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Today, August 9, 2021, Whitney Houston would have turned 58. To commemorate her we publish this video today This is a very very rare live performance of Whitney Houston with the song “All At Once“, a song written by Michael Masser and Jeffrey Osborne. The song is from her debut album Whitney Houston and was released as a single in The Netherlands as her first single becoming her first hit in the Netherlands. This video was recorded and first broadcast on 16 March 1985 by TopPop. Whitney Houston visited the Netherlands in March 1985 just 2 weeks after the USA release of her first album ’Whitney Houston’. This song from that album was not released in the USA or UK. In the Netherlands it became her first hit, charting in the Tipparade as early as 16 March 1985 and reaching #5 in the Dutch Top 40 on 18 May 1985. This single did not get a release or chartposition in any other European country or chart. This performance was recorded for the broadcast of ’Show of the Month’ in which she appeared with a.o. Dutch singer Liesbeth List, broadcast 19 April 1985. It was shown in TopPop shortly before the airing of the show. Watch our great music videos ❯ More TopPop? Subscribe here ❯ More info on Wikipedia ❯ Broadcast date: 03/16/1985 This is to let you know that the video recording of the video clip was originally recorded by AVROTROS Broadcasting. AVROTROS Broadcasting hereby warrants and represents that it is the sole and exclusive owner of the physical film and/or videotape footage in this video clip. The performance of the artist(s) in the clip was filmed and recorded with the written consent of the artist(s) and their representatives. AVROTROS is a Dutch radio and television broadcaster, founded in 2014 from a merger of AVRO and TROS. From January 1st, 2014 the name of the merged broadcaster was used in joint programmes. AVRO was founded in 1923 as the Netherlands first public broadcaster. TROS started broadcasting in 1964. Toppop was a weekly AVRO pop program that was aired between 1970 and 1988. AVROTROS Broadcasting PO Box 2 1200 JA Hilversum The Netherlands TopPop was the first regular dedicated pop music TV show in the Dutch language area. Dutch broadcaster AVRO aired the programme weekly, from 1970 to 1988. Presenter Ad Visser hosted the show for its first fifteen years. World famous music artists performed on TopPop: ABBA, 10CC, Bee Gees, The Jacksons with Michael Jackson, David Bowie, Earth & Fire, Queen, Golden Earring, Boney M, KC & The Sunshine Band, Chic, Donna Summer and many many more.
