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- Drinkard, Emily
Identifies LC/NAF RWO
Identifies RWO
Birth Date
- 1933-09-30
Death Date
- 2024-10-07
Birth Place
Has Affiliation
- Organization: Sweet Inspirations (Musical group)
Has Affiliation
- Organization: New Hope Baptist Church (Newark, N.J.)
Occupation
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Sources
- found: Data from Cinema Guild for Cissy Houston, sweet inspiration [MP] 1988(Cissy Houston; singer)
- found: Int. ww in mus., v. 2, pop. mus., 1st ed.(Houston, Cissy (Emily Drinkard); born 1933, Newark, N.J.; singer)
- 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)
- found: Wikipedia website, viewed October 8, 2024:Cissy Houston page (died October 7, 2024 (age 91) in New Jersey) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cissy_Houston
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Change Notes
- 1990-02-26: new
- 2024-10-09: revised
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