* 1963 – Whitney Houston, American singer-songwriter, actress, and producer ( d. 2012 )

She has composed over 3, 000 songs, the best known of which include " I Will Always Love You " ( a two-time U. S. country chart-topper for Parton, as well as an international pop hit for Whitney Houston ), " Jolene ", " Coat of Many Colors ", " 9 to 5 ", and " My Tennessee Mountain Home ".

A duet with Ricky Van Shelton, " Rockin ' Years " ( 1991 ) reached number one but Parton's greatest commercial fortune of the decade came when Whitney Houston recorded " I Will Always Love You " for the soundtrack of the feature film The Bodyguard ( 1992 ); both the single and the album were massively successful.

On February 11, 2012, after the sudden death of Whitney Houston, Dolly Parton stated, " Mine is only one of the millions of hearts broken over the death of Whitney Houston.

The Mercury / Polygram single, co-produced by Kurt, included the collaborative efforts of Stephanie Mills, Whitney Houston, New Edition, El Debarge, James " JT " Taylor, The Fat Boys, Menudo ( Ricky Martin ), Teena Marie and Run DMC.

The proceedings included a rousing rendition of " The Star-Spangled Banner " by Whitney Houston during the pregame ceremonies.

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* August 9 – Whitney Houston, American singer ( d. 2012 )

* February 11 – Whitney Houston, American singer and actress ( b. 1963 )

Whitney Houston's music video " Queen of the Night " includes clips from the film as well as Houston wearing a shiny metallic ensemble resembling Maschinenmensch.

" Steve Huey of Allmusic asserted that despite being born into a family of entertainers, Janet Jackson has managed to emerge a " superstar " in her own right, rivaling not only several female recording artists including Madonna and Whitney Houston, but also her brother, while " successfully her image from a strong, independent young woman to a sexy, mature adult.

In Right to Rock: The Black Rock Coalition and the Cultural Politics of Race ( 2004 ), author Maureen Mahon states: " In the 1980s, Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, and Prince were among the African American artists who crossed over ...

Other acts like Cher, Usher, Frank Sinatra, Eminem, Beyoncé, Whitney Houston, Jessica Simpson, Barbra Streisand, Alicia Keys, Shakira, Nelly Furtado, Katy Perry, Depeche Mode, U2, The Killers, Stevie Nicks, Pink Floyd, Blink 182, The Who, Deep Purple, The Osmonds, Muse, Brooks & Dunn, Marc Anthony, Luciano Pavarotti and Aventura performed more than once at the venue.

It was remade in 1996 as The Preacher's Wife starring Denzel Washington, Whitney Houston, and Courtney B. Vance.

The likeness was so uncanny that he fooled superstar Whitney Houston at an awards show ; when Houston discovered the error, she felt she was made a fool of and vowed never to appear on MTV again.

* On February 11, 2012, multi-Grammy Award winning singer Whitney Houston drowned in the bathtub of room 434 at the Beverly Hills Hilton.

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During the early and mid 1990s, Washington starred in several successful thrillers, including The Pelican Brief and Crimson Tide, as well as in comedy Much Ado About Nothing and alongside Whitney Houston in the romantic drama The Preacher's Wife.

Artists and songs covered included " Into The Groove " by Madonna, " Message in a Bottle " by The Police, " Gloria " by Laura Branigan, " Hip Hop Hooray " by Naughty by Nature, " Friday I'm in Love " by The Cure, " Livin ' on a Prayer " by Bon Jovi, " Physical " by Olivia Newton-John, " Heaven Is A Place On Earth " by Belinda Carlisle, " Everybody Have Fun Tonight " by Wang Chung, " All Fired Up " by Pat Benatar, " Workin ' Overtime " by Diana Ross, " The Promise of a New Day " by Paula Abdul, " Pump up the Jam " by Technotronic, " Motownphilly " by Boyz II Men, " I Have Nothing " by Whitney Houston and " Breakaway " by Tracey Ullman in addition to hundreds of other songs over the entire run.

