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How Whitney Houston set the national anthem standard 30 years ago

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Whitney Houston was inspired by another music legend.“She said, ‘You know, Marvin Gaye did it at the [1983 NBA] All-Star Game, and I really loved how he was able to take his time.

Can we do something like that, where we let the words kind of linger?’ ” Rickey Minor, Houston’s longtime musical director, told The Post. “So we added a beat to each bar.

That alone was sacrilegious to change the national anthem!”Although Minor, now 61, “was almost fired” by NFL executives for shaking up “The Star-Spangled Banner,” Houston’s rampart-bursting rendition at Super Bowl XXV in Tampa, Florida —  the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will tackle the Kansas City Chiefs there for the championship Feb.

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