Whitney Houston - my brief encounter many years ago

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She became so famous so fast that IMHO she had no chance to live a 'normal' life...She seemed so vulnerable when I saw her...

She spent her teens singing with her mother Cissy Houston at nightclubs, recording backing vocals (including Chaka Khan's I'm Every Woman), and modeling after being spotted by a fashion photographer. Unlike singers having to start from the bottom with no connections, she had access to her parents (her father was a music industry executive), Dionne Warwick, and Aretha Franklin. When you're young and vulnerable, and you have so many "advantages" at your disposal, not being good enough (never mind screwing up) can feel like original sin.

And it doesn't sound like she was looked out for financially, either. Her record album income was based on recording and performing the songs of others, not writing, composing, or producing her own; she had to fight off a lawsuit from her own management company; she had to sell two multi-million-dollar homes. No wonder she became so reliant on movies, commercial jingles, exhausting tours -- and too many drugs.


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