Whitney Houston’s fame spanned the world, but her career took root singing gospel at the New Hope ... age of 13 with the band led by her mother, Cissy Houston. “The Voice of Whitney: A ...

Her mother is gospel star Cissy Houston and she's the cousin of Dionne Warwick. Houston herself began singing in her local church choir — The New Hope Baptist Church — at a young age.

the legendary Cissy Houston and her brother Gary, to perform at the historic institution, where the young vocalist made her debut performance singing the popular show tune, “Tomorrow” from the ...

Genus got accepted to Virginia Commonwealth University, only to be told the school offered no degrees in electric bass. Instead, he majored in upright, hitting the Simandl book and digging into the ...

Mr. Butler wrote that he and other Black students chafed at singing “old racist standards ... Nona Hendryx, Cissy Houston, Patti LaBelle, Melba Moore and Valerie Simpson. Mr. Butler’s velvet ...

Cissy Houston, who died in October 2024 ... Over the next 29 years, Davis served as a confidant and mentor to the singing star, and he had a hand in nearly every album she recorded. As AARP noted in ...

Daigle is a Lake Charles native whose song "You Say" became a pop crossover hit. It earned her multiple awards and even ...

Bailey Zimmerman was 12 years old when he attended his first concert by the hair-metal band Tesla. It would be his only ...

The Grammy Award-winning Houston Chamber Choir will present From Darkness to Light, its first spring concert, conducted by ...

Houston, and Primary Wave Music, The Voice of Whitney: A Symphonic Celebration features the original master and remastered recordings of Whitney's vocals set to new arrangements in a unique and ...