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| EXTENDED EDITOR’S NOTE 2/11: What a sad day, as on the eve of the Grammys singer Whitney Houston died at the Beverly Hills Hilton. As some of you may have known, I spent the first part of my working life in the music biz toiling in distribution for RCA, A&M and Arista Records, before taking a job at BMG Classics in NY. One of the responsibilities I had as I first started that gig was watching over the Hollywood area record stores such as Tower Sunset, and occasionally as we had new acts to introduce, helping with press events. Many times that meant setting up the Roxy on Sunset whenever the label decided to do a showcase, and one of those was Clive Davis presenting Houston to the media before her first album was released. I'd done a lot of these before, and if I was lucky I would get to work in the venue as the act was rehearsing. (It was a great way to find out if they had real talent, or were simply what we would describe as "haircut bands.") We'd been treated as staff to many previews of Houston's album, Davis knowing fully well we would do our best to support his act once we got to hear her, so our anticipation was already high. It was a warm hazy afternoon and I was surprised to also find her cousin Dionne Warwick in the room as I started to work. So I not only got to listen to the rehearsal as I'd hoped, but was also witness to what appeared to be a master class in performance tips and techniques as Dionne briskly shot suggestions out to the just about to debut Houston. Although she was slightly rattled at first (maybe even annoyed) after a few notes it became crystal clear that Houston's amazing voice was the real thing, and we the worker bees were enthralled - wiping away tears of joy and trying not to let each other see them. As we immediately knew would happen that afternoon, afterwards Houston rapidly went on to great success, and then almost as quickly it seemed her life was taken over by a darker and darker series of heartbreaking disappointments. But I will never forget that day at the Roxy, her what seemed to be effortless talent and the excitement we all felt about her on that bright afternoon. No vocoders, no production tricks, just a beautiful voice that was the real thing. - Al Lutz |
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