Whitney Houston - I'm Your Baby Tonight (SNL 1991 Rehearsal) - 1

Whitney Houston rehearses I'm Your Baby Tonight on SNL. This footage is owned by the NBC network.

[@nikosgr9290]

She is the only singer, male or female, who would sing the same song so differently each time and you still wouldn't know which version you prefer cause they are all brilliant. Best live singer ever!!

[@hobiecriss4311]

Absolutely hands down

[@saintfrancisobrianevangeli2793]

SHE INHERITED THAT FROM THE WORLD'S GREATEST GOSPEL SINGER, MAHALIA JACKSON !!! NOW WHERE WILL YOU SPEND ETERNITY ??? LUKE 16:19-31. THANK YOU 😇

[@diorrboyyyy]

@@saintfrancisobrianevangeli2793 she didnt

[@cal4681]

Ironically this is a rehearsal and it is one of the finest displays of vocal mastery to have ever occurred.

[@aguti7920]

This is Playback

[@mat_o8975]

@@aguti7920 It is not lmao. The video is out of sync because of the technology. Whoever uploded this really fucked the audio

[@bmax1234]

@@aguti7920 most def NOT playback. She is 100% singing all of that except that one small part from 2:51-3:08…17 seconds she did not sing.

[@jobuck879]

@@aguti7920 Are you deaf? Can you not hear her singing this live? She is definitely singing live.

[@tyrellanderson4722]

Ohhh that "little part" she was def singing.

[@kennyknight07]

actually NO BODY on this planet can sing this Song with all keys on the spots like her... It is miracle..... of Human history... No exaggeration

[@katiavaleria708]

+ Cavaleiro Kenny She had roof of the mouth and behind the torn vocal chords by a hanger hook as a child, and the doctors said that maybe she could not speak ... What is a miracle? But what we hear out of Whitney's lips for so many years. His voice was the product of a miracle, a divine manifestation and this is unparalleled

[@artu5550]

she was extraordinary so easy with it

[@SystemofaDownsupport]

It really is, this performance is proof of that. I haven't heard on cover of this that even comes close hers and in this live version I think she sounds better then the studio version.

[@cyrusjbeast]

Mariah could, G5’s wouldn’t be as full though (maybe even shrill and unsupported) and her vocals would likely be breathy and pitchy too (nodules + she didn’t really do hard tempos like Whitney nor songs that required a lot of quick and rapid belts)

[@jobuck879]

Cyrus Jackson So what you’re really saying is that Mariah CANT sing this song..period. Let’s not forget that Whitney sang this song in the studio only once.

[@MrDTJones1]

I still watch this to see how a real voice just stands up and flat footed...SINGS! This is a rehearsal. No one today sings like that anymore. Say what you will about Whitney. Good. Bad. Ugly. The bad and ugly? No one cares. She had a gift. And blessed us. All good!!!

[@pnmastr]

I'll never forget watching this performance on the show (not this rehearsal). I watched with my mouth hanging open. She killed it! She made it look so effortless. Whitney, you should have been remembered for so much more. May the angels receive you tonight.

[@janeknowles7654]

Well said no argument from anyone no negatives, she is it.

[@nelsonmonteirocavalcante2011]

the best female voice of all time

[@christopherjones6915]

No one's "best." There are several, including Ms. Houston.

[@AKILAHTRAMMELL]

nah, she's the BEST!

[@ogkush1916]

Christopher Jones She's THE BEST

[@eduardogarlo6410]

Whitney always sang live? Her voice is wonderful and I can not believe she sings like that. Please tell me your voice is real ?

[@ernestinesmith8050]

THE BEST.. THE REASON SHE WAS NICKNAMED "THE VOICE"

[@lg7268]

You never got the same performance from Whiney. Every live performance was different. She never sang a song the exact same way. She was phenomenal. Whitney's golden voice was unmatched, and her runs were the best. Like no other. Nobody could do it like The Voice.

[@bilalnasir6551]

LOL! Gotta love her little dance in the very beginning. So cute.

[@ajhosak]

I've watched so many Whitney videos. What is so amazing about her is every live perfomance was different. She had such a great ability to sing in the moment...different phrasing, runs, etc. It would have been impossible for her to lip sync. She's all over the scale with that tremendous voice!!

[@scheckdj]

The music world will never be the same without her - just seems so unreal now that she's gone!! No one will ever come close to that VOICE in my lifetime!!

[@bmax1234]

100% agree. Once in a LIFETIME! She will ALWAYS be “the voice”!

