{"id":815,"date":"2025-12-01T20:16:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T20:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/?p=815"},"modified":"2025-12-01T20:16:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T20:16:17","slug":"mm-1977","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/2025\/12\/01\/mm-1977\/","title":{"rendered":"MM &#8211; 1977"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"208\" height=\"242\" src=\"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/12\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-816\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Whitney Houston - Greatest Love of All (Lyrics)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-muxx6kAHlU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8220;The Greatest Love of All&#8221; is a song written by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michael_Masser\">Michael Masser<\/a>, who composed the music, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Linda_Creed\">Linda Creed<\/a>, who wrote the lyrics. It was originally recorded in 1977 by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_Benson\">George Benson<\/a>, who made the song a substantial hit, peaking at number two on the US\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hot_R%26B\/Hip-Hop_Songs\">Hot Soul Singles<\/a>\u00a0chart that year, the first R&amp;B chart top-ten hit for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arista_Records\">Arista Records<\/a>. The song was written and recorded to be the main theme of the 1977 film\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Greatest_(1977_film)\">The Greatest<\/a>,<\/em>\u00a0a biopic of the boxer\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Muhammad_Ali\">Muhammad Ali<\/a>, and is performed during the opening credits.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Benson&#8217;s original recording was released in 1977 in the United States, Japan, France, Germany, New Zealand, Australia, Italy, Brazil, Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Thailand, on an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Extended_play\">extended play<\/a>\u00a0(EP).\u00a0 \u00a0He officially recorded the song four times; in addition to the studio single, Benson also recorded three live versions, \u00a0the last time in a duet with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Luciano_Pavarotti\">Luciano Pavarotti<\/a> in 2001.\u00a0 Since 1977, a great number of artists have recorded this song, including\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shirley_Bassey\">Shirley Bassey<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oleta_Adams\">Oleta Adams<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alexandra_Burke\">Alexandra Burke<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Deborah_Cox\">Deborah Cox<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ferrante_%26_Teicher\">Ferrante &amp; Teicher<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kevin_Rowland\">Kevin Rowland<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Eight years after Benson&#8217;s original recording, the song became even more well known when\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Whitney_Houston\">Whitney Houston<\/a>&#8216;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greatest_Love_of_All_(Whitney_Houston_recording)\">1985 cover (with the slightly amended title &#8220;Greatest Love of All&#8221;)<\/a>\u00a0eventually topped the charts, peaking at number one in the United States, Australia, Canada and on the US R&amp;B chart in early 1986.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The Greatest Love of All&#8221; is a song written by\u00a0Michael Masser, who composed the music, and\u00a0Linda Creed, who wrote the lyrics. 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