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A New Memoir Talks 'Riding Shotgun' With Whitney Houston

From the day they met as teenagers, Robyn Crawford was by Whitney Houston's side. In her new memoir A Song For You: My Life With Whitney Houston, Crawford speaks in depth about their long friendship.
Robyn Crawford shares her story as Whitney Houston's closest friend in her new memoir <em>A Song For You: My Life With Whitney Houston.</em>

This week, the Code Switch team is sharing conversations with some of our favorite authors about the books we're starting the decade with. On Friday, producer Kumari Devarajan talks with Robyn Crawford about her recent memoir, A Song For You: My Life With Whitney Houston.

Whitney Houston touched millions of fans around the world with her music. And yet throughout her career, not much was publicly known about her personal life. Her angelic voice and pristine persona gave fans one impression, but tabloid stories about drug use and her tumultuous marriage to Bobby Brown gave a different one. Both versions

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