Pop Song 601 of 1000 'The greatest love of all' George Benson 1977

Pop Song 601 of 1000 'The greatest love of all' George Benson 1977

George Benson MV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQK2Dru04a0
Whitney Houston MV with lyrics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsdHoK0Jcqw
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"The Greatest Love of All" is a song written by Michael Masser, who composed the music, and Linda Creed, who wrote the lyrics. It was originally recorded in 1977 by George Benson, who made the song a substantial hit, peaking at number two on the US Hot Soul Singles chart that year, the first R&B chart top-ten hit for Arista Records. The song was written and recorded to be the main theme of the 1977 film The Greatest, a biopic of the boxer Muhammad Ali, and is performed during the opening credits.

Eight years after Benson's original recording, the song became even more well known for a version by Whitney Houston, whose 1985 cover (with the slightly amended title "Greatest Love of All") eventually topped the charts, peaking at number one in the United States, Australia, Canada and on the US R&B chart in early 1986