I loved hearing her coming in..but also holding back as a background singer. I also love watching her chew her gum just rocking out to the beat and smiling while enjoying her friends vocals.
I love how genuinely happy Whitney was whenever she shared the stage with BeBe and Cece. Watch any video of them singing together and you'll see what I call her "real smile". They encouraged each other in a way that allowed each person the freedom to sing to their heart's content, without having to worry about competition. It's a beautiful thing to have people that you're comfortable doing the thing you love the MOST with.
2:54 - 3:01 - Whitney smacking on that gum, fully immersed in the moment, sounding amazing, groovin’, supporting her friends, being in the background, looking gorgeous, regal, statuesque & confident, while being the biggest pop star in the world? This is BEAUTIFUL🤧. She looked so content in that moment 💛.
I JUST WANTED A QUICK WONDERFUL REMINDER OF THE JOY THAT THEY HAD SINGING TOGETHER AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST STARS SINGING BACKGROUND WHITNEY HOUSTON LOOKING SO LOVELY I'M HERE BECAUSE OF THE VERSUZ WITH MARY MARY AND BEBE AND CECE WINANS AND IT WAS SO GOOD, THE ANOINTING THEY HAD BEEN AND THE ANOINTING THEY HAVE NOW IT'S AWESOME 🙏🏿💯🔥🕊️👑💃🤸🎶🎤👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏾🙌🏾 AND WE MISS YOU WHITNEY HOUSTON
What a display of humility and love that a pop icon at the height of her career would be eager to do background for the people she loved! This was a powerful and passionate performance!
Kristen Stallings I respectfully disagree. In 1987 BeBe & CeCe Winans were working as staff singers, on the popular televangelist show, called PTL, with Jim Baker. Whitney's debut album was already charting with platinum hits in 1985. Whitney was singing with them because she always considered them as family, and she was their number one fan.
Really doesn't matter. That was the type of person she was. We need more people in the world like her that pass it on! Despite her demons, she was truly loved and God blessed us with her VOICE!
african jazz Exactly, To be honest The winins family were family to her. Bebe and Cece were like brother and sister to Whitney. Im sure Whitney didn't even give it a second thought. She simply backed up her family. Litterly. They always had each other's back. Their brother The pastor married Whitney and Bobby. Yes Humility and love for her family is why she did it. I miss and loved her so very much.
What a beautiful display of love and friendship. Any diva that can sing backup is truly a star. BeBe and CeCe? Always a class act. Amazing performance. RIP Whitney.
Yeah, this comments should not be about Whitney, but how can you ignore her. Singing background at the height of her career. Not only singing background but doing it with a smile. Look at the smile on her face watching her friends slay. This is Whitney! Humble, talented and caring!
Wow! This is true friendship right there. Cece wasn't Bobbi Kristina Godmother for nothing. Whitney singing backup to them was not in any way degrading to her but an honour. She loved them like family. You could see on her face how happy she was to see them sing and be there alongside of them. You have a friend like that, you good for life. Trust me!
😂😂😃 I cracked up seeing Whitney Houston chewing gum and dancing with that glorious smile 😄😊on her face 😐😃😃😃 she was singing with gum in her mouth 😂😂😂 only a real ®📧🅰🕒singer can do that
WOW!!!!! How anointed was THAT! Whitney couldn’t help but be moved to wail away in that background. Bebe and CerCee are my favorites. Bebe could sing the phone book for me!
Whitney was a beautiful creature that deserved so much more than fame. At her core, she was humble, gracious, God and family loving. Those who took advantage of her should forever be ashamed. But she will always be the BEST!
And to think That’s Whitney Houston but everyone of them knew the Biggest being on the stage was God 🥰 I’m lost without you it was easy and clear for me to see it….RIP Nippy ❤️
People confused some things. Yes, a lot are mentioning Whitney singing background because she was good friends with the Woman's. But, you have to also remember this. As musicians, when you start out, to get put on, most times you're doing something from someone else. This was the time Whitney was becoming extremely frustrated with being labeled pop, and losing the black audience. What I see in Whitney's performance here is, SHE IS HOME. Any time she sang with CECE and Bebe, she always had a glorious smile, and that's due to what she was singing and who she was singing with and to.
