A Song For You: My Life with Whitney Houston

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After decades of speculation, Robyn Crawford, a close friend, business collaborator and confidante of Whitney Houston, tells her side of the story. Whitney Houston is as big a superstar as the music business has ever known. She exploded on the scene in 1985 with her debut album and spent the next two decades dominating the charts and capturing the hearts of fans around the world. One person was there by her side through it all. Since Whitney's death in 2012, that trusted and loyal friend, Robyn Crawford, has stayed out of the limelight and held the great joys, wild adventures, and hard truths of her life with Whitney close to her heart. In A Song for You, Robyn breaks her silence to share the moving and often complicated story of her life and relationship with Whitney. With warmth, candor, and an impressive recall of detail, Robyn gives readers insight into Whitney's life and career. She traces the years from when she and Whitney first met as teenagers in the 1980s to the recording of Whitney's first album and the infinite success that followed. From countless sold-out world tours to her epic rendition of the US national anthem to the set of The Bodyguard, her tempestuous marriage, and the birth of her only child, Robyn was there. Deeply personal and heartfelt, A Song for You is the vital, honest, and previously untold story that provides an understanding of the complex life of Whitney Houston. Finally, the person who knew her best sets the record straight.

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Crawfords stunning memoirA Song for You, is much more complicated. She pays homage to her best friend with fond, funny, sometimes-tragic anecdotes, from their initial romantic connection as camp counselors in New Jersey to blow-ups with Bobby Brown and Houstons mother, Cissy, years later. Crawford writes with pathos, clarity, and tenderness while tracing the tragedies that rocked her family and the Houstons."
Pitchfork,The Best Music Books of 2019

"A superb teaching novel-like book, about love that protects but does not possess. We may think we're not ready for this, but we are....I so admire the dignity of this woman. And her beauty."
Alice Walkeron AliceWalkersGarden.com

A generous, loving book that has more insight on Houstons careerthe ride, the fallthan any other single source that Ive encountered...A Song for Youis unequivocally worth the wait...Crawford has provided a crucial public service in her lovely, loving book.
Jezebel

The vital, honest, and previously untold story that provides an understanding of the complex life of Whitney Houston.
LGBTQ Nation

[A Song for You] is a story of becoming, of starting over and loving again, of healing in immeasurable ways that are both scarring yet beautiful.
She Reads

Author Bio

After a long career in the music industry, Robyn Crawford is now focused on writing. She lives in New Jersey with her wife, Audible executive Lisa Hintelmann, and their children.