 Pop
By Paul Cashmere
17 September 2004
Whitney Houston will record her next album under
the guidance of record company guru Clive Davis.
Houston will release her 7th album on her
long-term label Arista, following Davis' return
as head of the label.
Davis discovered Whitney Houston and acted as
Executive Producer for her debut self-titled
album in 1985. That album generated the hits
'Saving All My Love For You', 'How Will I Know'
and 'The Greatest Love Of All'.
Last Wednesday, Davis was honored at the World
Music Awards in Las Vegas. Houston flew in to
perform in his honor.
Davis and Houston hold the record for seven
consecutive number ones on the Billboard Hot 100
chart. Her catalogue has sold more than 125
million albums to date.
The new album will be their first work together
in five years.
ORIGINAL
BONNIE & CLYDE
WHITNEY
& CLIVE: The original Bonnie & Clyde at
work on comeback.[From EURWeb]
*Back
in April, rumors first began bubbling about a
reunion of music mogul Clive Davis and embattled
superstar Whitney Houston. It was Davis in the
early 80s who plucked a teenage Houston from
obscurity and signed her to his Arista record
label, where the young talent flew out of the
blocks with the instant classics "You Give
Good Love," "Saving All My Love For
You," and "The Greatest Love of
All."
In 2000, a nasty shakeup at Arista led to Davis
forced departure from the company, and the
launching of his own J Records label, which has
since helped to re-energize the careers of music
vets Luther Vandross, Carlos Santana and Rod
Stewart among others.
Earlier this year Davis, 70, was named chairman
and CEO of BMG North America which includes RCA,
J Records, Jive, and ironically, Arista Records.
News, once again, is surfacing about the
not-so-secret Davis and Houston collabo on a new
album, which is part of a multi-pronged campaign
to carefully navigate the singer’s comeback.
If you believe the rumors, and the "New
York Post," it was Davis who advised
Whitney to go to rehab, as well as distance
herself from jail-prone husband Bobby Brown. He
also reportedly advised the chanteuse to keep
out of the public eye until a clean-and-sober,
grand-diva re-emergence at next year's Grammys
where Clive hopes to debut a brand new single,
from a brand album, by hopefully a brand new
Whitney.
WHITNEY
& CLIVE REUNITE [PRNewswire Report]
Thursday
September 16, 2:10 am ET
LAS VEGAS, Sept. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Superstar
recording artist Whitney Houston is reuniting
with long time mentor and producer music
impresario Clive Davis to begin work on her 7th
studio album for Davis' Arista Records.
Davis,
who discovered Houston, was honored Wednesday
evening (September 15, 2004) at the World Music
Awards in Las Vegas where he received the first
ever non-performer Outstanding Contribution to
the Music Industry Award.
Houston
flew in for the broadcast to pay tribute to
Davis and received several roaring standing
ovations. The two have made musical history
together with Whitney holding the record for
seven consecutive number 1's in Billboard's Hot
100 Chart. Additionally, she has achieved
phenomenal albums sales selling over 125 million
copies to date. This will be the first time
Houston and Davis have collaborated in five
years.
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