* Whitney Houston, actress and Grammy awarded singer

** Babyface for " Exhale ( Shoop Shoop )" performed by Whitney Houston

During 2002, she performed for many benefit concerts, the famous VH1 Divas Live, a concert to benefit the VH1 Save The Music Foundation, alongside Cher, Anastacia, Dixie Chicks, Mary J. Blige, Whitney Houston, Cyndi Lauper, Shakira and Stevie Nicks.

** Babyface for " Exhale ( Shoop Shoop )" performed by Whitney Houston

1986: Whitney Houston, who was one of the first female African American artists to receive heavy rotation on the network, performed " How Will I Know " and " Greatest Love of All " at the 1986 Video Music Awards.

A multiple screen event, " Raumlichtkunst ," from the series first performed in Germany in 1926, was re-created by the Center for Visual Music ( Los Angeles ) and exhibited in 2012 at the Whitney Museum and Tate Modern, London.

The two became a songwriting team, collaborating on several songs including " I Have Nothing " performed by Whitney Houston in The Bodyguard, and " Grown-Up Christmas List ".

In 1992, Jordan performed a duet with Joe Cocker for the soundtrack of the motion picture The Bodyguard, starring Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner, which sold more than 27 million copies worldwide.

She has performed with such performers as Patti LaBelle, Whitney Houston, Dorothy Norwood, Faith Evans, Dottie Peoples, Arnold Houston, Kim Burrell, John P. Kee, Kirk Franklin and Tonex, Tye Tribbett among others.

Roy Ayers performed a solo on the John " Jellybean " Benitez production of Whitney Houston " Love Will Save The Day " from her second multi-platinum studio album Whitney.

He has performed and recorded with Joe Zawinul, Chaka Khan, The Saturday Night Live Band, John McLaughlin, Joni Mitchell, Herbie Hancock, Steve Coleman, Whitney Houston, Pino Daniele, John Scofield, Paul Simon, Tito Puente and many others.

During the months of June and August 2003, Trenyce performed on the American Idol II Live Concert Tour with fellow finalists, singing Tina Turner's " Proud Mary " and Whitney Houston's " I Have Nothing ".

These slaves performed an ancient ritual to create a mystical Blood Gem, with which they killed Whitney.

Bach is a regular performer with Gates ' ensemble, The Black Monks of Mississippi, who have performed at the 2010 Whitney Biennial, the Rubin Museum of Art, the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven, Netherlands.

Outside the United States, Norwood made appearances on Top of The Pops and Anke Late Night, where she performed a rendition of Whitney Houston's " One Moment in Time " in the form of a coffee commercial.

Although not of the Vatican a Christmas concert where popular musicians performed had been held at the Vatican for thirteen years until ending in 2006. Notable performers at it included José Feliciano, Whitney Houston, Dionne Warwick, Gloria Gaynor, and B.

In June 2009, the band performed an acoustic show at the Whitney Museum.

It features songs performed by artists from a variety of genres, such as U2, Stevie Nicks, Jon Bon Jovi, Madonna, The Smashing Pumpkins, No Doubt, Whitney Houston, Run – D. M. C., Jason Mraz, Willie Nelson, Bruce Springsteen and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.

In 1997, Whitney Houston performed the song live as a part of her medley tribute to Diana Ross on her Classic Whitney Live from Washington, D. C. concert.

For her Hollywood solo, she performed " How Will I Know " by Whitney Houston.

Kline's compositions have been performed at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, the Brooklyn Academy of Music ( BAM ), Miller Theatre, the Whitney Museum, MASS MoCA, the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Milwaukee Art Museum, Philadelphia's Kimmel Center, and London's Barbican Centre.

She was cast for a small role, " Female Academy Member ", in the blockbuster The Bodyguard ( 1992 ), for which she co-wrote ( with David Foster ) the lyrics for the theme song " I Have Nothing ", performed by Whitney Houston.