Day 4 #7DayMusicChallenge ~ Whitney Houston ~ How Will I Know

Whitney Houston ~ How Will I Know

I saw Whitney twice.  The first time was in 1985 at Hippodrome in London where she launched her career in the UK.  It was the DMC (Disco Mix Club) Convention and a few of us (from Martines and Fridays) went up in a minibus (I think) organised by Gold Hampshire buddy Stevie Q – who I nominate to take on the #7DayMusicChallenge.  Merv was there too.

This video is from the same year.  I was actually working for Whitney’s record label Arista as a sales rep at the time and promoted the first album.  There was a huge buzz in the company, everyone knew she was going to be a huge star and there was a fair amount of pressure to make sure everything was right from day one.

A few of us saw her again a couple of years later at Wembley Arena, and again possibly “in the round”. I can’t remember much about that night – I think we were a bit disappointed with her performance but I can’t be sure.