In reply to JOHNVIDAL.

Yep, I saw Whitney Elizabeth Houston live! My favorite aunt took a few of us to see Whitney sometime during the Bodyguard era. My aunt was big on Luther and always rounded up everyone to see him in concert whenever he came to New York! I went once when he was touring with En Vogue (I wasn't a huge Luther fan, but I respected his talent - he was amazing live)! I thought that was going to be as good as it'll gets (Luther/EnVogue), but you can imagine my shock when my aunt one day produced Whitney tickets for all of us! This might have been around the time Whitney was on the brink of her vocal decline, but I promise you - she was so on that night! We sat near the stage for the Luther concert, but we were much further away from the stage (at Whit's concert)! I was a little upset about that initially because I had visions of Whitney noticing me and extending her hand out for me to touch prior to the concert! I kid you not, it felt like Whitney was singing in the row before me! Her voice was CRYSTAL clear! Her singing gave me chills! I can't explain what she did to my body while taking all of that in! I've never experienced that on this level before or after Whitney and I've seen many greats! Whitney was totally unreal!

I remember Janet and Whitney starting off my music collection, then Toni's Secrets, Brandy's Never Say Never (interestingly enough all of them were on the Waiting to Exhale album), Aaliyah , Lauryn, Usher, Bey, A. Keys, Kanye, etc... Btw, I have to say that Mariah's Day dream is one of the most underrated albums ever! It's my favorite by her and by a female! As far as the pioneers are concerned, Tina and Diana are everything! I can get lost in MJ, Prince, George M's and Chaka's discography too!