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	Cissy Houston - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cissy Houston (born Emily Drinkard on September 30, 1933) is a gospel and soul singer.
		She led a successful career as a backup singer for such artists as Elvis Presley, Mahalia Jackson, and Aretha Franklin, and is now primarily a solo artist.
		Born in Newark, New Jersey, Houston was the youngest of eight children of parents Nitch and Delia Drinkard.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cissy_Houston (469 words)

	Drinkard Singers: Reviews, Discography, Audio Clips, and more \|\|\| Music.com
		Like many singers who started with gospel, she moved to soul in the '60s, releasing a string of non-hit singles for the Ember and Scepter labels that are esteemed by British Northern soul fans today; she also sang backup vocals for soul singers like Wilson Pickett and Solomon Burke.
		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 family's gospel group, the Drinkards.
		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 backup vocals on numerous soul, pop, and rock sessions.
	www.music.com /group/drinkard_singers/1 (420 words)

	Drinkard Singers - Free Music Downloads, Videos, Lyrics, CDs, MP3s, Bio, Merchandise and Links
		Emily Drinkard, later known as Cissy Houston, was only five years old when she joined her sister, Anne, and brothers, Nicholas and Larry, in a family gospel group, the Drinkard Four.
		The driving inspiration behind the Drinkard Singers was the four original singer's father, Nitch Drinkard, a Newark factory worker, who with their mother, Delia, raised eight children.
		Although she formed a new group, the Drinkard Ensemble, in the late-1950s, and served as an inspiration for Alex Bradford's play, Your Arm's Too Short To Box With God, Anne Drinkard shifted her focus from the concert stage and recording studio to a ministry of music.
	www.artistdirect.com /nad/music/artist/bio/0,,566926,00.html (443 words)

	CNN - Books: Reviews -"How Sweet The Sound" - May 29, 1998
		More than that, though, "How Sweet The Sound" is a testimony of Cissy Houston's abiding and unshakable Christian faith, a faith which sustained her when she was growing up in poverty in Newark and guided her through the minefields of the music business.
		It is also very much the story of how she has integrated her faith into all aspects of her life, including being a mother to three children.
		But she increasingly fears that the quest for success is forcing her to spend too much time away from her children and her church.
	www.cnn.com /books/reviews/9805/29/how.sweet.the.sound.cnn/index.html (524 words)

	Dee Dee Warwick - Biography - AOL Music
		They formed the Gospelaires, who sometimes sang with the Drinkard Singers, a long-running gospel outfit that their mother Lee had helped found, and that also featured their aunt, Cissy Houston.
		Along with Dionne, Cissy, Doris Troy, and the Sweet Inspirations, she was one of New York's most in-demand session vocalists during the era, contributing to numerous pop/soul records by the likes of the Drifters, Chuck Jackson, Garnet Mimms, Aretha Franklin, Nina Simone, and Wilson Pickett.
		During her early career, Dee Dee was content to make a comfortable living as a backup singer.
	music.aol.com /artist/dee-dee-warwick/25028/biography (561 words)

	The Sweet Inspirations - Biography - AOL Music
		The group evolved from the '50s gospel group the Drinkard Singers.
		At various points soul singers Doris Troy, Judy Clay, Dionne Warwick, and sister Dee Dee Warwick were members.
		By the time they began to record on their own in 1967, their leader was Cissy Houston (mother of Whitney), and the women were renamed the Sweet Inspirations.
	music.aol.com /artist/the-sweet-inspirations/25126/biography (289 words)

	JUDY CLAY
		A talented journeywoman soul singer, Judy Clay (born on September 12, 1938) joined the Drinkard Singers gospel group (which also included Cissy Houston) in the late '50s.
		Like many singers who started with gospel, she moved to soul in the '60s, releasing a string of non-hit singles for the Ember, Lavette, Scepter and Atlantic labels which are esteemed by British "Northern Soul" fans today; she also sang backup vocals for soul singers like Wilson Pickett and Solomon Burke.
		The Drinkard Singers released three albums in the 1950s which featured Judy - the Newport Spiritual Stars record in 1954, a live album from the Newport jazz festival and a 1958 studio LP.
	staxrecords.free.fr /judyclay.htm (2685 words)

	www.classicwhitney.com - Interview: Cissy Houston, People Weekly August 1998
		By that time, she was performing with her sister Anne and brothers Nicky and Larry as the Drinkard Singers.
		By the time she was 23, Houston, then pregnant with Gary (and separated from her first husband after two years of marriage), was working at the RCA factory in Harrison, N.J., while gigging with the Drinkard Singers alongside such gospel greats as Mahalia Jackson and Clara Ward.
		In 1963 she and three other singers formed a backup group that became known as the Sweet Inspirations and performed around the country with various headliners.
	www.classicwhitney.com /interview/peopleweekly_cissyhouston_aug1998.htm (1131 words)

