{"id":804191,"date":"2020-02-14T08:00:34","date_gmt":"2020-02-14T15:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=953024"},"modified":"2020-02-14T08:00:34","modified_gmt":"2020-02-14T15:00:34","slug":"read-a-whitney-houston-tribute-by-her-manager-sister-in-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/read-a-whitney-houston-tribute-by-her-manager-sister-in-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Read a Whitney Houston Tribute by Her Manager\/Sister-in-Law"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pat Houston, Whitney Houston\u2019s<\/a> long-time manager and sister-in-law, has shared an excerpt of an essay she wrote in tribute to the singer as part of a new vinyl release of her self-titled debut album.<\/p>\n

Whitney Houston<\/em> celebrates its 35th anniversary this Valentine\u2019s Day. To commemorate the anniversary, as well as Houston\u2019s upcoming induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on May 2nd, Legacy Recordings has announced a commemorative vinyl edition of the album in partnership with Vinyl Me Please.<\/p>\n

The release will include 2 LP color vinyl records and a 32-page hardcover photo-and-lyric book with new essays by Houston\u2019s friends and collaborators. It will also be packaged with the first U.S. edition of Houston\u2019s 1986 Japanese-only release, Whitney\u2019s Dancin\u2019 Special<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Mitchell Cohen, Narada Michael Walden and La Forrest \u201cLaLa\u201d Cope are all confirmed to have contributed to the essay collection. Below is the excerpt from Pat Houston\u2019s essay.<\/p>\n

When music fans all over the world first heard Whitney Houston\u2019s debut album in 1985, they knew things were about to change forever.<\/em><\/p>\n

It was 35 years ago that Arista Records released Nippy\u2019s self-titled debut album, which spun off three consecutive No. 1 singles, sold 22 million copies worldwide and earned her first Grammy Award. The enthusiasm for this stunning new artist was unprecedented, to say the least.<\/em><\/p>\n

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From the opening notes of \u201cYou Give Good Love,\u201d audiences could hear a blueprint for Whitney\u2019s albums in the decades to come: powerful, dramatic, uplifting songs, steeped in pop and R&B traditions, designed to showcase the unbelievable instrument that was her voice<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Her ability to deliver a message in song captured our imaginations like no other. As Whitney herself once said: \u201cGod gave me a voice to sing with\u2014and when you have that, what other gimmick is there?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

When Whitney was a child, she would hold a broomstick like a microphone stand and dream of becoming one of the greatest singers of all time, as expressive as those voices she spent her formative years studying: Cissy Houston, her mom, mentor, vocal coach and inspiration along with her cousin Dionne Warwick, her dear friend Darlene Love, or even The Queen of Soul herself, Aretha Franklin. The success of her first album proved that those dreams could come true<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

As you flip through the pages of this book, I hope you\u2019re reminded of the power of those dreams, and the songs that made them an incredible reality.<\/em><\/p>\n

Our thanks to Clive Davis, the Arista Records staff and all those responsible for the rise of a pop culture phenomenon that has set the highest possible bar for today\u2019s female performers to match. Let us all salute and celebrate this monumental 35th<\/sup> anniversary\u2014where it all began for our beloved Whitney Houston.<\/em><\/p>\n

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