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‘The Gospel Music of Whitney Houston’ | New Documentary + Album ‘I Go to The Rock’

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I Go to the Rock: The Gospel Music of Whitney Houston” is being released March 24th via Gaither Music Group/Arista/Legacy.

The documentary TV special and album will document Whitney Houston’s gospel journey and feature six unreleased songs.

The unreleased songs include a live VH1 Honors version of Simon & Garfunkel‘s “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” “I Found a Wonderful Way,” “He Can Use Me” and “Testimony.”Testimony,” is out today February 9th.

Her love for gospel music permeates through every song with love, compassion and conviction. To love Whitney is to love what she represents to all that love the gospel. I salute this project knowing that Whitney always stood on a solid rock for her love of gospel music,” states Pat Houston, the executor of the Estate of Whitney E. Houston

The documentary will premiere March 24th on UPtv and Aspire TV, at 8 p.m. ET. Hosted by CeCe Winans, who’s featured on the album and in the film, it explores Whitney’s musical expressions of her faith, from her first show in front of a live audience to her performances from the American Music Awards, the NAACP Image Awards and Ebony‘s 50th Anniversary special.

Official Tracklisting:

“I Go to the Rock” (The Preacher’s Wife Soundtrack)
“Jesus Loves Me” (The Bodyguard Soundtrack)
“He Can Use Me”
“Joy to the World” (The Preacher’s Wife Soundtrack)
“Bridge Over Troubled Water” (feat. CeCe Winans from VH1 Honors)
“Testimony”
“I Look to You”
“His Eye Is on the Sparrow” (Sparkle Soundtrack)
“Hold On, Help Is on the Way” (The Preacher’s Wife Soundtrack)
“This Day” (VH1 Honors)
“I Found a Wonderful Way”
“Joy” (The Preacher’s Wife Soundtrack)
“I Love the Lord” (The Preacher’s Wife Soundtrack)
“He/I Believe”

Last year, actress Naomi Ackie portrayed Whitney in the theatrical biopic “I Wanna Dance With Somebody.”

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