In the music business, backup singers often fade into the background. Few achieve much fame on their own. One who did was Cissy Houston.
After a successful career backing up the likes of Elvis Preslet, Dionne Warick, and Aretha Franklin, Houston struck out on her own — and won two Grammies.
I met Cissy Houston in the spring of 1998, after she’d written her memoir.
So here now, from 1998i, Cissy Houston:
Cissy Houston is now 87 amd still performs. She leads the 200-member Youth Inspirational Choir at the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, New Jersey.