- Member of the gospel group "The Drinkard Singers". Formed the The Gospelaires, with Dionne Warwick and Dee Dee Warwick. Lead singer of The Sweet Inspirations from 1967-1970. Veteran session singer.
- Grandmother of Bobbi Kristina Brown and Rayah Houston.
- Friends with Aretha Franklin, and Della Reese.
- Godmother to her daughter Whitney Houston is Aretha Franklin.
- Mother of Whitney Houston and Gary Houston.
- Grand-aunt of David Elliott and Damon Elliott.
- Ex-mother-in-law of Bobby Brown.
- Mother-in-law of Patricia Houston.
- Was one time a background singer for Elvis Presley.
- Aunt of Dionne Warwick and Dee Dee Warwick.
- Minister of music at New Hope Baptist Church on Sussex Avenue in Newark, New Jersey. (December 2010)
- She was inducted into the 2019-2020 Class of New Jersey Hall of Fame in the Arts and Entertainment category. Her daughter, Whitney Houston, and cousin, Dionne Warwick, have already been inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame in the same category.
- She is the daughter of Delia Mae (McCaskill) and Nitcholas Drinkard. Her father was from Hilton, Early, Georgia and her mother was from Florida.
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