[@thetruthsideswiththeoppressed]

The way she walked away from center stage at the end with her head tiled to the side is hilarious! Even her rehearsals were amazing!

[@nelsonmonteirocavalcante2011]

Voice from the gift of god

[@gregwoolliscroft6255]

WATCHING FOR THE ZILLIONTH TIME...I'M IN AWE....HAVE BEEN SONCE '85

[@brennowillianlima]

2:31 simply incredible

[@JwGina]

Always imitated, never EVER, duplicated.

[@calidreamer082]

I never get tired of hearing her sing. :) We all miss you SO much, Nippy.

[@rev1595]

One of the few artists who could not only survive SNL but slay it.

[@JohnLegends1]

Wow, you're so lucky! She's 1 in a billion! There won't be a singer like her for years to come.

[@mizzmini45]

AGREE!

[@VincentWilliams007]

This is what you call - TALENT!

[@MrDTJones1]

a true vocalist. THE VOICE. if this was a rehearsal...wow. and LIVE. she nailed every performance live. such a loss. an angel. my word...that voice is just a gift from God. will always love you sweet whitney.

[@theoneandonly2503]

THE VOICE!!!!! Extraordinary gift.

[@Fashawnia38]

go head Whitney sing girl I love her voice she was such a great singer she sure could sing that's why she's my idol I love her so much

[@evolnieveilebi]

My heart is still dropping... I am truly crushed. Inner tears are drifting down, making me sniffle. I want to cry more though... ‎...I remember having a bit of a crush on her when she first came out in 1985. And then when she sang the National Anthem during the gulf war, man, I coulda had babies with her if she let me. ...And all that gorgeous smiling she did for her video "How Will I Know" aw man, she had me glued to the TV every time. ...BOOM!! AND IIIIeeeeIIIIII, will always love yoouu, WH...

[@chezalepresents]

I'm crying. So many emotions. She's a gem & deserved a better ending. It hurts that artists of today don't make me feel the way these ICONS made me feel. It was for the time & we won't get it back. 🥺💔

[@suzanneharry5855]

wow there will never be another like her.

[@ayeshas5823]

DAMN!!!! SANG and *SLAY* WHITNEY!!!! ILYSM BBY!!!!!❤️❤️❤️

[@novvanet8915]

Superb vocalist ever lived...

[@nelsonmonteirocavalcante2011]

His voice is the Best female voice forever

[@kelltaylor5774]

Nelson Monteiro his? Tf?

[@ayeshas5823]

Nelson Monteiro you mean "HER" voice. She's a woman not a man.

[@IanBrownMakeUpArtist]

She had such a phenomenal gift. Just incredible.

[@DrumminJoe]

Three words: Damn!!! - Awesome - Chills

[@LaCheleWallace]

Rehearsal? Please. She sounded good and strong.

[@WhiteFlowerLei76]

Hulu needs to include the musical performances for SNL on Hulu Plus, and Itunes would make a lot of money if people could buy just the musical performances from every season of SNL.

[@orlandogallego]

Whitney la artista más espectacular.hera una elegancia.como. cantaba

[@collegeri]

I would argue that this era was her best vocally..Bodyguard was a conurbation of this, but she wore her voice out.

[@I-AM-BELIEVER]

Good but I honestly think between 86-89 was her finest more clearest voice. Some of the songs on IYBT was recorded in 89

[@MrMindalano]

the voice of all voice's!!! god blees you. :)

[@bowiegerl]

She was soooo pretty. And talented! Loved her music 💙🎶

[@WhiteFlowerLei76]

Hulu sucks for not including Whitney's musical performances on Saturday Night Live....

[@Heirllionaire]

this...This is why time travel becomes a real thing. Moments like this.

[@Oavant]

Kirk was groovin' in the background on the sax!!!

[@9555to]

Yes he was!

[@ajbreezy11]

I wish this video was in synch, but oh well, still a great performance.

[@neklamp2431]

this is just a rehearsal.... I'm speechless.....

[@isandrofrancees7377]

2:31 noww come on Nippyy👌🏼 my ears are blesseddd

[@ste.b.7400]

The new generation of female singers watched Whitney performing and decided: we better twerk.

