![Whitney Houston - Greatest Love Of All U.S. 7-inch vinyl single front cover](https://cdn-p.smehost.net/sites/5bc7eb1a2a034f359ad99734583ec240/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/whitney_gloa_front.jpg)
May 24, 1986 (36 years ago) – “Greatest Love Of All” peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, one week after hitting #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The single was released in March 1986 and was written by Michael Masser and Linda Creed. The song was a major hit worldwide and Whitney often said it was her favorite. Here is a bit of her performance in 1990 at the charity event called Carousel of Hope in Los Angeles.