	The Dead Rock Stars Club 2003 January To June
		Natalya Medvedeva - Died 2-3-2003 in Moscow, Russia - Possible heart attack (Poet - Singer - Writer) Born 6-14-1958 in Leningrad, Russia - She was also a model posing for Playboy magazine and the cover of The Cars debut album - She was married to The National Bolshevik party leader Eduard Limonov.
		Bernice Turner Pratcher - Died 2-26-2003 - Breast cancer (Blues) Born 1955 - Drummer and singer - She was a member and the manager of The Rising Star Fife And Drum Corps - Daughter of Otha Turner.
		Sandyl Cordell (aka Dorothy Dell) - Died 5-18-2003 (Entertainer) Born in Dallas, TX, U.S. - Singer and pianist - She was a USO performer for the troops and was a singer for several commercial cruise ship lines - Worked with Carol Channing.
	www.itsnet.com /doc-rock/2003.html (13732 words)

	Home > Hagatna, Guam, GU, 96910, Hagatna Real Estate, Hagatna Yellow Pages, Hagatna Classifieds, Hagatna News, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		"The Drinkard Singers" was a notable gospel family group whose members included Lee Drinkard and Cissy Houston among other relatives.
		Lee Drinkard was the mother of soul singers Dionne Warwick and Dee Dee Warwick while Cissy was the mother of pop/soul singer Whitney Houston.
		Cissy eventually left the Drinkard Singers to form The Sweet Inspirations, who would sing background for the Warwick sisters, Aretha Franklin and Elvis Presley.
	hagatna.guamus.com /topic/The_Drinkard_Singers (271 words)

	GospelFlava.com - Articles - Gospel Story - Anne Drinkard-Moss
		When Anne was only 11, she, Cissy, and two brothers, Nick and Larry, sang gospel professionally as the Drinkard Four.
		The group expanded to become The Drinkard Singers; they were the first gospel group to sing with Mahalia Jackson at the National Baptist Convention, the first to sing at the Newport Jazz Festival, and the first to be recorded by RCA.
		While she was still in high school, Moss met Felix Moss; they married in 1944 and had three children, Kenneth, Gregory and Felicia, a powerful singer in her own right.
	www.gospelflava.com /articles/gospelstory-anndrinkardmoss.html (1071 words)

	Lee Warrick, mother of Dionne and Dee Dee Warwick, dies Jet - Find Articles
		Lee Drinkard Warrick, mother of famed singers Dionne and Dee Dee Warwick, recently died of heart failure in Las Vegas.
		Born in Blakley, GA, Warrick was a member and manager of her family's gospel group, the world-renowned Drinkard Singers, the first gospel group signed to RCA, and the first gospel group to perform at the Newport Jazz Festival in the late 1950s.
		Warrick is survived by sister, Marie Drinkard Epps and brother, Larry Drinkard; grandsons, David and Damon Elliott and Barry Warrick, niece, Whitney Houston, and a host of other relatives.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1355/is_6_108/ai_n15688788 (289 words)

	Dionne Warwick
		Pop and soul singer Dionne Warwick began collaborating with the composer Burt Bacharach in 1962.
		Warwick continued to sing solo as well as with other artists during her four decades as an entertainer.
		Later she was a backup singer for many recording stars of the 1960s, among them Dinah Washington.
	www.scc.rutgers.edu /njwomenshistory/Period_6/warwick.htm (103 words)

