Whitney Houston

Yes, now that she is dead, reports from family members and friends have verified some of the rumors; she was in fact addicted. She was a heavy user of marijuana and cocaine, and also used prescription drugs like Xanax as well as alcohol. Although her fans did not know all of the details that explained her sometimes erratic behavior, Houston herself had admitted during several interviews that she was her own worst enemy and that she had struggled with substance abuse; but since her death, more of those specifics have emerged. Several times, her family (especially her mother Cissy) tried to get her into rehab, but she would always relapse.

Many of Whitney's friends believe that her struggles with drugs and alcohol contributed to her death at such a young age. And the autopsy and toxicology results show that drugs were a factor. The official report was released on March 22, 2012, and the Los Angeles County Coroner announced that the causes of Whitney Houston's death were drowning and the "effects of atherosclerotic heart disease and cocaine use."

Whitney Houston got the christmas number one spot in 1992 with her song I will always love you and the song stayed at number one for 14 weeks that year.

She had a very eclectic style; she did not have just one influence. She grew up with gospel, and some of her songs have a gospel flavor to them. But she also loved top-40, rhythm-and-blues and even big band songs. So, you will see a number of different influences in her music.

Yes, her half-brother Jeffrey died of AIDS in 1988.

According to those who knew her, she was very insecure and did not believe in herself, despite being famous and popular. She had deep self-doubt and a poor opinion of herself, which contributed to her excessive use of drugs and alcohol.

Whitney was first noticed as a young girl, when she sang in the youth choir at New Hope Baptist Church in Newark NJ. But at that time, it was not clear that she would embark on a music career like her mother Cissy, a respected gospel singer. Later, she sang back-up vocals for several established artists, and also sang with her mother's group. She began to attract a following, including a number of people who wanted record companies to see her. She finally came to the attention of Clive Davis, the president of Arista Records, and he agreed to see her perform at a club in New York City called Sweet Waters. The next day, he signed her to a recording contract, which launched her career.

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Whitney Houston had a full brother, Michael Houston. She also had a half-brother, Gary Garland, from her mom's first marriage, and a half-brother John III from her dad's first marriage. She did not have any biological sisters, but she did have a step-sister (Alana) from her dad's subsequent remarriage.

He invented the cotton gin and no one knows whether he is a white male or an African American.

* Eli Whitney was a white male! i would know! he is related to me! and im white along with everyone who is related to him!

Yup, definitely white. I am related too.

Patricia Watson Garland is the REAL wicked half sister-N-law who married Whitney's half brother Gary Garland. They both changed their names to Houston for some strange reason not long before Whitney was killed. Now, Patricia Watson Garland is strangely "Pat Houston and he (Gary) is now Gary Houston. Also, I believe the movie body guard was REAL for Whitney because it turned out that Pat is that character played by this woman.....really wicked. She took all of Whitney's things and sold them immediately after Whitney passed.

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Because it was in her family. Her mother Cissy was a well-known gospel singer and backing vocalist, so Whitney grew up watching her mother perform. Whitney also began singing in church, in a gospel choir, at a very young age; singing in the choir was something many other children in that church were encouraged to do, and they received a lot of praise for it. Most sources believe these factors influenced Whitney's decision to become a professional singer.

Lucy discovered her joy of performing on stage at age twelve, began acting training at age fifteen, and did part time stage work and modeling by age seventeen. After a two-year illness interrupted her life, she went back to being a struggling actress - model. After many years of "working her way up the ranks" she co-starred in a major MGM musical.

The entertainment business was in her blood at a very young age, and she spent very little time in any other profession.

We do not know the exact date. We do know that Whitney Houston started singing in church; some sources say she began as young as seven or eight years old. There is also some evidence that she wanted be a singer even at that young age. She later accompanied her mother, a gospel vocalist, on tour, and sang some backing vocals with her band. Also, we know that in 1979, while still in high school, she sang backing vocals for at least one pop song, "Life's A Party" by the Michael Zager Band. But she did not formally begin her own solo career until she recorded her first album for Arista Records; the first songs from it were released in 1985.

She was African-American. Her father was John Houston and her mother was Emily "Cissy" Houston. He was a businessman (and for a while, Whitney's manager) and she was a well-known gospel singer.

We don't know what the first song she ever sang was, since she began singing in a church choir when she was a child. But if you are asking about her professional career, she was first recorded back in 1979, as a back-up singer; she did some work with Lou Rawls and Chaka Khan. She also sang on "Hold Me," a minor hit for Teddy Pendergrass in 1984. But her first hit under her own name was "You Give Good Love," which went to #3 in 1985. And her first #1 song was "Saving All My Love for You" later that year.

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We don't know what the first song she ever sang was, since she began singing in a church choir when she was a child, and it was probably a gospel song. But if you are asking about her professional career, she was first recorded back in 1979, as a back-up singer; she did some work with Lou Rawls and Chaka Khan. She also sang on "Hold Me," a minor hit for Teddy Pendergrass in 1984. But her first hit under her own name was "You Give Good Love," which went to #3 in 1985. And her first #1 song was "Saving All My Love for You" later that year.

"I Have Nothing" was the third single from Whitney Houston's soundtrack album from the movie "The Bodyguard". The lyrics to the song can be found online at a number of lyric websites including Metro Lyrics, A Z Lyrics, Sing 365 and Song Lyrics.

No, they were not related. Whitney Houston did not have any sisters; she had a step-sister named Alana, two step-brothers, and a biological brother. Thelma Houston's real name is Thelma Jackson.

She grew up in a musical family-- her mother was a well-respected gospel singer (Cissy Houston), who also sang some back-up vocals for Elvis Presley in the late 1960s. Whitney sang in the choir of her church, and later, she too sang some back-up vocals for other artists, as early as 1977. After graduating from high school, she went out on the road with her mother and became a performer.

Robyn Crawford is Whitney Houston's former assistant, with whom she was rumored to have had an affair. Bobby Brown, in his tell all book, accuses Whitney of marrying him just to clean up her image from those persistent rumors.