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Whitney Houston

The daughter of the great gospel singer Cissy Houston, the cousin of Dionne and Dee Dee Warwick, the god-daughter of Aretha Franklin... with that sort of pedigree Whitney Houston could hardly fail to be a star. She grew up singing in gospel choirs, appeared in New York clubs with her mother and, at 15, sang back-up vocals on Chaka Kan's I'm Every Woman. Her 1985 self-titled album was a huge seller, yet she eclipsed it in 1992 after landing the starring role in the movie The Bodyguard and the theme song - her dramatic cover of Dolly Parton's I Will Always Love You - became one of ...