VH1 secrets - whitney houston #83 i think it was

[Bill]

At 85 of a 101 top hollywood secrets list on tv today i saw whitney houston lip syncing the national anthem, then it went onto explain how many artists who play live venues use a vocal track to ensure a good performance...

Anyone else see that?

www.eonline.com/On/101/Secrets/List/index.html

Things that make ya say humm...

I remember CLEARLY watching this live that year and thinking wow what a singer, but that kinda blows the wind outta my sails to know she didn't actually perform it live like me and the millions watching thought she did.

[Bill]

www.sptimes.com/News/012801/SuperBowl2001/The_toughest_2_minute.shtml

Ten years ago, Whitney Houston resorted to lip-synching when she performed the anthem, with the Florida Orchestra, before Super Bowl XXV in Tampa Stadium.

"The orchestra track was recorded at Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center earlier in January. Whitney's track was put on in California," says Kathryn Holm McManus, former executive director of the orchestra. "At the game, everyone was playing, and Whitney was singing, but there were no live microphones. Everyone was lip-synching or finger-synching."

Houston's emotional performance struck a chord during the Persian Gulf War, and a recording of it went gold. Royalties from the record sales bailed the orchestra out of a financial jam.

"It was six figures, probably $150,000 or $200,000 in all," McManus says. "It helped us balance the budget that year."

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check out this youtube of the performance (read comments/words too) they STILL think she sang it LIVE - guess even if she admitted it on tv some would still say she sang it live right? hehe

youtube.com/watch?v=TkN7iUsJ3PI&search=whitney%20houston%20arsenio