Cissy Houston - Presenting Cissy Houston (1970) {2012 Remastered & Expanded - Soul Music Records SMCR5054}
Cissy Houston - Presenting Cissy Houston (1970) {2012 Remastered & Expanded - Soul Music Records SMCR5054}
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© 1970, 2012 Janus Records / Soul Music Records | SMCR 5054
R'n'B / Soul / Retro Soul
Cissy Houston's solo debut album from 1970 ("Presenting Cissy Houston") alone would be flirting with five stars, but with this "expanded edition"'s 12 added tracks, including all six of her singles issued over the following five years (including the original single version of "Midnight Train to Georgia," adapted from Jim Weatherly's "Midnight Train to Houston"), what we have here is truly definitive. If I overused the word "including," it's only because so much is included!
After moving from gospel to soul-and-pop backing vocalist to the fantastic female soul group The Sweet Inspirations in the late '60s, the next logical step was a serious effort to launch Cissy Houston as a solo recording act. "Presenting Cissy Houston" cast her as a sophisticated New York City pop-soul singer doing stylish remakes of songs by a diversity of artists and songwriters: The Beatles, Bacharach-David, the Ronettes, Sam & Dave, Jimmy Webb, Melanie and more. It was a really bad sign when the initial single from the album, an exquisitely soulful reading of "I'll Be There" (not the Jackson 5 #1 hit from later that year but the criminally neglected 1960 B-side beauty by Bobby Darin) could only get to #45 soul and #125 pop (way down on the Billboard "Bubbling Under" chart in small print). The second single (and the album's leadoff track) is a hard-charging version of "I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself," a Burt Bacharach-Hal David song that her niece Dionne Warwick (seven years younger than her) had a moderate hit with as a ballad four years earlier. No chart action at all for this one. The third and final single off the album, an updating of the Ronettes' "Be My Baby," proved to be her biggest solo chart hit ever, both soul and pop, reaching #31 and #92, respectively. Things should have been looking up, but by then her label had gone belly up, and the one that took it over was not too swift on the marketing end. None of her subsequent six single releases charted despite their all being hit-worthy, especially the great "Midnight Train to Georgia." This Cissy Houston original version is more mellow and "Rainy-Night-in-Georgia"-like than the Gladys Knight & the Pips huge hit version. I was glad to finally get the chance to hear it on CD.
Going back to "Presenting Cissy Houston" (previously reissued on CD in 1995), the showstopper for me is her magnificent take on Sam & Dave's "When Something Is Wrong with My Baby," written by Isaac Hayes and David Porter. Her gospel roots and soul sophistication come together in a perfect storm on this one. It should not be missed, nor should this entire CD.
Cissy Houston - Presenting Cissy Houston (1970) {2012 Remastered & Expanded - Soul Music Records SMCR5054}
Track Listing:
1. I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself
2. Didn't We
3. I'll Be There
4. Any Guy
5. When Something Is Wrong With My Baby
6. Be My Baby
7. This Empty Place
8. The Long And Winding Road
9. He/I Believe
10. Darling, Take Me Back (US single) (Bonus Track)
11. Hang On To A Dream (US single 'B' side ) (Bonus Track)
12. I Love You (US single) (Bonus Track)
13. Making Love (US single 'B' side ) (Bonus Track)
14. It's Not Easy (US single) (Bonus Track)
15. Midnight Train To Georgia (US single) (Bonus Track)
16. Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow (US single 'B' side ) (Bonus Track)
17. Only Time You Say You Love Me (US single) (Bonus Track)
18. I'm So Glad I Can Love Again (US single 'B' side ) (Bonus Track)
19. Nothing Can Stop Me (US single) (Bonus Track)
20. Don't Wonder Why (Bonus Track)
21. Down In The Boondocks (Bonus Track)
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Cissy Houston / Presenting Cissy Houston
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Cissy Houston - Presenting Cissy Houston (1970) {2012 Remastered & Expanded - Soul Music Records SMCR5054}
Cissy Houston - Presenting Cissy Houston (1970) {2012 Remastered & Expanded - Soul Music Records SMCR5054}
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