• A Song for You

  • My Life with Whitney Houston
  • By: Robyn Crawford
  • Narrated by: Robyn Crawford
  • Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (3,095 ratings)

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A Song for You

By: Robyn Crawford
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Interview: Robyn Crawford On Friendship And Love With Whitney Houston

People have their own feelings and thoughts... I just hope that they read [my book] with an open mind.
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The New York Times best seller!

After decades of silence, Robyn Crawford, close friend, collaborator, and confidante of Whitney Houston, shares her story.

Whitney Houston is as big a superstar as the music business has ever known. She exploded on the scene in 1985 with her debut album and spent the next two decades dominating the charts and capturing the hearts of fans around the world. One person was there by her side through it all - her best friend, Robyn Crawford.

Since Whitney’s death in 2012, Robyn has stayed out of the limelight and held the great joys, wild adventures, and hard truths of her life with Whitney close to her heart. Now, for the first time ever, Crawford opens up in her memoir, A Song for You.

With warmth, candor, and an impressive recall of detail, Robyn describes the two meeting as teenagers in the 1980s, and how their lives and friendship evolved as Whitney recorded her first album and Robyn pursued her promising Division I basketball career. Together during countless sold-out world tours, behind the scenes as hit after hit was recorded, through Whitney’s marriage and the birth of her daughter, the two navigated often challenging families, great loves, and painful losses, always supporting each other with laughter and friendship.

Deeply personal and heartfelt, A Song for You is the vital, honest, and previously untold story that provides an understanding of the complex life of Whitney Houston. Finally, the person who knew her best sets the record straight.

©2019 Robyn Crawford (P)2019 Penguin Audio

Critic reviews

"As a narrator, Crawford is patient and deliberate, and almost completely without judgment.... She still has a glimmer of New Jersey in her voice, compressing Newark into 'Nawrk,' and her tone hovers between loving and knowing, with only flecks of exasperation." (The New York Times Book Review)

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Worth the read! Truthful and corageous.

Amazing story told! Very interesting and transparent. Thank you Robyn Crawford for sharing. Get past the first 20 min and youll be hooked.

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Excellent Love Story

A depiction of true love. An unbiased assessment of the rise and fall of an icon and the true undying love for someone that couldn't be. A beautiful story of friendship and discovery of self. This is a must-read for anyone who is a Whitney fan.

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Required for Whitney lovers

Thank you, Ms. Crawford. This is one of the most beautifully written memoirs I have ever read/ listened to. I am so very sorry for all your losses and pain. But it sounds like you’ve now found the happiness you always deserved. Love Always, A Fellow Jersey Girl.

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Ms. Crawford has written a deeply personal, heartfelt, and very honest book about the complex life of her friend Whitney Houston. I’m very happy that this book about Ms. Houston is written by someone that truly loved and cared about her because it seems that she didn’t have people in her life that treated her the way she deserved to be treated.

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Definitely A Must Read...

This was a beautiful story of unconditional love, friendship, addiction and sadness!

It was refreshing to finally know the truth about the Amazing Whitney Houston. However it hurt my heart to know society's strong hold and control destroyed a BEAUTIFUL friendship.

Definitely a Must Read...or Listen

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Huge fan

I love Whitney and am so at peace knowing that she had such a true friend in Robin. She stayed and fought for Whitney, and in her own way; the only way so could at that time in her life.
This story felt like truth.

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This is an extraordinary book. I believed every word. Robin was truly a great friend.

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This is an awesome book. I hope all Whitney Houston fans have a chance to experience this story of love and dedication of a true blue friend. This book uplifted Whitney's legacy. I feel this is an honest account of what took place during her life. This book was written and performed well. Robyn Crawford, thank you for telling your story. The world needed to hear it.

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EXCELLENT

it was a very good read, you could feel the love and the intensity of their friendship! I'm glad I got to hear her side of the story, it fills in a lot of gaps and I'm glad I listened to it and would definitely recommend it

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What if you was still in her life would she still be alive? I think she would be ..

This was a very nice book .
I love it .Robyn you are real meaning of true real friend .
You was the only one know what was best for her.
You was the only one really know her inside out.

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