Singer/songwriter and backup vocalist born in Englewood, New Jersey. She began singing when she was very young. She attended church at First Baptist Church in Englewood with her grandmother and eventually joined the church choir. Mizelle attended Dwight Morrow High School in Englewood, New Jersey. She considers the Mizell Brothers (her cousins) and Cissy Houston to be her influences. Cindy became a touring singer when she was 17. She sang on the Lemelle single "You Got Something Special", which was released in 1982. In 1983, she released the album "Pump the Nation" with her band, Attitude. Cindy released the single "This Could be the Night" in 1984. Cindy has performed with Billy Ocean, Chaka Khan, Evelyn King, Mariah Carey, Barbra Streisand, Whitney Houston, Luther Vandross, The Rolling Stones, Steely Dan, the Dave Matthews Band and Alicia Keys. She also wrote music for Aretha Franklin. Cindy toured with The E-Street Band as a member of The Sessions Band and returned to tour with the E Street Band during the Working on a Dream Tour in 2009 and continued to perform with the band until the High Hopes Tour in 2014. She sang background vocals on the song "Shackled and Drawn" from the Wrecking Ball album and also sang background vocals on the High Hopes album. Cindy toured with Steely Dan in 2016.
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