Career
He wrote "How Will I Know," which was a hit for Whitney Houston in 1986, as well as Houston"s 1987 hit "I Wanna Dance With Somebody."
From the midto late-1980s to the present day, Merrill has been one half of vocal duo Boy Meets Girl, who are best remembered for the late 1988 hit "Waiting for a Star to Fall". He wrote the song and had initially offered it to Whitney Houston, but she rejected it and Merrill decided to sing it himself and feature it on the next Boy Meets Girl album.