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
Heartbreak Hotel (Whitney Houston song) Heartbreak Hotel (Whitney Houston song) "Heartbreak Hotel" is a song by American singer Whitney Houston. Originally intended to be included on TLC's third studio album "FanMail", who rejected the song, it was released as the second single from Houston's 1998 album "My Love Is Your Love". The song prominently features R&B singers Faith Evans and Kelly Price during the choruses and bridge. The song reached number two on the US "Billboard" Hot 100 and peaked at number one on "Billboard"s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart on February 2, 1999. "Heartbreak Hotel" was certified Platinum by the RIAA. It was also a