[78-L] Another drug death?

[Cary Ginell]

I always preferred Dolly Parton's sweeter version of the song (which she wrote) to Houston's overblown histrionics. 

Cary Ginell

On Feb 12, 2012, at 7:36 AM, "Jeff Sultanof" <jeffsultanof at gmail.com> wrote:

> I remember well when her first album and single came out. Warner Bros.
> published the sheet music for several songs on that album (I believe we did
> a matching folio but I can't remember now). I do remember that she was
> already being discussed as having 'issues;' all sorts of them were bandied
> about. I just remember that her records gave a great shot in the arm to our
> sheet sales that year. When a song is popular, it is automatically arranged
> for all sorts of ensembles (at least then). And that first album had some
> great singing on it.
> 
> The other thing I remember was that the song "I Will Always Love You" was a
> split copyright (meaning that two different print companies could sell
> sheets on it), and the first sheet was rushed into print by the other
> company. That company chose to print a very basic form of the song,
> probably close to the lead sheet Houston worked from, and we were told it
> did not sell very well. Our resident arranger took down everything she
> sang, and we couldn't print enough copies to keep the thing in stock; sales
> went through the roof. I can envision all sorts of amateur singers trying
> to imitate her every note.
> 
> I do recognize that this subject is off-topic, but I hope no one minds that
> I shared.
> 
> Jeff Sultanof
> 
> On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 3:23 AM, Jeff Lichtman <jeff at swazoo.com> wrote:
> 
>> 
>>> Just heard about the death of Whitney Houston at. 48. Great
>>> pedigree, horrible taste in men, which probably led to lifelong drug
>>> abuse. Too bad. A waste of talent.
>>> 
>>> Cary
>> 
>> I'm not inclined to blame her drug addiction on the men in her life.
>> Bobby Brown didn't hold her down and force her to take cocaine. It
>> seems likely to me that interest in drugs is what attracted them to
>> each other in the first place.
>> 
>> This must be terribly hard on her family, and especially on Cissy
>> Houston, who is now 78 years old.
>> 
>> 
>>                       -        Jeff Lichtman
>>                                jeff at swazoo.com
>> 
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