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The Greatest Love Tour was Whitney Houston's first worldwide tour. The 1986 arena tour included shows in North America
North America

North America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost totally in the western hemisphere....
, Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
, Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
 and Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
 following the success of the singer's debut album.

ton's debut album was released in early 1985 and she performed at various clubs to promote the album. Following the success of the single "You Give Good Love", Houston became the opening act for singer Jeffrey Osborne
Jeffrey Osborne

Jeffrey Osborne is an United States funk music and Rhythm and blues musician, songwriter, and former lead singer of the musical ensemble, L.T.D....
 on his US nightclub tour.






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The Greatest Love Tour was Whitney Houston's first worldwide tour. The 1986 arena tour included shows in North America
North America

North America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost totally in the western hemisphere....
, Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
, Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
 and Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
 following the success of the singer's debut album.

History

Houston's debut album was released in early 1985 and she performed at various clubs to promote the album. Following the success of the single "You Give Good Love", Houston became the opening act for singer Jeffrey Osborne
Jeffrey Osborne

Jeffrey Osborne is an United States funk music and Rhythm and blues musician, songwriter, and former lead singer of the musical ensemble, L.T.D....
 on his US nightclub tour. After the next single, "Saving All My Love For You" became Houston's first #1 in the US, she began headlining her own shows, playing at various American theaters, festivals, and clubs throughout the summer and fall of 1985. With more #1 hits on the way, and Houston's album at the top of the album charts, she would become a household name. She then embarked on her first worldwide tour, the successful Greatest Love Tour.

The tour started out in North America during the summer of 1986, before heading to Europe and Japan during the fall.

Set list

  1. "Greatest Love of All
    Greatest Love of All

    "Greatest Love of All" is the fourth and final Single released from Whitney Houston's self-titled 13x platinum first studio album, Whitney Houston , released in April 1986....
    " (tease)
  2. "Wanna Be Starting Something"
  3. "Eternal Love"
  4. "You Give Good Love
    You Give Good Love

    "You Give Good Love" is a song by American pop/R&B singer Whitney Houston from her Whitney Houston . It was her first major hit from her first album, peaking at number three on the U.S....
    "
  5. "Hold Me
    Hold Me

    Hold Me is the fourth album by the singer Laura Branigan, published in 1985 .The lead single from Branigan's fourth album was Spanish Eddie and was her sixth top-40 hit in two and a half years, although it failed to enter the top-20....
    "
  6. "How Will I Know
    How Will I Know

    "How Will I Know" is the third hit Single from Whitney Houston's self-titled first album. The single was released in November 1985 and was written by George Merrill and Shannon Rubicam of Boy Meets Girl fame, who wrote it for Janet Jackson....
    "
  7. "Take Good Care Of My Heart"
  8. "Nobody Loves Me Like You Do"
  9. "Saving All My Love For You
    Saving All My Love for You

    "Saving All My Love for You" is the second hit Single from Whitney Houston's self-titled debut album. This jazzy ballad is about a love affair with a married man, and the singer is "saving all her love for him"....
    "
  10. "Someone For Me"
  11. "I Wanna Dance With Somebody"
  12. "He I Believe"
  13. "Greatest Love Of All
    Greatest Love of All

    "Greatest Love of All" is the fourth and final Single released from Whitney Houston's self-titled 13x platinum first studio album, Whitney Houston , released in April 1986....
    "


Also included were "Memories", "I Am Changing" (from Dreamgirls), "Heart to Hear", and "All At Once". During the later shows, Houston was also working on her second album and would preview a couple of new songs such as "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" and "Didn't We Almost Have It All".

The Show

The show consisted of Houston on a round stage in the center of the arena/theater with the band playing behind her. There were no costume changes or background dancers. Brother Gary Garland would replace Jermain Jackson and Teddy Pendergrass on the duets.

While on her first global tour, Houston revealed she was a creative musician; rearranging most of the songs during her shows and sometimes deviating from the album's version. In "You Give Good Love", Houston would slow it down and emphazise the soulful elements of the song, treating it like a gospel number while breaking it down with her background singers. . During "Saving All My Love", Houston arranged the song into a bluesy jazz number that recalled Billie Holliday. Houston often scatted with sax player Josh Harris during the end of the song. Many critics noted "He/I Believe" and "I Am Changing" as the show's highlights. The former is a song she learned from her mother which joins the gospel songs "He Is" with "I Believe". The latter is a cover of the show Jennifer Holliday's show stopping Dreamgirls song. After opening the show with a tease of the anthemic "Greatest Love of All", Houston closed out the show with a slowed down soulful version of the song.

The band

  • Music Conductor/piano: John Simmons
  • Bass guitar: Ricky Minor
  • Guitar: Curtis Taylor Neishloss
  • Keyboards: Jack Perry
  • Sax: Josh Harris
  • Drums: Brian Brake
  • Percussion: Ohene Kwadwo Larbi
  • Background Vocalists: Gary Garland, Felicia Moss, Voneva Simms, Billy Baker