Cissy Houston

Cissy Houston represents, for me, the moral center of American popular music. Long before the world knew her surname through her daughter, she was the invisible architecture behind countless hits, a session voice so dependable that stars built entire records on it. What moves me is that she never traded her gospel foundation for fame; she kept returning to the church choir decade after decade, as if to remind everyone where the power actually came from. Her life held staggering triumph and unbearable loss, and she met both with the same steadfast faith. Singers like her are the soil; the stars merely bloom from it.

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Name (English)

Cissy Houston

Name (Japanese)

シシー・ヒューストン

Reading

ししー・ひゅーすとん

Born

September 30, 1933 – October 7, 2024

Origin

Newark, New Jersey, United States

Occupation

singer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Rooster

High school

Malcolm X Shabazz High School

Awards & achievements

• 2019 New Jersey Hall of Fame

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cissy%20Houston
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q465702

Tags

• New Jersey
• singer

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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