuted at number one on the "Billboard" 200 chart the issue of June 27, 1987, becoming the first album by a female artist, and only the fifth album by a solo artist to do

neg: Whitney Houston and do what [she] did". She also wrote on her website on the day after Houston's death, "I, like every singer, always wanted to be just like [Houston]. Her voice was perfect. Strong but soothing. Soulful and classic. Her vibrato, her cadence, her control. So many of my life's memories are attached to a Whitney Houston song. She is our queen and she opened doors and provided a blueprint for all of us." Mary J. Blige said that Houston inviting her onstage during VH1's "Divas Live" show in 1999 "opened doors for [her] all over the world". Brandy stated, "The

neg: Whitney Houston flowing melisma, the soaring mezzo-soprano confidence, the tremulous fluttering that carried the ends of lines into realms of higher yearning". Houston was considered by many to be a "singer's singer", who had an influence on countless other vocalists, both female and male. Similarly, Steve Huey from Allmusic wrote that the shadow of Houston's prodigious technique still looms large over nearly every pop diva and smooth urban soul singer – male or female – in her wake, and spawned a legion of imitators. "Rolling Stone", on her biography, stated that Houston "redefined the image of a female soul icon and inspired

neg: We Found Love the record previously held by Madonna who managed the achievement in a time span of six years and nine months. In its sixth week on the chart, the song reached number one, giving Rihanna her eleventh number-one single and Calvin Harris his first number-one single in the United States thus tying her with Whitney Houston in fifth place for the highest amount of number-one singles in the 53-year history of the chart, behind The Beatles (20), Mariah Carey (18), Michael Jackson (13), and a fourth place tie between Madonna and The Supremes (both with 12). Rihanna also tied with Houston

neg: Whitney Houston RIAA for sales of more than one million copies in the United States. On January 26, 2010, her debut album was re-released in a special edition entitled "Whitney Houston – The Deluxe Anniversary Edition". Houston later embarked on a world tour, entitled the Nothing but Love World Tour. It was her first world tour in over ten years and was announced as a triumphant comeback. However, some poor reviews and rescheduled concerts brought negative media attention. Houston canceled some concerts because of illness and received widespread negative reviews from fans who were disappointed in the quality of her voice and

neg: Jason Miles worked with Miles Davis, Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, Chaka Khan, Diana Ross, David Sanborn, and Luther Vandross. During the 1990s, he played keyboards on "I'm Your Baby Tonight" by Whitney Houston, "The Power of Love" by Luther Vandross, and "HIStory" by Michael Jackson. He wrote music for the animated film "The Snow Queen" and "People: A Musical Celebration of Diversity" on the Disney Channel. He and his wife Kathy Byalick composed "Visionary Path", a New Age album with narration by Diana Krall, Roberta Flack, and F. Murray Abraham. In 2000 Miles released "The Music of Weather Report", the

neg: Whitney Houston (album) here are so featureless they could be sung by anyone. They make what could have been a stunning debut merely promising." In his consumer guide for "The Village Voice", Robert Christgau complimented Houston's "sweet, statuesque voice", but called the songs "schlock" and believed "only one of the four producers puts any zip in—Narada Michael Walden, who goes one for one." Stephen Thomas Erlewine from AllMusic defined "Whitney Houston" as "the foundation of diva-pop" and stated that certainly, the ballads such as "Greatest Love of All" and "Saving All My Love for You", provided "the blueprint for decades of divas". However,

neg: Thinking About You (Whitney Houston song) "Greatest Love of All". The song debuted at number 89 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart on September 11, 1985. On December 14, 1985, the song reached its peak position of number 10. It spent 15 weeks on the chart. AllMusic editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine called the track "unheralded" and one of the lighter songs on the album, as well as "a dance/R&B hit [...] that remains one of Whitney's purest pop pleasures". Thinking About You (Whitney Houston song) "Thinking About You" is a song by American singer Whitney Houston. It was written by Kashif Saleem and La Forrest "La

neg: Whitney: The Concert for a New South Africa Whitney: The Concert for a New South Africa Whitney - The Concert for a New South Africa (alternately titled Whitney Houston – Live in South Africa, Whitney Houston - Concert for South Africa) was the title of three concerts which American singer Whitney Houston performed in South Africa to honor President Nelson Mandela and to celebrate a newly unified South Africa in November 1994. Houston's first ever performances at Kings Park Stadium in Durban on Nov. 8 and final one at Green Point Stadium in Cape Town on Nov. 19, set the stage for her much anticipated HBO televised performance