[@jaysoulxselah8260]

😂😂😂

[@Swahili14]

You refer to cardi and nicki🤣

[@NAJErEa91]

AYYE !!!! 🥳HaPpY HEAVENLY BEARTHDAY TO THE ETERNAL QUEEN OF MUSIC!!! 60 YEARS OF QUEEN WHITNEY!!! 🎈

[@collegeri]

Unreal..my body is buzzing

[@Ephemeralmix]

She did lip very briefly a few times, but it was obvious and rare. A few performances of I'm Every Woman, the high belt near the bridge. The last performance she did this was her last concert, but she used it as a backing vocal and didn't attempt to persuade the audience it was her actually singing.

[@onedollarbleach6891]

3phemeral and wat does that have to with the vid....

[@mizzmini45]

I wondered if she ever KNEW how extremely rare she was.

[@chriscooks5437]

She lipsychs the entire bridge every live performance of this song.

[@samueldarko3500]

and so what should we do with this info.. a st*p*d h@ter

[@krazyboi42]

Easily the best live performance she did of this song

[@younoseeit]

Love her!

[@kayteeelle]

2:49 - 3:07 This is the only live video of her actually singing this part. For whatever reason during all the other performances she'd always just lip that part.

[@viviandarkbloom4248]

It's really high and she hits a really high note at that part

[@Thee_Mranderson]

kayteeelle no actually

[@SystemofaDownsupport]

No she didn't dodge it. You can tell by the last note that it's her voice and it matches with the phrases preceding it. She dodged it in the actual tv performance but not here. You can see her lips moving and there's another video on KZbin that clearly shows she is singing that part. I didn't realize that part of the song was so difficult but if even Whitney was prone to avoid it, it must be. I'm glad there's at least one video of her singing it love this is such a gem!

[@krazyboi42]

SystemofaDownsupport she did dodge it here. When she sang “be. Your. Baby” she went down for the word baby and the back up did the word “tonight” which was the highest note of that phrase. In the acapella she did on that show she did the whole phrase with that note at the end

[@winette864]

Of course not. This song is like her "Love On Top" (and Bey doesn't even perform that song fully live.) It's not that she couldn't it was a matter of preserving her voice.

[@ZendallFan]

why is the vid out of sync? Amazing woman and this is why I love her. RIP

[@Unstupid1]

@pnmastr Hi! My friend taped (back in VHS days) a show by SNL called Saturday Night Live Music A Go Go. They showed a compilation of music until that point. Many short clips but they showed live performances by Whitney, this rehearsal song, and Stevie, and Pearl Jam, and Roy Orbison...etc. My husband, a musician, had to assure me that Whitney's performance was live, because it was just that perfect. We lost someone special.

[@theoneandonly2503]

2:31 to 2:33 is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!

[@sugarandspice2136]

I love the intro

[@tmdpc]

@pnmastr - I remember the live perf of the I'm Your Baby Tonight number, she was wearing cow-print bottoms and a leather coat. Gorgeous and crazy talented. She made it look effortless.

[@Phyre702]

Whit, why do you have like 10 backup singers? I LOVE her!

[@imike8252]

Man I was 9... I thought this song was sooo coo...

[@luciasann6930]

I was 7 and always thought she was incredible

[@JetsRockinDaddy]

R.I.P.

[@LSERA13]

That.was.amazing.

[@chrishoff334]

The sax player in the back! lol at the beginning he was getting it..

[@Kongkingkeng]

OMG! What i'm waiting for this song is AD LIPs. A+MAZING

[@janet135]

hot damn she knows how to sing.. LORD please give us her back and we'll give you miley cyrus/nicki minaj, hell i think even beyonce and mariah will do.. was that a bit harsh guys :S

[@rlopen13]

Not Beyonce and Mariah, Mariah in her prime is amazing, (closet to Whitney in my opinion), and Beyonce is a great singer, too. Miley, Nicki, Rihanna, Paris Hilton, Selena Gomez, and Taylor Swift would do just well though.

[@davidjohn6070]

Whitney can no longer be in this dimension. She, like everyone, have/had choices. She took her life into her hands and allowed herself to succumb to a substance, unfortunately. So thank the"LORD", that he/she/it gave us the ability to create things such as "modern" technology, where we can view most any performer or entertainer. It's have if we have frozen them in time. We just have to remember Whitney, or for that matter, anyone, as they were, whether personally in our lives or not.

[@davidjohn6070]

Whitney can no longer be in this dimension. She, like everyone, have/had choices. She took her life into her hands and allowed herself to succumb to a substance, unfortunately. So thank the"LORD", that he/she/it gave us the ability to create things such as "modern" technology, where we can view most any performer or entertainer. It's have if we have frozen them in time. We just have to remember Whitney, or for that matter, anyone, as they were, whether personally in our lives or not.

