How Sweet the Sound

by Cissy Houston, Jonathan Singer (Contributor), Whitney Houston (Forward)

Cissy Houston is a Grammy-winning gospel singer and the proud mother of pop-music sensation Whitney Houston. She has starred in Off-Broadway shows and shared the screen with her daughter. But Cissy's life is really about finding meaning, direction, and love; it is about being a woman of high moral principles and integrity in a world where both seem to be lacking; it is about being a wife, a mother, and a sister in the tug-of-war between family and a career that took her all around the world.
Born Cissy Drinkard in a tough Newark, New Jersey, neighborhood in 1933, she was the youngest of eight children. With her father's talent and love of four-part gospel, she started singing at a young age and never stopped, no matter what happened in her life.

282 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1998

About the author

Emily Drinkard, known professionally as Cissy Houston, was an American soul and gospel singer. Houston was a founding member of the R&B group The Sweet Inspirations, and sang backup for artists such as Roy Hamilton, Dionne Warwick, Elvis Presley, Aretha Franklin, and Chaka Khan. Houston embarked on a solo career in 1970, and won two Grammy Awards in the Traditional Gospel Album category.

Reviews

[Deborah Singer stuart · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing book! Loved it! Jonathan Singer is a phenomenal writer.

[Shannan Harper · Rating 5 out of 5]

In this book, you learn more about Mrs. Houston's family and how they became one of the world's greatest gospel groups.