The conductor, choirmaster and artistic director reflects on his move to Houston, building a choir from scratch and winning ...

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Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Houston was born Emily “Cissy” Drinkard in 1933 in Newark. She started singing with the family gospel group, the Drinkard singers, when she was 5.

Whitney Houston’s dad, John Houston, was her manager and her mom, Cissy Houston, joined the Grammy-winner on several duets Ilana Frost is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

Cissy Houston was born Emily Drinkard ... In 1976 she was featured in Gospel Fuse, a gospel opera composed by Carman Moore and performed with the San Francisco Symphony orchestra, conducted ...

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Dionne Warwick, BeBe Winans, Darlene Love and a massive choir helped celebrate the life of gospel icon Cissy Houston during a music-filled memorial Thursday in the Duchess of ...

Originally broadcast in 1998. This is FRESH AIR. I'm Dave Davies. Cissy Houston, the gospel singer and backup vocalist who guided her daughter Whitney Houston to stardom, died Monday at the age of 91.

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Dave Davies. Cissy Houston, the gospel singer and backup vocalist who guided her daughter Whitney Houston to stardom, died Monday at the age of 91. Cissy Houston began ...

Houston, who died Oct. 7, started out on the gospel circuit as a child, sang backup for Aretha Franklin and later guided her daughter, Whitney, to superstardom. Originally broadcast in 1998.