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"AN EXUBERANTLY COMIC ikihl2klM DETROIT FREE PRESSFRIDAY, JULY 31. 1987 4C Gene Snai.t TODAY NBC TV a few words with PETER YARROW 'If we sing about something, it's important to live those words HELD OVER to live those words. You can't just stand idly by. There's 7:05 9:25 4:00 7:00 9:30 7:00 9:2011:30 6:45 9:05 11:20 5:00 7:15 9:45 11:55 CZM5 6.45 9.15 12, 2:154:306:45 9. 11:15 DRIVE-INS Yarrow is a songwriter and one-third of folk music's Peter.

Paul and Mary, whose current album, "No Easy Walk to Freedom," was nominated for a Grammy. The group, known for such songs as "Puff, The Magic Dragon," "If I Had a Hammer" and "Leaving on a Jet Plane," will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday at Meadow Biaok Music Festival at Oakland University. Call 1-377-2010, 9-9 performance days, 9-6 non-performance days. ON TOURING: "We do about half of our older material during the show and we do the other half from our newer things.

We do about 50 concerts a year, besides working on individual projects. The audiences we have for our shows span three or four generations." ON CENTRAL AMERICA: Yarrow. Noel Paul Stoo-key and Mary Travers "went to Nicaragua and El Salvador about one year ago. I had my own feelings about the countries because I've been there before. I nothing more exciting than doing something for somebody." ON THE ALBUM: "It's on the charts, and that's good to see.

There's songs about Hanaka, solo love songs, a song about a kid who plays right field and watches the dandelions grow and the song 'El Salvador, which has received standing ovations in the middle of the concert." ON FOLK MUSIC: "There is a folk music revival. There's the Gold Castle Record label, which released our album (the first LP in more than nine years) and also has Joan Baez and Judy Collins. Folk music is a music that brings people together. It's a powerful music. Someone like Suzanne Vega (a folk music performer who has had some commercial success) is the recipient of that." John D.

Gonzalez Peter Yarrow (left), Mary Travers, Paul Stookey wanted the entire group to travel there together so we could get a feeling of what the fight for freeuom was like." ON ACTIVISM: "As people get on in life, they tend to be less active. We have the opportunity to continue, and we do so If we sing about something, it's important Chris Chase, NEW VORK DAILY NEWS "A COMIC MASTERPIECE. Whitney Houston sticks to a plan, stays on top One of the very best movies of the THE MOVIES HOUSTON, from Page 1C were starting with completely raw material. Houston is the daughter of singer Cissy Houston and the niece of Dionne Warwick, who was making hits for years before-Whitney was STEVE MARTIN DARYL HANNAH 1 i mwm born. Around the Houston home, Aretha Franklin was known as "Auntie Ree." Houston's father, John, who is separated from Cissv.

manapps "How Will I Know" from the first album and most of the tracks on "Whitney." "The bottom line is to make an album people like." AND PEOPLE liked Houston for a simple reason. In the video- and glitz-dominated pop world, she simply sang, flexing her three-octave voice and paving the way for subsequent successes by Anita Baker, Luther Vandross and an a cappella group called the Nylons. "She's amazing in that way," said producer Walden. "She can breathe such life Into a song, really make it stand up strong. You should hear them when we get them; they're really demo quality, really raw." "I think it was time for singing to come back again," Houston explained.

"People wanted to listen again and hear good words and good melodies. They wanted to feel what somebody was saying rather than what the beat was." "She took me into the studio," Houston remembered, "and we did some jingles and background sessions." Those included commercials for Steak 'n' Ale restaurants and Bounce anti-static cloths, as well as sessions for Chaka Khan, Lou Rawls and the Neville Brothers. Cissy even took her daughter who was also doing quite well as a model on the road with her, though she shielded her from signing a recording contract until she finished high school in 1981. Clive Davis of Arista recognized Houston's potential, and that's where the polishing process began. "Clive knew what he wanted," Houston said.

"It was all carefully done. We wanted the right producers and the right songs for both albums." Production received as much careful attention as the selection process. "I'd take my Walkman to bed with my every night and listen to every breath, every word, every nuance," said Narada Michael Walden, the Kalamazoo native who produced Timing, in other words. And timing also became a factor with the album was delayed for the rare reason that the first record was still doing well. "We were originally talking about a fall of '86 release," Flics said.

"But she was still getting such heavy airplay that we knew we had to let it rest a bit. So we talked about the end of the year. And the first album was still going too strong! So we knew we'd have to wait until spring." Now that their handiwork has turned "Whitney" into a massive hit, the eyes of all concerned are turned toward the future. Specifically, toward TV and films. It's clear Houston will ease into those areas with as much care and crafting as she's had in music.

"What we're looking for," Harvey explained, "is something in which she could sing and be of quality. Most important is the quality like everything else she's done." 0 IN COW IUTIRIl MtW NOT tUTMHE FOUCMHOMn fiS? NOW SHOWING 315 8:45 mil ic 3 HI 4:30 7 30 9:45 3 15 5:15 8 30 10:30 1:45 5 15 7:30 9 45 Houston her business af fairs. Houston started singing at age eight, debuting with "Guide Me, 0 Thou Great Jehovah" with the Newark (N.J.) New Hope Baptist Church Choir. By the time she was 1 3, she had decided to become a professional singer; that's when Mom got into the act. 5:15 7:30 9:30 11:30 12 50 3:06 5 7 35 9 40 11 45 9:45 IC 3 7:00 9:00 12:45 2:55 5:25 7:50 9:55 12 12:40 2:50 5:00 7:25 9:35 12 HISTORY IS BEING MADE.

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Share this motion picture masterpiece with someone you love today. See SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS before it leaves us. She won't be back for another generation. rrrrxrm lf liS fiia a ttevei film Peter Weller Nancy Allen Robocop Daniel OWilsy Bonny Cox Kurlwool Smith Miguel Ferrer i Basil Poledouiis Din or nil Just Vacano i- i i ii i n.ii' 143 f'S CLASSIC mwWmte mu j. os i mi mm i yon ma written Edward lileumeier Michael Miner produced by Arne Schmidt dud iy Paul Verltoeven mm lYJlDoii'emtco whikuixkmhij.

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