The Greatest Love Of All
Whitney Houston
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Browse piano sheets by Whitney Houston on Zen Virtual Piano. Born into a musical family on August 9, 1963, in Newark, New Jersey, Houston seemed destined for success. Church choir singing started for her at eleven, and as a young teenager she sometimes appeared at her mother's concerts. At fifteen she sang backup on Chaka Khan's 1978 hit I'm Every Woman. Singing in a church choir from age eleven, and being gospel-trained, may point to a connection between her choir singing and her gospel training. Her mother and cousins nurtured her love of gospel from birth, and as a teenager she was already singing on the New York music scene. Albums by the disco songwriter Paul Jabara and by the avant-garde New York funk group Material had already featured her voice by her late teens. The Guardian says she was gospel-trained but her voice also suited R&B, pop and ballads, and she was adept at each. Her mother and cousins nurturing gospel from birth, and a voice that also suited R&B, pop and ballads, may hint that gospel was the base for a wider range. She was singing at a New York nightclub in 1983 when Clive Davis, chairman of Arista, was brought along to hear her, and he signed her immediately. February 2000 brought Houston her sixth career Grammy: at the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards, It's Not Right But It's Okay won Best Female R&B Vocal Performance. A voice that suited R&B as well as gospel, and a 2000 Grammy for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, may suggest a link between her range beyond gospel and that award. Houston recorded Greatest Love of All in December 1984 for her 1985 debut album; Clive Davis was at first against her recording it but gave in after persuasion from Houston and Michael Masser. The song's music was written by Michael Masser and its lyrics by Linda Creed in 1976 for the film The Greatest. Masser recalled that when he first met Houston in 1981 or 1982 she was not yet known. Houston singing backup at fifteen, and recording Greatest Love of All for her 1985 debut album, may point to a path from backing vocals to a lead role.
Browse piano sheets by Whitney Houston on Zen Virtual Piano.
Born into a musical family on August 9, 1963, in Newark, New Jersey, Houston seemed destined for success. Church choir singing started for her at eleven, and as a young teenager she sometimes appeared at her mother's concerts. At fifteen she sang backup on Chaka Khan's 1978 hit I'm Every Woman. Singing in a church choir from age eleven, and being gospel-trained, may point to a connection between her choir singing and her gospel training.
Her mother and cousins nurtured her love of gospel from birth, and as a teenager she was already singing on the New York music scene. Albums by the disco songwriter Paul Jabara and by the avant-garde New York funk group Material had already featured her voice by her late teens. The Guardian says she was gospel-trained but her voice also suited R&B, pop and ballads, and she was adept at each. Her mother and cousins nurturing gospel from birth, and a voice that also suited R&B, pop and ballads, may hint that gospel was the base for a wider range.
She was singing at a New York nightclub in 1983 when Clive Davis, chairman of Arista, was brought along to hear her, and he signed her immediately. February 2000 brought Houston her sixth career Grammy: at the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards, It's Not Right But It's Okay won Best Female R&B Vocal Performance. A voice that suited R&B as well as gospel, and a 2000 Grammy for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, may suggest a link between her range beyond gospel and that award.
Houston recorded Greatest Love of All in December 1984 for her 1985 debut album; Clive Davis was at first against her recording it but gave in after persuasion from Houston and Michael Masser. The song's music was written by Michael Masser and its lyrics by Linda Creed in 1976 for the film The Greatest. Masser recalled that when he first met Houston in 1981 or 1982 she was not yet known. Houston singing backup at fifteen, and recording Greatest Love of All for her 1985 debut album, may point to a path from backing vocals to a lead role.
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Whitney Houston was a gospel-trained singer born in Newark, New Jersey, in 1963.
Houston recorded Greatest Love of All in December 1984 for her 1985 debut album; the song's music was written by Michael Masser and its lyrics by Linda Creed in 1976 for the film The Greatest.
In 1983 she was singing at a New York nightclub when Arista chairman Clive Davis was brought to hear her, and he signed her immediately.
She won Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for It's Not Right But It's Okay, her sixth career Grammy.