Classic Whitney: Live from Washington, D.C. explained

Concert Name:Classic Whitney: Live from Washington, D.C.
Artist:Whitney Houston
Date:October 3, 1997
October 5, 1997
Venue:DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C., U.S.
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Support Acts:Cissy Houston
BeBe Winans
Monica
Shirley Caesar
Attendance:over 2,500

Classic Whitney: Live from Washington, D.C., were live concerts by Whitney Houston.

The concerts were held at historic DAR Constitution Hall in Washington D.C., on October 3 and 5, 1997. The second-night concert was broadcast live via HBO, which was her third HBO special after Welcome Home Heroes with Whitney Houston in March 1991 and in November 1994. The first-night concert was broadcast on HBO in late October 1997.[1]

Houston said her one-woman show was especially significant because it was occurring during the 100th anniversary of opera singer Marian Anderson's birthday. Houston dedicated her performance to Anderson's memory and her historic attempt to perform in 1939 at Constitution Hall, where she was banned by the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR).[2]

Critical reception

In his book Tinderbox, James Andrew Miller's wrote that the special was viewed as a debacle by HBO.

History

Houston performed over 20 songs in the concerts, including some of her biggest hits, including "I Will Always Love You", "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)", and "Greatest Love of All".[3]

Set list

  1. "I Will Always Love You"
  2. "I Know Him So Well"
  3. Dionne Warwick Medley:
  4. Aretha Franklin Medley:
  5. Tribute to Sammy Davis Jr.:
  6. Tribute to United States great men:
  7. Diana Ross Medley:
  8. Tribute to George Gershwin:
  9. "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)"
  10. "I Love the Lord"
  11. "I Go to the Rock"
  12. "Greatest Love of All"
Encore
  2. "Amazing Grace"
  4. "Step by Step"
  6. "I'm Every Woman"

Personnel

References

  1. Web site: Classic Whitney Concert. 2009-10-22. 2011-07-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20110718041152/http://www.whitneyfan.com/nr/misc/97/cw/01.shtml. dead.
  2. Whitney Houston Performs Exclusive HBO Concert to Benefit Children . . October 20, 1997 . 2010-01-08.
  3. http://www.classicwhitney.com/newsfile/reports/classicwhitney/cw03oct1997.htm Whitney Houston Plans HBO Special.

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