whitney houston

Dolly Parton never minced words about it.  She said that she will always love Whitney Houston's version of her hit "I Will Always Love You" because it sold millions of copies and made Dolly LOTS of money.  I honestly never thought anyone would come close to Whitney's version of that song.  I mean, holy cow!  She sang the bloody hell out of it and it spent 14 weeks at #1 on the Billboard Singles Chart.  So, imagine my surprise when my friend Anissa Jo Skaggs came across THIS video on the web.  Some random girl walked up to a random karaoke machine inside a discount grocery store and laid the song out.  WATCH!

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It's been revealed pop star Whitney Houston died from accidental drowning, but there were other contributing factors, including heart disease and chronic cocaine use. Houston died February 11th, the

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Say what you will about Fox News anchor Bill O'Reilly, and I have--I don't always agree with the man. But his Monday night "Reality Check" segment, devoted solely to the death of Whitney Houston, was among the most important analysis I've heard regarding the late pop superstar. In fact, I would go so far as to label it a call to arms.

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I had the pleasure of seeing Whitney Houston in concert back in the early 90's.  One of the legs of her I'm Your Baby Tonight Tour kicked off at Rupp Arena in Lexington.  That was back in the day when you actually had to call Ticketmaster to get tickets.  You couldn't get them online.  Well, I happened to call the morning those tickets when on sale, RIGHT when they went on sale, and ended up snagging SECOND ROW seats.  Needless to say, my friends and I had four of the best seats in the house for one of the best voices on the planet.  That night, for those two hours, Whitney was well, Whitney.  She was dramatic, she was funny, she was a diva, she was "the voice."  And, when I shouted out from the second row and professed my profound love for her, she pointed at me and said back, "Thank you, Baby!"  Yes, for a brief second, I was HER baby that night. 

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