Whitney Elizabeth Houston was born at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center in Newark, New Jersey. She was the second child of Army serviceman and entertainment executive John Russell Houston, Jr. and gospel singer Cissy Houston. Dionne and Dee Dee Warwick are her cousins.
w ɪ t n i WORD_BOUNDARY ɪ l ɪ z ə b ə θ WORD_BOUNDARY h j uː s t ə n WORD_BOUNDARY w ʌ z WORD_BOUNDARY b ɔ ɹ n WORD_BOUNDARY æ t WORD_BOUNDARY n uː ə ɹ k WORD_BOUNDARY b ɛ θ WORD_BOUNDARY ɪ z ɹ iː ə l WORD_BOUNDARY m ɛ d ɪ k ə l WORD_BOUNDARY s ɛ n t ə ɹ ɹ WORD_BOUNDARY ɪ n WORD_BOUNDARY n uː ə ɹ k WORD_BOUNDARY n uː WORD_BOUNDARY d̠ʒ ɜː s i WORD_BOUNDARY ʃ iː WORD_BOUNDARY w ʌ z ð ə WORD_BOUNDARY s ɛ k ə n d WORD_BOUNDARY t̠ʃ aɪ l d WORD_BOUNDARY ʌ v WORD_BOUNDARY ɑ ɹ m i WORD_BOUNDARY s ɜː v ɪ s m ə n WORD_BOUNDARY æ n d WORD_BOUNDARY ɛ n t ə ɹ t eɪ n m ə n t WORD_BOUNDARY ɛ ɡ z ɛ k j uː t ɪ v WORD_BOUNDARY d̠ʒ ɑ n WORD_BOUNDARY ɹ ʌ s ə l WORD_BOUNDARY h j uː s t ə n WORD_BOUNDARY d̠ʒ eɪ ɑ ɹ WORD_BOUNDARY æ n d WORD_BOUNDARY ɡ ɑ s p ə l WORD_BOUNDARY s ɪ ŋ ə ɹ WORD_BOUNDARY s ɪ s i WORD_BOUNDARY h j uː s t ə n WORD_BOUNDARY d ɪ ɑ n WORD_BOUNDARY æ n d WORD_BOUNDARY d iː WORD_BOUNDARY d iː WORD_BOUNDARY w ɔ ɹ ɪ k WORD_BOUNDARY ɑ ɹ WORD_BOUNDARY h ɜː WORD_BOUNDARY k ʌ z ə n z WORD_BOUNDARY