The Greatest Love of All
Greatest Love of All is a song by George Benson from 1977, which was written by Michael Masser and Linda Creed. In the version of Whitney Houston In 1986 was a major success.
History
The song, which was produced by Michael Masser, is the re-recording of the ballad of George Benson from the year 1977. Latter was in contrast to the cover version of Whitney Houston a moderate success.
In 1977, Linda Creed with the Masser song for Muhammad Ali biopic. In the lyrics she processed her fight against breast cancer. Shortly before the release of Whitney Houston reached the top position on the U.S. charts, Linda Creed died at the age of 36 years of the disease.
Greatest Love of All was released on March 27, 1986 worldwide. It was a number-one hit in the U.S., Canada and Australia. In addition to the success on the Billboard Hot 100, the song also made it to the top of the AC charts. The song spent three weeks at # 1 on the U.S. charts making it the second longest after I Will Always Love You Houston's chart success. He was also her third consecutive number one, making Houston the first female artist so that could reach No. 1 with three singles from an album. For Greatest Love of All Whitney Houston received an American Music Award and was nominated for the Grammy Award for Record of the Year.
The 4:52 minutes long song was released as a fifth single from Houston's debut album Whitney Houston. This album, and thus the single emerged in the New York Sigma Sound Studios. On the B - side is the song Thinking About You. Originally, Clive Davis, founder and president of Houston's record label, Arista Records and executive producer of the album, against the re-recording of the song, but could be swayed by Houston and Masser. Greatest Love of All was initially released only as a B-side of Houston's first single You Give Good Love, which reached No. 3 on the U.S. charts. After the song finally appeared again as the sixth and final single from her debut album, he became the biggest chart success of the album.
Music Video
In the music video was done by Peter Israelson Director, was filmed at the Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City. Among other things, Houston's mother Cissy Houston plays with the clip. In the plot of the video she sings the song in front of an audience and remembers going to have won as a child in a talent competition.