Jennifer Holliday "And I Am Telling You"

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17 жыл бұрын

A performance of "And I Am Telling You" by the ORIGINAL Effie, Ms. Jennifer Holliday. She blows away almost anyone else in modern times with this performance, securing herself a rightful place amongst this era's greats (Aretha, Whitney, Ella, Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughn, Mahalia Jackson).
From the 1982 Tony Awards, where she won the award for Best Actress for her creation and portrayal of Effie in the then-breakout smash musical "Dreamgirls." The scene and preceding song lead up to "And I Am Telling You," which begins at around 3.25, but the whole scene is an invaluable look at what Jennifer Holliday was really made of (And she's only 21 here?!?)
And to think she performed this EVERY night for TWO YEARS straight... Wow. Let's see Whitney, Christina, Mariah, or anyone else do that!

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@jagpycke 5 жыл бұрын

EVERY night for TWO YEARS straight .. Except Sundays. On Sundays she performed it twice.

@ramonmaldonado3713 5 жыл бұрын

A beast ! Jennifer Holliday is a legend ! 😍😍😍😍

@Dina_Tolen 5 жыл бұрын

Anders köhler she did amazing 😁😁

@shoshog4647 5 жыл бұрын

In Wendy william’s screaming co host voice : Whaaaaaaaaat?!!???!

@imhere653 5 жыл бұрын

GOOD. GRAVY.

@astern.7425 5 жыл бұрын

Scusami?

@shviewjames126 6 жыл бұрын

This shit should be in the Smithsonian. In HD, preserved for the ages. Never again will we see this in our lifetimes.

@andromedagalaxy5950 6 жыл бұрын

Your reply is hysterical!!! It made my day.

@mmosbi9082 5 жыл бұрын

@@andromedagalaxy5950 this comment needs to be in the Smithsonian made burst out laughing awesome

@jpecco9668 5 жыл бұрын

Fantasia and Jennifer hudson are close

@aisharay9861 5 жыл бұрын

I know I have tried to find the original in DVD or streaming. They don't have it. I was told back then they did not record plays. Which is messed up because this is classic.

@saleconomos473 5 жыл бұрын

Agree...made me also burst out laughing...but so true and well said. But don't stop at The Smithsonian my friend. Its a performance that should be sent out deep into the heavens, in a capsule, for other universes to find one lucky day.

@jayonly3568 Жыл бұрын

The fact she did this live is WILD

@libbyo743 8 ай бұрын

She did this live 8 shows a week... Broadway performers are unbelievable!

@matgareski 6 ай бұрын

@@libbyo743 Broadway is the superstar lane of singers, wish more boosted up from it.

@BIGWILL417 8 ай бұрын

You can’t replicate this, she is the blueprint for this song. She is UNIQUE.

@trgoohileshea2820 5 жыл бұрын

I've had many people tell me that they thought she overacted. When you are on a live stage, you play to the back row. That is fundamental. She was PERFECT!

@lucretiawilliams7975 5 жыл бұрын

TR Goohileshea and perfect is an understatement!!

@misssincere5762 5 жыл бұрын

Those people are haters!! and obviously never seen an opera

@may8043 5 жыл бұрын

I saw this on Broadway as a kid, and I can tell you that there was not a dry eye in the place when she sang this.

@melissaboone7858 5 жыл бұрын

Plus Effie is supposed to be dramatic

@ixamxmsright 5 жыл бұрын

Who ever said that has no concept of Stage acting. BTW my husband is a director ,who has done work in NY.😁

@jaqui1401 7 жыл бұрын

People forget that she was only 22-23 when she did this, so young and so full of maturity in voice and emotions!

@josephjames3838 5 жыл бұрын

She was 21 years of age

@martanunez56 5 жыл бұрын

21 is amazing don

@austinbarry8978 5 жыл бұрын

She was 21.

@yama5182 5 жыл бұрын

Janne Q OMG REALLY!!!?? Same age as the Chics ... wacky...YOUNGER than the little teen girls manipulated by Barry Gordy to turn on each other... WOW!!! 🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️🙄🙄🙄

@lucretiawilliams7975 5 жыл бұрын

Janne Q amazing!!!!

