She started out as a backup singer and then formed a band called ... is one of the best female singers of the '80s. Little wonder Whitney Houston was often called “the Voice.” ...

John Houston and Cissy Houston welcomed their daughter, Whitney Houston, in 1963. Here’s everything to know about Whitney Houston’s parents, John Houston and Cissy Houston.

Commonly referred to as ‘The Voice,’ the late Whitney Houston ... she was singing backup vocals with her mother on Chaka Khan’s “I’m Every Woman” (1978). In 1983, Houston signed ...

Cissy Houston, renowned soul and gospel singer and mother to Whitney Houston, died at the age of 91. Houston, a two-time Grammy winner who sang backup for Aretha Franklin and Elvis Presley ...

Yaya, whose credits include The Butler and The Kids Are All Right, told the AP: 'I'm not a singer. But even if I were, Whitney Houston was a very specific kind of singer. 'Beyond any mimicry ...

The group sang backup for a variety of soul singers including Otis Redding ... LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cissy Houston, the mother ...