Whitney Houston's voice, a towering force of soul and pop, first shimmered into view on Material's 1982 track "Memories," where a young Whitney, backed by Bill Laswell's avant-funk grooves and Archie Shepp's raw sax, hinted at the supernova to come.
Emerging from gospel roots via her mother Cissy…
2 roots·56 legacies
Roots trace the artists and scenes that shaped Whitney Houston; legacies follow the artists carrying those ideas forward. The names below are the most-mentioned direct connections in the graph.
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6 releases·1998-2023
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