And then years down the line Cece and Whitney will knock us out with their smash hit Count On Me. What a friendship. I wish she never had other friends but only Cece.
At 3:57 Cece & Whitney partake in an angelic call & response that filled the room...I also felt Cece's facial expression at 4:00 & it made me feel like she meant business about holding her ground as the female vocalist of the song💯 Each singer performing had a great deal of love & adoration for each other that was absolutely undeniable!❤
I absolutely LOVE this performance!! Sending you so much love in heaven dear sister Whitney! Love you 🙏💔❤️❤️❤️ The Winans Gospel music is a blessing from God!! Thank you God!! 🙏❤️❤️❤️🌹🌹❤️
Just saw this video for the first time. I was surprised to see Whitney as part of their background singers. Her status as a singer didn't stop her from being there for CeCe and BeBe and it shows what a true friendship should be. GOD bless her and may she RIP for her friends
I hope I am able to showcase and live with great humility. This was very controversial during the time: Whitney was at the top of her career, Clive Davis was against her singing backup for anyone,--much less an upcoming gospel duo. But Whitney and Cece had always shown undying support for each other which is so rare for two extremely gifted women to do in a industry that's filled with jealousy, betrayal, greed, arrogance, and etc.. I can't imagine some of our top divas today singing backup for anyone. I am a singer and I too often decline backup singing, but seeing this has humbled me completely. We all are servants to God. Our best and most respected people on earth are still servants to the King of Kings. Nice video. I pray I find a friend, partner in spirit, and solidarity in someone someday.
Shane C Yep, and Whitney of all the people in the industry truly understood this. She knew she couldn't be any greater than God and that in his eye she was no bigger than any of his other children. That allowed her to be as humble as she was
BeBe and CeCe Winans were NOT an upcoming gospel duo back then, coming from one of the most prolific families in gospel music history, by 1989, BeBe and CeCe Winans were already Veterans of gospel music, Whitney was moving up the ranks fast, but she hadn't quite reached her Peak yet at this point, Whitney at her Peak was 92-ish
@@quimiradarthwidow4898 I disagree. At the time BeBe and CeCe were known mainly only in gospel circles. This album, Heaven, was successful, but their Different Lifestyles album had yet to come out and really put them on the map. Whitney on the other hand by 1989 had 7 number 1 pop hits, 2 number 1 albums, the best selling debut album of all time, a national Diet Coke commercial, a worldwide smash with I Wanna Dance With Somebody,, 2 successful world tours, and countless awards including 2 grammys. I remember being up that night watching this when it aired on Arsenol and not believing the diva herself was singing backup.
Whitney loved them so .. they we’re family.. she did back up at the height of her fame like Lisa fisher for Luther Vandross .. true class acts ❤❤I love them
bebe and cece are two of the finest live singers of all time. and when whitney sings backgrounds...well...you know THE VOICE knows talent. she is missed. God has a plan...and music is a gift. i am thankful.
what a lovely thing for Whitney to be a backing singer for friends, i got goosebumps listening to them all singing. Such amazing talent ALL of them......wow
They Winans weren't just singing. Those people were saaaanging. I can't get over how tiny and beautiful Whitney looked with that powerhouse of a voice. RIH Ms. Whitney.
More entertainers need to take notes from Whitney on how to humble yourself even when you're a big star. She's on a late night talk show singing background for other artists. Rest in Peace WH💔
This was off the chain!! I love this performance!! They knocked it out the park. Miss Whitney definitely knows how to show the rest of the divas that there's nothing wrong with being in the background.
Whitney was genuinely happy to be singing background. And she wanted to. Bebe and Cece were a comfort for her with all she had going on. This is amszing!! St the height of her career she went on tour as a backup artist and didn't get paid 🤣 she was the goat in every aspect of her identity as a female vocalist. Lawd I miss her presence 😔
Okay at @2:41 when Whitney and Cece sang at the same time if you close your eyes they sound like one person. Some review I read called them vocal twins and to me that's what they are they just sound so much a like at time.
