Whitney Elizabeth Houston

1963: Whitney Elizabeth Houston is born in East Orange, N.J. to gospel singer Cissy Houston on Aug. 9.

Whitney Houston was one of the biggest female pop music stars of the 1980s and 1990s, thanks to hit singles like "Saving All My Love For You" and "I Wanna Dance With Somebody." The daughter of gospel singer Cissy Houston, Whitney had a brief modeling career before she was signed as a singer by Arista Records in 1983. In 1985 she released her first album, Whitney Houston, a Grammy-winner and international hit; her second album, 1987's Whitney, debuted at #1 on the charts. By the end of the 1980s she had a string of number one hits and was one of MTV's biggest stars, combining a clean-cut sex appeal with world-class vocal pipes. Throughout the 1990s, Houston continued to sell millions of records, with hit singles such as "My Love is Your Love" and her popular cover of Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You." Houston tried her hand at acting and landed lead love-interest roles in The Bodyguard (1992, with Kevin Costner) and The Preacher's Wife (1996, with Denzel Washington), and played the Fairy Godmother in the 1997 TV version Cinderella. She married singer Bobby Brown in 1992; their stormy relationship became fodder for the tabloids and led to a decline in her career, as rumors of drug use and physical abuse swirled around them. They were divorced in 2007, but by then the damage to her singing career had been done. Houston's later record releases have sold modestly, though her production company had box office success with the films The Princess Diaries (2001, starring Anne Hathaway) and the Disney TV movie The Cheetah Girls (2003, starring Raven Symoné).

1974: Starts performing as soloist in junior gospel choir at New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, N.J.

1978: Sings backup on mother's album "Think It Over," beginning run of backup performances for artists including Chaka Khan, Jermaine Jackson and Lou Rawls.

1979: Whitney Houston with producer Clive Davis

1979: A Young Whitney Houston poses for a portrait in Newark, New Jersey

1983: Arista records executive sees her performing on stage with her mother, label head Clive Davis sees her soon after and signs her to contract.

1985: Debut album, "Whitney Houston," is released, selling millions and spawning huge hits "How Will I Know," ''You Give Good Love," ''Saving All My Love For You" and "Greatest Love of All."

1986:Whitney Houston performing in 1986

1987: Multiplatinum follow-up album "Whitney" is released. Includes hits "I Wanna Dance With Somebody," ''So Emotional" and "Where Do Broken Hearts Go."

1988: Whitney performs at the Wembley arena

1988: Elizabeth Taylor, Liza Minnelli, Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston at a charity dinner in New York

1988: Records theme song for Seoul Olympics, "One Moment In Time."

1991: Returns to limelight with performance of "The Star Spangled Banner" at the Super Bowl during the first Gulf War.

1992: Begins high profile and tumultuous marriage to former New Edition member and soul-singing star Bobby Brown.

1992: Stars opposite Kevin Costnerin "The Bodyguard." The hit film makes Houston a Hollywood star and its theme song, "I Will Always Love You," becomes a signature hit that tops charts for weeks and wins Grammys for record of the year and best female pop vocal.

1993: Has daughter with Brown, Bobbi Kristina.

1994: holding her awards at the American music awards ceremony

1994: Whitney Houston performs at the 1994 American Music Awards

1995: Stars in movie "Waiting to Exhale."

Whitney Houston in "Waiting to Exhale"

1996: Stars opposite Denzel Washington in "The Preacher's Wife."

1997: Appears as fairy godmother in TV version of Rogers and Hammerstein's "Cinderella."

1998:Whitney Houston, Cissy Houston and Gary Houston

1998: Whitney Houston with a Grammy win in 1988

1998: Whitney Houston and Muhammad Ali

1999: performing at the Brit awards

1999:Whitney preforms new material for a GMA concert

2002:Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown

2003: Police respond to domestic violence call from Houston about Brown. Police find Houston with cut lip and bruised cheek.

2004: Briefly enters drug rehabilitation clinic.

2005:Two great divas fuel an Oscar winner,Two great divas fuel an Oscar winner

2005: Returns to drug rehab under court order.

2006: Files for legal separation from Brown.

2007: Divorces Brown.

2009: Whitney Houston appeared at the 2009 Grammy Awards where she presented a Grammy category that went to Jennifer Hudson.

2009: In an interview with Oprah Winfrey, declares herself drug free. She would return to rehab in 2011.

2009: Comeback album "I Look To You" debuts at top of charts, eventually goes platinum.

2009: Whitney Houston and her daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown during a pre-show rehearsal in Sept. 2009.

2009:An honor for Whitney Houston

2011: Whitney Houston and Dionne Warwick perform at the pre-Grammy gala

Passed away on February 11, 2012.

On the eve of the Grammy's. Whitney was found deceased in her hotel room in Beverly Hill's HiltonCalifornia at the age of just 48, the news broadcasted the announcement.


        Rest In Peace Forever You Wonderful and Beautifully Created Creature of God, You
                             will always be rememberd as "A WOMAN born with an Angels Voice.