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'Whitney Houston' Album Celebrates 35th Anniversary with Vinyl Collector's Edition

#WhitneyHouston  #SavingAllMyLoveforYou #HowWillIKnow  #GreatestLoveofAll On February 14, 1985, a superstar was born. That’s when a newcomer named  Whitney Houston  released her self-titled debut album that set several chart records, racked up multiplatinum sales and yielded the dynamic singer a Grammy and an Emmy. via GIPHY To celebrate the 35 th  anniversary of the seminal album  Whitney Houston  and the late singer’s induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on May 2, Legacy Recordings/Sony Music Entertainment and Vinyl Me, Please are issuing a commemorative two-album 12” vinyl collector’s edition.  via GIPHY The 180-gram peaches and cream swirl-colored vinyl package includes the original album and the first U.S. release of  Whitney Dancin’ Special . Released only in Japan in 1986, the EP features extended remixes of the Houston classics “How Will I Know” (a vocal and an instrumental version), "You Give Good Love," "T...

Whitney Houston's Best Friend Robyn Crawford Breaks Her Silence on Their Love Affair in New Memoir

#WhitneyHouston #RobynCrawford #Memoir  There was no one closer to Whitney Houston than her best friend Robyn Crawford. In their years together, she was Whitney’s gatekeeper, closest confidante and most loyal protector. She was also, in the early ’80s, the singer’s romantic partner. Something she has never spoken about until now. In her powerful new memoir A Song For You: My Life with Whitney Houston, excerpted in this week’s PEOPLE, Crawford, 58, is finally sharing her story — and their love story. Seven years after Whitney’s tragic death, she says, “I’d come to the point where I felt the need to stand up for our friendship. And I felt an urgency to stand up and share the woman behind the incredible talent.” From the moment Crawford, then 19, first saw Whitney (then almost 17) in 1980 when they were both counselors at an East Orange, New Jersey summer camp, she told her, “I’m going to look out for you.” And that’s exactly what she did for the next two decades as Whi...