Pop icon Whitney Houston has died at the age of 48.
According to Olof, Houston once sang with Bob Dylan for a television special on January 20, 1986. However, they did not perform from the same location. The occasion was the celebration of the first Martin Luther King, Jr., day.
For the event, some artists, including Bob Dylan, performed from the John F. Kennedy Performing Arts Center Opera House in Washington, D.C., while others sang from New York's Radio City Music Hall. The show ended with a group finale of Stevie Wonder's 1981 tribute to King, "Happy Birthday." Dylan and others sang from D.C., while a large group of background singers, including Houston, simultaneously sang from New York City. You can view the performance in the embedded clip on the left.
According to Olof, the two-hour television special, An All-star Celebration Honoring Martin Luther King Jr., was first broadcast by NBC-TV that evening with a two hour delay.
Houston reportedly sang earlier in the program. In New York, she joined Ashford & Simpson's "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" performance with Al Jarreau.
Here is an incomplete list of artists from the show (Sources: Olof and IMBD):
- Debbie Allen
- Joan Baez
- Harry Belafonte
- The Boys Choir Of Harlem
- Bill Cosby
- Andraé Crouch
- Neil Diamond
- Richard Dreyfuss
- Bob Dylan
- Eastern High School Blue & White Marching Machine
- Amy Grant
- Dick Gregory
- Charlton Heston
- Gregory Hines
- Whitney Houston
- Judy Jamison
- Al Jarreau
- Quincy Jones (Conductor)
- Coretta Scott King
- Patti LaBelle
- Cyndi Lauper
- Kenny Loggins
- Wynton Marsalis
- Bette Midler
- Eddie Murphy
- Yoko Ono
- Peter, Paul & Mary
- Michael Peters
- The Pointer Sisters (Anita, June, and Ruth)
- The Queens Of Rhythm (Possibly)
- The Reach Ensemble
- Lionel Richie
- Diana Ross
- The Shiloh Gospel Choir
- Elizabeth Taylor
- Cicely Tyson
- Ben Vereen
- Barbara Walters
- Dionne Warwick
- Stevie Wonder (Host and performer) with Wonderlove
Bob Dylan's grandson, Pablo, tweeted @PabloDylan, "RIP Whitney Houston" about one hour ago.
Two more selected tweets:
- @aliciakeys Alicia Keys: I feel sick.... Life is precious, we are fragile souls. Let's love each other! I miss you beautiful Whitney, the whole world misses you!!
- @iamwill will.i.am: I'm so sad...whitney houston was so kind, sweet, wonderful, amazing, talented, and a true gift to the world...#iwillalwaysloveyou
Houston sold over 170 million albums, singles, and videos, and received over 400 awards during her lifetime. She was the daughter of singer Cissy Houston. Dionne Warwick was one of her cousins, and Aretha Franklin was her godmother. She had a string of number one hits including, "Saving All My Love for You," "How Will I Know," "The Greatest Love of All," "Where Do Broken Hearts Go," "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)," and Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You." She had a troubled marriage with singer Bobby Brown, which ended in divorce. Houston later admitted to using drugs, and battled her addictions the rest of her life.
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