FROM the moment Whitney Houston first
opened her mouth to sing, it was obvious that she
was bound for greatness. As the daughter of Cissy
Houston, a successful rhythm-and-blues backup singer,
and a cousin of the even more renowned singer Dionne
Warwick, young Whitney grew up steeped in music. She
dutifully sang in the New Hope Baptist Junior Choir,
aspiring to nothing higher than being a backup
performer like her mother. But by the time she was
11, it was readily apparent that hanging in the
background wasn't in the cards for her.
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