@tawanabrown8908 Жыл бұрын

This right here is why she won the Tony and why, no matter who sings it, this is her song!!!! #Legendary

@theoldschooldiva374 Жыл бұрын

EXACTLY!!

@Vanasse1 11 ай бұрын

Amen!!!

@havefaith4358 7 ай бұрын

Yes Ma'am!!!!

@Framos16 7 ай бұрын

Well Deserved!❤

@WarriorsCherub999 6 ай бұрын

Agreed✊🏿

@julieferguson7833 3 жыл бұрын

The most ferocious performance I have ever seen. She dared them not to give her the Tony. Which of course they did. I watched Dreamgirls the movie today - loved it but no one can touch Jennifer Holliday in her incredible voice, talent, courage and rawness. The last 5 seconds alone will take your breath away. Bravo Jennifer Holliday!!!

@TonyEnglandUK 2 жыл бұрын

I can't watch any other performance of the song - no matter who does it - it would always be a long way second best.

@ayembic7933 2 жыл бұрын

and the grammy :D

@sandeegreen9176 Жыл бұрын

👏🏾

@darrylgaines2540 Жыл бұрын

I was there there will NEVAH….EVAH be a performance with this profound intensity…no disrespect but Hudson isn’t even in the same universe forEVAH…..HOLIDAY!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

@braunshugar1 3 жыл бұрын

How in HELL is anyone still in their seat after THAT performance ?? I'd have jumped up applauding halfway through and never sit down again !

@ABMS721 3 жыл бұрын

Funny enough, thats what the audience did everytime Holiday performed. I'm guessing cause the tony's is a more formal affair but in a normal night, the theater would be shaken.

@andresoaresdefaria8630 3 жыл бұрын

I know it‘s an old comment, but I‘ll still add my two cents. The public used to applaud this scene for more than 15 minutes, delaying the subsequent shows in the same night at the theater, so the producers had to put the upcoming scene right next to it, giving the audience virtually no time to applaud. It was not too few applause, it was too much - well deserved, of course. The movie producers did the same - put the two scenes one right after the other - for different reasons. I think it was to show that, though Effie‘s world was falling down, The Dreametts would still go on, her lover’s life would still go on; her claims meant nothing to them.

@cmbroderick 3 жыл бұрын

Fun Fact: During the Broadway performances, this number would stop the show nearly every night, as the audience would jump to their feet. The longest ovation she ever received for this song was nearly 15 minutes on the night of her last performance in the role.

@TonyEnglandUK 3 жыл бұрын

When I first heard this, I thought to myself _"That is the greatest vocal performance I've ever heard."_ All these years later, it still is.

@annranhem3417 3 жыл бұрын

I was there and saw This number - I screamed Afterwards . Her song said that I needed to change my life. I listen to it Even today.

@yahwehlawstheswordofredemp7627 5 жыл бұрын

Can't NOBODY sing this song like Jennifer Holiday.

@damionasplace9517 4 жыл бұрын

Ummmmm Jennifer Hudson

@dirtcheap3098 4 жыл бұрын

@@damionasplace9517 Not even close.

@anthonyoviedo3324 4 жыл бұрын

Amber

@TonyEnglandUK 4 жыл бұрын

@@dirtcheap3098 I can't listen to anyone else sing it, the emotion is always missing.

@thechristianteen9167 4 жыл бұрын

@@anthonyoviedo3324 no

@Goldniz 4 ай бұрын

Still here in 2024 and still losing my mind over this performance...

@ObservingAllThereIs 2 ай бұрын

My goodness. I'm having my lunch break. Thought of the "short people" song from Ally Mc Beal. Googled Jennifer. Came to this song. Was reading through my work while munching on my lunch and all of a sudden I'm sitting here crying because of what one of the most remarkable singers of all time sang. I wasn't even paying a whole lot of attention to the start, but she just grabbed me by the throat and belted a Niagara Falls of emotions in my brain. And then I read she did this every day for 2 whole years? How? And how lucky are the few that got to witness an angel singing.

