90s Reaction: WHITNEY HOUSTON - LOVERMAN, MY MAN, ALL THE MAN THAT I NEED Medley BILLBOARD 1991 

Whitney easily crossed over to pop because of her immense and undeniable talent. That left some resentment from some of her fans within the black community. She was literally booed at certain award shows which was so undeserving because she is a beautiful soul. Her comment about the "black department" was just an insider acknowledgement to them that she has not forgotten where she came from and would never turn her back on her roots. As a black woman myself, I loved that Whitney's voice transcended race and nationality. A voice so superb and filled with so much emotion, deserved to reach as many people as possible. She inspired so many people and changed their lives, made people believe in goodness and gave hope. Thank you so much for these reactions. Any person who celebrates Whitney Houston's voice as much I do, is a friend of mine.

She was a supremely gifted singer.

She knocked that sh*t out of the park. Breath-taking 💯

This was definitely after the Soul Train Music Awards when they booed her, and she slayed with this performance as if to say is that black enough for you, i won in the R&B category not Pop! I love anything that came out of her mouth no matter what it is if she came to slay I came to listen!

The one and only Whitney The Voice Houston. Gone But not forgotten. 💜💕

This woman was so amazing live - nothing wrong with her studio recordings but she was "contained" so many more layers when she sang live and the way she sang her songs differently shows musicianship which allowed her to be incredibly versatile in the many genres she sang!

I started loving Whitney Houston in 1984 when she sang on the soap opera As the World Turns and it Nick's wedding and her and Jermaine Jackson sang nobody loves me like you do! I needed to know who she was so luckily Jermaine Jackson put out an album in 1984 and he recorded IF YOU SAY MY EYES ARE BEAUTIFUL w Whitney Houston she sang the paint off that song and you could hear the magic in her voice then the next year towards the fall Saving All My Love and You Give Good Love came out I had to have the whole album and finally it went public right after school I went to the record store and purchased it on day of release. It was then that I knew she was the bees knees and the ants pants, I needed to practice singing her songs and she was going to be my vocal teacher in my head. Fast forward 1986 I went to my first Whitney Houston concert, Constitution Hall I had won tickets off the radio, that was the only way I was going to go to this concert if I win tickets my father was not going to give me the money. I won front row seats and a backstage pass to meet WH I had the opportunity to meet her and the cat was trying to get my tongue and all I could say you are so beautiful with a voice to match I took a picture with her and I was the envy of all my friends. I was so enamored that I looked at that picture every day and relive that night over and over until 1999. 1999 Wang Center Boston Massachusetts again trying to win tickets off the radio, I set up three phones calling hanging up and pushing speed dial I finally won backstage tickets and since the tickets I won were even closer to the stage 2nd row to the front middle stage I was in heaven and Whitney sang her heart out and gave us an experience and I said boy, I wish I could sing like that well I finally got to meet her backstage talking about making my way to the backstage to meet her with my pass around my neck and my picture of me and her in 1986. Do you remember be 13yrs later and when I showed her the picture she said baby you grew up look at you your handsome self. I asked to take another picture with her and we did. I was grown man and I was beside myself. I loved her voice it just moves you in a way no other female artists can. Whitney was the total package tall, beautiful, and had a voice like an instrument that is so heavenly it will make the hair stand on end on the back of my neck and my arms I would feel like a cat. No one can move me with their voice like she can, especially when she sings gospel.

A good one is 1996 MTV Movie awards, Why Does it Hurt So bad live

The best we had!!

Wow, what a great medley. I love how she tied these songs together theme-wise, lyrically and musically. Perfect arrangement and amazing live performance! Great reaction. Loved it! 🔥🔥🔥💯❤

Her version of “All the Man That I Need” from the HBO Welcome Home Heroes concert is the best, in my opinion.

Check out her performance of God Bless America from around 1999/2000. It was out of her prime but she still sounded really good.

27 years old genius Nippy ❤️💯🙏🏾💎😍😇

Thanks for great reaction to the greatest singer!!! She’s in a league of her own…God gifted her with voice, beauty, and she truly loved the Lord ❤❤❤

Twin Dionne gave her an award after that crazy shit💙♥️

I really love her Jay Leno performance of “do you hear what I hear “😃

I love how she tied these songs and she sounded just Incredible!!! This is clearly my fav performance for "All the man that i need". Whitney, Mariah and Celine are called the vocal trinity for a reason. One of a kind❤❤ You should try to react to her Live performance of "Where do broken hearts go" at the Mandela concert.

One of my absolute fave go-to Whitney performances. I was glued to the TV when it aired live because as a kid I watched every awards show and late night talk show when Whitney was on. Especially Arsenio.

I think this is one of her top four best performances I forgot about this one she didn't come to play! Also anything prior to about 1993-94 is before the heavy drugs I would say this is Whitney and her prime probably towards the end of her prime sadly.

