Cissy Houston Houston, her daughter and backup singer, increasingly sang solos with Cissy's band, including the Barbra Streisand hit "Evergreen". They would collaborate on "Ain't No Way" (originally a Cissy Houston and Aretha Franklin vehicle), on which Cissy sang "Cissy" and Whitney "Aretha". In 1996, Houston received the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album for "Face to Face", an album that contained a Gospel version of "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)". The same year, she contributed one song to the gospel soundtrack album for the film "The Preacher's Wife", which starred her daughter Whitney Houston. In
Midnight Train to Georgia (Cissy Houston album) her version of "Midnight Train to Georgia", which was later covered by Gladys Knight & The Pips. The album's liner notes includes special messages from her daughter pop/R&B singer Whitney Houston and R&B singer Luther Vandross. Midnight Train to Georgia (Cissy Houston album) Midnight Train to Georgia is a compilation album by American soul singer Cissy Houston, released in 1995 on Ichiban Records. The album consist of songs recorded when she was on the Janus Records label, which released her debut album, "Presenting Cissy Houston", as well as bonus tracks. The songs were produced by Donald Rubin, Charles Koppelman, Bob