I had just gotten home from eating dinner and turned on ESPN College Gameday of all things. Rece Davis and the Gameday crew were at Vanderbilt for the Coomodores' game against Kentucky. Since the team was in Nashville, Rece talked about how music was a big part of the city and, with that, told everyone the tragic news of Whitney Houston's death. My jaw dropped. I was stunned just like the day Michael Jackson died. Such a powerful voice in music was gone, taken from this world, just like that.
Houston has had an up-and-down career after being discovered by legendary music producer, Clive Davis. According to Wikipedia, Whitney earned 415 awards in her career including: 2 Emmys, 6 Grammys, 30 Billboard Music Awards, and 22 American Music Awards; making her the most awarded female artist of all time. She was the only one I knew of who could make the National Anthem a chart topper. Over her career, she sold over 200 million albums and singles worldwide. Houston always had some personal struggles that were very much public (including drug and alcohol abuse) but was staging a comeback before she died.
Without a doubt, my Weekly Salute goes to the one, the only, Whitney Houston. My prayers go out to all of her friends and family as well. That powerful voice which downright gave you chills everytime you listened to it and that beautiful smile will be missed by all of us.
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