V piatok 7. novembra by sa mal do predaja dostať prvý ucelený výber najvýznamnejších živých vystúpení zosnulej americkej speváčky Whitney Houston. Kompilácia Whitney Houston Live: Her Greatest Performances vyjde na CD aj DVD. Obsahovať bude napríklad záznam z The Merv Griffin Show, kde sa interpretka v roku 1983 predstavila s piesňou Home.
Whitney Houston, ktorá si fanúšikov získala hitmi ako I Will Always Love You, Greatest Love of All, Saving All My Love for You či I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me), našli 11. februára 2012 bez známok života vo vani hotelovej izby v Beverly Hills. Oficiálnou príčinou úmrtia hviezdy filmov Osobný strážca (1992) či Kazateľova žena (1996) bolo utopenie. Cudzie zavinenie vyšetrovatelia vylúčili. Štyridsaťosemročná Houston mala v čase úmrtia v tele aj kokaín, marihuanu a rôzne lieky. Zostala po nej dcéra Bobbi Kristina, ktorej otcom je spevák Bobby Brown. Za hudobníka sa speváčka vydala 18. júla 1992. Ich manželstvo sprevádzali rôzne aféry. Dvojica sa rozviedla v roku 2007.
Zoznam skladieb na CD Whitney Houston Live: Her Greatest Performances:
1. Home (The Merv Griffin Show, 1983)
2. You Give Good Love (The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, 1985)
3. How Will I Know (The Brit Awards, 1987)
4. One Moment In Time (The 31st Annual Grammy Awards, 1989)
5. Greatest Love Of All (That’s What Friends Are For: Arista Records 15th Anniversary Concert, 1990)
6. I Wanna Dance With Somebody (That’s What Friends Are For: Arista Records 15th Anniversary Concert, 1990)
7. The Star Spangled Banner (Super Bowl XXV, 1991)
8. All The Man That I Need (Welcome Home Heroes, 1991)
9. I’m Your Baby Tonight (Welcome Home Heroes, 1991)
10. A Song For You (Welcome Home Heroes, 1991)
11. Medley: I Loves You, Porgy/And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going/I Have Nothing (The 21st Annual American Music Awards, 1994)
12. I’m Every Woman (The Concert For A New South Africa, 1994)
13. I Will Always Love You (The Concert For A New South Africa, 1994)
14. My Love Is Your Love (Late Show With David Letterman, 1998)
15. I Believe In You And Me (The 16th Annual World Music Awards, 2004)
16. I Didn’t Know My Own Strength (The Oprah Winfrey Show, 2009)
Zoznam piesní na DVD Whitney Houston Live: Her Greatest Performances:
1. Home (The Merv Griffin Show, 1983)
2. You Give Good Love (The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, 1985)
3. How Will I Know (The Brit Awards, 1987)
4. One Moment In Time (The 31st Annual Grammy Awards, 1989)
5. Greatest Love Of All (That’s What Friends Are For: Arista Records 15th Anniversary Concert, 1990)
6. I Wanna Dance With Somebody (That’s What Friends Are For: Arista Records 15th Anniversary Concert, 1990)
7. The Star Spangled Banner (Super Bowl XXV, 1991)
8. All The Man That I Need (Welcome Home Heroes, 1991)
9. I’m Your Baby Tonight(Welcome Home Heroes, 1991)
10. A Song For You (Welcome Home Heroes, 1991)
11. Medley: I Loves You, Porgy/And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going/I Have Nothing (The 21st Annual American Music Awards, 1994)
12. I’m Every Woman (The Concert For A New South Africa, 1994)
13. I Will Always Love You (The Concert For A New South Africa, 1994)
14. My Love Is Your Love (Music Video – Bonus DVD-only music video)
15. My Love Is Your Love (Late Show With David Letterman, 1998)
16. When You Believe (with Mariah Carey) (The 71st Annual Academy Awards, 1999 – Bonus DVD-only duet performance))
17. I Believe In You And Me (The 16th Annual World Music Awards, 2004)
18. I Didn’t Know My Own Strength (The Oprah Winfrey Show, 2009)
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Foto: AP Photo/Matt Sayles
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