The man who discovered or signed superstars such as Whitney Houston, Bruce Springsteen, Alicia Keys and Barry Manilow has come out as bisexual.

Clive Davis, a music industry legend, has revealed in his new memoir The Soundtrack of my Life he has had two long-term relationships with men.

The 80-year-old father of four said he only opened himself up to the possibility he could have a relationship with a man after his failed marriage in the mid-80s.

Whitney Houston’s mother has told Oprah she ‘absolutely’ would have been bothered if the singer had been lesbian.

Cissy Houston was promoting her new book, Remembering Whitney, on Oprah’s Next Chapter show.

The book touches on Whitney’s friendship with Robyn Crawford, her friend who she described as ‘the sister I never had’.

Rumors about their relationship circulated both before and after Houston’s death, with many claiming they were a couple.

Lesbian X Factor contestant Lucy Spraggan topped a list of music artists most searched on Google in the UK this year.

The internet search engine's annual 'Zeitgeist' list revealed the singer-songwriter was this year's top trending musician, beating One Direction, the Spice Girls and Korean rapper Psy.

Spraggan left the British version of the hit talent show early on in the contest due to illness.

She impressed viewers and judges with her self-penned songs.

Two months after her untimely death, Whitney Houston and her music will be the focus of next week's episode of Glee titled Dance With Somebody.

FOX television on Thursday (19 April) released a preview video of one of the episode's most powerful musical numbers: How Will I Know.

It features two of the show's gay characters, Kurt (Chris Colfer) and Santana (Naya Rivera) singing background to the powerful lead vocals of Mercedes (Amber Riley) and Rachel (Lea Michele) in this slowed-down a capella version of one of Houston's early hits.

For the city of Newark, Whitney Houston's funeral did not come cheap. As reported by the Atlantic Wire, police officers amassed $187,00 in overtime. This is approximately 5 percent of the police department's budget.

The city's officers were 'barriers between fans and the proceedings on the day of the funeral.'

The Los Angeles County coroner's office announced Thursday (22 March) that singer Whitney Houston died on the eve of the Grammy Awards last month from accidental drowning and from the effects of heart disease and cocaine use.

Houston, the six-time Grammy winner whose many hits included I Will Always Love You, Saving All My Love for You and The Greatest Love of All, was found dead in her bathtub at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Feb. 11.

The church, and city, that raised her sent her home today.

Whitney Houston's funeral service was held this afternoon in Newark, New Jersey. Although the ceremony was by invitation only, it was lived streamed on sites such as CNN and BET. Various news organizations live-blogged and Twitter was filled with comments. News of the singer's death has been on the front pages ever since her body was found last week in a Los Angeles hotel.

As Whitney Houston, the much-loved pop sensation and huge gay icon across the world, is laid to rest at 12pm ET (4am EST) millions of her fans will be able to view the service online via a single camera.

The Associate Press footage, titled “Remembering Whitney Houston” will be available at www.livestream.com/aplive and will act as an appropriate and much-needed connection for those that would like to give their own personal farewell to the late star.

American singer Whitney Houston’s heavenly voice and image touched many souls during her career. But who was behind the voice and image? What was behind her passionate rise to fame and terrible decline and self-neglect, found in a hotel bath, alone on the eve of the Grammy awards?

The Associated Press, with other news organizations, is reporting that Grammy award singer Whitney Houston is dead.

Publicist Kristen Foster made the announcement on Saturday, but offered no details about cause or location.

The multiple award winner was 48.

It was her voice. She had addiction demons. Went tawdry with the reality show Being Bobby Brown. Was made into a great punch line by comics Jamie Foxx and Kathy Griffin.

Despite all of this, Whitney Houston's talent as a singer is why we paid attention. From her first album to all of those sad comebacks, we wanted the diva to send chills down our spine.