Whitney Houston
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Whitney Houston: 2nd Generation Soul
Profile and Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 9 July 1985
TO SAY that we critics [sic] and journalists have been known to hype an artist would perhaps be the understatement of the year. However, in ...
Whitney Houston: Whitney Houston (Arista 206 978) **
Review by Paul Sexton, Record Mirror, 13 July 1985
WHITNEY HOUSTON'S had fantastic US and European success with this debut album but I could pick out at least three stronger first LPs by similar ...
Whitney Houston: Hello... Hello... Houston Calling
Profile and Interview by Paul Sexton, Record Mirror, 7 December 1985
Whitney Houston is 21, she never had acne in public and Dionne Warwick is her favourite cousin. Read on... Story: Paul Sexton ...
Whitney Houston: Wembley Arena, London
Live Review by Chris Roberts, Sounds, 25 October 1986
I WAS there. ...
Whitney Houston: Wembley Arena, London
Live Review by Lucy O'Brien, New Musical Express, 25 October 1986
A TASTE OF ECSTASY ...
Whitney Houston: The Long Road To Overnight Stardom
Report and Interview by Bud Scoppa, Billboard, December 1986
ONCE IN A BLUE MOON, a new artist emerges who simply takes over, in utterly decisive and undeniable fashion. So it was with Whitney Houston ...
Report and Interview by William Shaw, Smash Hits, 3 June 1987
What are Curiosity Killed The Cat, Boy George, Whitney Houston, Beastie Boys, A-ha and three squillion other pop stars doing in a little town in ...
Whitney Houston: Whitney (Arista)
Review by Lucy O'Brien, New Musical Express, 6 June 1987
WHITNEY HAS been coached and coutured through the artistic school of MOR showbiz professionalism until, at 23-going-on-40, she has reached the height of airbrushed fantasy ...
Review by Lloyd Bradley, Q, July 1987
WHITNEY HOUSTON had a lot to live up to from the moment 'Saving All My Love For You' and its shiny video went public. Its ...
Whitney Houston: NEC, Birmingham
Live Review by Adam Sweeting, The Guardian, 3 May 1988
Adam Sweeting marvels at a mega-star in action at the Birmingham NEC ...
Whitney Houston: NEC, Birmingham
Live Review by Michele Kirsch, New Musical Express, 7 May 1988
THE MOMENT OF TRUTH, SORTA ...
An Interview with Whitney Houston
Interview by David Nathan, Blues & Soul, 1991
SO MUCH HAS BEEN written and said about Whitney Houston since she burst on to the recording scene in 1985 with 'You Give Good Love', ...
Whitney Houston: I'm Your Baby Tonight (Arista)
Review by James Hunter, Rolling Stone, 10 January 1991
Whitney Gets Warmer ...
Whitney Houston: Down and Dirty
Interview by Anthony DeCurtis, Rolling Stone, 10 June 1993
YOU'RE EXPECTING her to float delicately into the room, but Whitney Houston strides in with a purposeful air. She's dressed way down in purple stretch ...
Whitney Houston Hit: The Bodyguard Soundtrack Has Shot at Sales Record
Report by Joel Selvin, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 July 1993
Astonishingly, six months after release, the rather unremarkable collection of songs is already halfway toward eclipsing the 40 million sales mark set 10 years ago ...
Interview by Michael A. Gonzales, Vibe, September 1996
The VIBE Q: CLIVE DAVIS, ARISTA RECORDS' LEGENDARY PRESIDENT AND CEO, IS TRULY RUNNING THINGS. THINK NOT? ASK WHITNEY HOUSTON, PUFFY COMBS, TLC, THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G., OR L.A. AND ...
Whitney Houston: Nynex, Manchester
Live Review by Caroline Sullivan, The Guardian, 11 July 1998
This town ain't hot enough... ...
Whitney Houston: My Love Is Your Love (Arista)
Review by Andy Gill, The Independent, 13 November 1998
HER FIRST non-soundtrack work in eight years, My Love Is Your Love, finds Whitney Houston trying to re-position herself in a more youthful context. The ...
Rodney Jerkins: The Beats Are Mine
Interview by Michael A. Gonzales, The Source, 1999
WITHIN THE rhythmic belly of the Hit Factory studio, chunky-funky 21-year-old producer Rodney Jerkins is beginning to look slightly fatigued. ...
Whitney Houston: An audience with the diva
Profile and Interview by Paul Sexton, The Times, 6 September 1999
On the eve of a European tour, Whitney Houston gives Paul Sexton a little of her precious time. ...
Whitney Houston: Sheffield Arena **
Live Review by Dave Simpson, The Guardian, 11 September 1999
Diva takes a nosedive ...
Whitney Houston: Houston, still a problem
Review by Lisa Verrico, The Times, 4 January 2002
Troubled superstar Whitney Houston overdoses on sugar, says Lisa Verrico ...
All rock stars have a price, even Mick Jagger
Report by Robert Sandall, The Sunday Times, 28 June 2009
The biggest names in music have been enjoying a nice little earner – getting paid millions to perform for the super-rich. ...
Whitney Houston: I Look To You
Review by Lloyd Bradley, bbc.co.uk, August 2009
It's good to have her back in the spotlight for the right reasons. ...
Why someone in Whitney Houston's condition shouldn't be on stage
Report by Dave Simpson, The Guardian, 24 February 2010
WHITNEY HOUSTON has a problem. In fact, she seems to have a lot of problems. According to reports from Monday night's concert in Brisbane, Australia ...
Comment by Mitchell Cohen, Rock's Backpages, February 2012
SHE WAS ANOINTED, for sure. Behind the curtain, all the machinery was being cranked up for her debut, all the fanfare that was possible back ...
Obituary by Caroline Sullivan, The Guardian, 13 February 2012
Superstar singer credited as the first 'pop diva', whose compelling talent was lost to drug addiction ...
Whitney Houston: The diva who had — and lost — it all
Retrospective by Nick Hasted, The Independent, 13 February 2012
From her rise as a fresh-faced teen to her sudden death in an LA hotel room at 48, Nick Hasted charts the highs and lows ...
Whitney Houston: The Greatest Voice Of Her Generation
Comment by Andy Gill, The Independent, 17 February 2012
Wannabes are rife, yet she was a singular talent, says Andy Gill ...
Obituary by Daryl Easlea, Record Collector, April 2012
WHITNEY HOUSTON, singer, actor, diva extraordinaire, died Los Angeles 12 February, aged 48. ...
Obituary by David Hepworth, The Word, April 2012
IN SEPTEMBER 2009, Whitney Houston performed in Central Park for the TV show Good Morning America. ...
Retrospective by Mitchell Cohen, Music Aficionado, 2017
THEY COULD have been rivals in a pop soap opera. Whitney Houston prim and buttoned-up, Janet Jackson frisky and up for anything. Whitney was a ...
When Pop Went Political: Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
Retrospective and Interview by David Burke, Classic Pop, June 2018
IT WAS A PARTY staged to express solidarity with the world's most famous political prisoner, while concurrently expressing vehement opposition to an overtly racist system ...
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