Name an artist today at the height of their career that would sing background for their friends. I can't think of one. RIP Whitney
Thank you sista! ❤
Chanté Moore
latiaj83 None
On Whitney Houston’s level of fame..thinking Mariah or Beyoncé
Michael Jackson, singing background on Rockwell's "Somebody's Watching Me"
Whitney Houston was truly one of a kind she always referred to CeCe as her sister. They were truly best friends.
I just adore this entire video and I always loved CeCe’s voice. So crisp and clean. Whitney is literally icing on icing.
Whitney was SO happy and excited that she had to try to control herself from going in... LOVE IT!
You caught that too huh?
I loved hearing her coming in..but also holding back as a background singer. I also love watching her chew her gum just rocking out to the beat and smiling while enjoying her friends vocals.
She wanted to tour with them .
Bebe & Cece were her REAL friends that's why she did it.
exactly. she loved them unconditionally
Right! She did this on STRENGTH!
❤️
I love how genuinely happy Whitney was whenever she shared the stage with BeBe and Cece. Watch any video of them singing together and you'll see what I call her "real smile". They encouraged each other in a way that allowed each person the freedom to sing to their heart's content, without having to worry about competition. It's a beautiful thing to have people that you're comfortable doing the thing you love the MOST with.
So true
Whitney Houston seemed so down to earth. What other artist would sing background.
In case you ain’t catch it Bebe was sangin’ his entire face off. 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
THANK YOU BRO........ Thought I was the only one who felt that..... The Brother Benjamin wasn't playin !!
My God yes
He always does. So smooth with his, too. Hardly ever gets his flowers!!! Such a shame. He just sings and praise!!!
Very much caught!
Don't do him. This song would be nothing without him. I love his voice.
2:54 - 3:01 - Whitney smacking on that gum, fully immersed in the moment, sounding amazing, groovin’, supporting her friends, being in the background, looking gorgeous, regal, statuesque & confident, while being the biggest pop star in the world? This is BEAUTIFUL🤧. She looked so content in that moment 💛.
😘❤💚💜💙💛😍
❤❤❤❤❤❤
Loved it!
I JUST WANTED A QUICK WONDERFUL REMINDER OF THE JOY THAT THEY HAD SINGING TOGETHER AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST STARS SINGING BACKGROUND WHITNEY HOUSTON LOOKING SO LOVELY I'M HERE BECAUSE OF THE VERSUZ WITH MARY MARY AND BEBE AND CECE WINANS AND IT WAS SO GOOD, THE ANOINTING THEY HAD BEEN AND THE ANOINTING THEY HAVE NOW IT'S AWESOME 🙏🏿💯🔥🕊️👑💃🤸🎶🎤👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏾🙌🏾 AND WE MISS YOU WHITNEY HOUSTON
YES 🤣🤣🤣
My LORD.....what could be better.....the BEST singers of their generation with WHITNEY cheering them on.....God Bless....
You can hear Whitney’s dynamic sound even in the background.
I said same thing undeniable talented
All up n thru this joint?
Wow, that’s the first time I’ve seen this. Whitney Houston is singing background for her friends. That’s love. She seemed so happy too.
Whitney and Cece's harmony 2:39 CHILLS!!!
yessss
that harmony was life giving!!
Just threw my shoe.
Harmonious!
@@WheelzofaDream1135 lool
This shows how withney was so humble to help her brothers and sisters out with her singing back up. Your missed
Beautiful display of friendship and they all sound amazing!
This is the definition of NO WEAK LINK!!!!
Ceces voice stops time!
Bebe sings from an extra special place!
Whitney....enough said!
👍🏿❤
CeCe has always been the only singer I'd say could hold her own next to Whitney.AMAZING !
I Agree 🎤
gndhandyservice yeppppp
So true, and Yolanda Adams as well
Yessssssss they sound exactly the same vocally at times. It's crazy cause I never realized this until recently. Whitney was my fav!!!!
