there is a guy by the name of jerry griffith that i would like to give a lot of credit for.working in promotion over in aerostat. and he convinced the great clive davis to come hear the young lady and the rest is history. >> that history all of us followed including the attorney who recalls the memorable moment after hust hoon finished recording on the set of sparkle. >> she called us in a room and circle up 30 or 40 people and prayed with us and it was so powerful. she prayed for our travel and success of the movie and thanked god for doing a movie. she hadn't done a movie in 15 years. >> sadly, as she was looking at that movie as her final come back in the movie industry, that is something that never happened in life. that movie is scheduled to be released by sony in august of this year. in 2006, i had the pleasure of interviewing her mom cissy on fox and friends . we talked about her problems at thatime time and she urged people to remember her daughter in prayer. and we song a duet. singing jesus loves me this i know. ♪ yes, jesus loves me. ♪ yes, jesus loves me. ♪ yes j

there's a guy by the name of jerry griffith that i'd like to give a lot of credit for.se he was the one who was at the time working in promotions over at arista, and he was the one who convinced the great clive davis to hear this young lady and the rest is history. >> reporter: 1500 invited guests at the baptist church and hear about the history and whitney's impact on american music, uma. >> definitely an emotional tribute indeed. thank you very much. we invite you to watch coverage of that, jon scott and i are here for the coverage, 11:30 eastern time. i hope you'll join us. >> brenda: rick santorum raked over the coals for saying this. >> there is income inequality in america, there always has been and hopefully, and i say that, there always will be. why? because people rise to different levels of success based on what they contribute to society and the marketplace, that's as it should be. >> brenda: gary b, you say he is absolely right? >> 100% right, brenda. in fact, income inequality are the ability to achieve income inequality is what made america great. it allow

jerry griffith joins us now from new york. all this time, jerry, that it was clive davis who heard her voice and anointed her a star in the make bug instead, you heard her. where did you hear her and describe what you heard at the time. >> well, the first time i heard her was at the bottom line here in new york and i thought she was, you know, an amazing young vocalist but she wasn't ready for the big time. so it is interesting that about a year later, a year and a half later, i heard that someone else was signing her, some other label, so i rushed down to her manager's office and we set up a situation where i could go see her perform again. >> and then what did you hear at that time? had you noticed that her voice had matured, that that year and a half made all the difference in the world? >> amazing. it was an amazing transformation. i mean, you know, she was more powerful, she was more spiritual, she, just you know, she just had the guts to just stand up there and open up and just let it all go. an amazing transformation. >