She taught Whitney well because you can hear the riffs that Whitney would do the high notes
@rebeccajones97605 жыл бұрын
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
@legendarysingerfan51995 жыл бұрын
@@rebeccajones9760 when she was younger she was just as good as whitney!
@macdavidson94492 жыл бұрын
I’ve. Never noticed before now. Whit is my favorite vocalist of all Time. Never cared for cissys voice. But I hear the influence here
@deborahfinney-greene4968 Жыл бұрын
That's exactly what I was thinking. I can hear Whitney in her voice.
@reckontonottobemoved Жыл бұрын
@@rebeccajones9760 honour is GOD,BUT SHE DIDN'T GOVE GOD HER LIFE
@BUBBASHAWN5 жыл бұрын
The apple never falls far from the tree. Whitney Houston definitely took excellent notes, from her mother. Powerful Ms.Cissy...
@46foryounger4 жыл бұрын
Her mom has incredible vocal technique and there is no doubt she learned that from her mom
@susanpfeiffer67838 ай бұрын
Sounds like Whitney and dionne❤
@AndySaenz2 жыл бұрын
Cissy is a legend in her own right! She’s got an amazing voice!
@swicheroo16 жыл бұрын
When she hits those operatic high notes, it makes me recall Sarah Vaughn.
@kennywesley6 жыл бұрын
i have always thought the same thing!!!!! hahaha
@shviewjames1264 жыл бұрын
Yep, and Sarah’s from Newark too. Speaking of operatic she is related to Opera Diva Leontyne Price! The Voice is strong in that family.
@JeremyJKing4 жыл бұрын
Sarah and Dionne were good friends. They called her Aunt Sass
@Handle2point0 Жыл бұрын
I think Cissy and Sarah went to school together.
@scottscott3154 Жыл бұрын
Houston family has the most talented singers in the world. There is no way you can deny that
@linedanzer43022 жыл бұрын
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!
@maxipazz82142 жыл бұрын
I will have to listen now! I am in Australia and we love her here
@septemberjanuary46362 жыл бұрын
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.
@KeizerHedorah2 жыл бұрын
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.
@mariahenderson942511 ай бұрын
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
@elainenelson6586 жыл бұрын
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!
@music2soothmysoul5 жыл бұрын
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.💜
@janeclarke78935 жыл бұрын
Wat can u expect she sang with tge king mr elvis presley
@music2soothmysoul5 жыл бұрын
Jane Clarke She was already amazing before Elvis. Elvis recruited the best of the best.💞
@janeclarke78935 жыл бұрын
@@music2soothmysoul to right she was amazing xx
@ChosenRellll11115 жыл бұрын
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 🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️
@LeonardHuffman Жыл бұрын
She sings beautifully. She has a powerful voice.
@michellemckinney68943 жыл бұрын
I remember watching this the night it aired. And nearly FELL off my chair. Cissy was and STILL is no joke.
@theflyer14 жыл бұрын
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. ❤❤😊
@Another5343 жыл бұрын
Only 39 years to go! yay!
@theflyer13 жыл бұрын
@@Another534 and lets live them to the fullest and as best as we can! ❤😊🙏🏽🤲🏽
@jonathansegura60038 ай бұрын
Please, what is the name of the song?
@maximilian29744 ай бұрын
Always on my mind written by Willie Nelson@@jonathansegura6003
@maximilian29744 ай бұрын
@@jonathansegura6003always on my mind
@Emanuel99910002 жыл бұрын
Awesome soprano voice : Mrs. Cissy Houston!
@user-th5hx7kl1lАй бұрын
Merci beaucoup pour l'histoire de Cissy Houston ❤❤❤❤❤😊❤❤❤❤❤ Millions of blessings, Esther St Juste
@MauriceRivers4156 жыл бұрын
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.
@charlesjeffery11552 жыл бұрын
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
@mariahenderson942511 ай бұрын
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
@IllumiNatetheOracle5 жыл бұрын
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.
@albertlee52723 жыл бұрын
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❤️
@themightquinn30802 жыл бұрын
I love this song and this is one of the best versions I’ve ever heard.
@jonathansegura60038 ай бұрын
Heló Please, what is the name of the son?
@kklustra6 жыл бұрын
I never tire of watching this one. SO beautiful, powerful and heartfelt.
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 🥰
@tdrtx7 жыл бұрын
I saw this when it originally aired, and have searched KZbin for it since. Finally! One of the coolest musical events in TV history. Thank you so much for posting.
@dongiller7 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@tinawalker53352 жыл бұрын
Now that’s super cool
@chrissangit5 жыл бұрын
I hear whitney all in this good god almighty
@numiagro18 жыл бұрын
What a great voice and woman. Thank you for sharing this beautiful version of this song.
