Cissy Houston

Singer With a career spanning nearly 75 years, Cissy Houston is one of the music industry’s most treasured voices. The gospel/soul singer has won two Grammys, recorded countless albums and sang backup for everyone from Elvis Presley to Aretha Franklin. The mother of the legendary Whitney Houston, she recently announced plans of releasing a memoir about the late singer, which will be published by HaperCollins and released February 2013. Houston also performed a tribute to her iconic daughter at the 2012 BET Awards.
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The Houstons

After the death of Whitney Houston, Houston’s daughter, Bobbi Kristina, and her mother, Cissy, were embroiled in a public battle over a tell-all book written by Cissy about her late daughter. The two also butted heads over Cissy’s attempt to alter...

Pat Houston Facebook Post Sparks Suicide Scare

Whitney Houston's sis-in-law says 911 call was a misunderstanding.

Her Love

Even through their troubles, the bond between Whitney Houston and her family, from her mother, Cissy, to her daughter, Bobbi Kristina, was strong enough you could feel it through the television screen. (Photo: Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images)

Cissy Houston on learning that Bobby Brown abused her daughter, Whitney Houston: 

"I didn't know he had spit on her. [If I’d have known that] I would have hurt him." (Photo: Peter Kramer/NBC/NBC NewsWire)

"Papillion (AKA Hot Butterfly)"

This popular R&B classic is from Chaka’s album Naughty. The feel-good soul groove featured background vocals from Whitney Houston, Luther Vandross and Cissy Houston. (Photo: Warner Brothers Music)

Cissy Houston and Bobbi Kristina Resolve Estate Issues

Whitney Houston’s mom and daughter settle inheritance dispute.
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