@veda1306 6 жыл бұрын

She made you feel the pain of this break up.

@blackscorpionlairgaming 5 жыл бұрын

didn't she?

@holapuppy1739 5 жыл бұрын

Made me cry 😥 Wow! Powerful!

@misssincere5762 5 жыл бұрын

I thought he was just kicking her outthe group not just breaking up with her. 😭😭😭😭

@blackscorpionlairgaming 5 жыл бұрын

naw Curtis was an asswhole...just like Berry Gordy

@robertevans1486 5 жыл бұрын

crying!

@simonce9442 4 жыл бұрын

She really understood how Effie deserved to be portrayed.

@pennyp7382 3 жыл бұрын

Seriously feeling for every "Effie" in the world is the way she makes me feel.

@kimberlywhitehead22 3 жыл бұрын

Only because Jennifer Lewis fleshed out Effie in a the workshop they had....#motherofblackhollywood

@mariahbhojwani140 3 жыл бұрын

@@kimberlywhitehead22 I’m reading her book right now , I was surprised to find this out

@hyenanutz 3 жыл бұрын

@@kimberlywhitehead22 this song was not part of the show.. it's written for Holliday

@kimberlywhitehead22 3 жыл бұрын

@@hyenanutz im taking about the character development of Effie

@seawoof0417 Жыл бұрын

I had the pleasure of seeing Ms. Holliday performance when the show moved to Los Angeles. I can remember thinking that I was having a heart attack. My hands were shaking, I was sobbing. I felt like the air had been sucked out of the theater. There was about 2 seconds of stunned silence, followed by a thunderous ovation that should have blown the roof of the the theater. I will never forget it.

@mushmouf1400 Жыл бұрын

Your description brought me to tears for some reason. Man I was Just born when it debuted

@CR-zx2zi Жыл бұрын

Sobbing now watching this

@helenmonday0 Жыл бұрын

Great description!!!!! I’m from L.A. Ca. Never got to see her perform 😢

@tunazzinamehjabin5118 2 жыл бұрын

The physical manifestation of her inner pain was breathtaking! Until you have loved someone so deeply that it devastates you whether they leave or stay- you would not get why she sang or acted this way.

@adriennerobinson1180 Жыл бұрын

Truth Indeed

@phillynurse9492 Жыл бұрын

That is exactly what that song conveyed! So true I could feel her pain in my spirit. Many ppl would kill for that kind of vulnerability and honesty today.

@Leneufcinqcergy Жыл бұрын

Her moans were both melodic and painful. Her face was pained, her body was bent over in pain, and she moaned in pain. She was emotional and physical pain personified in this performance.

@chade198 Жыл бұрын

Yesss

@PynkVelVet 4 ай бұрын

YES!!!!!

@dennisloniak8774 3 жыл бұрын

Imagine her doing this EIGHT TIMES A WEEK during the run of the show. Astounding. She left it on the floor Every. Single. Time. I saw her at the Paradise Garage in 1984 and she blew off the damn roof.

@MaryAnnSweetAngel 3 жыл бұрын

You're so lucky! Sadly I wasn't even born then 😭 she's absolutely spectacular 💜

@feliciaromano5138 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, what a blessing to have seen her perform Live.

@beatricebrown3958 3 жыл бұрын

She performed for the employee's at the Georgian Terrace in Atlanta where she lived for awhile in 2009...you talking about a blessing. A personal performance.. none other like her.

@oralogarro9932 2 жыл бұрын

I wasn't there when she was there,but I was there for the amazing Grace Jones. That was a night to remember, she was spraying people with water.

@TeKeyaKrystal 2 жыл бұрын

@@MaryAnnSweetAngel exactly what i was about to say

@ledhicks 4 жыл бұрын

Maybe her vocal chords are made of steel. Damn, what a range and stamina she has singing this extra monstrous song!