@icecol226 жыл бұрын
Nuno Rodrigues Exactly!!! She has a beautiful,God given voice.I love Cissy Houston.
@ezerlenewatkins96442 жыл бұрын
The lady can blow. That is where whitney got it from. You can hear it. She taught whitney well!
@kieshacotton74213 жыл бұрын
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. :)
@beautifulaltogether22244 жыл бұрын
After listenig to her audiobook I feel like she is singing this one to her daughter. Now Whitney is always on her mind. So heartbreaking.
@travonbeauford18693 жыл бұрын
Yes, I totally agree. Her audiobook was excellent.
@thorinmewsalvatore58544 жыл бұрын
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.
@diorrboyyyy Жыл бұрын
WHITNEY IS THE GREATEST VOCALIST OF ALL TIMEE
@lakefield21128 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for posting this. I remember watching this that night and being completely blown away. Can't believe this was 30+ years ago!
@dongiller8 жыл бұрын
I have the same feeling of awe, not only of her performance but that the videotapes have survived for over three decades.
@snjones997 жыл бұрын
lakefield2112 I remember this well it was outstanding then and still is
@TheGamersGuide819 Жыл бұрын
She’s a vocal technician
@Ela-eh3hm5 жыл бұрын
She is stunning , a woman of true soul who taught Whitney all she knew and how to be a gracious lady. Hats off to Cissy , her voice is powerful!
@another.92 жыл бұрын
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.
@MattPicsET Жыл бұрын
There are certain inflections in her voice that remind me of Dionne Warwick. It really does run in the family.
@geralddyng5 жыл бұрын
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👍👍👍👍💕💕🎶🎶❤❤❤❤👌👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
@Bushwick26786 жыл бұрын
Beautiful Woman & Amazing Singer 💖💖💖💖
@felixiruizgonzalez26196 жыл бұрын
What a great singer...! 😍❤️ Love that amazing voice...!
@luzmarball53926 жыл бұрын
no wonder the marvelous Whitney Houston we had and still love
@alexsamuel50846 жыл бұрын
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.
@yvetterenee82566 жыл бұрын
ALEX SAMUEL, Yes, he was feeling that song. 😀
@rjsamuel45305 жыл бұрын
Paul Was the man!!!
@noahreilly50142 жыл бұрын
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 💕
@dongiller2 жыл бұрын
Brenda Lee, actually. Before Elvis. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Always_on_My_Mind
@mariahenderson942511 ай бұрын
Actually Brenda Lee was first to record it as a single in 1972 . Elvis then recorded it in 1974. Brenda Lees version is on KZbin . Fabulous
@JOAOAUGUSTODIASABREU3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for posting this amazing C.Houston moment! Really made my day!
@JoEna05174 жыл бұрын
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!
@ogwapitprincesswinnie235 жыл бұрын
Mother like a daughter, wow same creative. Amazing
@JonJonHilton3 жыл бұрын
That keyboardist tho...he almost loses his glasses jamin at 2:41. Amazing
@MarciaSantos-ox1fk4 жыл бұрын
What an amazing Voice ❤️
@verahoward94226 жыл бұрын
Beautiful voice!
@martinsantos98747 жыл бұрын
wow!! A voice
@maxineneild73524 жыл бұрын
The talent that run though this family is incredible sister nice daughter an cissy amazing
@sal.divittorio Жыл бұрын
wow this rendition...
@averyfisher99672 жыл бұрын
Cissy Houston is one heckuva vocalist…
@Only60GamesPlayed4 жыл бұрын
A FLAWLESS voice!
@noahreilly50142 жыл бұрын
Pure Ecstasy, joy and XO love
@sierralima827 жыл бұрын
look how much that guitarist is enjoying the song 3:18 i laughed everytime i watched it
@quantumz59343 жыл бұрын
This gave me the chills.... damn
@marlonmottley98955 жыл бұрын
i will keep saying this, if Aretha Franklin was not the queen of soul, this lady Cissy Houston would be it! She can SANGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!
@DaydreamCarey12342 жыл бұрын
She is a queen of soul in another kingdom.
@rubydebruyn2656 Жыл бұрын
She makes me cry hear this song, remembering my mom now in heaven... Blessed you Cissy
@corgeousgeorge5 жыл бұрын
OMG!!! YOU DO THA THAAAANG MISS CISSY!!! YAAAAS LAWRDT!!!!!
@georgiagonzales3769 Жыл бұрын
My God... what a powerhouse ❣️💯🎶
@iss_iam809 Жыл бұрын
The world thanks you Ms. Cissy. Thank you for the voice
@deloresgillard3942 Жыл бұрын
Miss sissy was a great gospel singer prob still is. Made beautiful gospel songs I love her
@maxipazz82142 жыл бұрын
2 words only: Sweet Inspiration
@simonepeters90703 жыл бұрын
Wow you can see where Whitney got her soul for singing from, so amazingly evident.
