{"id":65546,"date":"2016-03-07T23:50:48","date_gmt":"2016-03-07T21:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/the-whitney-houston-show\/"},"modified":"2016-03-07T23:50:48","modified_gmt":"2016-03-07T21:50:48","slug":"the-whitney-houston-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/the-whitney-houston-show\/","title":{"rendered":"The Whitney Houston Show"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Whitney Houston Show<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

A South Africa Event on 2016-10-08 19:00:00<\/i><\/p>\n

Belinda Davids was born in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, and began performing professionally at the age of 14. She has never had vocal training and is blessed with a 4 octave vocal range, and hence the ability to sing any genre. Her musical heart has always been R&B; Belinda's inspirations as a child were Aretha Franklin, Anita Baker, Chaka Khan, Donny Hathaway, Michael Jackson and the one artist whom she still, to this day, honours in every show she performs \u2013 Whitney Houston.<\/p>\n

As a young girl one of the very first LP\u2019s Davids ever owned was a song called \u201cHold Me\u201d by Teddy Pendergrass and Whitney Houston. The quality and style Whitney portrayed in this song struck a chord and Davids\u2019 fascination with the icon grew. She sang Whitney\u2019s music at every chance: at family gatherings, talent competitions and to friends whilst playing on the street. Like many young girls at that time her bedroom walls were plastered with posters and magazine cut-outs of the icon. Whitney\u2019s influence was so strong it inspired everything from her dress sense to her hairstyles.<\/p>\n

As a young woman Belinda had the burning desire to live out her dreams and follow in her idol\u2019s footsteps. She took on the club circuit and her performances left many people amazed at how similar she sounded to Houston.<\/p>\n

In the mid 90\u2019s Belinda caught the eye of record executives at Tusk Records, and the solo album \u201cBelinda Davids\u201d followed. Three of the songs on this album, which Belinda wrote, were released as singles: \u201cThis I Swear\u201d, \u201cThis Is My Life\u201d and \u201cWe Go Together\u201d. The latter was number one for six weeks in South Africa.<\/p>\n

In 2013 Davids snagged a last minute audition for the brand new Showtime Australia production The Greatest Love of All \u2013 The Whitney Houston Show<\/em><\/strong> and beat out over 15,000 other applicants to take on the challenging lead role. Taking more than 80,000 tickets to date, the show has been an instant success with Davids as the marquee star. She continues to tour with the show internationally, keeping alive the music and spirit of her own musical idol – the late, great Whitney Houston.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

at Glyndwr University – William Aston Hall<\/a>
\nMold Road
\nWrexham, United Kingdom<\/p>\n

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