Whitney Houston God Bless The Child

[Gaja587]

God bless... rest in pease Whitney

[lovelybyfar]

God bless you Whitney.A voice silent way too soon...just like how people felt about Billie Holiday.Your legacy of one of the greatest songstress ever is already written and generations to come will celebrate you. RIP sweet lady

[almarose73]

What a voice, What a song, God bless you Whitney may you RIP.

[phillydude211]

@jahlaune Whitney was 48

[kimbarklor]

RIP <3

[jahlaune]

How ironic Billie Holiday dead at 44 Whitney dead at 46 or whatever both troubled yet talented RIP Miss. Houston

[namlulu12]

Whitney, ooooo Whitney, she can sing anything and pull it off! So cool!

[SoulSir]

This is the best rendition of females & David Peaston has the best of the males.

[rooooooby]

I think the Aretha Franklin sings this song better, but this is still good though.

[monikahenning]

Whey you have done this with your Soul and youre Body? We all love you so much, but you do that with your Soul, love your Whitney, God bless your Soul, from Germany a forgotten black woman

[lillucy120]

Re: Whitney & video: very nicely done, very smooth. I sometimes forget how good Whitney is. Glad I came across this video. Thank you. I love her chuckle at the end.

[alllove4u18]

A beautiful song, sang by a beautiful talented person... I love you Whitney <3

[mountainlinx]

perfect phrasing

[primo2316]

A beautiful woman to match a beautiful voice !!!

[ktshifunda]

I like this Whitney voice... it has flavor.

[whatigot2say]

diana ross' versions are better. whitney just can't sing a melody line without trying to turn it into a gospel song.

[mpope409]

@whatigot2say Oh, please. Whitney added flavor and soul to songs where it was needed. Nobody wants to hear bland singing. Atleast I don't.

[whatigot2say]

@mpope409 it's called ruining the song.. it's a jazz blues song not a gospel song and a professional would recognize that and sing it the way it was written to be sung i.e. billie holiday & Ross. Houston ignores the songs genre and makes it into a gospel tune like she does nearly every other piece of music put in front of her face.

[mpope409]

@whatigot2say I understand that, but Whitney isn't a jazz or blues singer. She is essentially a gospel singer. If she tried to sing it jazz then it wouldn't sound natural. She took it and made it her own and I thought her rendition was just gorgeous. Very soulful and rich. Many great vocalists of the past have done the same thing.

[whatigot2say]

@mpope409 you make a good point. Hadn't thought of it that way.

[Omega1st]

@mpope409 This not Gospel it is Smooth Jazz.

[mpope409]

@Omega1st I said Whitney is a gospel singer.

[Omega1st]

@mpope409 Whitney came from a gospel back ground granted, but used her range put to pop.

her phrasing is different to the gospel contemporaries of her time unless when she sings with them.

[mpope409]

@Omega1st Her earliest days were much more pop oriented than anything she did from the 90s onward. My only point is that, vocally, her roots are in gospel, and that's clearly evident in this performance.

[kmaur21]

@whatigot2say Please!

[whatigot2say]

@kmaur21 well she's not very versatile .. I meant when she still was a singer.. now.?? ... well there's nothing to do but lament her vocal demise.

[chiefexecutivelady]

@whatigot2say actually it started as a spiritual that was re arranged into jazz. so you obviously didnt know that, and you are not the professional that you are lording yourself to be. smh

[whatigot2say]

@chiefexecutivelady no one views it as a spirutial. it became popular as a jazz piece, the fact that it was originally a spiritual is irrelevant it's now a jazz classic. not sure why ou felt necesaary to pont that out other than you're upset at my critique of the ex singer.

[chiefexecutivelady]

@whatigot2say you are a hater! put a video up and lets hear you sing, since you know so much. it satrted as a spiritual, you dont know anything about musical humanities. and at the end of the day, a singer sings how they want to interpret a song. you would know that if you were the professional you claim to be.

[santb03]

@chiefexecutivelady This song did not start off as a spiritual. This song was written by Billie Holiday and Arthur Herzog. Billie had given her mother the money to open her dream restaurant called Mom Holiday's in New York. One day, Billie was flat broke and figured her mother would give her some money. Her mom told her no. Billie was infuriated since she felt this was unjust. Billie wrote this sing as a reaction to this and asked Arthur to help her put music to it. Hope this clears things up.

[aquarius1ification]

@whatigot2say

you are one ignorant jackass and if you aint got nothing good to say jus shut the hell up.

[Jamesfisher0000]

Thank you!

[DIVAORIGINALE4]

What a VOICE!!! Gotta LOVE Whitney, the way she interprets a song is beyond AMAZING!

[JahmeneDouglas]

Amazing! Such a beautiful song. :o)

[MTCfan]

I'm soooo happy this is home where it belongs. Such a timeless Classic sung by the ultimate timeless Classic Voice.

[musicexpo]

@MTCfan

This is a very simple video, but it means a lot to me. I made it on the same day the revealing of the album cover..

[anointedsag]

@musicexpo Thank you for posting. I love this song.