I thought she said “how to like me now” was in response to being booed at the Soul Train Music Awards for singing “too white” I. Her recordings. The community accused her of not being black enough and I feel it was a major contributor to the direction she went with her music and lifestyle. Basically they questioned her identity and was constantly asked in interviews about singing “too white” . Like she turned her back on the community

1993 Billboard she set a record of 11 awards that night

She was speaking about those that were in the same categories that she won over.

LOVE WITNEY💟🙏

Thanks for reacting to this! If I didn't suggest it, I 100% would have at some point lol. It's one of my top 5 fave Whitney live performances for sure. Yes, that was indeed Dionne Warwick, Whitney's 1st cousin! And I definitely second Paws recommendation to check out her duet with Mariah Carey, especially since you're exploring both of their catalogues! When You Believe is criminally under appreciated, given that two of the greatest vocalists in the history of recorded music collaborated, and it's really a great song to boot! Like Paws said, the two live performances show different flavors of each singer, but I think in terms of the amazing chemistry between Whitney and Mariah you can't go wrong with the Oprah performance

the medley was her band director's idea, rickey minor, he brought her the billie holiday version of loverman and the barbra version of my man. it was also his idea to do porgy in 94 & he was the one that did the arrangement for her superbowl performance. but he says she always had an appreciation for jazz music.

*he takes a bow... * #WeToldYa 😊

Brilliant timeless performance. 8 9 min of straight out singing at that level. I dont know many today or 80's 90s would dare to even attempt that forget about pulling it off without pyro dancers and everything else. Legend any Whitney live Im here. I did see her twice 1999 and 1994. That woman was a vocal genius.

I recommend you two songs by Whitney. "He,i Believe" from the Wimbledon concert and "Didn't wealmost have it all" from the concert in Saratoga Springs. Both will give you goosebumps!

When sing the forever part and the music with it just blow me away the strength in her voice just towered over everything in the music. Listen there some giant in this business, but I tell you Whitney had a perfection in her voice. The power and the beautiful sound of her voice is unmatched.

For late 90's, you can do a two for one with When You Believe, the duet by Whitney and Mariah which people thought could never happen. The official music video is good for the true song, but there are 2 live performances. The 1999 Oscars live performance shows Whitney in a better light (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0kpw7JInkEU.html), while the Oprah live performance shows Mariah in a better light. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-J1OlwYJ364k.html

The reference to the black department. Whitney's 1st single you give good love was a classic a classic R & B produced hit. The assumption was that Whitney would be a soul/r&b artist but Clive Davis, head of arista records and industry legend had other plans. Clive wanted a pop diva. In the mold of Barbara and Diana, not Aretha. following You give good love there was a turn in her music to pop. some critics in the black music world accused her of being a "sellout "; saying her music sounded "too white". She was even booed at a black awards show briefly in the late 80s. The I'm your baby tonight album was Whitney's direct response to her urban music critics. and as you can see, Whitney's gamble paid off

Wonderful for sure...I am whitney Houston super fan and I desperately recommend you react to ..Arista records 10yr Anniversaryb1990 whitney Houston live "The Greatesr love of all"...you will be forever changed.

If you haven't reacted to it yet. All The Man That I Need at her Welcome Home Heroes concert was 🔥

You know the man they showed singing as her background singer is her actual biological brother

You should react to greatest love of all wembley 1988

If you think this performance of All The Man I Need is mind blowing , you should checkout the performance of this on the HBO special Welcome Home Heros. I personally along with several others think that is her GREATEST performance of all time.

You to watch her live concert in Brazil in 1994

I love this woman

Since watching her in 1988 in Frankfurt I've been a fan of Whitney Houston. When she smashed "One moment in time" flawlessly she left people speechless. She interacted with the audience a lot. This young beautiful and highly talented woman was special and everybody knew amd felt it that day. She enjoyed singing live and that's why she always topped her studio versions. People always try to compare her with Mariah Carey but that's nonsense . They are two complete different singers with different styles and songs. I'm definetely prefer Whitney but I like and admit Mariah too. Her live performance of "Vision of love" is absolutely amazing. At the end of the 90s Whitney and Mariah did a song together "When you believe" It was very nice. Unfortunately Whitney's voice was already damaged and she couldn't use the full range of her voice she once had. I absolutely love Whitney's " I have nothing" live Billboard 1993. "The greatest love of all" Wembley 1988 is also a great example of 80s Whitney live performances.

