Nadzl118 Wilson yes, this was the beginning of Whitney Houston, we have to give honor to where it is do... Miss. Cissy Houston !!! Missing your daughter Whitney
She has a beautiful voice. She is humble enough to hang tight with background singer but could have had a soloist career of her own. Her high note in Aretha Franklin's *Ain't No Way* is legend!
Humble? Background singing takes skill and expertise; maybe more skill than lead considering how a background singer has to embody the vocals of the lead they support. There really ain't nothing humble about it.
She literally left her group to try to become a solo artist, but nobody bought her album and that was that, until her daughter became what she did, then Cissy started getting noticed.
She actually left her group to go back to her family who were having troubles at the time . She couldve stayed with Elvis but knew where her loyalties lay
Over sang or not, she's amazing! Whitney came from her mother, voice and all! Cissy Houston is a legendary singer, background singer, and teacher of music!
elaine Nelson Amen💜 Respect for a women who tried to do her best for her children. Women get slammed all to often for doing what we gotta do to put food & shelter in our family lives.💜
elaine Nelson it wasn’t even over sang at all she barely was even people fail to realize when you have a gift from god you barely have to try it’s just there prime example Whitney and her mom stop playing games people y’all are clearly overthinking and oblivious to true talent 🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️
One of the purest best voices ever!! if i am alive, i will come back after 40 years to this same comment and this same spot and enjoy this classic. Hope you all meet me here at that time. ❤❤😊
This song is a love song from Cissy to her kids if you listen to the lyrics. She was always on the road as a young mother in the 60's and 70's, leaving them behind to stay with extended family.
This song is actually from the place she was doing at the time, on Broadway, called off Broadway, if I'm not mistaking (meaning the name, of the play that she was doing, not about this being about her kids I know it wasn't, however she did write in her memoir, that she remembered doing this song, and it will make her cry, thinking about her ex-husband, John Houston leaving her, over am afair that she actually had), however she did, take one of the songs, that she took, from dreamgirls on Broadway, and changed the lyrics around, to match what she wanted to say, and that was called "When I First Saw You, I Said Oh My(That's My Dream)", which was dedicated to her kids, and the reason why she recorded it, on her "Think It Over" album, or her "Your Song" album, is definitely on one of the two but I know it wasn't on her "Be My Baby" album (which was a absolutely just beautiful album, and my favorite, Cissy Houston album), & I know it wasn't on her very successful, "Tomorrow" Album, which is when she took Whitney and Gary, and put them in her act, as background singers, with Luther Vandross
She only worked with Elvis for 2 years before she opted to return to her family . If , for example , she was called in to do back up.she usually took Whitney with her . Whitney and Lisa Marie became good friends . But when her vocals were completed Cissy headed off back home
Cissy may have been a back up singers for others but she could hold her own with any of the singers with class, grace & realness anydaywith any of the singers, especially her daughter. Amazing singer❤️
If there's only one Whitney, Cissy is also one of a kind that has no duplicate. If Whitney is "The Voice" and considered as one of the GREATEST SINGERS OF ALL TIME, Cissy also has her unique pipes that no one can defeat. For me, Cissy is one of the GREATEST GOSPEL SINGER OF ALL TIME. Though, I'm also thinkin' that she's underrated.
The whole family can sang, Dionne & Dee Dee, Whitney, Cissy & her siblings. You can hear the influence she has had on Whitney, voices sounds so similar 🥰
The way she hit the middle of the song with that gospel rock-soul break down, she made that band work!! Many of her remakes do this(Yesturday, Tomorrrow), and it's so effective, and just lets her fly into those vocal slayings.
I've never seen Ms. Cissy sing on her own before now. I can totally hear where Whitney got her style. All the little runs and inflections that Cissy must have passed down to her directly or indirectly. Kinda like how we pass down recipes. This warmed my heart today. :)
I saw this when it originally aired, and have searched RU-vid for it since. Finally! One of the coolest musical events in TV history. Thank you so much for posting.
I cannot express my gratitude. You guys in The States have so many talented people . May Jehovah bless that nation. All your singers make me feel so good inside . I have no English words to describe my feelings . By the way I don't speak English at all. So I don't know whether you understand me or not.
This song was recorded by first by Elvis Presley and I think this is a really awesome 😎 rendtioy I can't begin to get realize how incredibly talented Cissy is especially with arrangements. I adore her and my heart goes out to her...Cissy we love you 💕
Cissy Houston, one of my ultimate muses. One of the greatest sounds ever as a vocalist. Luther Vandross, one of my favorite peps, provided the greatest background singers in music history. Ms. Houston was one of the sirens👍👍👍👍💕💕🎶🎶❤❤❤❤👌👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Thank you for putting this up, I'm currently 51 years old and I grew up with the Late Night World crew, man Paul was killing those keys. I couldn't believe this was in 1986, Late Night tv is not the same, man; it just seems that from the 70's to the late 80's, NBA,Rap, Boxing, Pop, Soul and even country, hell, everything was just better quality.
Thank you for posting this video~! I watched this program when it was originally aired on the Letterman show and was thrilled and never forgot it.. I was excited that Letterman invited her back. He was clearly overwhelmed by Cissy's performance. Paul Shaffer is just a maestro. He just knows!
Whitney Definitely Gets Her Head Voice From Cissy Is You Don't Think So Listen To Aretha's Ain't No Way That's Cissy's Head Voice And Whitney And Cissy On The Merv Griffin Show
That's not true at all. Just because you are older doesn't mean you know what you're talking about. Cissy was well before my time and many others and we still enjoy this performance. You wouldn't like if we said you probably need a hearing aid just to hear this performance and glasses thicker than a brick to see it.
Cissy sounds like Dee Dee so much. The way she twists the song around and moves it around slowing it down here and there and stretches out the notes and phrasing is the way she taught Whitney so very well.
No wonder why she’s being sought by the likes of Elvis Presley, Aretha Franklin, Roberta Flack, Luther Vandross, and Bette Midler to sing on their records, Ms Cissy Houston has the vocal chops to sing any genre.
funny the creators...yes she's JUST THAT...one of the creators, n taught her daughter. the imitators get all kinds of praise, but remember someone has to show them HOW it done. ms.c h is the REAL McCoy....lot's of ppl wish they COULD SING half as good as this lady, n other sit n JUDGE, bc they jealous
Dave is fascinated with Cissy as one can tell. This was bit late in her stellar career looking a bit sexier than she normally dressed but sounding stellar nonetheless. Jesus, nobody comes close when she hits climax of a song, Shaeffer feeing it on the keyboards as everyone in the studio realized this was a one of a kind vocalist in front of them. Damn. nothing topped that.
So many great singers would’ve made it so much farther had they had a few vocal lessons to help control their big beautiful voices. (Hell, myself included) Cissy was great, she had an amazingly operatic voice.
Cissy was so charming her speaking voice was very charming and warm and sexy wow ! Just like Whitney’s 🔥🎤but here was darker then nippys due to being older and out of her prime
