I am not trying to be judgmental or anything of that sort for feeling this way about this topic, so please give me guidance if I am wrong. ( I just want to make sure my fiance and his mother don't look some type of way at our wedding)
I thought it is way too intimate and just weird, and they should pick something else? AGAIN, I AM NOT TRYING TO BE MEAN... I just always associated that song ( which is my all time favorite, by the way) with romance between two lovers, not between a mother and her son.
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It seems kind of weird like she's loosing her son to you or something. Maybe a little dramatic? It's a small thing in the grand scheme of things but if you feel like it's really going to bother you talk to fh about your feelings.
My FMIL wanted to dance to always by Atlantic starr! If no one knows that song please look up the lyrics lololol. When she told us this, we all looked at each other and then her. FH played it for her and said "NOPE". Haha.
Ashley - I mean, I also think it is DRAMATIC!! I feel like she feels that way ( like shes losing him to me, but I always include her in everything) She actually cried at my bridal shower when he showed up and my friends were pretty weirded out about it.
Ehh, I do agree that it's a little strange and even dramatic. But I wouldn't fret over it too much. Like Celia said, I doubt many people will be paying close attention to the dance anyway. It's a moment between your FH and FMIL so if that's the song they want to dance to, then that works. I know the song is on the long side too, but I'm sure the DJ won't be playing the entire song anyway.
Houston began singing at New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, New Jersey, as a child and became a background vocalist while in high school. She was one of the first black women to appear on the cover of Seventeen after becoming a teen model in 1981. With the guidance of Arista Records chairman Clive Davis, Houston signed to the label at age 19. Her first two studio albums, Whitney Houston (1985) and Whitney (1987), both peaked at number one on the Billboard 200 and are among the best-selling albums of all time. She is the only artist to have seven consecutive number-one singles on Billboard Hot 100 since 1988.[a] Her third studio album, I'm Your Baby Tonight (1990), yielded two US number-one singles, the title track and "All the Man That I Need". Houston's rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner" at Super Bowl XXV in 1991 received widespread media coverage.
Following the success, she renewed her contract with Arista Records for $100 million in 2001, one of the biggest recording deals of all time.[5] However, her personal problems began to overshadow her music career. Her 2002 studio album, Just Whitney, received mixed reviews, while her drug use and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown received widespread media coverage. After divorcing Brown, Houston returned to the top of the Billboard 200 chart with her final studio album, I Look to You (2009). In February 2012, Houston accidentally drowned in a bathtub at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills, with heart disease and cocaine use as contributing factors. News of her death coincided with the 2012 Grammy Awards, which took place the day following her death, and was covered internationally along with her memorial service. Coverage of Houston's death was ranked as the most memorable entertainment event in television history, according to a study by Sony Electronics and the Nielsen Television Research Company.[6] Her assets amounted to $250 million, earned over a 25-year career.[7]
Whitney Elizabeth Houston was born on August 9, 1963, at Presbyterian Hospital in Newark, New Jersey, to Emily "Cissy" (ne Drinkard) and John Russell Houston Jr.[8] Cissy is a Grammy-winning gospel and soul singer, who was a member of The Drinkard Singers and the founder of The Sweet Inspirations before becoming a solo artist.[9][10] John was a former Army serviceman who later became an administrator under the Newark mayor. Houston was given the nickname "Nippy" by her father.[11]
Houston's parents were both African-American. On her mother's side, Houston was alleged to have partial Dutch and Native American ancestry.[12] Through Cissy, Houston was a cousin of singers Dionne and Dee Dee Warwick as well as a distant cousin of opera singer Leontyne Price. Aretha Franklin became an "honorary aunt" while Darlene Love was Houston's godmother.[13][14][15] Through her father, her great-great-grandfather Jeremiah Burke Sanderson was an American abolitionist and advocate for the civil and educational rights of black Americans during the mid-19th century.[16][17] Houston had three older brothers, paternal half-brother John III,[18] maternal half-brother Gary, a former basketball player and singer,[19] and Michael.[20]
