Cissy Houston, a two-time Grammy-winning singer who performed alongside superstar musicians like Elvis Presley and Aretha ...

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 ...

Cissy Houston, a two-time Grammy-winning gospel singer who was the mother of late ... Houston was married briefly in the mid-1950s to Freddie Garland and then from 1964 to 1991 to theatrical ...

The acclaimed gospel singer sang with Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, Dionne Warwick and Elvis Presley. She collaborated with ...

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The acclaimed gospel singer was surrounded by her family ... Cissy Houston was briefly married to Freddie Garland in the 1950s; their son, Gary Garland, was a guard for the Denver Nuggets ...