Super Bowl performances usually go one way or the other, timeless or something to forget about and move on. Whitney Houston created a timeless performance on January 27th, 1991 when the country needed a patriotic boost after just going to war only 10 days before. Whitney Houston’s Star Spangled Banner Super Bowl XXV 1991 performance became timeless to America and the world.

The Super Bowl battle was between the Buffalo Bills and the New York Giants and was an escape for America as they learned what Saudi Arabia & Kuwait was and watched images of bombs dropping. Whitney’s gospel background from singing in church was infused into her dramatic and flawless performance of power, ghusto but a very detailed delicate handling of one of America’s most important songs.