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"The Greatest Love of All" is a song written by Michael Masser, who composed the music, and Linda Creed, who wrote the lyrics. It was originally recorded in 1977 by George Benson, who made the song a substantial hit, peaking at number two on the US Hot Soul Singles chart that year, the first R&B chart top-ten hit for Arista Records.
In 1987, Lightfoot filed a lawsuit against Michael Masser, the composer of Whitney Houston's hit "The Greatest Love of All", alleging plagiarism of 24 bars of "If You Could Read My Mind"; the transitional section that begins "I decided long ago never to walk in anyone's shadow" of the Masser song has the same melody as "I never thought I could ...
Michael Masser covered the pop side of the tracks, producing four of his own compositions, including "Saving All My Love for You" and "Greatest Love of All", which had originally been recorded in 1977 by George Benson as "The Greatest Love of All", and was the main theme of the 1977 Muhammad Ali biopic The Greatest. After two years of recording ...
In the 1980s, Houston had seven number one hits on the Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary chart, setting a record for the most number one singles by a female artist in the decade—"Saving All My Love for You" for three weeks (October 1985), [53] "How Will I Know" for one week (February 1986), [54] "Greatest Love of All" for five weeks (May 1986 ...
"The Greatest Love of All" Shirley Bassey, The Magic Is You, United Artists 1979 Michael Masser/Linda Creed "I Always Knew I Had It in Me" Johnny Mathis, Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Columbia 1977 Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin "It's My Turn" Aretha Franklin, Love All the Hurt Away, Arista 1981 Michael Masser/Carole Bayer Sager
1. “This Magic Moment” By The Drifters (1960) This ’60s number is bringing us back to our very first kiss. With every line, we can definitely agree that every smooch with our love is a ...
"The Greatest Love of All" (Linda Creed, Michael Masser) – 5:43 "It's All in the Game" (Charles G. Dawes, Carl Sigman) – 3:54 "Windsong" (Neil Larsen) – 6:13 "Ode to a Kudu" (Benson) – 7:25 "Lady Blue" (Leon Russell) – 3:39 "We All Remember Wes" (Stevie Wonder) – 5:47 "We as Love" (Ronnie Foster) – 7:05
The production details themselves are surprisingly candid, starting with the original price tag of $30 million — later trimmed to $20 million after she is forced to finance it herself.