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Houston, Cissy

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Personal name headingHouston, Cissy
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Variant(s)Drinkard, Emily
Associated countryUnited States
Birth date19330930
Place of birthNewark (N.J.)
AffiliationSweet Inspirations (Musical group)
New Hope Baptist Church (Newark, N.J.)
Profession or occupationGospel musicians
Found inData from Cinema Guild for Cissy Houston, sweet inspiration [MP] 1988 (Cissy Houston; singer)
Int. ww in mus., v. 2, pop. mus., 1st ed. (Houston, Cissy (Emily Drinkard); b. 1933, Newark, N.J.; singer)
African American National Biography, accessed via The Oxford African American Studies Center online database, July 27, 2014: (Houston, Cissy; gospel musician / singer; born 30 September 1933 in Newark, New Jersey, United States; as a five year old she began to sing gospel music as the youngest member of her family's group, The Drinkard Four, at New Hope Baptist Church in Newark; her service as the church's minister of music began in 1953 and continued in to the twenty first century; joined a vocal group that later became known as The Sweet Inspirations (1963-1969); her 1996 gospel album Face to Face won a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album in February 1997, and her next gospel album, 1998's He Leadeth Me won the same award in February 1999)