@jtrillguzman9641 3 жыл бұрын

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@lpjgj2179 3 жыл бұрын

Jtrill Guzman Lol as if Hudson could ever touch what Jennifer Holliday did on this stage

@jtrillguzman9641 3 жыл бұрын

@@lpjgj2179 jennifer hudson did the song better alot of ppl didnt even know it was jennifer holiday song until jhud did it

@lpjgj2179 3 жыл бұрын

Jtrill Guzman Yeah people didn’t know because Holliday did it on Broadway and Hudson did it in the movie. Without Holliday there would never be a Dreamgirls movie - she made the musical what it is today. Hudson could never compare to the power and emotion Holliday brought to the stage. May I also add that Holliday did this 8 TIMES A WEEK LIVE.

@nuwoman1828 3 жыл бұрын

Yes truly gifted.

@just_cade 10 ай бұрын

The way she gasps before hitting that last note is the cherry on top. Just pure visceral talent, they don’t do it like this anymore.

@hellosunshine305 3 жыл бұрын

I have heard so many people sing this song well. But this performance changes the meaning of this song for me. She EMBODIED the song. She became it.

@theresap.3305 Жыл бұрын

Most times the original is the best version with more passion and meaning. She sings it with so much emotion.

@user-pp8wg3du4v Жыл бұрын

i absolutely agree with you

@TonyEnglandUK Жыл бұрын

You can tell from this performance that she has lived these emotions, not just sang about them.

@Yoshkanizzle 8 ай бұрын

Same thoughts here... she feels it, and make me feel it!! Wakes the "i believe in the big love" -side of me! She is brilliant!

@Framos16 7 ай бұрын

She teared me up! Amazing!

@matth3w2002 3 жыл бұрын

This is a great song, it's a shame it was filmed on a calculator.

@thetitsarefree 3 жыл бұрын

Back then all they had were calculators

@eelder6852 3 жыл бұрын

LMAOOOOOO!!!!!

@thesb2836 3 жыл бұрын

😆😆😆

@rodyenriquez5751 3 жыл бұрын

Best coment so far 🤣🤣🤣

@merlinmediagroup 3 жыл бұрын

It's more that this is most probably a home recording made on VCR, which were temperamental at the best of times. CBS will most certainly have the original performance in their archive and will hopefully one day remaster and release it.

@chaplaindrrichardlawrence1686 4 жыл бұрын

We saw this on opening night on Broadway in NYC.... She stopped the show.... It was electric....the audience was stunned and went crazy....nothing we ever witnessed in the theatre before or since matched that magic moment

@kenchambers7137 3 жыл бұрын

I wish I was there

@camnsprencheria3225 3 жыл бұрын

Ken Chambers me too!

@branbran903 3 жыл бұрын

What you saw this opening night!?! Omg

@kianmills4170 3 жыл бұрын

Chaplain Dr Richard Lawrence that must’ve been INCREDIBLE!!! I know it may be hard to ask you to try and do this, but could you try and possibly describe what that moment was like in more detail? -I really want to know what that moment would be like to experience...-

@16davelle 3 жыл бұрын

I agree 100%..nothing less than phenomenal and i still get goose bumps after all this time

@exoticgirl1 2 жыл бұрын

Unbelievable that she was only 22 here! This is sang so insanely mature and brilliant. And put al she has in this. Freaking amazing and unparalleled.

@eliranpinhasov5940 7 ай бұрын

She looks here and on the video clip much older!🤦🤷‍♂️✡️🕎🇮🇱

@cressapellom4205 6 ай бұрын

@@eliranpinhasov5940well she wasn’t….

@eliranpinhasov5940 6 ай бұрын

@@cressapellom4205 I know

@Marcellat 4 ай бұрын

😍😳😳😳😳😳😳😳WHAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTT😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳

@eliranpinhasov5940 4 ай бұрын

@@Marcellat yess

@davidharris8082 3 жыл бұрын

With all due respect to Jennifer Hudson THIS is the Best Version,hands down!!!

@keshawoods56 2 жыл бұрын

She is a great singer but I like Jennifer Hudson version better 🤷🏾‍♀️

@trelavell3453 2 жыл бұрын

Definitely more soul! 💪🏽

@MrRuperty 2 жыл бұрын

@@trelavell3453 who?

