"The show was Champs-Elysees, France's top-rated late-night program, and the American singer was still virtually unknown in Europe at the time. What's less often remembered is that, just before the incident, Houston had performed Saving All My Love for You on set. It was the first single that took her to No. 1 in the United States (on October 26, 1985, to be exact), and its story is more complicated than its syrupy tone might suggest."
"Whitney Elizabeth Houston was the niece of Dionne Warwick and the daughter of soul and gospel singer Cissy Houston and John Russell Houston Jr., a former soldier who later worked in the administration of Kenneth Gibson, the first African American mayor of a major U.S. city. Her parents separated when Whitney was 17, and it was Cissy who managed her career with an iron hand."
"After a talent agent spotted her at Carnegie Hall, she briefly pursued a career as a teenage model, appearing in magazines such as Seventeen, Cosmopolitan, and Glamour. But Cissy was determined not to rush things. Even as record deal offers began to pour in, she turned them all down until Whitney finished high school. In 1981, she hired Gene Harvey as her manager, who landed her some rather unusual collaborations — including Memories with the cult group Material, led by avant-garde musician Bill Laswell."
On April 5, 1986, Serge Gainsbourg made a infamous remark to Whitney Houston on French television after she had performed "Saving All My Love for You." "Saving All My Love for You" reached No. 1 in the United States on October 26, 1985. Whitney Houston was the niece of Dionne Warwick and the daughter of Cissy and John Russell Houston Jr. Her parents separated when she was 17, and Cissy managed her career tightly. Houston began singing in church, joined her mother onstage at 14, was briefly a teenage model, and saw early recording collaborations arranged by manager Gene Harvey.
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