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FROM the moment Whitney Houston first opened her mouth to sing, it was obvious
that she was bound for greatness. As the daughter of Cissy Houston, a successful
rhythm-and-blues backup singer, and a cousin of the even more renowned singer
Dionne Warwick, young Whitney grew up steeped in music. She dutifully sang in
the New Hope Baptist Junior Choir, aspiring to nothing higher than being a
backup performer like her mother. But by the time she was 11, it was readily
apparent that hanging in the background wasn't in the cards for her.
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