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CONTRIBUTORS: Kurt Andersen, Gerald Clarke, Jay Cocks, Thomas Griffith, Pico Iyer, Charles Krauthammer, John Leo, Jane O' Reilly, Kenneth M. Pierce, Richard Schickel, Mimi Sheraton, John Skow
...Clive Davis was ready for Whitney. Earlier, he had helped launch the careers of Janis Joplin, Barry Manilow and Billy Joel. Now he would steer Whitney Houston to middle-of-the-road music. Gerry Griffith, then Arista's A.- and-R. chief, had recommended Whitney to Davis and set up an audition. "Clive sat there poker-faced," recalls Flics. "He said thank you and left. The next day we got an enthusiastic offer." In 1983 Arista signed her, with a "key man" clause: if Davis leaves the company, Whitney can go with...
...took a year and a half for Griffith and Davis to amass suitable songs for the album. Even after elaborate showcases in New York and Los Angeles, many producers turned down the chance to work with her. Finally the songwriter-producer Kashif offered to produce You Give Good Love. Jermaine Jackson, who had emerged from the shadow of Brother Michael, produced three songs. Walden came in to revise and then produce How Will I Know. And Michael Masser covered the pop side of the tracks, producing four of his own compositions, including Saving All My Love and Greatest Love. Says...
CONTRIBUTORS: Kurt Andersen, Gerald Clarke, Jay Cocks, Thomas Griffith, Pico Iyer, Charles Krauthammer, John Leo, Jane O' Reilly, Kenneth M. Pierce, Richard Schickel, Mimi Sheraton, John Skow
CONTRIBUTORS: Kurt Andersen, Gerald Clarke, Jay Cocks, Thomas Griffith, Pico Iyer, Charles Krauthammer, John Leo, Jane O'Reilly, Kenneth M. Pierce, Richard Schickel, Mimi Sheraton, John Skow