Cissy Houston won her own Grammys — two — for best traditional soul gospel album. Born Emily Drinkard, she grew up in a family of singers and performed gospel with The Drinkard Singers. Houston, who ...

A montage of some of the musicians who died in 2024. For a more complete list, visit NPR Music's article on musicians we lost this year.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "I'LL BE THERE") CISSY HOUSTON: (Singing ... collaborating on the albums "Off The Wall," "Bad" and one of the biggest sellers of all time. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "THRILLER ...

Some of today’s biggest stars had quite the humble beginnings. From Tyler Perry to Beyoncé to Michael Jordan, several notable ...

Cissy Houston frequently sang with her daughter, including backup on Whitney Houston's successful first album. Jackson was one of the original members of The Jackson Five. The group comprised his ...

Cissy Houston was known as an accomplished gospel ... Albini also pushed sonic boundaries on his own albums. This corrosive and strangely incantatory track from Big Black’s great 1986 LP ...

Cissy Houston frequently sang with her daughter, including backup on Whitney Houston's successful first album. Jackson was one of the original members of The Jackson Five. The group comprised his ...

We remember those we lost in December, including producer Richard Perry, followed by our tributes from the prior months of ...