neg: Isaac Whitney 2018, Whitney was waived by the Raiders. On September 18, 2018, Dupre was signed to the Houston Texans' practice squad. Isaac Whitney Isaac Demone Whitney (born June 22, 1994) is an American football wide receiver for the Houston Texans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at USC. Whitney played two years at USC after transferring from Riverside City College. He also played one season at Central Oklahoma in 2013. Whitney signed with the Oakland Raiders as an undrafted free agent on May 5, 2017. He was waived on September 2, 2017 and was signed to the

neg: The Bodyguard (soundtrack) The Bodyguard (soundtrack) The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album is the soundtrack from the film of the same name, released on November 17, 1992, by Arista Records. The album's first side (in its original LP configuration) features songs by Whitney Houston, while side 2 features the work of numerous other artists. The album was co-executive produced by Whitney Houston and Clive Davis and has become the fifth best-selling album of all time. The soundtrack was the first album verified by the Nielsen SoundScan computerized sales monitoring system to have sold more than a million units within a one-week period, the week

neg: Michael Zager co-wrote the Patti Day song "Right Before My Eyes" with Alexander Forbes. In 1977, Michael Zager Band's single "Life's a Party" features a young Whitney Houston (age 15) and her mother Cissy Houston on vocals. In 1978, the Michael Zager Band had a huge disco hit anthem with "Let's All Chant". During 1979 and 1980 Zager wrote the medley arrangements for the Spinners' "Working My Way Back to You"/"Forgive Me, Girl" (#2 Hot 100 in March–April 1980, #1 UK) and "Cupid"/"I've Loved You for a Long Time" (#4 Hot 100 in July–August 1980, #4 UK). Zager graduated from University of

neg: Kasia Livingston in 2010 as a songwriting instructor. Livingston is a credited contributor on the following songs and albums: Kasia Livingston Kasia 'KC' Livingston is an American songwriter who has written for Britney Spears, Whitney Houston, Jessica Simpson, the Pussycat Dolls and other artists, and has been nominated for Grammy and Soul Train Awards. Livingston began writing songs at age 10. She was discovered by producer David Foster and went on to work with artists including Britney Spears, Whitney Houston, the Pussycat Dolls, New Kids on the Block, Flo Rida, The Wanted, Jessie J, Big Time Rush, Jordin Sparks, Jessica Simpson and

neg: Christina Aguilera (album) recorded a cover of All-4-One's song "I Turn to You", written by Diane Warren. Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers (who would eventually broke into the scene as the producers who launched Rihanna's career) wrote and produced two tracks, while the then up-and-coming Robin Thicke co-wrote and co-produced "When You Put Your Hands on Me". Franne Golde (who previously worked with Whitney Houston) also wrote a song for Aguilera. At the final stages, producer and songwriter David Frank presented a song called "Genie in a Bottle", which Aguilera almost didn't record, "because there were a lot of other artists out there

neg: Whitney Houston videography singer to a wider audience when it became one of the first videos by a black female singer to earn heavy rotation on MTV, and it won MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video at its 3rd ceremony of 1986. "Greatest Love of All", the final single released from Houston's debut album, helped cement the M.O. for the classic Whitney video. In June 1986, Houston released her first video compilation "The No. 1 Video Hits", containing her four music videos off the "Whitney Houston" album. It reached number-one on the "Billboard" Top Music Videocassettes chart and stayed there for

neg: Count On Me (Whitney Houston and CeCe Winans song) giving a concert performance, while clips of the "Waiting to Exhale" feature film are sporadically mixed in. The "Count on Me" music video peaked at number one on music channels BET, MTV, and VH1. On a Valentines Day episode of Sister Sister, the three principal actors: Tia Mowry, Tamera Mowry and Marques Houston, sing the song at a karaoke bar. They sing the first two verses and the chorus. Count On Me (Whitney Houston and CeCe Winans song) "Count on Me" is a duet by American recording artists Whitney Houston and CeCe Winans. It is an uplifting song about leaning