Dr. Emily Houston

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About Dr. Emily Houston

Emily Drinkard (September 30, 1933 – October 7, 2024), known professionally as Cissy Houston, was an American soul and gospel singer. Houston was a founding member of the R&B group The Sweet Inspirations, and sang backup for artists such as Roy Hamilton, Dionne Warwick, Elvis Presley, Aretha Franklin, and Chaka Khan. Houston embarked on a solo career in 1970, and won two Grammy Awards in the Traditional Gospel Album category.

Houston was the mother of singer and actress Whitney Houston, the aunt of singers Dionne Warwick and Dee Dee Warwick, and a cousin of opera singer Leontyne Price. Houston was the grandmother of Whitney Houston's only child, Bobbi Kristina Brown...

Source: Cissy Houston Wikipedia entry with detailed biography - link accessed October 8, 2024.


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Dr. Emily Houston's Timeline

1933
September 30, 1933
Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States
1957
October 12, 1957
East Orange, Essex County, New Jersey, United States
1963
August 9, 1963
Presbyterian Hospital, Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States
2024
October 7, 2024
Age 91