I am so sorry to report the passing of Cissy Houston at the age of 91. She was the mother of Whitney, but also a great R&B star on her own. She and her group, the Sweet Inspirations, sang back up on ...

Cissy Houston, the two-time Grammy-wining gospel singer, mother of the late Whitney Houston and backup singer for acts ranging from Elvis Presley and Aretha Franklin to Jimi Hendrix, Paul Simon and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cissy Houston with her daughter Whitney Houston: in the 1990s Cissy won gospel Grammys for her solo albums Face to Face (1997) and ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cissy Houston, a two-time Grammy-winning soul and gospel artist who sang with Aretha Franklin, Elvis Presley and other stars and knew triumph and heartbreak as the mother of Whitney ...

The singer, who died this week, was the mother of Whitney Houston and a contender for the greatest voice of the country, our critic says. Cissy Houston could hit high notes that quivered, that ...

Get full access to The Daily Beast for $1 A powerhouse vocalist in her own right, two-time Grammy winner Cissy Houston was a legend behind the scenes, backing up Elvis, Aretha Franklin and more. Larry ...

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Whitney Houston's godmother, Aretha Franklin, who was slated to perform at the pop queen's funeral on Saturday, will no long be attending the service, according to The Associated Press. News of ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cissy Houston, a two-time ...

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Aretha Franklin is no longer planning to sing at the funeral for Whitney Houston. Franklin had been expected to sing. A person close to the Houston family but not authorized to ...