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"You Give Good Love" is the debut solo single by American singer Whitney Houston for her 1985 eponymous debut studio album. The song was written by La Forrest 'La La' Cope and produced by Kashif. Orig
"You Give Good Love" replaced "Fresh" by Kool & the Gang (pictured in 2017) at number one on the Billboard Hot Black Singles chart.
Ann Landers, the pseudonym for Ruth Crowley (pictured in 1983), criticized the song for having "trashy lyrics".
Houston in the music video for "You Give Good Love", tells the story of a romance with a cameraman.
Houston's appearance on Johnny Carson's The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was a breakthrough for rising black talent to get on late night talk shows.
"Hold Me" is a ballad duet performed by American singers Teddy Pendergrass and Whitney Houston. The song was originally recorded solo by Diana Ross for her 1982 album Silk Electric under the title "In
You Give Good Love
…was released on Valentine's Day 1985. Despite having charted the previous year with soul singer Teddy Pendergrass on the adult contemporary ballad "Hold Me", which reached the top ten on both the R&B and adult contemporary charts, Houston was still relatively unknown at the time of the release of "You Give…
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