found: African American National Biography, accessed via The Oxford African American Studies Center online database, July 27, 2014:(Houston, Cissy; gospel musician / singer; born 30 September 1933 in Newark, New Jersey, United States; as a five year old she began to sing gospel music as the youngest member of her family's group, The Drinkard Four, at New Hope Baptist Church in Newark; her service as the church's minister of music began in 1953 and continued in to the twenty first century; joined a vocal group that later became known as The Sweet Inspirations (1963-1969); her 1996 gospel album Face to Face won a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album in February 1997, and her next gospel album, 1998's He Leadeth Me won the same award in February 1999)