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The Story Behind Whitney Houston’s Momentous 1988 Summer Olympics Anthem “One Moment in Time” That Was Written with Elvis Presley in Mind

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When Albert Hammond and John Bettis were tasked with writing a song for the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea, they wrote one that ended up its theme song. “I got a phone call from NBC: ‘Can you write a song for the Olympics in Seoul, Korea representing the US?’” remembered Hammond of how the […]

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