. . . "The Sweet Inspirations were an American R&B girl group founded by Emily \"Cissy\" Houston (n\u00E9e Drinkard), mother of Whitney Houston, and sister of Lee Warrick (herself the mother of well-known sisters Dee Dee and Dionne Warwick). Houston and Warrick were members of The Drinkard Singers, a family group that had the distinction of recording the first Gospel album to appear on a major label\u2014a live recording from The Newport Jazz Festival in 1959."@en . "The Sweet Inspirations"@en . . . . . . . . "2005Z"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . "1950Z"^^ . . . "group_or_band" . . . . . . . .