Sissy Houston ( Cissy Houston ; real name - Emily Drencard , born Emily Drinkard ; born September 30, 1933 , Newark ) is an American pop singer of the 1960s, winner of two Grammy Awards .
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| Full name | Emily Drinkard |
| Date of Birth | September 30, 1933 (85 years old) |
| Place of Birth | Newark , New Jersey , USA |
| A country |  USA |
| Professions | singer , songwriter |
| Years of activity | 1956 - to this day |
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| Genres | Soul , Christian , Disco |
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Sissy Houston is the mother of Whitney Houston , Aunt Dee Dee Warwick and Dionne Warwick .
Biography
Sissy Houston was born into a large family. She was the youngest of eight children in the family of Nicholas Drencard and Delia May McCaskill. [1] Sissy Houston, mother of singer Whitney Houston (born September 30, 1933) is a gospel singer. Grammy Award winner has made a very successful career as backing singer for Elvis Presley. In 1963, after the birth of her daughter Whitney, she created the Sweet Inspirations quartet together with Sylvia Shemwell, Estelle Brown and Peaceful Smith. In the 60s, they successfully performed with Redding, The Drifters, Dusty Springfield, Jimmy Hendrix and Van Morrison. Elvis invited the quartet to sing during concerts in Las Vegas. After these shows, Houston said: “We“ jammed ”with him for an hour or gospel. He really loved it, felt this music well and was flattered to have the support of four“ church sisters. ”In recognition of his gratitude, Elvis presented Sissy Houston bracelet with an engraved name on the outside, her pet nickname Squirelly engraved inside. Despite the steady success of Sweet Inspirations, Sissy longed to feel at home.Unfortunately Mirna Smith died of kidney failure at the age of 69. Mirna yla member of the Sweet Inspirations, best known for his work with Aretha Franklin and Elvis Presley.
Interview with Mirna Smith "- You were closer to Elvis because you were married to Jerry Schilling, a friend of Elvis. - I was married to Jerry from 1982 to 1987, and we are still friends. We started dating in 1973, so I I had the opportunity to spend much more time with Elvis than the others. I flew on his plane, spent time in Graceland and usually stayed on the same floor in hotels during the tour. In California I could stay at Elvis’s house on Monovale. - When Elvis invited you to work with him? - Our agent called us and said that Elvis wanted us to sing with him.We weren’t amazed when we were sent (as it seemed) 200 albums of songs - to learn how to study, since we were not at all familiar with Elvis material.This was 1969, when Elvis recorded film soundtracks and old songs like "Teddy Bear" and "Love me Tender" - just not the type of music we listened to. "