 Cissy Houston in Eastman Theater with Herbie Mann. Image by Tom Marcello Webster, New York, USA, via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed CC BY-SA 2.0 |
Cissy HoustonCissy Houston Cissy Houston American singer and mother of Whitney Houston (1933–2024) Emily Drinkard (September 30, 1933 – October 7, 2024), known professionally as Cissy Houston, was an American soul and gospel singer. Born in Newark, New Jersey, Houston began singing with three of her siblings in a family gospel group, The Drinkard Singers. By the early 1960s, Houston had begun a career as a session vocalist for several secular musicians in the rhythm and blues, soul, rock and roll, and pop genres. After initially joining her nieces' group the Gospelaires for a session with Ronnie Hawkins in 1961, Houston gradually took control of the group, which revamped into "The Group" with Houston, niece Sylvia Shemwell, Myrna Smith and teenager… (Source: Wikipedia)
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