[@donwebb6061]

John Mousser fuck you and the bitch you came from

[@billbell5509]

Your comment gave me life hahaha lmfao

[@RTDavis0503]

Another Babyface banger

[@NG-cf7zh]

He and LA Reid made some incredible music. A lot of stuff from the 80s/90s feels kind of corny but this stands the test of time IMO

[@thevoicewhitney]

0:03 lol

[@u7498]

LOOK AT HER LITTLE DANCES AT 0:03 UNTIL 0:10 SO CUTE SHE LOOKS LIKE A LITTLE KID DANCING LOL

[@Gerard1234]

very nice

[@rjm22nd]

@JwGina Debra Wilson from Mad TV did the best Whitney imitation. But totally agree, no one ever will come close.

[@birdsong40]

That's Kirk Whalum

[@Fuzziefeelings]

To all the nay sayers...she even did the rap part live! Bloody hell.

[@chriscooks5437]

No she didn't. She never does.

[@Fuzziefeelings]

@@chriscooks5437 once...on the Pebble interview.

[@davidj1210]

Rest in peace Nippy.

[@tmdpc]

Where is the broadcast (not rehearsal) version? That was an amazing performance. RIP Whit. P.S. I blame Bobby.

[@angelalove_]

she used to sound so good.

[@erikhamburg4065]

Excelent !! The vast nature !! Is the best :)

[@sdgallday2299]

is that a young Ricky Minor MD-ing??? Bobby didn't kill that woman and despite popular opinion, Bobby actually tried to help save the woman while they were raising a child TOGETHER. people WAKE UP

[@expertvocalcoach5712]

How did he try to save her? by beating her ass and cheating on her?

[@SONGABUNDANCE128]

DIG that SAX player!

[@u7498]

@skorcha YEAH HE REALLY HELPED HER ALRIGHT HE HELPED HER TO SPEND HER MONEY. HE HELPED HER WITH MORE DRAMA. & HE HELP HER TO GET WORSER ON DRUGS. HOW CAN BOBBY TRY TO SAVE HER WHEN HES AN ADDICT HIMSELF.U NEED TO WAKE UP

[@anthonykyei-barffour9203]

2019

[@spideyTB]

if iwas in that cast iwouldve been jammin in the seats to her voice

[@thabangmohahabe5616]

2:31

[@u7498]

@27loldie LOL

[@u7498]

@carolynpattie WHAT R U TALKING ABOUT? I WASNT TALKIN BAD ABOUT NIPPY I WAS TALKIN BAD ABOUT BOBBY NOT NIP. I HAD SEEN A BLOG SAYING BOBBY WAS TRYING SAVE HER & GET HER IN TO REHAB IN WHICH I REPLIED HOW CAN HE HELP HER WHEN HE HAS A PROBLEM TOO TRUST ME IM NOT TRYING TO DOWN WHIT & I THINK U READ MY STATEMENT WRONG CAUSE GOD KNOWS I DONT LIKE BOBBY B AT ALL

[@QuanieOfCourse]

Brandy did this song SO MUCH justice at the 2012 BET Awards.

[@aguti7920]

Does she really singing live here?

[@aguti7920]

@Doan Clark If it is live, it is great

[@aguti7920]

@Doan Clark Yeah, but it actually sounds like the studio version and so she never did it live

[@chriscooks5437]

@@aguti7920 it sounds nothing like the studio version. She goes off the cuff a few places, like omitting the biggest note at the end of l the bridge "I'll be your baby______" . TONIGHT was missing.

[@btyramgrf1]

Fantasia Barrino can learn from Whitney Houston how to do it nice and easy, she's another vocal goddess!

[@MrDTJones1]

lordy. i need to stop watching stuff on youtube from her. even a rehearsal makes me sad and miss real talent. funny to me how the music business manufactures....well...do not get me started. lol. love whitney really not a fan of music today. God bless everyone.

[@sdgallday2299]

boo hoo

[@Antboogie0828]

Love me se whitney but this is lipped

[@korineast2725]

Nah it’s from the early 90’s the producers of snl would ruin your careee if you killed back then, it’s just old and outta sync

[@ogkush1916]

If u loved her u would hear its live from her vocals

[@xvgx]

Voice doesn’t match with lips

[@ogkush1916]

Cus the video is out of sync... its clearly live tho

[@thevoicewhitney]

2:30

[@marieljackman1850]

2:31

[@aguti7920]

Does she really singing live here?

[@melatomic]

Absolutely, but the video is out of sinc.