Whitney Houston - Greatest Love Of All (1986) [Best Cover Songs] *DayOne Reacts* 

Best female singer EVER. The end.

I have never heard George Benson's version of this song but Whitney Houston has one of the greatest voices of all time so it is difficult to imagine him doing any better. Such a tragic loss.

Whitney was bblessed by the Lord. Very hard to compare her voic to anyone's.

George Benson sings it beautifully. There is no competition in music and art, you don’t have to pick one. I love and listen to both versions of this incredible song.

Musicians……strive to be this good. Miss you, Whitney! ❤

George Benson did vocals to this song. He did well, but Whitney is in a class of her own.

Whitney had an amazing voice and this song exemplified that. It was a massive hit topping the charts back in 86. You could've guessed from the minute you heard it, that it was going to be a #1.

Original or cover songs... you could never beat Whitney's singing ,, she's one of a kind Angela.... just as you are one of a kind of a person and your reactions..... very special.... thank you !!!!!!!

She has such a beautiful voice!

I'm from western Pa so I'm partial to Mr .Benson - a Pittsburgh boy

This song makes me sad because, for all the emotion she put into this, she couldn't achieve the message with her own life. She fell into the spell of others that really messed her up and took her away far too soon. She could do no wrong in the 80s and I still feel her national anthem rendition in '91 is on a short list of the best ever.

Oh lord, what a voice. Yes, Angela, the hairs on my skin stood up too, and Whitney's voice sank into my core. We will forever miss his privileged and charming voice.

I saw withney one time in my life was in love right away with her beauty exceptional voice she add it all pure perfection certainly one of my top 3 female singers of all times in my book I put her in my top 3 not number one because she is the perfect example of what fame comes to people some can handle it some simply can’t and unfortunately for all of us she couldn’t handle it she fell into drugs lost her voice and the rest well we all know what happened to much short of a career for me to put her at number one for me but maaann what a talent what a voice she add for 12 years in that time she she was the greatest female singer in the world 🌎 by far for me again exceptional talent that went the way just like many other great female singers

Your Mom has excellent taste in music and so do you! 😀

The body gaurd is Whitney houston at her full powers

Whitney is my favorite female vocalist of all time. She had unbelievable soul, timing, a purity of tone and the rare ability to bring the subtlety or power of a lyric in every register of her four-plus--octave voice. Couple of interesting things about this song. This could be urban legend, but I heard from one of my reputable industry colleagues that when the song's melody writer Michael Masser produced this version of the song, he recorded Whitney's vocals in mutiple studios. I think at that time, most studios were probably 16 tracks, at best, if not still just eight. I was told Michael cut versions of Whitney in 3 different studios...and then slaved all 3 versions in a warehouse, linking up all the recording machines and, taking the best vocal mixes of each performance, which then became the final mix and record. This was a tidious, time-intensive process, taking Whitney's best vocal licks and making sure that everything flowed, including even her breathes between notes. Then, that version was played for Whitney, who obviously had never previously heard the final mix. I was told that she listened to it twice and then performed it perfectly as it was mixed, to a live audience, a few hours later, as if she had rehearsed it a hundred times. Benson's version was solid, but Whitney's performance, "owns" this tune.

"I Want To Dance With Somebody" and "How Will I Know" are MUSTS!!!! Two of the biggest and best songs of her career that are fun and upbeat and great to dance to. Also, for another beautiful ballad, there is "Where Do Broken Hearts Go".

Hey Angela this was my graduation song class of 86 love this song 👍

Whitney Houston never walked in anyone's shadow, as her giant shadow was dominant. A talent unequaled by any one on this planet.

Lady with great talent from a strong musical family but lead down wrong path! Beautiful song just beautiful !

Omg, Saving All My Love, was her first release. At least that’s what I remember, lol. I listen to that song all the time. I will never forget the day I heard she passed. I couldn’t believe it was true, but it was as we were setting up for the baby shower of my first niece. The day was long and I didn’t really get a chance to think about the news, if it was even true. When I got home that night and found out it was true, I cried for awhile. Typing this is making me tear up right now.

Stop crying Angela, you are also so beautiful!!

I grow up in Ireland in the 80s kid and Whitney Houston once you heard her voice was like a angel there will be no one ever too match her voice or talent i meet in Dublin in 1993 at a concert i win tickets on too meet her backstage i was 14 at the time i remember i was so nervous too meet her she hug me and said don't be nervous i talk too her for about 25 mins best 25 mins of my life she was so down too earth person

George Benson is an excellent vocalist along with his expertise as a guitarist. His version of GLOA is also exquisite and emotional. Two stellar versions done of this song by two legendary artists. A great George Benson song to react to, along with his original of this, would be, “Gimme The Night”. As for Whitney, a pre-The Bodyguard fave song of hers is from her second album WHITNEY, which is, “Didn’t We Almost Have It All”. It’s a beautiful ballad in the same tone and vocal realm as GLOA.

