Classic Whitney: Live from Washington, D.C.

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Classic Whitney: Live from Washington, D.C.
Concert by Whitney Houston
Venue DAR Constitution Hall
Date(s)October 3, 1997
October 5, 1997
Supporting acts Cissy Houston
BeBe Winans
Monica
Shirley Caesar
Attendanceover 2,500

Classic Whitney: Live from Washington, D.C., were live concerts by Whitney Houston.

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The concerts were held at historic DAR Constitution Hall in Washington D.C., on October 3 and 5, 1997. The second-night concert was broadcast live via HBO, which was her third HBO special. (First was " Welcome Home Heroes with Whitney Houston " in March 1991 and second, " Whitney: The Concert for a New South Africa " in November 1994.) The first-night concert was later broadcast on HBO in late October. [1]

Houston said her one-woman show was especially significant because it was occurring during the 100th anniversary of acclaimed opera singer Marian Anderson's birthday. Houston dedicated her performance to Anderson's memory and her historic attempt to perform in 1939 at Constitution Hall, where she was banned by the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR). [2] The special was viewed as a debacle within HBO according to the book Tinderbox by James Andrew Miller.

History

Whitney Houston performed more than 20 songs in these concerts, including such hits as "I Will Always Love You", "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" and "Greatest Love of All". [3]

Set list

  1. "I Will Always Love You"
  2. "I Know Him So Well" (duet with Cissy Houston)
  3. Dionne Warwick Medley:
  4. Aretha Franklin Medley:
  5. Tribute to Sammy Davis Jr.:
  6. Tribute to United States great men:
  7. Diana Ross Medley:
  8. Tribute to George Gershwin:
  9. "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" (BeBe Winans, Monica and Shirley Caesar joined in ad-lib of song's finishing part in the second concert.)
  10. "I Love the Lord"
  11. "I Go to the Rock"
  12. "Greatest Love of All"
Encore
  2. "Amazing Grace" (saxophone solo by Kirk Whalum)
  4. "Step by Step"
  6. "I'm Every Woman"

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ "Classic Whitney Concert" . Retrieved 2009-10-22.
  2. ↑ "Whitney Houston Performs Exclusive HBO Concert to Benefit Children". Jet . October 20, 1997. Retrieved 2010-01-08.
  3. ↑ Whitney Houston Plans HBO Special. www.ClassicWhitney.com
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