like an ATM machine, her father had set up an account where gas was paid at a Mobil station that a number of people were taking advantage of. Tror inte heller att Robyn berättar allt, men hela poängen är väl att Whitney aldrig fick ha något privatliv eller sätta egna gränser.

The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Nevertheless, she never stopped being loyal to Whitney or their connection only speaking out now long after her death. Crawford was there when Houston toured as support for Luther Vandross, sneaking out into the audience after the opening set to catch as much of the headliner as she could before being recognized by fans. Deeply personal and heartfelt, A Song for You is the vital, honest, and previously untold story that provides an understanding of the complex life of Whitney Houston. The story told by Robyn Crawford in the pages of A Song For You, an account of her decades-long relationship with Whitney Houston is tender, moving and painful to read, the history of a friendship that is also a love story.The singer’s management team was small in those days – even in the mid-1980s, when Houston’s first two albums became two of the biggest-selling debuts of all time, with some 40m copies sold worldwide (the eponymous Whitney Houston, with its huge hits How Will I Know and Saving All My Love For You; and its follow-up, Whitney, featuring I Wanna Dance With Somebody, So Emotional and Didn’t We Almost Have It All). After decades of speculation, Robyn Crawford, a close friend, business collaborator and confidante of Whitney Houston, tells her side of the story. Through robyn's book you see whitney was essentially an addict in its fullest form - it is really sad. Whitney was very religious and sang like an angel, yet she smoked cigarettes and weed on a regular basis. Reading her book, one gets the chilling sense not only of how alien things were in the very recent past, but of a story that shouldn’t be repeated in the future.

Houston had a few close friends and devoted staff who were committed to her success and wellness, this would quickly change following her marriage. I do not feel that Robyn was trying to exploit her friendship with Whitney in any way; instead, I feel like she was trying to set the record straight and tell her truth as she knew it. Even though there were the rumors, lies, gossip and dysfunctional ways that were said and written about. To those who did this: you are not true “Goodreaders” b/c if you were you would understand that everybody deserves to tell their truth. Had this been today, Whitney would be alive and no doubt living her life with Robyn as there are a lot of entertainers today who are openly gay/bisexual and no-one bats an eyelid.Houston told Time magazine, wounding her friend with the offensive intimation that homosexuality was akin to bestiality. The decision Crawford made to resign her position working for Houston was rough, she had spent all her adult life with working with and for Whitney. After Houston married Bobby Brown, she told him about her past with Crawford and his jealous rage exacerbated the growing rift that resulted in Crawford leaving Nippy Inc. However, I think this book falls flat in large part because Robyn refuses to acknowledge this distinction. Crawford smoked weed with Houston and was introduced to cocaine, and reflected that it wasn't a difficult decision to eventually quit using substance altogether-- though this wasn't the case for Houston, who spent years battling substance addiction.

A Song for You gives an insight into Whitney and Robyn's private friendship, from two young girls to Whitney's rise to fame and downfall into drugs. After Jermaine Jackson, Houston was largely single until she married Bobby Brown, although famous men often asked her out. Houston was riding high on recent award wins, including three Grammys, eight American Music Awards and 11 Billboard Awards, and her song, I Will Always Love You, the title track from The Bodyguard, spending 14 weeks at number one. Nippy" was Whitney Houston's nickname since childhood, and the company was the business that handled her affairs as one of the biggest music stars of her generation. stated that Houston was funding large sums for the living expenses of others: senior employees, Brown's mother was using Nippy Inc.you tried it Sir—- I hollered at Robyn’s recant of Whitney’s description of him and his cheating ways. An intimate look into life of Whitney Houston through the eyes of her best friend and loyal assistant of 20 years.