Emily Drinkard

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gospel singer human singer soul singer

Emily Drinkard, better known as Cissy Houston, is an American soul and gospel singer and the mother of Whitney Houston.

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Label	Occurrences
Emily Drinkard canonical	4

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	gospel singer ⓘ human ⓘ singer ⓘ soul singer ⓘ
activeYearsStart	1950 ⓘ
associatedAct	Aretha Franklin ⓘ Dionne Warwick ⓘ Elvis Presley ⓘ Sweet Inspirations ⓘ The Drinkard Singers ⓘ Whitney Houston ⓘ
awardReceived	Grammy Award for Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album ⓘ surface form: Grammy Award for Best Traditional Gospel Album Grammy Award for Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album ⓘ
birthName	Emily Drinkard self-link ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1933-09-30 ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Black Americans ⓘ surface form: African American
familyName	Drinkard ⓘ
genre	gospel music ⓘ soul music ⓘ
givenName	Emily ⓘ
instrument	vocals ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
memberOf	Sweet Inspirations ⓘ The Drinkard Singers ⓘ
motherOf	Gary Garland ⓘ Michael Houston ⓘ Whitney Houston ⓘ
notableRelative	Dee Dee Warwick ⓘ Dionne Warwick ⓘ
notableWork	album "Cissy Houston" ⓘ album "He Leadeth Me" ⓘ album "Presenting Cissy Houston" ⓘ
occupation	actress ⓘ record producer ⓘ singer ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Newark, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
relative	Delia McCaskill Drinkard ⓘ Nitcholas Drinkard ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
residence	Newark, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
spouse	Freddie Garland ⓘ John Russell Houston Jr. ⓘ
stageName	Cissy Houston ⓘ
vocalType	mezzo-soprano ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cissy Houston → birthName → Emily Drinkard ⓘ

Emily Drinkard → birthName → Emily Drinkard self-link ⓘ

Love Is Holding On → performerBirthName → Emily Drinkard ⓘ

Leontine Drinkard → hasChild → Emily Drinkard ⓘ