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Article: 'Forever Daddy's girl': this world-class entertainer is a superstar as well as a superdaughter to father John Houston. (Whitney Houston)
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- Ebony
- Article date:
- June 1, 1990
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'Forever Daddy's Girl'
LONG before Whitney Houston became America's darling, she was daddy's girl.
That is quite evident when one observes the loving interplay between the superstar singer and her father, John R. Houston. The special father-daughter bond is apparent as Houston tells how his eyes still mist when he hears his "Nippy" sing, how his daughter can "put a hurting on a song." It is also evident when Whitney tells of how her "Poppy" was the first man "I ever fell in love with."
It is rather uncanny how in separate interviews throughout the course of a very busy day in New York City, both father and daughter recall the same incidents ...