Whitney Houston The Greatest Love of All 1985 Top Pop

Today it is 10 years since Whitney Houston s untimely death. We commemorate her with this rare video, recorded in the Netherlands on June 12, 1985 during Whitney s first promotional visit to the Netherlands. She was 21 at the time. Whitney Elizabeth Houston (August 9, 1963 February 11, 2012) was an American singer and actress. She is one of the bestselling music artists of all time, with sales of over 200 million records worldwide. Houston s vocal performances, as well as her prominence on the MTV and popular music charts, have influenced many African American artists. Houston began singing in church as a child and became a background vocalist while in high school. She was one of the first black women to appear on the cover of Seventeen magazine after becoming a teen model in 1981. With the guidance of Arista Records chairman Clive Davis, Houston signed to the label at age 19. Her first two studio albums, Whitney Houston (1985) and Whitney (1987), both peaked at number one on the