Alec Baldwin and Whitney Houston, SNL, 1991. (via LIFE)
Over the weekend, Oprah Tweeted: "To me Whitney was THE VOICE. We got to hear a part of God every time she sang." Sadly, that voice became muddled in the last years of Whitney Houston's life, but let's take a look back to her earlier years. All of the below videos are 100% guaranteed to give you goose bumps, from a 1976 recording of her singing at her Newark church, to the best "Star Spangled Banner" the country will ever hear:
On April 29th, 1985, Houston was just 21-years-old and made her national television debut on The Merv Griffin Show, belting out a cover of "Home" from The Wiz.
Whitney singing at her old Newark, NJ church, in 1976!
First Grammy performance, 1986:
Wembley Stadium, 1988:
Here are some clips throughout the years, starting with an old performance at Arista:
Saturday Night Live rehearsal, 1991:
On January 27th, 1991, Houston sang the most perfect version of "The Star Spangled Banner" that we'll ever hear, at Tampa Stadium prior to Super Bowl XXV (New York Giants vs. Buffalo Bills)