Facts
Whitney continue to rest in peace..even as a backup,, your voice ❤
Whitney’s beauty just stops you in your tracks!
Say it again My My lov her so
When they panned in, i was like OMG!!! Made my heart flutter
What a display of humility and love that a pop icon at the height of her career would be eager to do background for the people she loved! This was a powerful and passionate performance!
that is how she got started was singing background for them. she is paying homage
Kristen Stallings
I respectfully disagree. In 1987 BeBe & CeCe Winans were working as staff singers, on the popular televangelist show, called PTL, with Jim Baker. Whitney's debut album was already charting with platinum hits in 1985. Whitney was singing with them because she always considered them as family, and she was their number one fan.
Really doesn't matter. That was the type of person she was. We need more people in the world like her that pass it on! Despite her demons, she was truly loved and God blessed us with her VOICE!
african jazz Exactly, To be honest The winins family were family to her. Bebe and Cece were like brother and sister to Whitney. Im sure Whitney didn't even give it a second thought. She simply backed up her family. Litterly. They always had each other's back. Their brother The pastor married Whitney and Bobby. Yes Humility and love for her family is why she did it. I miss and loved her so very much.
They had a special relationship..
What a beautiful display of love and friendship. Any diva that can sing backup is truly a star. BeBe and CeCe? Always a class act. Amazing performance. RIP Whitney.
So true
Yeah, this comments should not be about Whitney, but how can you ignore her.
Singing background at the height of her career. Not only singing background but doing it with a smile. Look at the smile on her face watching her friends slay.
This is Whitney! Humble, talented and caring!
Agreed
Just beautiful ❤
Wow! This is true friendship right there. Cece wasn't Bobbi Kristina Godmother for nothing. Whitney singing backup to them was not in any way degrading to her but an honour. She loved them like family. You could see on her face how happy she was to see them sing and be there alongside of them. You have a friend like that, you good for life. Trust me!
Whitney had such a gracious heart. The joy in her eyes to see her friends shine!
i just love watching whitney...even in the background she just stands out....
She really does.
The late great Whitney Houston chewing gum & still sounds like a hummingbird PRICELESS!
Killin' that gum and the vocals simultaneously
They all have the most beautiful voices!
Whitney Houston was someone special
The amount of Talent on that stage! Tears are in my eyes...wow!
Manny G. Forever same here; Amen!
Manny G. Forever I got goosebumps watching this wow🙏🏾🙏🏾
That part...
Whitney, CeCe and BeBe were truly friends that had a genuine love for each other.
This album was EVERYTHING and STILL is!!!! I love that I've lived through this era!
Me too!!!!! The best era ever
Me too. Man, it was beautiful.
This is music history. We have to appreciate these moments life gives us. Thank you God.
i can still hear whitney so clearly in that background. her voice was too powerful to do background. perfect performance yall!
Whitney has done bg for quite a few artist back in the day Chaka, Lou, and others
😂😂😃 I cracked up seeing Whitney Houston chewing gum and dancing with that glorious smile 😄😊on her face 😐😃😃😃 she was singing with gum in her mouth 😂😂😂 only a real ®📧🅰🕒singer can do that
WOW!!!!! How anointed was THAT! Whitney couldn’t help but be moved to wail away in that background. Bebe and CerCee are my favorites. Bebe could sing the phone book for me!
Whitney was so DAMN beautiful, everyt time she smiled I almost cried
Bebe and Cece are legendary .. and Whitney also ,RIP Whitney
its whitney with her signature stance for me!!
Whitney was a beautiful creature that deserved so much more than fame. At her core, she was humble, gracious, God and family loving. Those who took advantage of her should forever be ashamed.
But she will always be the BEST!
And to think That’s Whitney Houston but everyone of them knew the Biggest being on the stage was God 🥰 I’m lost without you it was easy and clear for me to see it….RIP Nippy ❤️
They blew it through the roof. Their voices compliment each other so very well. I miss these kind of performances👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
People confused some things. Yes, a lot are mentioning Whitney singing background because she was good friends with the Woman's. But, you have to also remember this. As musicians, when you start out, to get put on, most times you're doing something from someone else.