I watched this Whitney performance at least once a week. one of my favorites

You are correct those first two songs “Lover Man” and “My Man” are two Billie Holliday classics. Also Dionne Warwick is family, she’s her cousin.

you need to react to whitneys live performance of all the man I need at welcome home heroes she's wearing a red dress

You should react to the 25th Arista anniversary in 2000

please react to WHITNEY HOUSTON w/ CISSY HOUSTON & GARY GARLAND x WONDERFUL COUNSELOR (whitney and her mother and her brother live)

Incredible performance! I suggest a reaction to "Ain't no way" live from Divas Live by Whitney Houston and Mary J. Blige, it's a blast full of soul and emotion.

Anointed 😊

The soundtrack of The Bodyguard blew every other artist and album out the window!!!! And black people stopped complaining!

This is nothing compared to her performance of All The man at the Welcome Home Heros concert. it is unworldly. would love your reaction to that. in red dress if you try to find it.

The bedt to every do it

please check out Whitney Houston's I'm every woman

1991

Why does it hurt so bad was during the time she had divorced Bobby Brown.

Black department of billboard was an actual department segregating and minimizing black artist in the 80s Blacks had to fight to cross over for better wages - in other words she was being sarcastic

Can I join ur whitney gang..

The Best?

Sugiro os videos do cantor gospel Gabriel Henrique, ele é super talentoso, carismático, incrível, espetacular. Faz covers da Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Celine Dion e outros. Considerado o rei do whistle. Sugiro os vídeos: All the man that I need programa Raul Gil Shadow Brasil 21/01/2021 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8Bpm6hqoI-I.htmlsi=1kFbWcODHbhOdHMX Run to you Agt ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-paNCdSCyQCU.htmlsi=bj0ltnLLp42ja7F5 I have nothing ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qdWrv3FM7fA.htmlsi=9X-Cu6MfW2iox4a- Holy night ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fCeA7IrXjlk.htmlsi=EGYNIZDyNBn5my1x Participações em concertos na Romênia. Procred.ro Concerto Craciun Natal 26/12/2023 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MG2YI_n5R0Q.htmlsi=1ZMWT4oZTV7h3MHr. 40:11Goodness of god/1:2417 Oh happy day dueto Alexandra Crisan/1:41:22 I look to you/1:56:22 Bis Oh happy day Concerto Nato Washington Dc Romênia 25/04/2024 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-d-ug02ry6nY.htmlsi=gvfV_Hk3xhTzHuVS. 2:10Hino americano/25:20 Oh happy day 1:41:05 I look to you ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-d-ug02ry6nY.htmlsi=dEV9MLKYlShXZPML 1:15:96 The tempest is raging. Concerto Hristos a Inviat (Concerto Páscoa) Arena Bt Cluj 05/05/2024 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DY4tvG8Me3w.htmlsi=fSGWv0g__US6FbBX 20:48 Something beautiful, 1:01:29 How great thou art, 1:55:20 Oh happy Day dueto Alexandra Crisan, 2:17:21 I look to you.ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DY4tvG8Me3w.htmlsi=OYmO5zhNuNP81FpU @gabrielhenriquemusic No canal dele tem vídeos novos I want to know what is love, dueto com sua amiga, cantora brasileira Jade Salles Beauty and the beast, nova versão Standt up, com coral Black to Black. Obrigada pelo apoio e consideração.❤❤❤

Thank you dude. This version of all the man that I need is incredible too : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-JfqFuBIdjO8.html Whitney IS (not was) the best singer ever

Improvisation vocally all over that song i love it it reminds me of one song that song Céline Dion has sang from Elvis i can’t help falling in love with you she also twisted vocally that song very definitely to make it an absolutely epic performance just like withney but just in a different style of genre of music more rock let’s say here’s the performance live ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--vo3x4KQG6w.html

If you like “All the man”, you’ll love this version. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-xmIp8j2cjDQ.html

It was about those that work in the African American department of Arista, and the Grammys! You may not know but the music industry, just as a lot of other industries are prejudice! They would not even play Micheal Jacksons music when MTV first launched! Micheal Jackson is the artist that put MTV on the Map and made it a house hold name! Micheal Js' label at the time threatened MTV, that if they do not play MJs videos and music that they would not allow them to play other white artise that were on the same label! She meant nothing bad, she was just saying some truths about having other people beside all white folk making these decisions! So, do some reading and learn a bit of history about the gap!

Whitney and Mariah has a song

NAACP awards from the black community organization.

Whitney has one of the great pop and R&B voices, but her style does not suit Loverman and My Man particularly well in this performance. Her singing is good, but I don't think she really crosses over to jazz/standards as well as Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan, or Natalie Cole did. All The Man That I Need shows her strong suit.

I always felt very picky with the drumming in this one. Honestly it kinda ruins it for me a bit. Nothing could ruin her voice, of course, but the drumming takes me outta the experience, it sounds monotonous. The drumming in the Welcome Home Heroes version sounds a lot better and it has variations. Idk, maybe I've just listened to so much stuff from her