| Date |
Title |
Details |
| February 12–16, 1985 |
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- Houston made a debut as a solo artist at Sweetwater's club in New York, performing songs from her debut album.
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| April 5, 1985 |
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson |
- Houston performed "You Give Good Love."
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| April 19, 1985 |
Show Van de Maand (Dutch TV Show) |
- Houston sang "Aan de Andere Kant Van de Heuvels" (it means "On the Other Side of the Hill" in English) a duet with the Dutch singer, Liesbeth List, who called Whitney one of the best coming singers in 1985. The song was List's hit single released in 1971.
- After having a short interview with List, she performed "Greatest Love of All".
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| August 28, 1985 |
Late Night with David Letterman |
- Houston performed "Saving All My Love for You".
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| September 15, 1985 |
Silver Spoons
("Head Over Heels": Season 4, Episode 1) |
- Houston appeared opposite Franklyn Seales as Dexter Stuffins who falls "head over heels" with the gorgeous and sumptuous young Houston and follows her to LA.
- She sang "Saving All My Love for You" changing some of the words - "making love the whole night through" was changed to "holding each other the whole night through" - for the censors on the episode.
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| December 4, 1985 |
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
(Guest Host: Joan Rivers) |
- Houston performed "Saving All My Love for You" and was interviewed by Rivers.
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| January 27, 1986 |
The 13th American Music Awards |
- Houston received 6 nominations and won 2 of them including her first AMA - Favorite Soul/R&B Single.
- After she was introduced as 'the most promising female vocalist' by the host Diana Ross, performed "How Will I Know". At the first part of her performance, the sound system had a problem little bit but she was finished the song with the audience's enthusiastic applause for her powerful voice and refined stage manners.
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| February 25, 1986 |
The 28th Grammy Awards |
- Houston received 3 nominations including Album of the Year. Also "You Give Good Love" was nominated for "Best R&B Song" award, given to songwriter.
- After she performed "Saving All My Love for You" captivatingly, won her first Grammy, Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female with honored by her cousin, Dionne Warwick, and Julian Lennon.
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| April 5, 1986 |
Champs-Elysées (French TV Talk-Show) |
- There was one of the most infamous incidents in TV history when Houston met France's greatest pop icon, the beloved Serge Gainsbourg on this live talk-show, which was then the most watched Saturday evening show in France.
- Having sung "Saving All My Love for You", Houston was brought by presenter Michel Drucker over to the couch where drunken Serge was waiting. Gainsbourg sat down next to Houston and immediately said in heavily-accented English, "I want to f*** you". Houston was more than a little shocked by his rather crude display of appreciation, but she stayed nonetheless and sang a duet with him before the end of the show.
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| September 5, 1986 |
The 3rd MTV Video Music Awards |
- Houston received two nominations, "Best Female Video" and "Best New Artist in a Video" for "How Will I Know", and won "Best Female Video".
- She performed "How Will I Know" and "Greatest Love of All" at the Universal Amphitheatre in Universal City, California (The 1986's show emanated primarily from both the Palladium in New York City and the Universal Amphitheatre in Universal City).
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