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

A revered soul and gospel singer and the mother of Whitney Houston, Cissy Houston’s life was celebrated nearly a week after ...

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.

A heart-wrenching clip of Cissy Houston describing the moment she found out her daughter Whitney had died has since ...

Cissy Houston, who passed away Monday, Oct. 7 at the age of 91, attained the heights of music stardom as a solo star and backup singer for Elvis Presley ... She started singing with the family ...

Cissy Houston, a two-time Grammy-winning soul and gospel artist who sang with Aretha Franklin, Elvis Presley and other ... whom Houston would remember fondly for singing gospel during rehearsal ...

Houston began her singing career in 1938 when she joined her sister Anne, and two brothers Larry and Nicky in a group called the Drinkard Four. Whitney Houston's Mom Cissy: 'I'm Angry She Died ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cissy Houston, a two-time Grammy-winning soul and gospel artist who sang with Aretha Franklin, Elvis Presley and ... would remember fondly for singing gospel during rehearsal ...

The Grammy-winning singer and mother of Whitney Houston died ... left in 1963, Cissy replaced her niece in the group, and they went on to sing backup for artists like Elvis Presley, Aretha ...

Houston was later a part of the Sweet Inspirations — with Doris Troy and Dee Dee Warwick — a vocal group known for singing backup for artists like Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, Elvis Presley ...

Cissy Houston, the mother of the late Whitney Houston and a two-time Grammy winner who performed alongside superstar musicians like Elvis Presley ... remember fondly for singing gospel during ...