@missjoyceakaladyj6628 2 жыл бұрын

Without question -- JENNIFER HOLLIDAY was "AWESOME & SPECTACULAR". She sung this song Y'all from somewhere that's still being questioned!!

@TonyEnglandUK 2 жыл бұрын

Just a matter of taste but for me, this is the best ever version of the song, sung by Ms. Holliday with all the soul in her entire being.

@corneliuswhite5139 5 жыл бұрын

8 shows a week doing this on Broadway. Folks don't acknowledge that you have to bring this EVERY PERFORMANCE!!! Nor do folks remember how this phenomenon created a legend. You don't do this by Instagram.

@corneliuswhite5139 4 жыл бұрын

@James Bond She had her share of cancellations, and Lillias White would step in, but It only added to the buzz if she would perform, as you got to see it in action. She was really a soprano with the physical facility to create that style of singing. It's straight from the church, with her personal creativity.

@VictorOrange 4 жыл бұрын

Ok boomer

@shepmakesmusic 4 жыл бұрын

No one mentioned social media except you though.

@bbuster8474 4 жыл бұрын

You can...and make a lot more money in the process. A huge part of that is, Instagram is accessible to far more people than Broadway could ever reach.

@vincenthannah7209 4 жыл бұрын

Facts! You betta preach.

@bearcub112 3 жыл бұрын

So many people also forget Broadway was dying around this time DreamGirls saved it no one had ever seen a show like this moving sets incredible cast and costumes

@paigewashington6018 3 жыл бұрын

Did Not know. Gonna look into it. I was born in NY when this debuted

@robertn800 3 жыл бұрын

There Were other shows, A Chorus Line, Phantom of the Opera, Miss Saigon, Cats, Les Miseables, others- it was a Golden Age on Broadway 🎭

@0rchid71 3 жыл бұрын

@@robertn800 it’s still pretty insane to think POTO turns 35 this year

@logiclanguagelearningFrench 2 жыл бұрын

Hahah it was so not haha

@jeremyud 2 жыл бұрын

@@logiclanguagelearningFrench Wasn't Cats a big hit at this time?

@AndrewMichaelRossi 3 жыл бұрын

I saw this opening night in Boston prior to it moving to Broadway and you're right! Everyone jumped up from their seats and gave a standing ovation for at least ten minutes. I know I held my breathe in the last few bars of the song and jumped up even before the song ended as did many others in that electrically charged theater. I'd never experience another night in musical theater again such as that night.

@johnharding967 2 жыл бұрын

I also saw the show during the Boston run. Literally lifted out of my seat by the anguish. The genius of Michael Bennett

@AndrewMichaelRossi 2 жыл бұрын

John, I was devastated when Michael Bennett passed away from AIDS. I have a DVD "Hullabaloo" where Michael was a dancer on the show, matter of fact Donna McKecknie was also in this dance troupe. Imagine the amazing things he would have accomplished if his life had not been snuffed out so young? Sad. Meanwhile, I think Jennifer Holiday still owns the song but Jennifer Hudson did that song mighty justice, truly Oscar worthy. BTW I wonder if we knew each other back in the good old days.

@sharif3462 Жыл бұрын

Same! Saw the show in Boston in tryouts, with few expectations, and walked out breathless. I've since seen many Broadway productions, but this performance will always be my favorite.

@havefaith4358 7 ай бұрын

That's a one in a life time experience, good for you.

@biancawalker7164 2 ай бұрын

Yep she said no other play had a standing ovation like this. She did say they stood for a long time.

@patriciagreen9396 Жыл бұрын

Still one of the best performances in Broadway history. ❤❤❤

@TonyEnglandUK Жыл бұрын

The kind of breathtaking performance that makes the whole world stop and listen to. I'm just thankful it was captured for us all to enjoy. 💝💝💝

@roshelltannen9698 11 ай бұрын

@TonyEnglandUK I have looked everywhere for this play. I can't find it anywhere. The movie was ok, but this play I have to have.

@mileenakhan4778 10 ай бұрын

@@roshelltannen9698look it up on Google videos. The entire play is on there. Not the best quality. Someone must’ve snuck a camera inside.

