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Borderstone · 03-19-2012, 07:13 PM

Act5ually,those bars of music from Gordon's song were "stolen" long before Whiteny entered music.

Most people don't know or have forgotten the song song (written by Michael Masser and Linda Creed ) was originally recorded by George Benson for the 1977 Muhammad Ali biopic "The Greatest."

Benson's 1977 version was an R&B hit, reaching #2 on the R&B chart. It was a moderate pop hit, making #24 on the Billboard Hot 100.

I guess no one really noticed the similarity back then. Benson can barely carry a tune on that one by the way,he was better with the 1980 hit "Give Me the Night". Closer to jazz.

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By the way,"The Greatest Love Of All" also re-entered the lower top 40 after her passing (from people paying to download these songs like crazy.)

"I Wanna Dance With Somebody" (from 1987) also made the top 40.

"I Will Always Love You" made it all the way back to #3,one week later.

Had "I Will always Love You" gone back to #1, she (and Chubby Checker) would have been the only acts to go to #1 twice with their biggest hit,ever.

03-19-2012, 07:13 PM	#9
Borderstone Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Phoenix,Arizona -America Posts: 4,427	Re: Whitney Houston and Gordon Lightfoot Act5ually,those bars of music from Gordon's song were "stolen" long before Whiteny entered music. Most people don't know or have forgotten the song song (written by Michael Masser and Linda Creed ) was originally recorded by George Benson for the 1977 Muhammad Ali biopic "The Greatest." Benson's 1977 version was an R&B hit, reaching #2 on the R&B chart. It was a moderate pop hit, making #24 on the Billboard Hot 100. I guess no one really noticed the similarity back then. Benson can barely carry a tune on that one by the way,he was better with the 1980 hit "Give Me the Night". Closer to jazz. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By the way,"The Greatest Love Of All" also re-entered the lower top 40 after her passing (from people paying to download these songs like crazy.) "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" (from 1987) also made the top 40. "I Will Always Love You" made it all the way back to #3,one week later. Had "I Will always Love You" gone back to #1, she (and Chubby Checker) would have been the only acts to go to #1 twice with their biggest hit,ever. __________________ "A knight of the road,going back to a place where he might get warm." - Borderstone Last edited by Borderstone; 03-19-2012 at 08:52 PM.