This was the time Whitney was becoming extremely frustrated with being labeled pop, and losing the black audience. What I see in Whitney's performance here is, SHE IS HOME. Any time she sang with CECE and Bebe, she always had a glorious smile, and that's due to what she was singing and who she was singing with and to.
Nippy loved praising the Lord and always beamed whenever she sang His glory 💜
Taking note that in order to be a good lead singer, I first have to be a good background vocalist.
Nippy really wanted to go on tour with BeBe & CeCe as their background singer. Lol. Her label wouldn’t let her!
She actually did go
What a sweet humble unpredictable lady Whitney is singing in the background.
Whitney popping that gum singing backgrounds with her friends flawlessly
And Bebe singing down
Love it
oh Whitney! u will always be special.
Whitney told Cece sang girl when chewing gum. i love her
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kwilcox1126 Whitney was blown away by B&C talent while being a Power house herself.. Wow this was Powerful
And then years down the line Cece and Whitney will knock us out with their smash hit Count On Me. What a friendship. I wish she never had other friends but only Cece.
That's beautiful Whitney would do bg at the height of her career. nice
That is what Bebe said at her funeral that she wanted to go on tour with them and sing back up 😂😂
At 3:57 Cece & Whitney partake in an angelic call & response that filled the room...I also felt Cece's facial expression at 4:00 & it made me feel like she meant business about holding her ground as the female vocalist of the song💯 Each singer performing had a great deal of love & adoration for each other that was absolutely undeniable!❤
I absolutely LOVE this performance!! Sending you so much love in heaven dear sister Whitney! Love you 🙏💔❤️❤️❤️ The Winans Gospel music is a blessing from God!! Thank you God!! 🙏❤️❤️❤️🌹🌹❤️
Man! These two were killing it back in the day! I can see why Whitney hung out with Bee Bee and Cee Cee Winans! They could absolutely throw down!!
This brought the biggest smile to my face.
it did for me as well. she just seemed so proud and happy for her friends
Just saw this video for the first time. I was surprised to see Whitney as part of their background singers. Her status as a singer didn't stop her from being there for CeCe and BeBe and it shows what a true friendship should be. GOD bless her and may she RIP
for her friends
I love BeBe & CeCe Winan. My favorite gospel singers. And Whitney Houston my very favorite. R.I.P. Whitney 😢 You are definitely missed..
RIP Whitney Houston! 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿
I still cannot believe Whitney is no longer with us, but her spirit and music will be with us forever. RIP Ms. Whitney...
That's life we just have to be presence with the lord
They just were having fun. I miss this era.
Starting at 1:05 "So Promise me that you'll never part?"In Hebrews 13:5, God said: He will never leave you or forsake you." 🙏🙏🙏
POWERFUL!!!!❤
I hope I am able to showcase and live with great humility. This was very controversial during the time: Whitney was at the top of her career, Clive Davis was against her singing backup for anyone,--much less an upcoming gospel duo. But Whitney and Cece had always shown undying support for each other which is so rare for two extremely gifted women to do in a industry that's filled with jealousy, betrayal, greed, arrogance, and etc.. I can't imagine some of our top divas today singing backup for anyone. I am a singer and I too often decline backup singing, but seeing this has humbled me completely. We all are servants to God. Our best and most respected people on earth are still servants to the King of Kings. Nice video. I pray I find a friend, partner in spirit, and solidarity in someone someday.
Shane C Amen
Shane C Yep, and Whitney of all the people in the industry truly understood this. She knew she couldn't be any greater than God and that in his eye she was no bigger than any of his other children. That allowed her to be as humble as she was
BeBe and CeCe Winans were NOT an upcoming gospel duo back then, coming from one of the most prolific families in gospel music history, by 1989, BeBe and CeCe Winans were already Veterans of gospel music, Whitney was moving up the ranks fast, but she hadn't quite reached her Peak yet at this point, Whitney at her Peak was 92-ish
Shane C well said Amen
@@quimiradarthwidow4898 I disagree. At the time BeBe and CeCe were known mainly only in gospel circles. This album, Heaven, was successful, but their Different Lifestyles album had yet to come out and really put them on the map. Whitney on the other hand by 1989 had 7 number 1 pop hits, 2 number 1 albums, the best selling debut album of all time, a national Diet Coke commercial, a worldwide smash with I Wanna Dance With Somebody,, 2 successful world tours, and countless awards including 2 grammys. I remember being up that night watching this when it aired on Arsenol and not believing the diva herself was singing backup.
