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Emily Cissy Houston

American singer

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relationship to Whitney Houston

  • The Voice
    In Whitney Houston: Early life and career

    The daughter of Emily (“Cissy”) Houston—whose vocal group, the Sweet Inspirations, sang backup for Aretha Franklin and other popular artists—and the cousin of singer Dionne Warwick, Whitney Houston began singing in church as a child. While still in high school, she sang backup for Chaka Khan and Lou…

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