She has a beautiful - strong voice. She is up there with the best female singers.

Goosebumps and 😢

I went back and listened to the original by George Benson from 1977. It was the main theme for the Muhammad Ali movie "The Greatest" also 1977. I got a different feeling from the earlier version which seemed to be an anthem for the children and our future. Surprisingly there was no guitar solo just George's excellent vocals. Now with Ms. Whitney Houston I'm just heartbroken over her. Not much more I can say.

Amazing voice of Whitney Houston

What a beauty and loaded with talent! She's one of a kind and will never be forgotten.

This is a great cover by the voice Ms. Whitney Houston and it is awesome. However, the original by George Benson written for the movie the Greatest written about Muhammad Ali was the best version. This song was played at graduations throughout the seventies.

GB set the bar, she raised it.

Whitney kill it because there will never be another Whitney has had one of the most beautiful voices I have ever heard just beautiful 😍❤

She was a great singer. My favourite song of hers has to be 'I didn't know my own strength'.

Didn’t We Almost Have It All, Where Do Broken Hearts Go and One Moment In Time are 3 more #1 chart topping bangers that you should definitely react to! She is the Voice, the standard, and simply the best singer I have ever heard and many would agree with me.

Legendary!! No one like her, she was one of a kind! Gone far too soon.

I didn't pay any Attention to Whitney's Work in the 80s, cause I felt late 80s Music was in the Toilet. However since she Past, I have listened to more of Material, and certainly she had a Great of Pipes. RIP Ms. Houston

🥲It also brings a tear to my eye.There is a better version with video that I listen to. Partly because it has a different keyboard sound that I like a lot better. and the sound is just overall better. - Whitney Houston - Greatest Love Of All (Official 4K Video) - I am a huge Whitney Houston fan and The Greatest Love of All is one of my all time favorites. .

I alwys cry listen this....

This song came out when my daughter was three years old, and she used to walk around the house imitating Whitney in the video, complete with poses. Fast forward to her wedding in 2009, and she chose this song for our father-daughter dance. Lots of memories here.

We sang this for my 4th grade graduation. What a great song for them to have chose for us

heard both ,She had one of the most remarkable voices ever! both are awesome songs

What a powerful and beautiful voice. Gone too early. Glad Whitney shared what she did. One of the all-time greats.

R.I.P. Whitney Houston. Voice of an angel. You and your Daughter Bobbi are together again in all eternity. ❤❤❤ Here come the tears.

Very good job Angela ! We appreciate you. God bless.

George Benson's version .."Live Montreux 1986"...is one of his best performance on this song.Both he and whitney have an unique style to this song.

you remind me of people crying at my voice but for the opposite reason, they were trying to get away as fast as possible, lol

Whitney Houston could've carried a note through a hurricane. What defines a great singer? She does. How to tell? Just one instance with a really tough, tough song - Many have tried to sing our national anthem. Many failed miserably when seen by millions performing it. To date, no one has demonstrated the vocal dexterity and vocal strength to be the best, except her. To sports fans, she goes down in sports history as the supreme vocalist.

No way want to checkout Georgia Benson's version of this song he did a great job 👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿 I love Whitney Houston too

Amazing!

I had the album that George Benson did this song on and his singing and guitar playing is awesome but nobody could, or ever will, perform a song better than Whitney.

Is there a better voice than Miss Whitney’s? Not in my book. George Benson’s version is an excellent version in it’s own right, and I really like how he does this too, but no one else can keep up with WH. She made this song her own. Too bad that she was never able to love herself enough to be able to withstand those temptations that took her too soon. I hope and pray that she was able to find peace for her soul. RIP Miss Whitney Houston.

Love Whitney, it’s as good as a cover can be but George Benson’s version still the best for me

Beautiful soun

Learning to love yourself is the greats love of all.

Was considered the greatest Gospel singer of all time !! No debate there , a combination of beauty and strength like no other !! No way Benson comes close ❤️

Yes, her voice! It was the greatest pop voice of all time. You have a bunch of terrific reaction videos, but you should do many more of hers....especially live performances.

She simply made this her own masterpiece

Have to go check out Benson's version, he's so great. That said love her cover this is epic.

'All at once ' from the same album is in my humble opinion her best song.

Whitney is my favorite singer, she is the voice. But would you please comment on Glennis Grace, run to you? She comes very close to Whitney's voice. I think you think so too. By the way, I really like your comments. Greetings Berry

I Will Always Love You - written and recorded by Dolly Parton. Everybody thinks this was Whitney's song, but it was not.

withney is queen

Both versions are great but Whitney definitely has the voice for this song

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Whitney is The Timbre.

