Word: backups
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Newark. After the Newark riots of 1967, the Houstons moved to a two- story house in East Orange, where Cissy still lived until this March. For the most part they were an ordinary family, except that Mom would occasionally hit the road to sing backups for Elvis, Aretha or Dionne. While Cissy toured with her group, the Sweet Inspirations, John, the group's manager, tended the three children. Whitney's half-brother Gary Garland, 28, sings duets and backup in her act; her brother Michael, 25, is the production manager on Whitney's tour...
...soft, sweet. And diction was very important." You can hear the fruit of Cissy's lessons even in a dance tune like How Will I Know. In the refrain "If he loves me,/ If he loves me not," Whitney really punches that final t. No wonder: Mama was singing backup...
Scalise used his complete roster against HolyCross, as all 32 players who suited up saw someaction. Backup goalie Bob Lapsley entered the gamein the fourth quarter to relieve Bergmann--hisfirst action in more than five games--and earnedcredit for a save...
Designated hitter Ellen Cox, outfielder Elizabeth Wald and backup infielders Brita Lind and Nancy Colbert round out the line...
...home Kemp relaxes in his book-lined den with football trophies and framed family photographs crowding the mantle. A giant black satellite dish ! connected to his 20-inch RCA television allows him to watch most of the games of his eldest son Jeff, a backup quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers. He hates the campaign travel, hates being separated from his family...