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, the mother of the late Whitney Houston and a two-time Grammy winner who performed alongside superstar ...

Cissy Houston, a two-time Grammy winner who sang with Elvis Presley and Aretha Franklin and was the mother of Whitney Houston ...

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The acclaimed gospel singer was surrounded by her family ... Cissy Houston was briefly married to Freddie Garland in the ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cissy Houston, a two-time Grammy-winning soul and gospel artist who sang with Aretha Franklin, Elvis ...

The acclaimed gospel singer was surrounded by her family ... Cissy Houston was briefly married to Freddie Garland in the ...

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 ...