{"id":156470,"date":"2026-02-09T01:08:35","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T01:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/156470\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T01:08:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T01:08:35","slug":"coco-joness-wardrobe-pays-homage-to-whitney-houstons-iconic-super-bowl-moment-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/156470\/","title":{"rendered":"Coco Jones\u2019s wardrobe pays homage to Whitney Houston\u2019s iconic Super Bowl moment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">(Gray News) \u2014 Singer Coco Jones stunned the crowd when she performed \u201cLift Every Voice and Sing\u201d during the opening ceremony of Super Bowl 60 on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Jones wore a white jacket with a red stripe across the chest and a band of black and green around the right arm \u2014 similar to the jacket Whitney Houston wore in 1991 when she gave an iconic performance of the \u201cThe Star-Spangled Banner\u201d before Super Bowl XXV.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">At the time, only fans in the stadium heard Houston\u2019s live performance. A one-take recorded version was played for those watching the broadcast, which created an uproar.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Houston found a way to make her stadium version available and donated the money raised from sales to the American Red Cross Gulf Crisis Fund, People reported.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Coco Jones performs before the NFL Super Bowl 60 football game between the New England...\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1770599315_774_D3B43VF3MRA37GHLBOCAYNE5S4.jpg\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" \/>Coco Jones performs before the NFL Super Bowl 60 football game between the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026, in Santa Clara, Calif.(Julio Cortez | AP Photo\/Julio Cortez)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Jones sought guidance from Alicia Keys, who became the first artist to sing the song for the NFL in 2000.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cShe just told me, \u2018Don\u2019t be nervous \u2014 be in the moment,\u2019\u201d Jones said. \u201cThat meant a lot coming from her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Though she had performed on stadium stages before, she said repetition was important in her preparation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cI try to overly practice,\u201d she said. \u201cWhen everything is second nature \u2026 I\u2019m just a vessel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2026 Gray Local Media, Inc. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Gray News) \u2014 Singer Coco Jones stunned the crowd when she performed \u201cLift Every Voice and Sing\u201d during&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":156459,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[52825,56,58,57,64414,64415,27564,64416,64417,6574],"class_list":["post-156470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-coco-jones","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-lift-every-voice-and-sing","tag-national-anthem","tag-super-bowl","tag-super-bowl-60","tag-super-bowl-xxv","tag-whitney-houston"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156470"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156470\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}