Vanessa Williams Says Two Music Legends Passed on ‘Save the Best for Last’ Before It Came Her Way: ‘I Was Third One Up’

Vanessa Williams shares that she was the third artist to be offered “Save the Best for Last,” which became her five-week Billboard Hot 100 No. 1.

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Vanessa Williams Says Two Music Legends Passed on ‘Save the Best for Last’ Before It Came Her Way: ‘I Was Third One Up’

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