Cissy Houston Collection
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{{Infobox album
| name = Cissy Houston Collection
| type = compilation
| artist = Cissy Houston
| cover = Cissy_Houston_Collection_CD_album_cover.jpg
| alt =
| released = September 20, 2005
| recorded = 1995, 1996, 1997
{{small|(Hit Factory, NY, BKB Studios, NY)}}
| venue =
| studio =
| length = 1:16:44
| label = InterSound Music
| producer = Joel Moss, Jimmy Vivino
Cissy Houston
| prev_title = The Definitive Collection
| prev_year = 2000
| next_title = Walk on By Faith
| next_year = 2012
}}
The Cissy Houston Collection is a gospel compilation album by American gospel/soul singer Cissy Houston, released on September 20, 2005.[http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-cissy-houston-collection-mw0000210050 Cissy Houston-Discography|Allmusic] The album's tracks were produced by Jimmy Vivino, Joel Moss, along with Cissy Houston. Houston composed all the songs except for "Amazing Grace", "Go Where I Send Thee", and "The Lord Will Make a Way Somehow", which was composed by Reverend Thomas A. Dorsey.
The compilation set is a selection of songs from her albums, Face to Face and He Leadeth Me. Both the albums earned Houston Grammy Awards for Best Traditional Gospel Album two years in a row, in 1997[http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search?artist=&field_nominee_work_value=&year=1996&genre=14 Grammys Past Winners|39th Annual Grammy Awards] and 1998.[http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search?artist=&field_nominee_work_value=&year=1997&genre=14 Grammy Past Winners|41st Annual Grammy Awards]
Track listing
{{track listing
|title1=The Lord Will Make a Way Somehow
|writer1=Rev. Thomas A. Dorsey
|length1=4:24
|title2=I'm Somebody
|writer2=Cissy Houston
|length2=3:49
|title3=Go Where I Send Thee
|writer3=
|length3=3:52
|title4=Something's Bound to Happen
|writer4=C. Houston
|length4=6:20
|title5=With Out God
|writer5=C. Houston
|length5=4:56
|title6=Too Close to Heaven
|writer6=C. Houston
|length6=5:51
|title7=Just Tell Him
|writer7=C. Houston
|length7=5:00
|title8=Stop, Look and Listen
|writer8=C. Houston
|length8=5:55
|title9=Father, Son, Holy Ghost Is He
|writer9=C. Houston
|length9=5:37
|title10=He Changed My Life
|writer10=C. Houston
|length10=4:59
|title11=Count Your Blessings
|writer11=C. Houston
|length11=4:46
|title12=Deep River/Campground
|writer12=C. Houston
|length12=4:56
|title13=Amazing Grace
|writer13=
|length13=4:43
|title14=He is the Music
|writer14= {{hlist|C. Houston|Joel Mass}}
|length14=5:15
|title15=Face to Face
|writer15=C. Houston
|length15=6:21
}}
Personnel
- Organ - Rudy Copeland
- Choir/Chorus - Emma Claire Davis
- Choir/Chorus - Ray Gordon
- Composer - Rev. Thomas A. Dorsey
- Guitar - Jimmy Vivino
- Arranger, Piano - Donnie Harper
- Composer, Engineer, Mixing, Producer - Joel "The Octopus" Moss
- Arranger, Composer, Primary Artist, Producer - Cissy Houston
- Choir/Chorus - Gary Houston, Anita Jackson, Arlene Robinson
- Choir/Chorus - Stewart Ross, Kim Smith, Latasha Spencer, Rebecca King
- Drums - Steve Jordan
- Bass - Will Lee
- Mastered by - Glenn Meadows
- Organ - Leon Pendarvis
- Guest Artist - T.M. Stevens
Credits
- Compendia Music, Distribution
- InterSound Recordings, Inc.
References
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External links
- [http://www.visionaryproject.org/houstoncissy/ Cissy Houston Bio]
- [http://www.last.fm/music/Cissy+Houston Cissy Houston music]
- [https://www.amazon.com/Cissy-Houston-Collection/dp/B000AA4IR6 Music: Cissy Houston Collection|Amazon]
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