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Whitney at the BBC

Whitney at the BBC

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Celebrating one of one of soul music's biggest-ever voices with a selection of her songs, illustrating why the world sat up and listened when Whitney Houston burst onto the scene in 1985 with Saving All My Love for You. This playlist traverses the 1980s, '90s and '00s, including Saving All My Love for You, Where Do Broken Hearts Go, How Will I Know and Your Love Is My Love

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Gary Rose

Acting as the middle layer in tonight’s Top of the Pops trifle is this double bill of repeats about a singer so acclaimed that her nickname was simply “The Voice”. It starts with the ubiquitous …at the BBC compilation, where it’s the tunes from Whitney’s first two albums that shine the brightest.

Live in South Africa 1994 (10:05pm) showcases her range of styles and octaves, from the party vibes of How Will I Know to the emotional swell of Greatest Love of All. The size of the venue inevitably means some of the punch from the recordings gets lost in the vacuum, while arguably her most affecting song is puzzlingly absent. Didn’t We Almost Have It All would have been a fine way to round things off. Its poignancy is now, of course, amplified by the sad trajectory of the star’s life.

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