The Sweet Inspirations are an American R&B girl group from Newark, New Jersey, founded by Cissy Houston, mostly known for their work as backup singers...

Sweet Inspiration or variants may refer to: The Sweet Inspirations, American R&B female vocal group The Sweet Inspirations (album), 1967 "Sweet Inspiration"...

Smith and teenager Estelle Brown. She eventually founded the girl group The Sweet Inspirations with Shemwell, Smith and Brown in 1967 and that year signed...

Sweet Inspiration is the title of a Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham composition written for, and first recorded in 1967 by, the Sweet Inspirations. It became...

The Sweet Inspirations is the self-titled debut album by American recording soul/gospel female group the Sweet Inspirations, released in 1967 by Atlantic...

with "Sweet Inspiration", the latter being a Dan Penn/ Spooner Oldham composition written for and first recorded in 1967 by the Sweet Inspirations for whom...

Warwick's Gospelaires group which later evolved into the Sweet Inspirations. The Sweet Inspirations backed Dionne, Aretha Franklin and countless others, and...

group The Sweet Inspirations, and had some chart success, but were much sought-after as studio background singers. The Gospelaires, and later The Sweet Inspirations...

that the female backing vocals were performed by The Sweet Inspirations instead of Clydie King and Merry Clayton; Buskin also does not credit the acoustic...

song spent a total of sixteen weeks on the chart. It featured the Sweet Inspirations singing back-up vocals and is considered to be Van Morrison's signature...

4 on the Kent Music Report chart, and was the 18th highest charting single of the year in Australia. American R&B group The Sweet Inspirations released...

Dusty Springfield, The Drifters and Dionne Warwick, then as lead singer of the Grammy-nominated girl group The Sweet Inspirations, and then as a solo...

Arif Mardin, Tom Dowd, conductor Gene Orloff, backing vocalists the Sweet Inspirations, bassist Tommy Cogbill, and guitarist Reggie Young. Initial sessions...

Songs of Faith & Inspiration is the second album by American recording gospel/soul female group the Sweet Inspirations, released in the U.S. on Atlantic...

singer Cissy Houston (mother of Whitney Houston) and her group the Sweet Inspirations are credited as background vocals on several tracks, along with...

drummer Ronnie Tutt) and his backup singers (The Stamps Quartet, The Imperials, The Sweet Inspirations, and Millie Kirkham). Rhythm guitarist John Wilkinson...

the nickname may also extend to Presley's background vocalists during that same period: the Imperials, the Sweet Inspirations, and JD Sumner and The Stamps...

Peters – bass, lead vocals Joe Walsh – guitar, piano Jim Fox – drums The Sweet Inspirations – backing vocals "Live My Life Again" – (Fox) – 5:26 Jim Fox – drums...

1968. Carolyn and members of the Sweet Inspirations performed backing vocals on the track. The Sweet Inspirations' founder Cissy Houston showcased her operatic...

The song has been recorded by many other artists, including Janis Joplin, Roberta Flack, Lulu, James Carr, the Sweet Inspirations, Nina Simone, the Flying...

with the Drinkard Singers – who later became better known as The Sweet Inspirations – on their 1954 album, The Newport Spiritual Stars. She left the Drinkard...

pageant winner. Thompson began her acting career as a "Hee Haw Honey" on the American television variety show Hee Haw. She was also a girlfriend of Elvis...

Bassingthwaighte as Dee Stanley Sharon Brooks as Sylvia Shemwell of the Sweet Inspirations Cle Morgan as Mahalia Jackson Liz Blackett as Minnie Mae Presley...

show Presley in Las Vegas with his back-up vocalists The Sweet Inspirations, Millie Kirkham and The Imperials, preparing songs such as "You Don't Have to...

medley in which Streisand paired the song with the Sweet Inspirations hit "Sweet Inspiration" reached number 37 the following year. Various artists have...

She was also part of the original lineup of The Sweet Inspirations in 1963, with Cissy Houston and the two Warwicks, who were Houston's nieces. Taking...

– Hammond organ (1, 5), electric piano (3, 6–7, 10), piano (8) The Sweet Inspirations – background vocals (all) Bobby Womack – guitar (6, 8–9) Horns:...

the Sweet Inspirations. Houston sang background on Franklin's hit "Ain't No Way". Franklin first met Cissy's young daughter, Whitney Houston, in the early...

and recorded in French) The Shangri-Las The Sweet Inspirations Decades later, the song, in its Sweet Inspirations version, would famously be sampled by...

Elvis Presley accompaniment group, the Sweet Inspirations, and Houston, Deidre Tuck, and Judy Clay sing with Prine on the title track's call-and-response...