	DEE DEE WARWICK LINER NOTES
		Her mother Lee was a founding member of the acclaimed Drinkard Singers, whose line-up included her aunt Emily (Cissy) Houston.
		The Drinkards sang regularly at New Hope Baptist Church in nearby Newark and Dee Dee was encouraged to sing.
		It was during a 1959 visit to the famed Apollo Theater in Harlem where The Drinkard Singers were appearing that the two Warwick sisters got their 'break' into show business.
	www.davidnathan.com /DeeDeeNotes.htm (1544 words)

	Joyous Shout! Home Page: Jeffrey Andrew Caddick: People
		Born in 1940 in St. Louis, Bass is the daughter of Martha Bass, one of the singers from the renowned gospel act the Clara Ward Singers who herself went on to become a major gospel star.
		Quite the contrary is true however, and Houston's career began in her family's gospel group The Drinkard Singers which included Judy Clay (known for soul waxings of her own and duets with William Bell), and Lee Warwick (Cissy's sister and mother of Dionne and Dee Dee, Cissy's nieces).
		The Drinkards big moment came with an opening slot at Carnegie Hall for gospel legend Mahalia Jackson and in 1958 recorded for the RCA label a live recording "Joyful Noise", the first gospel recording ever made for a major label.
	www.joyousshout.com /jacpeople.html (3487 words)

	SoulfulDetroit.com FORUM
		singers that switched to randb, and vise versa.
		Johnnie Taylor came from the Soul Stirrers while Lou Rawls was a former Pilgrim Traveler.
		Cissy Houston started with her family Gospel group the Drinkard Singers (she performed under her real name Emily Drinkard).
	www.soulfuldetroit.com /archives/3190/2707.html?1048058005 (246 words)

	Dionne Warwick - Dionne's Biography
		Occasionally she sang as a soloist and fill-in voice for the renowned Drinkard Singers, a group comprised of her mother Lee along with her aunts and uncles.
		It was while visiting the Drinkard Singers at the famed Apollo Theater in Harlem that Dionne was asked to sing backup during a session for saxophonist Sam "The Man" Taylor.
		In February 1998, The Apollo Theater paid tribute to Dionne in a special event highlighting her constant support for the venue and her work as a music trailblazer.
	www.dionnewarwick.info /biog.html (1696 words)

	Cissy Houston Photos - Cissy Houston News - Cissy Houston Information
		Member of the gospel group The Drinkard Singers.
		Lead singer of The Sweet Inspirations from 1967-1970.
		Soon-to-be-traded Yankees pitcher David Wells sits in the audience; the first of tonight's two Top Ten Lists is interrupted by a claymation segment with Dave and Santa; Cissy Houston and Roberta Flack join Darlene Love and Bette Sussman for their annual presentation of "Christmas (Baby, Please...
	www.tv.com /cissy-houston/person/148692/summary.html (136 words)

	SWEET INSPIRATIONS LINER NOTES
		The specific origins of the group have never been fully documented but there’s no question that all four original members had their roots firmly in gospel as members of either The Drinkard Singers or The Gospelaires.
		Key to the creation of the recording group later known as The Sweet Inspirations was Emily "Cissy" Houston, mother of Whitney, and sister of Lee Warrick (herself the mother of well-known sisters Dionne and Dee Dee).
		In 1968, they’d begun working with the legendary Elvis Presley as both background singers and his warm-up act, as well as doing occasional ‘live’ dates with Aretha Franklin (and continuing to record behind her from time to time).
	www.davidnathan.com /SweetInspsNotes.htm (1556 words)

	dionne warwick1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Her professional performances began when she occasionally sang with the Drinkard Singers, a group of family members, managed by her mother.
		In 1960, Dionne decided to move to New York to seek a career as a professional singer.
		She enrolled at Hartt College of Music, and found herself a part time job as a back up singer for the pop/ RandB group the Drifters.
	www.louisville.edu /~jcpick01/dionnewarwick1.html (250 words)

	Sweet Inspirations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		That session produced the first two singles released by Atlantic, a version of "Why (Am I Treated So Bad)," a song previously recorded by The Staple Singers and a soulful version of "Let It Be Me", a French song which had been a pop and RandB hit for Betty Everett and Jerry Butler in 1964.
		It was released in 1968 under the name "Cissy Drinkard and The Sweet Inspirations."
		The late April session yielded a version of The Bee Gees’ "To Love Somebody", which became the group’s fourth RandB chart hit, and a version of The Righteous Brothers' "Unchained Melody," which surprisingly gave the group a charted, though minor hit.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sweet_Inspirations (821 words)

