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    Beyonce Knowles and Whitney Houston are inspirational, independent and influential. Both have lyrics that can touch a million people. Their music Motivates us there both independent and also influential through their life and songs. Whitney Houston albums I Will Always Love You, The Best Of Whitney Houston, and Undefeated are very different, features many side of whitney.The Album I Will Always Love You The Best Of Whitney Houston cover is very elegant and classic. Whitney Houston standing strong

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    Music has the unique power to influence the attitudes and actions of a person. Whether it is used as a source of hope and soulful reflection on past struggles, like in Whitney Houston’s When You Believe, or to draw strength and determination to Olympians in Vangelis’ Chariots of Fire, music can provide spiritual, inspirational or hope-filled meaning. In order to inspire and motivate year 12 students, the electrifying Chariots of Fire is clearly a superior choice compared to the spiritual and soulful

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    I was always so content with being the only child, I got everything and my parent’s attention was always focused on me. The world revolved around me, but I felt lonely most of the time and longed to have a little sibling throughout my younger years. That longing lasted until I was about nine and as I got older the idea of ever having a younger sibling became perverse. He or she would be so annoying and instead of having fun with them, I would have to take care of them. That was something I didn’t

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    Bobbi Kristina Brown had the same funeral as her mother, Whitney Houston. ET, August 4, 2015 said there were many similarities between the mother and daughter funeral. Tyler Perry transported Whitney’s body and Bobbi Kristina’s body to New Jersey in his private jet. Police officers on motorcycles led the way to the Whigham Funeral Home in Westfield, New Jersey. Whitney and Bobbi Kristina were taken to the funeral Home in a gold colored hearse with the letter W on the back window. Police blocked off

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    journey. The lyrics “Walking out into the dark” directly apply to Holden. If Pencey was the known and where Holden was going was the unknown, Holden was walking out from the light into the dark, as in the song. 2. “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” by Whitney Houston// Lavender Room “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” by

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    Covers versions are credited to be “one of the most important precedents for the rise of rock ‘n’ roll.” This “commercial and musical phenomenon” is the use of a previously recorded song that is either remade or reinterpreted by another group or artist. There is an argument that cover versions are employed by bands and artists in order to “cash in” on the success that the original version provided the original artist. However, as in all debates, there is a side that argues that cover versions

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    Whitney was born with music within her. Even her mother, Cissy Houston, is a legendary gospel singer and lead minister at New Hope Baptist Church. Even as a young child performing at church people noticed her stunning vocal ability. Whitney would recount the experience of having such talent as a child, saying, "I think I knew then that (my singing ability) was an infectious

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    The Color Purple Analysis

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    “God Is Trying To Tell You Something” Color Purple In a dynamic scene near the end of the blockbuster The Color Purple, the character Shug Avery engages in a soul-stirring rendition of a gospel song called God Is Trying To Tell You Something. Shug Avery in The Color Purple could be described as a prodigal daughter Shug is portrayed as a woman of the world who loved to party, loved to dress, and loved to sports men. In the church scene near the end of the film, we see Shug performing in a "Juke Joint"

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    I am writing about Whitney Houston and why I want to meet her. The reason why I want to meet her is she was an amazing actress and singer. She inspired me to sing in a choir that is why I chose her to talk about. She was born in a musical family August 9,1963 in Newark New Jersey. Her mother was Cissy Houston she was also a singer and her father well she did not have a father. At the age of fifteen, she started singing in her church choir at the New Hope Baptist church. She began as a featured vocalists

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    I laid on the floor, not really sure what to do with myself. I had wandered from my bed down to the ground, trying to avoid the stare of my laptop. My fingers dug into the carpet. The sleek electronic beckoned me torturously, and my fingers itched to open it. The ground seemed like a safer place, one where I could avoid everything and just be. Of course, the longer I laid there, the louder the silence seemed to become. I couldn’t hear anything, not the whirring of my laptop nor the notifications

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