I always thought this was her own original track not that Whitney had to wright it but I always thought it was recorded by her and no one else until that point. Kind of funny it's George Benson's song because his biggest most famous song is "Broadway" in maybe 1978 which was like an old Motown song from the early 60's or prior believe.

Both versions are good. Obviously if you just want vocals, Whitney's is better. But I prefer George Benson version because it just feels more heartfelt and personal.

If you have never heard it - Technically she did the greatest cover of all time when she sang the Star Spangled Banner at the Superbowl. At the time our country was united about the military beginning the liberation of Kuwait 10 days earlier. It was a huge #1 hit and sold many copies. She donated her profits.

I know you reacted to Gordon Lightfoot's "If you could read my mind". He sued the writer of this song for using 24 bars that were in his song. He dropped it when it started to affect Whitney.

I had to watch Randy Watson first before coming here. That Sax player did good on the version

❤️❤️❤️

Biggest voices of all world destroyed by drugs what a great loss big tragedy still.

The music video is special

This is how she got her record deal Clyde Davis heard her signing this

check out her song *You Give Good Love*

Nice reaction. PLEASE, PLEASE listen to the original version as performed by George Benson-totally different vibe (and a bit slower too). I love it much better than Houston's.

Notable covers I suggest: All Along The Watchtower (Jimi Hendrix's rendition) Wild Thing (The Troggs rendition) Me and Bobby McGee (Janis Joplin rendition)

Check out Roberta Flack's 'Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow', since you love rich and effortless singers. :)

My boy Clay Culver with the clip provided. I highly recommend subscribing him if you ever want to hear forgotten songs of the 70s 80s and 90s and with high quality! Far as this song, Whitney Houston's version is 100 times better than George Benson's (sorry George) This was taken off of her debut album but I believe 'Saving All My Love For You' is a better song from this album. 'You Give Good Love' and the dance hit 'How will I know" should be mentioned too. But if you want to hear some 'good sax' 'Saving All my Love for you' is a great song from her debut album. Her performance singing the National Anthem at Super Bowl XXV is still my favorite rendition to date IMO and still gives me goose bumps whenever I hear and see it. It was during the Gulf War and the NFL were in talks canceling the Super Bowl that year, but it went on. Whitney Houston gave a memorable performance that is still shown to this day whenever Super Bowl time comes around.

Whiney! "I will always love you", is a Dolly Parton song and a cover that is greater than the original! It is amazing!

No doubt she was a great talent! I like a number of her songs, including this one! I dig George Benson's version as well! He is also a great talent with his jazz guitar and magnificent voice! I had heard the George Benson version recorded in the late 1970's was about, or at least was a tribute to Mohamed Ali! Nevertheless it's a great song! If you don't love yourself, probably no one else will! Stay true you all!

I hope "Wildflower" by New Birth made your list after all it's one of the greatest cover song ever.

Watch original video please much better and more moving her mother appears on it with her and whitney looks ethereally glorious

In all honesty, The Bardy Gard soundtrack is pretty good too.

This was written and dedicated to MUHAMMAD ALI WHITNEY HOUSTON PERFORMED THIS FOR MUHAMMAD ALI AT HIS 50TH BIRTHDAY PARTY CELEBRATING

I’m a big fan of George Benson but come on, this is Whitney for crying out loud 😮😊

You MUST listen to Randy Watson’s cover!!! SEXUAL CHOCOLATE

If you really want to get maudlin all you need to do is think about the endings of Whitney, Michael Jackson and Prince. 3 icons of the 80's. All gone too soon. Fame surely doesn't fix your life or bring happiness.

I like this, but George was the original and the best. Each to their own.

Whitney's most poignant personal song that makes me weep whenever I listen. "Miracle" ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Tei4ZK7aIr4.html

All you can say is, how sad. She had such a beautiful and powerful voice but unfortunately she didn't have the internal strength to live up to the message of the song. Unfortunately she didn't have the strengthto avoid falling under the influence of Bobby Brown who led her down the path of drug addiction and ultimately to her untimely death. It's a shame that he's never been held fully to account for his role in her death.

HER VOICE AND UNFAIR TO OTHER SINGERS

video sobre a Madonna um beijo no seu ♥️

insperational

george benson song

CRACK TOOK AWAY ONE OF THE BEST SINGERS --RIP WHITNEY HUSTON

Whitney blows the original out of the water.sorry Mr Benson your is still good.

It's really good but her live performances of that song killed the studio version. BTW I prefer Whitney's version

Here is George Benson Live: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Y_QZG6KweKg.html

Her passing is a damn shame, and quite likely would never have happened so soon if she hadn’t married that dirtbag Bobby Brown. He got her into drugs and it all went downhill from there….😡

Bobby Brown ruined her life and was responsible for her death