Years Active: 1950s–1980s • Birth Date ... was known for her powerful voice and spiritual country music, often incorporating gospel elements into her work. Janis Martin, dubbed “The Female ...
Her musical roots lie in her family’s 1950s gospel group the Drinkard Singers (Houston was born Emily Drinkard in 1933). They were the first gospel group to perform with Mahalia Jackson and the first ...
Cissy Houston, a two-time Grammy winner who sang with Elvis Presley and Aretha Franklin and was the mother of Whitney Houston ...