Whitney Houston 2, 2003), and gospel singer Emily "Cissy" (Drinkard) Houston. Her elder brother Michael is a singer, and her elder half-brother is former basketball player Gary Garland. Her parents were both African American. Through her mother, Houston was a first cousin of singers Dionne Warwick and Dee Dee Warwick. Her godmother was Darlene Love and her honorary aunt was Aretha Franklin, whom she met at age 8 or 9 when her mother took her to a recording studio. Houston was raised a Baptist, but was also exposed to the Pentecostal church. After the 1967 Newark riots, the family moved to a
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