Hailing from a musical family, she won Grammys, sang backup to Elvis Presley and Aretha Franklin and helped shepherd Whitney ...

Cissy Houston, the legendary gospel singer and mother of Whitney Houston, has passed away at the age of 91. Known for her ...

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.

Cissy Houston began singing on the gospel circuit as a child. She also sang secular music. She performed with The Sweet Inspirations, the group that backed Aretha Franklin. And she sang backup ...

Cissy Houston, the Grammy-winning gospel singer ... cementing her status as a gospel music icon. Throughout her career, Houston remained deeply connected to her roots in gospel music and her ...

Gospel icon Cissy Houston's life was celebrated in a music-filled memorial at her hometown church in Newark, New Jersey.

Gospel music legend and Whitney Houston‘s mother Cissy has died at the age of 91. Houston died on Monday (October 7) while under hospice care for Alzheimer’s disease, her daughter-in-law Pat ...

Cissy Houston, the mother of Whitney Houston and a two-time Grammy winner and acclaimed gospel singer, has died.