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===The Drinkard Singers=== {{main|The Drinkard Singers}} Houston first began singing in the sibling jubilee quartet, the Drinkard Four, at the age of five. A little while later, they changed the name to the Drinkard Jubilairs and then, after the inclusions of sisters Lee and Marie ("Reebie"), the Drinkard Singers. Houston contended in her 2013 book, ''Remembering Whitney: A Mother's Story of Love, Loss and the Night the Music Died'', that the group didn't sing professionally until [[radio announcer]] Joe Bostic hired them to open for [[Clara Ward]] and [[Mahalia Jackson]] at the first ever gospel showcase, named the "Negro Gospel and Religious Music Festival" at [[Carnegie Hall]] in October 1951. Not long after that, the group sang on Bostic's ''Gospel Train'' New York radio show, becoming regulars on the program. In two October dates in 1954 and 1957, the group, which now included Houston's adopted niece Judy, joined Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Mahalia Jackson as one of several gospel acts to perform at the [[Newport Jazz Festival]], leading to appearances on two live albums recorded at the festival in those years. Shortly after their second Newport performance, they landed a recording deal with [[RCA Records|RCA Victor Records]] where they recorded and released the album, ''[[A Joyful Noise (Drinkard Singers album)|A Joyful Noise]]'', in 1958, which made history as one of the first gospel albums to be released on a major label.<ref>{{cite web|last=McCall|first=Tris|author-link=Tris McCall|url=http://www.nj.com/entertainment/music/index.ssf/2012/02/song_of_the_day_lift_him_up_th.html|title=Song of the Day: Lift Him Up, The Drinkard Singers|date=February 17, 2012|website=Nj.com|access-date=February 21, 2012}}</ref> By the early 1960s, the group landed on the Sunday morning television gospel show, ''[[TV Gospel Time]]''. By the end of 1962, however, the group had permanently separated due to Houston's growing career as a session vocalist for secular recording artists.
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