It was well noted in the black communities of elvis disdain statement towards black people which was like a shot that was heard all over the united states. Emily cissy houston is an american soul and gospel singer. Aug 12, 20 cissy houston talked about her role as a gospel and secular singer and as a mother during the 45minute q%26a session red bank, n. Houston s last recording session with the sweet inspirations was in october 1969, since she wanted to pursue a solo career and concentrate on her family. Led by whitney houstons mother, first soprano cissy houston, the sweets lent. Cissy houston talks about elvis presley and the sweet inspirations.
Discover all cissy houston s music connections, watch videos, listen to music, discuss and download. Houston was the mother of singer whitney houston, grandmother of tv personality bobbi. Her final solo single before recording with the sweet inspirations was dont come running to. Originally formed with philly vocalists dionne warwick, dee dee warwick and doris troy and emily cissy houston. Print and download without god sheet music by cissy houston. Estelle, myrna and sylvia the perfect sweet inspirations playlist. The sweet inspirations on elvis and racism youtube. This disc showcases two of her albums produced under his aegis. A soul singer who is known primarily as whitney houston s mother rather than for her own considerable talents, cissy houston was born emily drinkard and began her career as a member of her familys gospel group, the drinkards.
Houston and warwick were members of the drinkard singers, a family group that had the distinction of recording the first gospel album to appear on a major labela live recording from the newport jazz festival in 1959. The linked data service provides access to commonly found standards and vocabularies promulgated by the library of congress. She was previously married to john houston and freddie garland. Get all the lyrics to songs by cissy houston and join the genius community of music scholars to learn the meaning behind the lyrics. Houston and warwick were members of the drinkard singers, a family group that had the distinction of recording the first gospel album to appear on a major labela. The sweet inspirations sing sweet inspiration from. When first heard cissy houston sing on one of her 70s solo albums i wondered why this woman is not a household name and espeacially after i found out about her being lead singer of the sweet inspirations,this is a book about a woman who never received her just do for someone with such a captivating voice. Watch the video for chained from the sweet inspirations s sweets for my sweet for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Think it over is a 1978 studio album by american gospelsoul singer cissy houston, released on private stock records. Cissy has said little publicly about whitneys heartbreaking death. Houston left the sweet inspirations in 1969 to pursue a solo career. Minus cissy houston mother of whitney on this 1973 release on stax records the sweet inspirations manage to put together a winner of an album.
Overview v biography v discography v songs v credits v awards v. Cissy houston warned about whitneys death by holy spirit. Dee dee warwick and doris troy and emily cissy houston. Cissy houston talks about elvis presley and the sweet. The sweet inspirations is the selftitled debut album by american recording soulgospel female group the sweet inspirations, released in 1967 by atlantic records. Album sweets for my sweet, the sweet inspirations qobuz. Cissy houston biography, albums, streaming links allmusic. She signed with common united and produced several hit singles. In 1963, then about to give birth to daughter whitney houston, she formed the sweet inspirations with doris troy and niece dee dee warwick. Watch the video for im blue from the sweet inspirations s the sweet inspirations for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Read the sweet inspirations s bio and find out more about the sweet inspirations s songs, albums, and chart history. Sweet inspirations sylvia shemwell, estelle brown, and myrna smith gather.
Was a prolific background vocalist before becoming a solo artist. As the first anniversary of whitney houston s sudden death draws near, oprah sits down with the singers mother, cissy houston, in her new jersey home for her first indepth, sitdown interview since her daughters passing. Named the sweet inspirations, they recorded some excellent gospelflavored soul in the late 60s, managing a few hits as well as continuing to back up other artists, most notably aretha franklin before houston left to go solo at the end of 1969. She was one of the sweet inspirations but left the group after elvis first season. Datasets available include lcsh, bibframe, lc name authorities, lc classification, marc codes, premis vocabularies, iso language codes, and more.
A group that made several strong showings in the late 60s and early 70s is the sweet inspirations. The ladies of sweet inspiration worked with elvis in vegas, on his national concert tours, and on recordings from 1969 to 1977. She led a successful career as a backup singer for such artists as elvis presley and aretha franklin, and is now primarily a solo artist. With burgeoning solo careers dionne and doris soon left, but cissy found the group new voices including sylvia shemwell, myrna smith and estelle brown and they ended up on records by wilson pickett, garnet mimms, aretha franklin. Sweet inspiration by the sweet inspirations on amazon. Cissy houstons songs stream online music songs listen. During her time with the sweet inspirations houston sang backup vocals for aretha franklin, otis redding, wilson pickett, lou rawls, the drifters, dusty springfield, van morrison brown eyed girl, the jimi hendrix experience, elvis presley the 69 vegas. Its a little bit funny this feeling inside im not one of those who can easily hide i dont have much money but boy if i did id buy a big house where we both could live.
Now, real gone musicsoulmusic records is proud to present the complete atlantic singles plus, the largest collection of the work of the sweet inspirations ever compiled, drawn from their. See more ideas about cissy houston, houston and whitney houston. Led by cissy houston, the sweet inspirations were highlyindemand female backup singers featured on some of the most important pop and soul recordings of the 1960s and 70s. Much in the manner of the sweet inspirations, although the material consisted of fairly wellworn soul, rock, and pop tunes, the stateoftheart arrangements and gospelish. The sweet inspirations honed their craft by spending nearly six years as a studio group, mostly for atlantic.
Il est fonde par cissy houston, avec dee dee warwick, partie en 1965. Download premium images you cant get anywhere else. In the early 60s, she joined forces with a floating group of singers known simply as the group including at various points doris troy and dee dee warwick to provide. Estelle, sylvia and myrna continued recording as a trio with stax records and rso records. She repeats herself a lot and doesnt remember what she says. After a successful career singing backup for such artists as roy hamilton, dionne warwick, elvis. Hope baptist church young americans on youtube live performance with david bowie. Cissy later sang backup for several of arethas songs and made.
