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Years ago I knew a guy who said he wrote a hit by Whitney Houston, imagine my surpris - hal - 07-11-2025
Back in the 90s I knew this guy named Jimmy George - a smooth talking guy from Tennessee. He was a mess. He was a druggie and not the soft stuff... He worked at the same place I did for a short while, but got fired for pulling $ from the register. He was pretty scummy.
He claimed with a straight face that he wrote a hit single for Whitney Houston. I called BS, but short of hopping in a car and racing to Tower Records, there was no way to prove it. I never gave it much thought afterward - I wouldn't trust this guy with a 10' pole - why would I waste any time on this?
Just now that whole thing just popped in my head and I searched "Jimmy George" and "Whitney Houston" in quotes - shouldn't be that hard to find.
And to my amazement, there was a match. "Just To See Her" performed by Whitney Houston actually won a grammy in 1988 - and it was written by Jimmy George. Now that I think of it, he mentioned that he won a grammy back then - but I just dismissed it.
So here I am - flabbergasted. He was telling the truth! Holy crap, he even has a wiki page.
Then I get suspicious all over again. There is no way the guy I knew was famous enough for a wiki page.
I click and start reading... the guy that won the grammy was 21 years older than me. NO WAY was the guy I knew that old.
OF COURSE! The scummy guy saw his name and co-oped it for status (?) or who knows - scummy druggies are unpredictable. Who knows why he did it...
RE: Years ago I knew a guy who said he wrote a hit by Whitney Houston, imagine my surpris - AllGold - 07-11-2025
Part of the way through the story, I thought "Jimmy George is not exactly a unique name."
Good story, though.
RE: Years ago I knew a guy who said he wrote a hit by Whitney Houston, imagine my surpris - NewtonMP2100 - 07-11-2025
.....I get so emotional baby.....every time I think.... of this......