Cissy Houston Cissy Houston Emily "Cissy" Houston (née Drinkard; born September 30, 1933) is an American soul and gospel singer. After a successful career singing backup for such artists as Dionne Warwick, Elvis Presley and Aretha Franklin, Houston embarked on a solo career, winning two Grammy Awards for her work. Houston is the mother of singer Whitney Houston, grandmother of Bobbi Kristina Brown, aunt of singers Dionne and Dee Dee Warwick, and a cousin of opera singer Leontyne Price. Born Emily Drinkard in Newark, New Jersey, to Nitcholas and Delia Mae Drinkard (née McCaskill), she was the eighth and final child; older
Welcome Home Heroes with Whitney Houston the above-mentioned performances with an 80-minute running time or less, shorter than the original 96-minute edition. Welcome Home Heroes with Whitney Houston Welcome Home Heroes with Whitney Houston is the first ever solo televised concert and video by American recording artist Whitney Houston. Released on May 14, 1991, through Arista Records, the video contains Whitney's HBO concert special "Welcome Home Heroes with Whitney Houston", which was broadcast live from the Naval Air Station in Norfolk, Virginia, on March 31, 1991, Easter Sunday, for 3.500 servicemen and women returning from the Gulf War. It was released in VHS and Laserdisc on