Whitney Houston
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Sep 22, 2026
Melanie CGUEST
Sometimes for me, that can be the thing that gets my attention immediately.
Melanie CGUEST
So, yeah, it's a toughie because there's all these things that, oh, there's certain artists you shouldn't try and cover, whether it's Whitney Houston, you know, the big divas or like real classic songs that we all know and love.
Melanie CGUEST
I auditioned for a girl band, which became the Spice Girls, with...
Melanie CGUEST
I'm so excited.
Michael WalkerHOST
She said no and cried all night.
Michael WalkerHOST
And when Whitney Houston cut it in 1992, she kept the writer's share, reportedly about $20 million from that one cover.
Michael WalkerHOST
So why this matters is because every other story on the docket today is about somebody else acquiring the rights to music, and this is the counterexample, and it's not sentimental.
Michael WalkerHOST
She made one unglamorous ownership decision in 1974, lost the biggest placement of her career over it, and it paid for everything that came after.
Chris SaundersGUEST
And she's like, no, I'm independent.
Chris SaundersGUEST
I'm going to own this, right? She keeps the song.
Chris SaundersGUEST
And, of course, Whitney Houston eventually records it, right, for the Bodyguard, I think, is when it became popular.
Chris SaundersGUEST
the the biggest like eight you know 18 years later and she still owns the song and it blows up to be this massive massive massive
Manaia StewartHOST
He's got a list of all the songs that he can do.
Manaia StewartHOST
He can do Dance With Somebody, Whitney Houston, Shake It Off, Taylor Swift, Juice, Lizzo, Levitate, Dua
Jeremy WellsHOST
Lipa.
Jeremy WellsHOST
He's misspelled Lipa.
Mark J. ParkerHOST
What a good song.
Mark J. ParkerHOST
West End Girls by Pet Shop Boys and Whitney Houston's The Greatest Love of All were all the top songs in May of 86.
Mark J. ParkerHOST
Do you like any of those?
Victoria GalvinGUEST
yes of course what a time to be alive
Justin FedericoGUEST
You know, my mom is, even though she's not professional by any means, she's a car singer or a living room singer.
Justin FedericoGUEST
And we grew up with that, you know, multiple nights a week, the record player would be on and our own Whitney Houston cover show in the...
Justin FedericoGUEST
in the living room or uh later on like when my when my parents uh got divorced you know we it's probably the most country thing about my upbringing is my dad had a pickup truck and uh you know we listened to like sad 90s country music in the pickup truck on the way to hockey or on the way to baseball and that was probably my introduction to country music
Josh MattyHOST
You've talked about the loss of your grandfather.
AliciaHOST
...
AliciaHOST
Whitney Houston at this point.
MikeHOST
This was written by Jimmy Huston, produced by John L. Chambless and Myron Meisel, which sounds like a rejected Archie character.
AliciaHOST
[laughs]
Lana SearleHOST
Great.
Lana SearleHOST
Okay, so it's going to be something like, I don't know, something like Whitney Houston or Nicki Minaj.
Lana SearleHOST
Something with a lot of energy.
Lana SearleHOST
Shakira.
Simon BarnettHOST
So Lana takes me to karaoke place and we get into this little booth and she pushes this.
Simon BarnettHOST
Try and sing this note whilst being filmed.
Simon BarnettHOST
But you've got to be Whitney Houston to do it.
Simon BarnettHOST
And I'm not Whitney Houston.
Johnjay Van EsHOST
What is a
Kyle UnfugHOST
novice? Anything Whitney Houston.
Kyle UnfugHOST
I was going to say, that song.
Rich BerraHOST
Don't do that at karaoke.
Johnjay Van EsHOST
said novice? What's a novice? Yeah, what is that? Novice is like a rookie.
Johnjay Van EsHOST
Beginner.
Johnjay Van EsHOST
I Will Always Love You by Whitney Houston is number one on this list.
Johnjay Van EsHOST
Number one.
Mighty John MarshallGUEST
They were among the Sweet Inspirations, currently up to $700 now.
Mighty John MarshallGUEST
Sissy Houston, mother of Whitney Houston, was the lady who founded the girl group The Sweet Inspirations, best known as Elvis Presley's background singer since the 70s, on his records and at his concerts.
Jack PattyHOST
And, of course, the background singers on a lot of his records early were the Jordanaires.
Jack PattyHOST
Did they ever do anything on there apart from Elvis, or do you know?
Zack OwenHOST
I think
JessicaHOST
Whitney Houston.
JessicaHOST
I think Mariah would tell you she wishes she had taken better care of that voice.
JessicaHOST
Exactly.
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