Whitney Houston, Diana Ross - You've Got a Friend - Tribute to Muhammad Ali 50th Bday

The one and only time Whitney Houston & Diana Ross sang together. Here's their beautiful rendition of Carole King's "You've Got a Friend". They sang the song for Muhammad Ali on the celebration of his 50th birthday. The other artists who joined in with Diana and Whitney are the Pointer Sisters, Ella Fitzgerald, Billy Crystal, Raven Simone, Blair Underwood, Tony Danza, The Four Tops, Sinbad, Laila Ali, Dustin Hoffman, MC Hammer, Sugar Ray Leonard, and Evander Holyfield. This one is definitely a treasured time capsule! Ross, an icon and living legend, has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her solo work and her work with the legendary Supremes. She has scored national and international top 40 hits on varying charts in every decade from 1963 to 2005. She was also named Entertainer of the Century by Billboard in 1976 and ranked the most successful female entertainer in history by Guiness Book of World Records, counting in her work as a Supreme and her solo work, and her historic mark in popular music as a trailblazer and pioneer. She's won or been nominated for Grammy's, Emmy's, Tony's and Golden Globes, among other awards. Houston, known as "The Voice", is the most awarded female singer in history. Her signature vocal style has been imitated many times by other artists, but never duplicated. Like Ross, she too has blazed records and left a significant and indelible mark on popular music. Although Ross and Houston have different vocal styles, each had a very unique sound, matched only by their huge personalities and glamour, garnering them hit after hit, and legions of fans. Houston paid tribute to Ross, and Ross spoke highly of Houston throughout her career. Houston presented Ross a songwriter's award in the 90's and Ross brought Houston on stage during one of her infamous world tours, but this event is the one and only time they sang together on stage.

[NippysGuard]

Whitney was sooo beautiful and her voice...out of this world!

[simistop]

Raven symone is lucky ! She's been on stage with Michael Jackson, patti labelle, Diana Ross, Whitney Houston .... Wow have times changed

[juancpgo]

Whitney, best singer of all time. Damn.

[rmilledge]

Whitney was so charming oh she was a beautiful woman she was so damn adorable she had the most pretty skin complexion the gorgeous man ever and her voice was breathtaking

[Hi.Shadow]

Is that little Raven Simone? Damn that girl grew up around all the legends!

[cj]

I could totally see Whitney and Muhammad Ali being such an amazing power couple! She looks so pretty beside the prettiest lol. . And I can tell she really woos him, he would have totally swept her off her feet and locked her down. Under different circumstances, and a small stretch of time things could have played out so differently.. Ahhh🙃😻 in a perfect world.💫

[rooseveltwinston]

Why do you people always want to bash Diana Ross both of these beautiful women are super talented why can’t we leave it as that and give both of them their supreme props neither one of these ladies seamed Intimidated by each other they were just doing and singing in their own right may God bless you haters

[victorvien]

all ya'll fighting over who is the better singer, whitney or diana. but Ella Fitzgerald is right there! can't nobody sing like her.

[alley]

this is the time where mj was most inspired by ms. ross and emulated her looks. love her and them all. Ali, you were my earthly hero, rest in peace!

[anthonykyei-barffour]

Whitney always acted flirtatious around Ali😍😍😍😍😍

[ah]

No one gonna mention ELLA? 💛💛💛 speaking about Legends.

[alley]

grace and style that followed, thanks diana

[AsaruT]

Wow, Diana was 47 or 48 and Whitney was 28 or 29

[AFRICANBRO]

Pointer Sisters' vocals were strong

[bobbythespaceghost]

Whitney's voice was so serious that Ali had to take a break in his mind from the overload.

[Eden-dmlf]

Both very very talented singers, but WH just surpassed the rest👏 ❤

[popetzm]

are u sure because i saw a thing on diana and it said paul newman not ryan

[leoray]

Is that Ella Fitgerald holding arms with those two ladies??

[thewizboy]

THE BODYGUARD NEVER WON AS OSCAR NOR WAS THAT SONG EVEN NOMINATED SO DO UR HOMEWORK! DIANA ROSS WAS A BETTER ACTRESS, BETTER SINGER, MORE BEAUTIFUL, MORE CLASSIER, MORE SEXIER, MORE FASHIONABLE, MORE TALENTED, MORE SUCCESSFUL, MORE DRIVEN, MORE WORK ETHICS, A BETTER MOTHER, A BETTER PERSONALITY, A BETTER ATTITUDE, A LONGER CAREER, A BETTER BODY OF WORK, MORE HITTS, PERFORMED FOR THE MOST PEOPLE IN CONCERT, GAVE THE BETTER PERFORMANCES, IS A BETTER ROLE MODEL & INSPIRED OPRAH WHO IS THE BEST TOO!

[DetroitLives]

Mary Wilson outsings Diana Ross now and is much, much prettier!