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    Brief Biography of Whitney Houston Whitney Houston had been an actress and a singer. She had been born August 9th, 1963 in Newark, New Jersey. Her family had already had a musical reputation as her mother was Cissy Houston and her cousin was Dionne Warwick. In 1978, she had sung with her mother as a backing vocalist in the song, ‘Every Woman’. From there she had also sung as a backing vocalist with many different artists. In 1985 she released her first album ‘Whitney Houston’ and it had become the

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    loved and always loved? Whitney Houston sings about how she “will always love you.” Whitney Houston’s music represents R and B that has its fair share of love songs. Love is the most important thing in order for relationships to survive. As shown in her music, Whitney Houston, and others in her music genre, have had love experiences that help them make music. Whitney Houston was born August 9, 1963 in Newark, New Jersey. Whitney Houston lived in New Jersey as a child. Whitney dropped her first album

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    Everyone knows Whitney Houston, Right? Whitney Houston was a singer/actress. Whitney Houston, born August 9, 1963 to John and Emily “Cissy” Houston, was born into a musical family. Her mother, Cissy, was a background singer. She recorded songs for Aretha Franklin at Atlantic Records Studio in New York. Whitney’s aunties and uncles were also singers. They were in a gospel group, the Drinkard Singers. Dionne Warwick, Whitney’s first cousin, was also a singer. She was in the gospel group, The Gospelaires

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    10, 2016 Developmental Dr. Patrick 1. Presenting Problem and context: I have Whitney Houston who is a professional singer, she is passionate about her career in singing, and she has gain a large amount of fans who love her for all her beautiful songs. She have had about a million hits, but of course in a crazy world of being a celebrity, Whitney has found herself in the world of business and a hectic family life. Whitney finally found the love that she always talked about, with such joy and excitement

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    Whitney Houston was born on August 9, 1963, in Newark, New Jersey, into a talented singing family. The youngest of three children, her mother, Cissy, was a successful backing singer. Whitney's singing career began in the local gospel choir but she quickly graduated to backing singing with the likes of Lou Rawls and Chaka Khan, when she also worked as a model. At the age of 18, Whitney was signed to record label Arista Records, with whom she produced the album, 'Whitney Houston' with 'Saving All My

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    Whitney Houston Background Whitney Elizabeth Houston, was a famous American singer, actress, producer and model. Born on August 9th of 1963 in Newark, New Jersey and sadly deceased on the 11th of February of year 2012 in a hotel in Beverly Hills, California. John Russel Houston an Army serviceman and entertainment executive was the father of Whitney and Cissy Houston a gospel and soul singer was her mother, Cissy was Whitney’s inspiration, role model, mentor, best friend, the most important person

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    What makes Whitney Houston an interesting person? Houston was an interesting person because she was a singer, talented, and beautiful individual. She had addictive background, that caused many trouble conflicts and her singing career made her famous. Whitney Houston was born on august 9, 1963 in Newark, New Jersey. Her mother Cissy Houston, and her cousin Dionne Warwick and her godmother Aretha Franklin were all legendary figures in the American gospel, soul and pop music. Her mother

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    Whitney Houston was born to a family that were singers. She was the youngest of three children and was related or friends with lots of talented singers, Aretha Franklin was her grandmother. She began singing in a choir at church and soon went on to become a background singer. When she was 18 she had her first record deal. With her second album she had to first album by a women to enter the number 1 charts. On July 18, 1992 she got married to the singer Bobby Brown. They had one child whom they named

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    Whitney Houston Whitney and her beginning and ending life. Whitney Houston once said, “When I opened my mouth to sing, it was there, a feeling and a spirit that would come through me and out my mouth. It wasn’t anything I could control. I didn’t fight it. It was just there”(Heppermann upd). She had a lot of bad and good moments in her life, but by the time it ended she had accomplished what she need. To truly understand Whitney Houston, one must understand her early life. Whitney was born

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    Whitney Houston Whitney Houston was born on August 9, 1963, in Newark, New Jersey, in a talented singing family. Her career as a singer began in the local gospel choir but she quickly graduated to back up singing with the likes of Lou Rawls and Chaka Khan, when she also worked as a model. At 18, Whitney recorded with Arista Records, producing the album, 'Whitney Houston' with 'Saving All My Love For You’, which help her a Grammy Award. Her second album, 'Whitney', was the first album by

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