@chrisa8325 3 жыл бұрын

You can actually here the Pain in her voice. The way she sings in all of her songs as if someone who is fed up.

@jubilantsleep 3 жыл бұрын

She was way too damn young to have that much pain in her voice lol. But we love it

@Chloeceegaming..7253 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, which is what was lacking in Jennifer Hudson performance. She sounds great, just no real passion.

@Yobidefy 2 жыл бұрын

@@Chloeceegaming..7253 well Jen Holliday has been performing this for years, while Hudson only did it once for a movie

@brandothecatmeow 2 жыл бұрын

she lived every second of that song. You can hear it in her voice.

@dadevi 2 жыл бұрын

@@jubilantsleep You can have deep, cutting pain at any age. Just be thankful you don't know what I'm talking about.

@moomp 7 жыл бұрын

Jennifer Holiday gives "And I am Telling You" that desperation that other singers forget about.

@PlayfulJoyful 5 жыл бұрын

Tony Mcneil the conviction . It’s not desperate. She is speaking her desires into existence with faith and conviction.

@where_oh_where_is_blue 5 жыл бұрын

That other singers long for

@blacktorialist 5 жыл бұрын

Cus they're trying to show off instead of portray a story

@amandalarissavieira7428 5 жыл бұрын

Exactly my thoughts watching this. It's so full of emotion and character, like no other version.

@Talula-Darling Жыл бұрын

She left her soul on that stage floor. Every. Single. Night.

@davepavillar4150 2 жыл бұрын

Usually you are not allowed to clap or shout midway of a musical performance, not to mention most of the attendees here are professionals in the Theater industry. This shows that this section of Dreamgirls will always be a part of history as a sensation, a showstopper and a standard for musicals especially when it is revived (especially this song).

@tmg1023 Жыл бұрын

I would have been on the floor!

@themistoklestheodosopoulos6253 4 жыл бұрын

21 years old and did this every night for two years. Dear God lmao that is unnatural talent.

@johannefb 3 жыл бұрын

Only 21?! Wow, I think I'm gonna go cry now

@portraitsofjudah 3 жыл бұрын

We have a whole race full of 'em.

@kendrickdinger 3 жыл бұрын

Wow I’m 21 what am I doing with my life😭

@zenafaye7183 6 жыл бұрын

Blown away from a computer with cheap speakers. Can y'al imagine what it was like seeing and hearing this live? She is truly otherworldly!

@moniquedavis7604 5 жыл бұрын

It was absolutely AMAZING! I saw it when was in high school in 1984.

@moniquedavis7604 5 жыл бұрын

No I think I saw it in '83.

@yuyu9619 5 жыл бұрын

Monique Davis you are so lucky

@leisabrunner3280 5 жыл бұрын

I saw this live. It was absolutely amazing!

@catlealea7365 5 жыл бұрын

I was fortunate enough to see this way back in the 80’s not one person in the audience was sitting when she was singing. I get goosebumps listening on my iPhone. You cannot even imagine how we felt seeing this live. Not a dry eye in the house. Pure magic

@evan_dood 2 жыл бұрын

Music already has a powerful effect on me, physically and emotionally. I'm one of those people who get chills down their spine for certain songs/notes... it's a neat feeling and is very satisfying. It feels like a dopamine release. But this song. Oh my god. It started as a chill but it just kept going and I just started bawling. This performance is one of the greatest things I have ever seen.

@ysmaelrqr_2181 2 жыл бұрын

samee

@paigeanne1325 2 жыл бұрын

Same man same and that is an auditory response and it is a dopamine release! Everyone says it’s to quote “the definition of literally being able to feel the music in your soul” it’s rare for people to get it off music and I’ve even experienced it and and asks my friends and they would say nah I don’t feel anything! You feel the music in your soul man! Be proud!

@heiditweedell818 2 жыл бұрын

@@paigeanne1325 Yes!! It's so hard to explain this feeling. So thankful to have seen your descriptions. I LOVE feeling the emotions of a song or performance!!

