“I Will Always Love You” was written by Dolly Parton. She recorded it in 1973 and again in 1982. The song reached #1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart both times.
And then there was Whitney Houston’s version.
Produced by David Foster for the soundtrack to the movie The Bodyguard, Whitney Houston re-arranged the song, broke it down and built it back up with a vocal performance that knocks your socks off. It was almost as if she had something to prove. Houston’s version of the song set records (staying at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart for 14 weeks), sold hundreds of thousands of copies, achieved international success and won many awards including a Grammy Award for Record of the Year.
“I’m Your Baby Tonight” by Whitney Houston was the title track of her third studio album and the song went to #1 on the Hot R&B Singles chart and the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart. The version of the song featured above, which was written produced by Babyface and L.A. Reid, was only released in the United States. The version of the song featured below was released internationally.
Don’t date yourself, but it’s likely this was the soundtrack for your high school, middle school or even college years. Either way, the 80′s were a fun loving, horrible fashion, good time having era. If you enjoyed his 80′s MTV flashback mix, add this to your collection for a dash of 80′s soul. Big ups to DJ Phaze for blessing us with another great mix. Hit the break for the playlist and enjoy!
In this new series I get to ply some of my “learning” (as the old folks would say) from music school. Now I promise not to get too nerdy, that’s really not that point. There’s always someone who knows more and there’s always someone who wants to get into a debate as to whether something is a flat 5th or a sharp 4th. This won’t be one of those posts. (more…)
Whitney sat down with Oprah for a no-holds barred interview in what Oprah has called, “her best interview ever”. It was a very powerful and at times emotional interview, during which Whitney opened up about e-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g.
Check out part two, Bobby’s response & her (testimonial) performance of “I Didn’t Know My Own Strength”, from her new album, I Look To You, after the jump and let us know what you think.
, after the jump and let us know what you think.