Emily "Cissy" Houston (oruko idile Drinkard; ojoibi September 30, 1933) je akorin soul ati gospel ara Amerika. Houston gba Ebun Grammy ni emeji fun awon orin re. Houston ni mama akorin Whitney Houston, iya-iya fun Bobbi Kristina Brown, aunti fun awon akorin Dionne ati Dee Dee Warwick, ati ibatan akorin opera Leontyne Price. On this Day in Black Music History – September 30 – By Jay Warner The Famous, the Familiar and the Forgotten – Emily "Cissy" Houston: Soul, Disco & Gospel Singer – By Guy G. Sterling McNeil, W. K., ed. (2010). Encyclopedia of American Gospel Music. Routledge / Taylor & Francis. p. 190. ISBN 978-0-415-94179-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=beGNAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA190&dq=%22cissy+houston%22+born&hl=en&sa=X&ei=tDsTVcvfEoqlNoCrgpAN&ved=0CCMQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22cissy%20houston%22%20born&f=false.