| Cissy
Houston The
Gospelaires (members Dionne Warwick, Delia Warwick and Cissy
Houston)
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)
Choice 24 - Out Of The
Depths / You Can't Make Me Doubt Him - 1962
Choice 30 - Do You Love Him / Holding The Saviours Hand -
1962
Choice 36 - Joy Unspeakable / Out Of The
Depths - 1962
Susie Houston
Congress 268 - Bring Him
Back / World Of Broken Hearts - 1966
Sissie Houston
Kapp 814 - Don't Come
Running To Me / One Broken Heart For Sale - 1967
The Sweet
Inspirations (members Emily (Cissy) Houston,
Estelle Brown (former member of The Gospel Wonders),
Sylvia Shemwell and Myrna Smith (one time member of The
Gospelaires)) This group sang backing vocals behind
numerous artists including Nina Simone, Garnet Mimms,
Aretha Franklin, Chuck Jackson, Maxine Brown and Dionne Warwick.
Atlantic 2410 - Why (Am I
Treated So Bad) / I Don't Want To Go On Without You
- 1967
Atlantic 2418 - Let It Be Me / When Something Is Wrong
With My Baby - 1967
Atlantic 2436 - I've Been Loving You Too Long / That's
How Strong My Love Is - 1967
Atlantic 2449 - Don't Fight It / Oh What A Fool I've Been
- 1967
Atlantic 2465 - Do Right Woman - Do Right Man /
Reach Out For Me - 1967
Atlantic 2476 - Sweet Inspiration / I'm Blue - 1968
Atlantic 2529 - To Love Somebody / Where Did It Go -
1968
Atlantic 2551 - Unchained Melody / Am I Ever Gonna See My
Baby Again - 1968
Atlantic 2571 - What The World Needs Now Is Love / You
Really Didn't Mean It - 1968
Atlantic 2620 - Crying In The Rain / Every Day Will Be
Like A Holiday - 1969
Atlantic 2638 - Sweets For My Sweet / Get A Little Older
- 1969
Atlantic 2653 - Don't Go / Chained - 1969
Atlantic 2686 - (Gotta Find) A Brand New Lover (Part 1) /
(Gotta Find) A Brand New Lover (Part 2) - 1969 (after
this release Cissy Houston leaves group to start solo
career, she was temporarily replaced by Ann Williams)
Cissy Houston
(born Emily Drinkard in 1933 in Newark, New Jersey)
Commonwealth United 3010 -
I'll Be There / So I Believe - 1970
Janus 131 - I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself /
This Empty Place - 1970
Janus 145 - Be My Baby / I'll Be There - 1971
Janus 159 - Hang On To A Dream / Darling Take Me Back -
1971
Janus 177 - I Love You* / Making Love - 1971 *Written By
Ed Townsend.
Janus 190 - Didn't We / It's Not Easy - 1972
Janus 206 - Midnight Train To Georgia* / Will You Still
Love Me Tomorrow - 1972 *Song Was Originally Titled
"Midnight Plane To Houston".
Janus 230 - I'm So Glad I Can Love Again / The Only
Time You Say You Love Me (Is When We're Making Love)* -
1973 Janus 255 - He - I Believe / Nothing Can Stop Me* -
1975 *Written By Tony Hestor.
Herbie Mann &
Cissy Houston / Herbie Mann
Atlantic 3343 - Cajun Moon
/ So Get It While You Can* - 1976 *Flip By
Herbie Mann.
Cissy Houston
Private Stock 45,137 -
Love Is Something That Leads You / It Never Really Ended
- 1977
Private Stock 45,137 - Love Is Something That Leads You /
If I Ever Lose This Heaven - 1977
Private Stock 45,153 - Tomorrow / Love Is Holding On -
1977
Private Stock 45,171 - Things To Do / It Never Really
Ended - 1977
Private Stock 45,204 - Think It Over / The Umbrella Song
- 1978
Columbia 11058 - Warning - Danger (This Love Affair May
Be Hazardous To You) / An Umbrella Song - 1979
Columbia 11208 - Break It To Me Gently / Gonna Take The
Easy Way Out - 1980
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