Background and career
Gary Joseph Garland Houston (né Garland; born October 12, 1957) is an American musician and former professional basketball player.
Garland played in college for the DePaul Blue Demons under coach Ray Meyer. Garland was a member of the 1979 DePaul Final Four team that lost to Larry Bird’s Indiana State Sycamores in the national semifinals. Houston played for the Denver Nuggets in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played one season with the Nuggets (1979–80).
Gary is the half-brother of 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. After his professional basketball career concluded, Garland participated with Houston on her Greatest Love Tour in 1986 as a background/duet vocalist, which led to a continuous work relationship with Houston. He performed as a background singer in several of Houston's tours throughout the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, with 2010's Nothing But Love Tour being the final such tour. Whitney Houston tours that included Gary Garland
The Greatest Love World Tour (1986) Moment of Truth World Tour (1987–88) I'm Your Baby Tonight World Tour (1991) The Bodyguard World Tour (1993–94) Pacific Rim Tour (1997) The European Tour (1998) My Love Is Your Love World Tour (1999) Soul Divas Tour (2004) Nothing But Love World Tour (2010)
Sources
Net-worth figure: Celebrity Net Worth (October 2026), in USD. Biography and career facts: the person's Wikipedia article and linked reporting. Snapshot date for all StarWorth figures: 28 October 2026.
