* The Sam Houston Wayside near Lexington, Virginia, is a 38, 000-pound piece of Texas pink granite commemorating Houston's birthplace.

At the Sam Houston Wayside is a 38, 000 pound piece of Texas pink granite commemorating the birthplace of Sam Houston, governor of both Tennessee and Texas.

Houston is also the birthplace and final resting place of Chris Whitley ( 1960 – 2005 ) who won a Grammy for his Livin with the Law album and revolutionized the National steel Dobro guitar and enjoyed a massive cult following, but died prematurely of lung cancer in 2005.

Houston was as well the birthplace of the alternative rock band Blue October.

It is the birthplace of the City of Houston.

* Whitney Houston, actress and Grammy awarded singer

The next year, she received another two Grammy nominations for " Heartbreak Hotel ", a collaboration with singers Whitney Houston and Kelly Price, that scored number two on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

They won Grammy Awards in 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1997, and 2002, and have collaborated with other artists such as Stevie Wonder, Whitney Houston, Don Henley, Ray Charles, Queen Latifah, Joe Sample, Quincy Jones, Marcus Miller, Brian McKnight, Gordon Goodwin, k. d.

Emily " Cissy " Houston ( née Drinkard ) ( born September 30, 1933 ) is a Grammy Award – winning American soul and gospel singer.

In 1996 Houston received the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album for Face to Face, an album that contained a Gospel version of " How Sweet It Is ( To Be Loved by You )".

He has worked with a range of popular artists, including Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston and the Spice Girls, and in 2011 he received two Grammy nominations.

Other versions include those by the Jerry Garcia Band, Cissy Houston ( who cut a gospel version on her Grammy winning album, Face to Face, in 1996 ), Michael Bublé ( who released the song on his album It's Time ), and Karen Dalton on her 1971 folk album " In My Own Time ".

Their collaborative successes include " No Explanation " for the 1990 film Pretty Woman, and " I Have Nothing " sung by Whitney Houston in the 1992 motion picture, The Bodyguard, for which they were nominated both the Academy Award for Best Song in 1993 and the Grammy Award for Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television in 1994.

Houston performed the song at the 39th Grammy Awards ceremony, and on the HBO special Classic Whitney Live from Washington, D. C. in October 1997.

The song received four Grammy nominations ― Song of the Year ( Babyface ), Best R & B Song ( Babyface ), Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media ( Babyface ), and Best Female R & B Vocal Performance ( Houston ), and won in the category of Best R & B Song, at the 39th Grammy Awards, held on February 26, 1997.

In February 1997, Houston performed it as the third song of her ' Waiting to Exhale Medley '―" Sittin ' Up in My Room " by Brandy, " Not Gon ' Cry " by Mary J. Blige, " Exhale ( Shoop Shoop )" by Houston, and " Count on Me " by Houston, CeCe Winans, Brandy, Blige, Chaka Khan, and Aretha Franklin ― at the 39th Grammy Awards.

Zager has produced Grammy Award winning artists: Whitney Houston, Cissy Houston, Gladys Knight, Peabo Bryson, Luther Vandross, Deniece Williams, Jennifer Holliday, Joe Williams, Arturo Sandoval, Herb Alpert, Olatunji, and The Spinners.

On February 22, 1989, Houston performed the song at the opening of the 31st Grammy Awards, where she was nominated for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female.

Houston was nominated for " Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female " with this track at the 33rd Grammy Awards in 1991.

The single was a Top 10 hit on the R & B Chart and garnered Houston a Grammy Award nomination for " Best Female R & B Vocal Performance ".

Louis ' skills were developed while working alongside producer Narada Michael Walden with whom he produced hits for Shanice " I Love Your Smile ", Whitney Houston " I'm Every Woman " from the Grammy winning album The Bodyguard and " All The Man That I Need ", Tevin Campbell " Tell Me What You Want Me To Do ", Elton John " True Love ", Lisa Fischer " How Can I Ease The Pain ", Al Jarreau the Grammy winning " Heaven and Earth ", and various other tracks from artist such as Mariah Carey, The O ' Jay's, Aretha Franklin, Barbra Streisand, Taylor Dayne, and Al Green.

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Two years earlier, Hampton had won 22 games and finished second in voting for the Cy Young Award as a member of the Houston Astros, while Neagle had been a 20-game winner in 1997 for the Atlanta Braves and had won fifteen games in 2000.

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Clemens left for the Houston Astros in 2004, where he spent three seasons and won his seventh Cy Young Award.

" It won the Osborn Award from the Aviation / Space Writers ’ Association, and was honored by the Houston Film Festival.

* On February 11, 2012, multi-Grammy Award winning singer Whitney Houston drowned in the bathtub of room 434 at the Beverly Hills Hilton.

Sam Houston High School boasts among its alumni Academy Award winning Art Director Ralph Eggleston ( Toy Story, Finding Nemo, Monsters, Inc .) and David Filo, co-founder of Yahoo !.

* Dean Steinkuhler-football offensive lineman for the Nebraska Cornhuskers and Houston Oilers, winner of the 1983 Outland Trophy and Lombardi Award

Michael Coats, director of NASA's Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston, presented Cronkite with the Ambassador of Exploration Award.

In 1988, the song won a Soul Train Music Award for Best R & B / Soul or Rap Music Video, beating out her brother Michael, Whitney Houston, and Jody Watley.

In his 1999 season, Wagner captured the National League Relief Man of the Year Award as a Houston Astro.

* 1990, Leader of the Year Award from the Houston Leadership Association

He was awarded as the NBA's Coach of the Year Award twice and he guided Bird, Kevin McHale, Robert Parish and the rest of the Boston Celtics to the 1981 NBA championship, defeating the Houston Rockets 4 games to 2 in the finals.

* 2010 Houston Over-All Regional Winner / Best Large Choir / V-CAST People's Choice Award

* Milo Hamilton, play-by-play announcer for the Houston Astros, Ford C. Frick Award recipient.

The arena was also the winner of the Allen Award for Civic Enhancement by Central Houston, the " Rookie of the Year " award by the Harlem Globetrotters, and a finalist for Pollstar Magazine ’ s " Best New Concert Venue " award.

In 1994, the Alley Theatre was chosen to receive the Twenty-Five Year Award by the American Institute of Architects / Houston, which recognizes distinguished architecture of lasting quality.

Many Razorbacks players have gone on to the majors, perhaps the most successful is Cliff Lee, the 2008 AL Cy Young Award Winner, with the most recent being Dallas Kuechel of the Houston Astros ..

The Lombardi Award program was approved by the Rotary Club in Houston in 1970 shortly after the death of Vince Lombardi whom the Super Bowl trophy is also named for.

* Vicky Metcalf Award: James Archibald Houston

The Bodyguard received seven Golden Raspberry Award nominations in 1993, including Worst Picture, Worst Actor ( Kevin Costner ), Worst Actress ( Whitney Houston ), Worst Screenplay, Worst Original Song (" Queen of the Night ") and Worst New Star ( for both Houston and Costner's crew cut ).

The Chapel has received numerous awards, including the Peace Award from The Houston Baha ’ í Community ( 1998 ), a Community Award from the Museum District Business Alliance ( 2000 ), The James L. Tucker Interfaith Award from Interfaith Ministries ( 2004 ), an Urban Greenery Award from The Park People ( 2005 ), and recognitions from the Houston Peace and Justice Center ( 2008 ).