@paigeanne1325 2 жыл бұрын

@@heiditweedell818 hell yes❤️✨keep feeling the music, so many people may forget things as time goes on..but u never forget how to feel and listen to music✨✨it’s like a high or a trip and as someone who smokes were everyday and has done shrooms a couple times I always listen to music when I visit those other realities ❤️

@MichelleMonsterASMR Жыл бұрын

I get the chills from great music and acting as well but THIS is on a whole different level. The passion and vocal talent totally left me in shock. Jennifer Holliday is incredible 🤍

@Gertrudej24 5 ай бұрын

What a PERFORMANCE by Jennifer HOLIDAY!! Loretta DEVINE, Sheryl Lee Ralph - BEAUTIFUL!! Ben Harney (Curtis) - HANDSOME! Obba Babatunde’ (C.C.)- GREAT!😊

@billymoore7256 9 жыл бұрын

I Was There....!!!!!!!!!!!!!....She LITERALLY BLEW THE ROOF OFF THE BUILDING...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.....DAMN.....!!!!!!!!....THANKS LADY...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@ameshiadunn1045 5 жыл бұрын

I got to only like this once sorry

@nikininehundred4866 5 жыл бұрын

Lucky!!!

@citizen1163 5 жыл бұрын

billy moore lucky you!!

@AlltheWorldsAStage444 5 жыл бұрын

I was like 6 or 7 i remember going but not all details. I sent this to my Mothet, thanks for the share, truly a gem😳👍

@kimbooker6404 5 жыл бұрын

Wow

@AllenMQuinn 5 жыл бұрын

I wish the Tony's would go into their archives and restore this cause it's an absolute classic

@JeremiahCole 3 ай бұрын

I don’t think a performance this powerful will occur ever again. It’s otherworldly.

@aliciapayzont1193 2 жыл бұрын

This is the best thing I've seen in my 39 years

@angelaslack4843 5 жыл бұрын

Other singers have mastered the notes BUT her performance is deep and her interpretation makes her delivery Masterful -The ABSOLUTE TEMPLATE the message and emotions are so raw!!!

@kimberlywhitehead22 5 жыл бұрын

Loretta Devine and Sheryl Lee Ralph were no joke

@JennRighter 4 жыл бұрын

Jennifer Holliday is like the female Michael Jackson to me. She is the epitome of a vocalist and performer. In my opinion, she's the best in recorded time. I know there are contenders, but nothing and no one has ever done what Jennifer Holliday did.

@dewaynesmith6924 4 жыл бұрын

She is the original. The others are just copies at best.

@whitecrys1 3 жыл бұрын

Yessuh!!

@PrettyRichC 3 жыл бұрын

Yessssssssss!!!’🔥🔥

@Elwrt455 4 жыл бұрын

No one can hold a torch to Jennifer Holiday

@Cocoatreat 3 жыл бұрын

@Daisy i dont think anyone is insulting the great Jennifer Hudson...... but Jennifer Holiday set the standard!! Had she not done this......It would just be another random song!

@feliciajones6742 3 жыл бұрын

Original

@Chloeceegaming..7253 3 жыл бұрын

NOBODY❤💯💯💯!

@Shulemdior 2 жыл бұрын

Jennifer doesn’t get the credit she deserves! She’s such a powerhouse singer…and it proves she still has it because she snapped on her new song called “so in love”

@09artgirl 2 жыл бұрын

There is NO WAY even our best singers today could do this!!!! I am blown AWAY! ... tears gushing down my face! Ms. Holiday, your voice is the stuff divinity is made of!

@TonyEnglandUK Жыл бұрын

I absolutely cannot listen to anyone else sing it. It would always be second best to this.

@theoldschooldiva374 Жыл бұрын

There are quite a few who can, but she is the ORIGINAL hands down 🙌🏿

@missjoyceakaladyj6628 4 ай бұрын

Amazing!!

@triggerhappy522 5 жыл бұрын

it blows me away that this was live. this shit was LIVE! the emotion behind her voice and her vocals are just incredible. what's crazy is that nobody was singing like this at that time.. they don't even sing that way now because it's not easy!

