Weney Houston: The Best Pop Song Of Whitney Houston

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WHITNEY HOUSTON Whitney Houston was born in August 9th, 1963, in Newark, New Jersey. Whitney came from a long line of illustrious singers, for her mother, Cissy Houston, was an American gospel singer. Her mother was the Choir minister at “New Hope Baptist Church”. As well, her cousin Dionne Warwick was also an American singer and TV-host, her best songs include “Walk on By” and “Heartbreaker”. Finally, her godmother, Aretha Franklin, was an accomplished American singer and musician. Her father, John Russell Houston, was also an artist in a sense through his work as a professional theatrical manager, although he didn’t have a career in singing. As a young child, Whitney Houston had begun singing at The New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, New It is believed to be one of her best pop songs. This song is considered a pop song because it is written in the form of verses, bridges and choruses and it ends with an outro. The first verse of the song starts with “Share my life, take me for what I am”, which is shown specifically at the time 0:23. It ends with “Just all that you are and everything that you do”, which is shown at 0:53-0:58. The verse is followed with a bridge, which begins with “I don’t really need to look, very much further”, specifically at 1:00, and then follows it and it ends with “I can’t run from myself, there’s nowhere to hide” which is from 1:15 to 1:20. The song’s structure continues with a chorus, which starts off with “Don’t make me close one more door” which is at 1:21, and then it follows and ends with “If I don’t have you, you, you, you, you” which is at 1:51 to 1:56. It carries on with one more verse and one more bridge, and it ends with an outro, which begins with “Don’t you dare walk away from me” which is at 4:12 and ends with “If I don’t have you, oh you” which is at 4:27. The exact times for each verse, chorus, bridge or outro is all shown in the table below. In addition, the song is considered a pop song because it’s time duration is within the average time for a pop song, which is 3 to 5 minutes, and the song is about 4:50 minutes. Moreover, it is appropriate for different people from different places and it In 1992, specifically on July 18th, Whitney married R&B star Bobby Brown. Years afterwards, in the year 2000, she started getting in trouble, for marihuana was found and discovered in her handbag in Hawaii’s Keyhole-Kona Airport. This resulted in her receiving a misdemeanor marihuana possession charge. Later in 2001, new rumors of her drug use began to spread out again, as it is noticed that she was extremely thin in a Michael Jackson commemorative concert. 2002 was one of the hardest years for Whitney Houston, as she had became erratic and she got fired from the academy awards by her long term friend, Burt Bacharach. In addition, her assistant and friend Robyn Crawford resigned. In a 2002 interview with Diane Sawyer, Houston actually admits to have been using alcohol, marihuana, cocaine, and prescription drugs. Her drug usage had resulted in a negative effect on her voice, as it is observed that she loses a significant amount of weight in her song “Try it On My Own”, and it is also shown in the music video that her voice became hoarse, as it has been scientifically proven that this is a result of marihuana usage. Though, she denies any addiction. In 2004, even after her embarrassing interview with Sawyer, Houston still suffers from drug abuse, and for the first time, she actually enters a facility for drug rehabilitation. It is believed that this addiction was in fact what caused her to divorce from her husband in 2007. After a

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