![Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin and Narada Michael Walden](https://cdn-p.smehost.net/sites/5bc7eb1a2a034f359ad99734583ec240/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/190325_aretha_bday.jpg)
On August 26, 1989 — “It Isn’t, It Wasn’t, It Ain’t Never Gonna Be” — Whitney’s duet with Aretha Franklin, peaked at #5 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. Pictured here are Whitney and Aretha with Narada Michael Walden, who produced the song.