Cissy houston has revealed that the holy spirit warned of her daughter whitney houston s early death, and also visited her days after the singer died. Print instantly, or sync to our free pc, web and mobile apps. Discover all cissy houstons music connections, watch videos, listen to music, discuss and download. The iconic singer was friends with cissy after they were in a gospel group together called the sweet inspirations. She recorded an impressive album for commonwealth united in 1970, presenting cissy houston, which. Presenting cissy houston with original 9 tracks and now12 bonus tracks released under janus label was released in the uk by the independent major minor label consisted entirely of cover tunes. Myrna smith and estelle brown of the sweet inspirations on elvis and racism. With david bowie, tom dowd, aretha franklin, cissy houston. I later heard her work with the sweet inspirations and loved it, but not nearly as much as i love this cd of cissy s solo years. Jan 01, 1998 emily cissy houston nee drinkard is an american soul and gospel singer. Choose from cissy houston sheet music for such popular songs as amazing grace, face to face, and deep rivercampground. The sweet inspirations the complete atlantic singles. Sweet inspirations music, videos, stats, and photos. Aside of sweet inspirations, smith sang back up for elvis in his graceland recordings as well.
Whitney houston god will take care of you rare footage youtube. Cissy houston, myrna smith, estelle brown and sylvia shemwell of the vocal group the sweet inspirations pose for a portrait in circa 1967 in new york, new york. Watch the video for sweet inspiration from the sweet inspirations s the sweet inspirations for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Houston is the mother of singer whitney houston, grandmother of tv personality bobbi kristina brown, aunt of singers dionne and dee. Sheet music arranged for pianovocalguitar in db major. Presenting cissy houston with original 9 tracks and now12 bonus tracks released under janus label was released in the uk by the independent major minor label consisted entirely of. Sweet inspiration by the sweet inspirations youtube. Cissy houston left the group in 1970 to pursue a solo career. The film also features original sweet inspiration and gospel star cissy houston. Amazing grace, how sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me, i once was lost, but now am found was blind, but now i see. All albums by the sweet inspirations available to download and stream in high quality. When cissy houston sings amazing grace on her 1997 grammy awardwinning album, face to face, her soulstirring passion leaves no doubt that this is a woman blessed with a beautiful voice and a life story to be shared. Get premium, high resolution news photos at getty images.
Get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music. Cissy left the sweet inspirations that year, choosing a solo career, and releasing presenting cissy houston for the major minor imprint, in 1970, which included her versions of ill be there and be my baby. Sweets for my sweet the sweet inspirations to stream in hifi, or to download in true cd quality on. Cissy houston samples, covers and remixes whosampled. Find the latest tracks, albums, and images from sweet inspirations.
The notable exception has been her mid1970s work with michael zager. We and our partners use cookies on this site to improve our service, perform analytics, personalize advertising, measure advertising performance, and remember website preferences. The sweet inspirations hometown, lineup, biography. Discover top playlists and videos from your favorite artists on shazam. Jan 29, 20 the definitive account of whitney houstons astonishing life, groundbreaking career, and tragic death complete with neverbeforeseen photographs from the only one who truly knows the story behind the headlines. Jan 29, 20 cissy even goes easier on the drugs, when oprah recounts the autopsy report, which cites drowning as the official cause but adds that whitney had heart disease due to years of cocaine use, and. She led a successful career as a backup singer for such artists as elvis presley and aretha franklin, is now primarily a solo artist, and has won a grammy award for her work. Em 1963, prestes a dar a luz a filha whitney houston, ela formou as sweet inspirations com doris troy e a sobrinha dee dee warwick. This includes data values and the controlled vocabularies that house them. In the early 1980s, whitney joined her mother while cissy performed regular club dates in new york. Singer cissy houston said she knows her daughter whitney is.
Whatever the lord decides, im ready for her by etonline staff 8. Jonathan desverney gospel channel 1,420,019 views 7. The sweet inspirations music, videos, stats, and photos. A button that says download on the app store, and if clicked it. Elvis presley is an angel and he is still here with us says his las. Houston continued recording music throughout the 1970s and appeared as a choir singer in the 1978 film, the wiz. With burgeoning solo careers dionne and doris soon left. Cissy houston cissy houston bonus track version digitally remastered 2019.
This was a time of great racial tensions between whites and. Cissy houston was born on september 30, 1933 in newark, new jersey, usa as emily drinkard. After a successful career singing backup for such artists as roy hamilton, dionne warwick, elvis presley and aretha franklin, houston embarked on a solo career, winning two grammy awards for her work. Cissy was the mother of whitney houston and the aunt of singer dionne warwick. Sep 21, 2015 grammywinning gospel great cissy houston, mother of late whitney houston and grandmother of the late bobbi kristina brown, will be honored at a gospelmusic awards show in charlotte, n. Cissy drinkard houston, myrna smith, sylvia shemwell and estelle brown the sweet inspirations were one of the first gospel groups to have an album released on a major record label, which was a live recording released in 1959, of their performance at the newport jazz festival. In the funeral program used to commemorate houston s death, cissy wrote a letter to her late daughter. Over the past few years, cissy s recorded output both with the sweet inspirations and solo has slowly been brought to cd. And so whitney houston walks back in, kisses kashif goodbye and. Elvis has been dead for 37 years and was not popular with the black population. Whitney houston gospel time concert belgium may 2010 by justme. Cissy houston samples, covers and remixes on whosampled.
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