Gary Garland

Gary Joseph Houston (né Garland; born October 12, 1957) is an American former professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played one season with the Nuggets (1979–80).[1] Gary is the half-brother of superstar singer Whitney Houston and also half-brother to Michael Houston. Gary, Michael, and Whitney are the children of singer Cissy Houston. Gary is the cousin of singers Dionne Warwick and Dee Dee Warwick and the uncle of Bobbi Kristina Brown, Whitney's daughter with singer Bobby Brown. Garland has toured several times as a background singer and an occasional duet partner with Whitney Houston.[2] Garland has also studied at DePaul University.

Gary Garland
Personal information
Born (1957-10-12) October 12, 1957
Newark, New Jersey, US
Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High schoolClifford J. Scott
(East Orange, New Jersey)
CollegeDePaul (1975–1979)
NBA draft1979: 2nd round, 30th overall pick
Selected by the Denver Nuggets
PositionPoint guard
Number24
Career history
1979–1980Denver Nuggets
Stats  at NBA.com
Stats  at Basketball-Reference.com

Work as a vocalist

After being released by the NBA's Denver Nuggets in 1980 for failing a drug test, Garland participated with his then-newly famous superstar sister, R&B/pop singer Whitney Houston, on her Greatest Love Tour in 1986 as a background/duet vocalist. This led to a continuous work relationship with Whitney. He performed as a background singer in several of Whitney's tours throughout the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, and her 2010's Nothing But Love Tour.

Whitney Houston tours that included Gary Garland

References
  1. "Gary Garland NBA & ABA Statistics". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 4, 2012.
  2. "A Demon of a singer". Chicago Sun-Times. July 11, 1986. 10.
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