	Westminster College Weekly (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Cissy Houston, mother of pop singer Whitney Houston, began her career in a family gospel group, the Drinkard Singers, which also featured her nieces, Dee Dee and Dionne Warwick.
		The trio was later employed as back-up singers for Wilson Pickett, Aretha Franklin and Elvis Presley.
		Her career continued as lead singer with the “Sweet Inspirations” and then as a solo performer with hits such as “I’ll Be There,” “Think It Over,” and “Be My Baby.”
	www.westminster.edu /News/weekly/02-03-year/0129e.html (1728 words)

	Liner Notes for the Sweet Inspirations' "The Sweet Inspirations"
		Elvis and Aretha were by no means the only stars to benefit from the Sweet Inspirations' harmonies; the group sang on so many records by the likes of Presley, Franklin, Dusty Springfield, and others that it will likely never be known exactly how many records were graced by their presence.
		With a lineup including both Cissy and fellow future soul singer Judy Clay, the Drinkards recorded a live gospel album in the late 1950s at the Newport Jazz Festival.
		As Houston observed in her autobiography, "It was a slow, languid blues written by gospel singer Roebuck Staples, of the Staples.
	www.richieunterberger.com /sweetinsp.html (1287 words)

	Dionne Warwick Biography : Oldies.com
		One of the truly sophisticated voices over the past three decades of soul influenced pop, Warwick first sang in Newark's New Hope Baptist Church choir.
		She played piano with the Drinkard Singers, a gospel group her mother managed, and studied at Connecticut's Hart School of Music.
		Increasingly employed as backing singers, the trio's voices appeared on records by the Drifters and Garnet Mimms.
	www.oldies.com /artist-biography/Dionne-Warwick.html (458 words)

	Dionne Warwick
		In 1960, while studying at Hartt College of Music, Dionne, her sister Dee Dee, Myrna Utley, and Carol Slade did background sessions at recording studios in New York.
		This fortunate meeting marked the ascension to stardom for both singer and songwriter.
		Additional recognition came when she was named Top Selling Female Vocalist of the Year by NARM and named Top RandB Singer of 1964 by Music Trade Magazine.
	www.worldentertainment.net /ArtistBio/DionnwW/DionneW.htm (1402 words)

	African-American Gospel Music (lesson-plan)
		A few of the many famous gospel singers during that time were Aretha Franklin, the Staple Singers, Mahalia Jackson, James Cleveland, the Soul Stirrers (featuring Sam Cooke), and the Drinkard Singers (featuring Dionne Warwick).
		Have students bring in names and recorded examples of gospel music and gospel artists (both fl and white).
		Ask them which instrument is playing the melody and which is playing the harmony.
	www.teachervision.fen.com /music-styles/lesson-plan/8289.html (545 words)

	chouston
		The Drinkard Singers (members Lee Drinkard (who is Dionne and Dee Dee Warwick's mother) and her sister Emily Drinkard (aka Cissy Houston -- Whitney Houston's mother) and later Judy Clay (who was "adopted" by Lee Drinkard, Ann Moss, Marie Epps, Nicholas Drinkard and Larry Drinkard)
		The Drinkard Singers (members Emily Drinkard,, Judy Clay, Marie Epps, Ann Moss, Sylvia Shemwell and Nicholas Drinkard)
		Cissy Houston (born Emily Drinkard in 1933 in Newark, New Jersey)
	www.soulfulkindamusic.net /chouston.htm (936 words)

	Managra Music - Cissy Houston - Biography
		Born into the world of traditional gospel, she founded her performing career along with nieces Dionne and Dee Dee Warwick in her family's group, The Drinkard Singers.
		Greater success came to her in the secular realm of pop, and perhaps her greatest renown as the mother of a diva daughter.
		Backed by a hand-picked choir and an all-star band (The Late Show's Will Lee, SNL's Leon Pendarvis on Organ, percussion ace Steve Jordan and guitarist extraordinaire Jimmy Vivino), Cissy has created a work of spiritual splendor that takes the music's power beyond the chapel doors.
	www.managramusic.com /artists/chouston/bio.html (194 words)

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