His Eye Is on the Sparrow (Whitney Houston)
Whitney Houston recorded her version of the hymn a few months before her death; it was released four months after it, and the timing changes how nearly every line lands.
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Whitney Houston
American singer and one of the best-selling music artists in history. Her recording of "His Eye Is on the Sparrow," cut in 2011 with R. Kelly producing for the "Sparkle" (2012) soundtrack, was released as a single four months after her death and reached No. 1 on Billboard's Gospel Digital Song Sales chart.
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