Artist
American singer, songwriter and actress.
Born: 9 August 1963 in Newark, New Jersey, USA.
Died: 11 February 2012 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA (aged 48).
Discovered by Michael Zager when she was 14. Indeed, Whitney sang with her mother Cissy Houston on the track "Life's A Party" of The Michael Zager Band.
Married to Bobby Brown on 18 Jul 1992, but separated in October 2006 and divorced 24 April 2007. The marriage produced a daughter, Bobbi Kristina Brown.
Houston appeared in a number of films. Her first starring role was in "The Bodyguard" (1992), the soundtrack of which won the 1994 Grammy Award for Album Of The Year. Houston's single from it, "I Will Always Love You" (a Dolly Parton cover), became one of the best-selling singles in music history.
Houston was the daughter of soul/gospel singer Cissy Houston and cousin of Dionne Warwick and Dee Dee Warwick. Her godmother was Aretha Franklin.
Houston had a Mezzo-soprano vocal type. Vocal range: 3.2 Octaves. A2- C6 (approx)
Tracks
1
You Give Good Love
2
Saving All My Love For You
3
How Will I Know
4
Greatest Love Of All
5
I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)
6
Didn't We Almost Have It All
7
So Emotional
8
Where Do Broken Hearts Go
9
I'm Your Baby Tonight
10
All The Man That I Need
11
The Star Spangled Banner
12
I Will Always Love You
13
I'm Every Woman
14
I Have Nothing
15
Run To You
16
Queen Of The Night
17
Step By Step
18
Heartbreak Hotel
19
My Love Is Your Love
20
It's Not Right But It's Okay
21
I Learned From The Best
Releases
Labels
Sony Music, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, BMG Japan, Sony BMG Music Entertainment Africa (Pty) Ltd.
Countries
Australia, Japan, South Africa, Ukraine, Europe
years
2000, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2014