Cissy Houston

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American singer gospel singer human singer soul singer

Cissy Houston is an American soul and gospel singer, renowned both for her own recording and backup vocal career and as the matriarch of the Houston musical family.

Aliases (4)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American singer → gospel singer → human → singer → soul singer →
awardReceived	Grammy Award for Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album →
birthName	Emily Drinkard →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1933-09-30 →
ethnicGroup	African American →
genre	R&B → gospel → soul →
instrument	vocals →
language	English →
memberOf	Sweet Inspirations → The Drinkard Singers →
name	Cissy Houston →
notableAchievement	influenced the vocal style of Whitney Houston →
notableRole	backup singer for Aretha Franklin → backup singer for Elvis Presley → matriarch of the Houston musical family →
notableWork	album "Cissy Houston" → album "Face to Face" → album "He Leadeth Me" → album "Presenting Cissy Houston" → album "Think It Over" →
occupation	backing vocalist → choir director → singer →
parentOf	Gary Garland → Michael Houston → Whitney Houston →
performedWith	Aretha Franklin → Burt Bacharach → Dionne Warwick → Elvis Presley → Luther Vandross →
placeOfBirth	Newark, New Jersey, United States →
relative	Dee Dee Warwick → Dionne Warwick →
religion	Christianity →
residence	Newark, New Jersey, United States →
spouse	John Russell Houston Jr. →
startedCareer	1950s →
subjectOf	biographies about Whitney Houston's family →
voiceType	mezzo-soprano →
wrote	"How Sweet the Sound: My Life with God and Gospel" →

Referenced by (48)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Cissy Houston (album) → Face to Face → He Leadeth Me → Presenting Cissy Houston → Think It Over →	performer
Cissy Houston (album) → Face to Face → He Leadeth Me → Think It Over →	artist
The Drinkard Singers → The Drinkard Singers ("Emily Drinkard (Cissy Houston)") → Warwick–Houston family → Warwick–Houston family ("Emily "Cissy" Houston") →	hasMember
Michael Houston → Whitney Houston → Whitney Houston →	mother
Bobbi Kristina Brown → Gary Garland → Mancel Warrick →	relative
Dee Dee Warwick → Dee Dee Warwick ("The Sweet Inspirations") →	associatedAct
Face to Face → Think It Over →	hasPrimaryVocalist
Cissy Houston → Cissy Houston (album) →	name
Dee Dee Warwick → Michael Houston →	notableFamilyMember
Presenting Cissy Houston →	albumBy
New Hope Baptist Church, Newark, New Jersey ("Whitney Houston family") →	associatedWith
How Sweet the Sound: My Life with God and Gospel →	author
I'm Every Woman →	backingVocalsBy
Presenting Cissy Houston →	featuresVocalist
Chaka →	hasBackingVocalsBy
Face to Face →	hasMusicalArtist
New Hope Baptist Church, Newark, New Jersey →	hasNotableChoirMember
New Hope Baptist Church, Newark, New Jersey →	hasNotableMember
The Drinkard Singers →	influenced
Whitney Houston →	influencedBy
How Sweet the Sound: My Life with God and Gospel →	mainSubject
Sweet Inspirations →	memberOf
That's How Strong My Love Is →	notableCoverArtist
Warwick–Houston family →	notableMember
Michael Houston →	parent
Face to Face →	performedBy
Think It Over →	recordedBy
Gary Garland →	sibling
John Russell Houston Jr. →	spouse
Think It Over →	vocalPerformanceBy