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She grew up in a musical family-- her mother was a well-respected gospel singer (Cissy Houston), who also sang some back-up vocals for Elvis Presley in the late 1960s. Whitney sang in the choir of her church, and later, she too sang some back-up vocals for other artists, as early as 1977. After graduating from high school, she went out on the road with her mother and became a performer.

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