So beautiful, real soulmates... I luv Bebe's voice
From 4:00 on out, is pure bliss.. that ending tho! 🙌🏾🎙️🎶
The fact the she sand background showed the closeness between them. ❤️
She was so beautiful.
Whitney's a REAL one. so humble!
Even singing background her voice comes through.
Lord please don't ever leave me.
Love ceces smile
Whitney loved them so .. they we’re family.. she did back up at the height of her fame like Lisa fisher for Luther Vandross .. true class acts ❤❤I love them
'There's no substitute quite the same!' Absolutely! ❤
bebe and cece are two of the finest live singers of all time. and when whitney sings backgrounds...well...you know THE VOICE knows talent. she is missed. God has a plan...and music is a gift. i am thankful.
Wow!! How did I ever miss this in the Arsenio era? Nice. Whitney truly loved Bebe and Cece to do this for them. Beautiful.
What a beautiful performance!
what a lovely thing for Whitney to be a backing singer for friends, i got goosebumps listening to them all singing. Such amazing talent ALL of them......wow
Whitney had to shake her head cause BeBe & CeCe were cuttin' up!
I LOVE THIS.
She loved her friends😊
I love this song so much. It must of been hard for Whitney to hold back. She could tear this song up, no dis, just real talk!.......
Whitney as a background singer! What a good sport.
Bebe & Cece was really ahead of their time👏🏾
They was Havin' CHURCH on Arsenio that Night!!!
True love and Family ... right here RIH Whitney
Man that’s beautiful that Whitney even her status was humble enough to sing background for friends
They Winans weren't just singing. Those people were saaaanging. I can't get over how tiny and beautiful Whitney looked with that powerhouse of a voice. RIH Ms. Whitney.
More entertainers need to take notes from Whitney on how to humble yourself even when you're a big star. She's on a late night talk show singing background for other artists. Rest in Peace WH💔
This was off the chain!! I love this performance!! They knocked it out the park. Miss Whitney definitely knows how to show the rest of the divas that there's nothing wrong with being in the background.
These artist and this song give me faith. Divinely inspired.
BeBe and CeCe are pure magic together! When BeBe starts to growl, CeCe riffs and soars with effortless ability! Magic People Pure Magic!! ♥️
sounded like an angel coming thru at the end.
Whitney was genuinely happy to be singing background. And she wanted to. Bebe and Cece were a comfort for her with all she had going on. This is amszing!! St the height of her career she went on tour as a backup artist and didn't get paid 🤣 she was the goat in every aspect of her identity as a female vocalist. Lawd I miss her presence 😔
Them Winans are some sanging folks. All of them literally
Okay at @2:41 when Whitney and Cece sang at the same time if you close your eyes they sound like one person. Some review I read called them vocal twins and to me that's what they are they just sound so much a like at time.
they really were vocal twins
sisters vocally and spiritually
It Really Does .. I've Always Felt That Way Also .. CeCe Has The Most Similar Voice To Whitney ❤️🎤
yes their voices are similar
DivaShay254
yes, vocal twins is so accurate. They also recorded a song together that further displayed their kindred spirited vocals
Such a unbelievable performance and beautiful song.
I have always loved these two and what a inspiration song.
Amen
Got me smiling all hard! This performance has always been so beautiful to me! 🤎✨
It was Whitney chilling in the background enjoying their performance while chewing her gum for me!☺️
All the YES in the world!!!🎶🎵🎼👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿.Every one was EVERYTHING. I've never seen Nippy sooooooo happy. RIPP Nip..
#forevermissed #neverforgotten
It’s so humble of Whitney to sing back up. Most main stream artists would NEVER.