The family later relocated to a suburban area of East Orange three years following the Newark race riots of 1967. Houston was raised in the Baptist faith by her parents and joined the church choir of the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark at age five where she also learned to play piano.[21][22] She later recalled being exposed to the Pentecostal church nearby as well. Houston made her solo performance debut at New Hope singing the hymn "Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah" at age 12.[23] When Houston became a teenager, she told her mother that she wanted to pursue a career in music. Throughout her teenage years, she would be taught how to sing by Cissy.[24] Along with her mother, cousins and Franklin, Houston was influenced by singers such as Chaka Khan, Gladys Knight, and Roberta Flack.[25] Houston attended Franklin Elementary School (now Whitney E. Houston Academy of Creative and Performing Arts) before transferring to Mount Saint Dominic Academy by sixth grade.[23]
Houston's professional career began shortly after she placed second in a statewide talent showcase in 1977 after she joined her mother's band as a backing singer while Cissy performed on the NYC cabaret club circuit. On February 18, 1978, a fourteen-year-old Houston made her non-church performance debut at Manhattan's Town Hall singing the Broadway standard "Tomorrow" from the musical Annie, receiving her first standing ovation.[26] That same year, she began a career as a session singer backing up her mother and producer Michael Zager, before being assigned to back up artists such as Lou Rawls and Chaka Khan.[27] It was with Zager where Houston recorded lead vocals alongside her mother on the song, "Life's a Party", featured on the album of the same name.[28]
Houston became a fashion model in 1980 after she was discovered by a photographer who filmed her following a benefit concert for the United Negro College Fund at Carnegie Hall. She became one of the first black women to appear on the cover of a fashion magazine when she appeared on the cover of Seventeen the following year.[29] With her looks and girl-next-door charm, Houston became one of the most sought-after teen models in the country, later appearing in fashion spreads for Glamour, Cosmopolitan and Young Miss.[27] During that period, Houston continued her music career, recording demos of gospel recordings with producer Steven Abdul Khan Brown.[30] Houston's vocal talent made her sought after for recording deals by the likes of Michael Zager and Luther Vandross.[28][31] The offers, however, were turned down by her mother because she wanted Houston to finish school.[28] In September 1981, she signed with Tara Productions, under the advice of her cousin Dionne, and hired Gene Harvey as her manager, with co-managers Daniel Gittelman and Seymour Flics, also working closely with Houston.[32][33][34]
During 1982, Houston would audition for CBS Records and Elektra Records. That year, she was assigned lead vocals on the song "Memories" by the band Material, later released on their 1982 album, One Down. Robert Christgau of The Village Voice called her contribution "one of the most gorgeous ballads you've ever heard".[35] Around this time, another ballad, "Eternal Love", co-written by Paul Jabara, would be placed on Jabara's album, Paul Jabara & Friends, which would be released in March 1983.[36] By the end of 1982, Houston was in talks of securing a deal with Elektra Records through the label's president, Bruce Lundvall, who offered her a contract that December. In the late winter of 1983, Gerry Griffith, an A&R representative for Arista Records, saw Houston performing with her mother at the Seventh Avenue South nightclub in Manhattan. Griffith convinced Arista head Clive Davis to make time to see her perform at another nightclub called Sweetwaters the following week. Davis was impressed and immediately offered a worldwide record deal, which Houston eventually signed on April 10, 1983; since she was only nineteen, her parents also signed for her.[37] Two weeks later, on April 29, Houston performed on The Merv Griffin Show, after an introduction from Davis.[38][37] Her performance later aired on June 23.[39] She performed "Home", a song from the musical The Wiz.[40]
Houston did not begin work on an album immediately.[41] The label wanted to make sure no other label signed her away and Davis wanted to ensure he had the right material and producers for her debut album. Some producers passed on the project because of prior commitments.[42] Houston first recorded a duet with Teddy Pendergrass, "Hold Me", which appeared on his gold album, Love Language.[43] The single was released in 1984 and gave Houston her first taste of success, becoming a top ten hit on the R&B and adult contemporary charts.[44] It would also appear on her debut album in 1985. She also appeared as a duet vocalist and background singer on Jermaine Jackson's Dynamite and Kashif's Send Me Your Love albums. During this early period, Houston continued to model, appeared in a commercial for the Canada Dry soft drink, and also began singing commercial jingles, including one for the restaurant brand, Steak & Ale.[45] 152ee80cbc