@martinsantos36446 ай бұрын
Powerful beautiful voice
@jocelynjones83243 жыл бұрын
Whitney’s mother is. sooo beautiful
@jonrichdoe844 жыл бұрын
Lord jesus, u can here Whitney all in this 😉, Cissy created the footprint 👣 and Whitney came and cemented it.💐👏🏾💜♥️ Cissy is more soul Whitney pop
@jonathanlule27557 жыл бұрын
This is amazing
@yvetterenee82566 жыл бұрын
1:36 is so sweet. She has a unique and beautiful voice. Paul and his band complemented her well.
@may55883 жыл бұрын
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.
@samuelbennie76902 жыл бұрын
I played a song from Dee Dee from the 60s and she sounded so muchhhh like Cissy as Cissy got older but it was so full and clear and powerful.
@PavJedrusiak Жыл бұрын
Fantastic!
@bskeete5 жыл бұрын
Classic Cissy!!!
@JaydenCrome4 жыл бұрын
Auntie did so amazing, that's where Whitney got all of her talent from.
@djjackson29876 жыл бұрын
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
@annemariekoelewijn4600 Жыл бұрын
Terrific indeed!
@granprix496 жыл бұрын
If you aren't from the 50 or 60 era then you wont know how to appreciate the music ,
@franknitty99545 жыл бұрын
Not true I'm from the 90s I appreciate it greatly so soulful
@goldblue9765 жыл бұрын
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.
@akuapiatas5 жыл бұрын
I am 88 years young, your era was considered the new in my day dear.
@sojourningteddybear68384 жыл бұрын
I was born in ‘84, so you’re wrong about that! 💯
@buffalodoctors6281 Жыл бұрын
Go Cissy !!!
@docemel4029 Жыл бұрын
Que voz potente linda maravilhosa ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@melv55664 жыл бұрын
I need this damn shadow mama is rockin such a beauty
@simplycarlton55824 жыл бұрын
Ain't she I believe her eyeshadow is a color called Amythst
@carltonsmith5494 Жыл бұрын
Nice find.
@johnalexander12135 ай бұрын
Powerful!
@pearlcabral9663 жыл бұрын
Respect!!!
@granprix496 жыл бұрын
Class Act,
@joanaferoh290011 ай бұрын
Thank your mother, whittney❤
@veronicabeckford-tongs4095 жыл бұрын
Master class
@leahlee1184 ай бұрын
So dope
@annemariekoelewijn46007 ай бұрын
Power!
@barrybridges80642 жыл бұрын
53 years old here. Imagine that voice at 25 years old. I say mama is better.
@phresevardone2934 жыл бұрын
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.
@krismacavinta42364 жыл бұрын
Even the mannerism and the choice of runs... whitney did acquire 😊 and im some parts they sound the same too...
@leongardner7106 жыл бұрын
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
@swicheroo16 жыл бұрын
It's called Tradition.
@tmoore70492 жыл бұрын
Sing Cissy!
@akuapiatas5 жыл бұрын
She was 53 here
@alexistate59692 жыл бұрын
God on you Miss Cissy!!
@floricaromanas26 Жыл бұрын
Magnific!!!!!!
@darricklong77314 жыл бұрын
Amazing....
@jupiterlanding47375 жыл бұрын
amazing
@bennyadler5882 Жыл бұрын
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.
@dongiller Жыл бұрын
Shaffer; Paul Shaffer.
@bennyadler5882 Жыл бұрын
Damn keyboard not on my mind.
@tasibho4 жыл бұрын
Cissy is an incredible singer. But not for pop. She is more operatic and gospel vocally. She had that hit or miss voice. Whitney was just phenomenal..
@opheliumzone46712 жыл бұрын
It's all a matter of taste. If she released her version as a single back in the 80s I would've been the first to go out and buy it.
@carlamonsalve87734 жыл бұрын
DIVINA DIVA!!!!
@supachaloopa36112 ай бұрын
You can't grow up as her daughter and not receive the gift. Impossible. Does anyone know where that version she sang in the video ("Always On My Mind") can be found? She put out a 12" dance single in 1985 called "With You I Could Have It All" and then in 1987, a compilation LP of scattered singles and covers came out called "Mama's Cooking", and in 1988 she released the single with Whitney called "I Know Him So Well", but can't find anything for 1986.
@jadellemusic4 жыл бұрын
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.
@faleciawilliams69892 жыл бұрын
Yesss
@TheBeethovenrox17705 жыл бұрын
This right here... IMHO, puts Patti LaBelle under foot... and with such control!