SINGER

Cissy Houston

1933 - 2024

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Emily Drinkard (September 30, 1933 – October 7, 2024), known professionally as Cissy Houston, was an American soul and gospel singer. Born in Newark, New Jersey, Houston began singing with three of her siblings in the family gospel group, The Drinkard Singers. By the early 1960s, Houston began a career as a session vocalist for several secular musicians in the rhythm and blues, soul, rock and roll, pop and rock genres. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cissy Houston has received more than 5,279,325 page views. Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Cissy Houston is the 385th most popular singer (up from 418th in 2019), the 2,174th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,560th in 2019) and the 119th most popular American Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Cissy Houston ranks 385 out of 4,381. Before her are Pérez Prado, Jackie Jackson, Gazebo, Seal, Ahmet Kaya, and Jessye Norman. After her are Senesino, Denny Doherty, Malcolm McLaren, Jisoo, Selena Gomez, and Brenda Lee.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Cissy Houston ranks 119. Before her are Philippe de Broca, Otto Barić, Maurice André, Katharine, Duchess of Kent, Michel Hidalgo, and Wayne Shorter. After her are Viktor Patsayev, Marcos Alonso, Princess Marie Louise of Bulgaria, Américo Lopes, Peter Mansfield, and Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov. Among people deceased in 2024, Cissy Houston ranks 112. Before her are Christian Oliver, Fumihiko Maki, Toby Keith, Fredric Jameson, Saleh al-Arouri, and Sérgio Mendes. After her are Aleksandr Medved, Yuriko, Princess Mikasa, Gustavo Gutiérrez, Shannen Doherty, Jan Assmann, and Philippe de Gaulle.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Cissy Houston ranks 2,174 out of 20,380. Before her are Edgar Snow (1905), Alfred Vail (1807), Stefanie Powers (1942), Sofia Coppola (1971), Jack Warden (1920), and Charles Curtis (1860). After her are George Phillips Bond (1825), Fess Parker (1924), Tobe Hooper (1943), William Carlos Williams (1883), Ron Johnson (1955), and Peter Diamond (1940).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Cissy Houston ranks 119. Before her are Toby Keith (1961), Steve Perry (1949), Ricky Nelson (1940), Bill Withers (1938), Jackie Jackson (1951), and Jessye Norman (1945). After her are Selena Gomez (1992), Brenda Lee (1944), Carly Simon (1945), Chris Brown (1989), Eazy-E (1964), and Kanye West (1977).

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