The Voice

“Being around people like Aretha Franklin, Gladys Knight, Dionne Warwick and Roberta Flack, had a great impact on me as a singer, as a performer, as a musician.”

In her first television performance, Houston’s natural born talent was clear from the start on The Merv Griffin Show. Accompanied by nothing more than a piano, a young and stunning Houston shook off early nerves and became lost in the melody of her soulful performance of “Home.”