Whitney Houston's Mom Cissy: 'I'm Angry She Died Alone' In 1963, she formed a group called the Sweet Inspirations with Dee Dee Warwick, her niece. Within a few years, the band was providing back ...

Cissy Houston died Monday morning in her New ... music in the 1960s as a member of the prominent backing group The Sweet Inspirations with Doris Troy and her niece Dee Dee Warwick.

The Sweet Inspirations appeared on Van Morrison ... Loss and The Night The Music Stopped.” In 1938, Cissy Houston started her career when she joined her sister Anne and brothers Larry and ...