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.

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Label Occurrences
Cissy Houston canonical 80
Emily "Cissy" Houston 1
Emily Drinkard (Cissy Houston) 1

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 self-link ⓘ
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" ⓘ

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