Every Little Step: My Story

Bobby Brown · Nick Chiles

Jun 2016 · HarperCollins

About this ebook

A New York Times Bestseller

In Every Little Step, Bobby Brown tells the full story of his life and sets the record straight, particularly about his relationship with Whitney Houston.

Bobby Brown has been one of the most compelling American artists of the past thirty years, a magnetic and talented figure who successfully crossed over many musical genres, including R&B and hip hop, as well as the mainstream. In the late 1980s, the former front man of New Edition had a wildly successful solo career—especially with the launch of Don't Be Cruel—garnering multiple hits on the Billboard top ten list, as well as several Grammy, American Music, and Soul Train awards. But Brown put his career on hold to be with the woman he loved—American music royalty Whitney Houston. The marriage between Brown and Houston was perhaps the most closely watched and talked about marriage of the 1990s—a pairing that obsessed the public and the gossip industry. Now, for the first time, the world will be able to hear the truth from the mouth of America’s “bad boy” himself. Raw and powerful, Every Little Step is the story of a man who has been on the top of the mountain and in the depths of the valley and who is now finally ready to talk about his career and family life, from the passion and the excess to his creative inspirations and massive musical success.

On the process of writing this book, Bobby says, “Right after I signed on to write my story, I went through one of the most agonizing traumas I had ever experienced with the death of my daughter. But I was surprised by how therapeutic it was to work on this project, to look at the entire arc of my life and to realize that although there has been considerable pain, I have also been incredibly blessed. I hope my fans and other readers of this book will be entertained by this trip into the crazy, exciting, fascinating world of Bobby Brown. And I hope they will feel that I have been as honest and open with them in these pages as I have tried to be my entire life.”

Ratings and reviews

Glad Bobby got to tell his side of the story but would have been nice if Whitney was her to defend herself. Don't get me wrong I believe some of the stories Bobby told but you gotta remember there is three sides to every story. His, her's and the truth!

I always loved Bobby Brown in spite of what people said, i just always felt he shouldn't of rushed in gotten married but we all have to learn the hard way and i love that hes at peace right now with his lovely wife and kids and maybe it took him to go down that path to be where he is today cause it could of been worse. Bobby stop worrying bout your weight, wifey luvs it and thats all that matters n just eat right because you have lil active babies and we can't have you outa breath playing with them.

I really enjoyed it especially him growing up and coming into himself the only part that I didn't like was when he start to play victim but overall it was well put together. Thank you Bobby Brown for sharing your life with us.

About the author

Bobby Brown was born on February 5, 1969 in Boston, Massachusetts. He is an R&B singer, songwriter, dancer who began his career singing with New Edition (1978-1985). After leaving the group he had a successful solo career with a number of top ten hits (1986-1993). He was married to Whitney Houston (1963-2012) from 1992-2007 and had one daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown (1993-2012). He has acted on television and in films. In 2005 he and Whitney appeared for one season in the reality series Being Bobby Brown, on the Bravo channel. His memoir, Every Little Step: My Story, was published in 2016. Denene Millner and Nick Chiles live in South Orange, New Jersey. She is a reporter for the New York Daily News; he is an awardwinning journalist who has worked for the Dallas Moming News, New York Newsday, and the Newark Star-Ledger.