@aseelbakheet5556 4 жыл бұрын

This people was shooting for greatness

@TheEndIsTheStart 4 жыл бұрын

And every night for 3 years!!!! Incredible is an understatement if not just for the endurance of her voice.

@catmitchell2962 3 жыл бұрын

Right!

@hotties3v3n 3 жыл бұрын

Who are you talking too?

@boasandbulldogs2157 3 жыл бұрын

@Zeljko Trifunovic wtf

@hernar2 3 жыл бұрын

I feel bad for her understudy. How could you possibly fill those shoes?

@runningrabbit11 3 жыл бұрын

Roz Ryan was pretty damn respectable. I saw the entire original cast but Jennifer. Blew my mind So excellent.

@lestatlouis47yui 3 жыл бұрын

Imagine if Jennifer Hudson is the understudy... I think she could do justice to the song, but of course the orig is always the best...

@robertn800 3 жыл бұрын

I think I read somewhere that Holiday was sort of erratic, not with her performance, but things like being late, calling in sick, problems with other cast members, etc. If true- it’s understandable because it’s such a demanding role & takes it’s toll on an Artist.

@blanchejennette6262 3 жыл бұрын

@@robertn800 I heard she was going to be fired but people threatened to boycott the show if she was

@abimccormick117 3 жыл бұрын

@@lestatlouis47yui jennifer hidson would have been like a year old during jennifer hollidays run of dreamgirls

@yvanwillard8497 Жыл бұрын

Forty years later and still no singer can match Ms. Holiday's performance. Three words. Mm mm mm. That's what I'm talking about. That girl can sang!

@squarebear619 2 жыл бұрын

Her and Martha Wash are hands down the best singers I've ever heard. The only reason they aren't on like a Whitney Houston level was because of their size.

@adrienneflowersscott9290 Жыл бұрын

Exactly

@joyce101 Жыл бұрын

And I AGREE with you 100%. And how 🤔 sad it is. And in the 2022s and hopefully beyond -- they will admire each person on their merit -- why hold them back , because of their weight!!

@darrylgaines2540 Жыл бұрын

💯💯💯💯💯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯

@films5555 5 ай бұрын

Whitney used to do back-up with Martha Wash during the 80’s. Martha was in Whitney’s I’m Every Woman video.

@squarebear619 3 ай бұрын

Exactly. Which is why when asked who she thought had a superior voice, after being called the superior voice, that she thought that Martha was a superior singer and that it was only due to her size, because she had a beautiful face, that she was stuck in the background and not credited for her vocals. Especially when that one group replaced her in their video for Gonna Make You Sweat with a model who fit within social beauty standards but still used her superior vocals. Holliday, Wash, etc, truly paved the way for Adele, Lizzo, etc. @films5555

@NezySpears 5 жыл бұрын

"I'M NOT WAKING UP TOMORROW MORNING.. HAHAA!!! " Fave part

@brandonburrell8517 5 жыл бұрын

It's insane. And very real.

@randomcat4940 5 жыл бұрын

That hahaah shook me

@Levi-Athan27 4 жыл бұрын

I read this as she sang it lmao

@tannerwiles7843 4 жыл бұрын

@@Levi-Athan27 me too just now. Synchronicity

@mobyrick9458 10 жыл бұрын

I saw this on Broadway when I was 13 or 14...over 30 years ago.. it was insane. When she sang this song the whole theater exploded. I'll never forget it.

@jamiepz 10 жыл бұрын

What a memory! A true gift of music and performance

@sylviaking8866 10 жыл бұрын

Wow. I wish I had have been there. She is incredible.

@MrAdryan1603 7 жыл бұрын

Moby Rick: You actually saw the show?! That's so awesome! What a great memory. That would have been amazing, right on.

@robertkaufman7312 7 жыл бұрын

I saw it in previews. she stopped the show five times in one song. five. the closest I ever felt to that was Melba Moore singing "I got love". check that one out. damn.

@BruceApar 7 жыл бұрын

Moby Rick Same here. Saw original Broadway production, which also was noted as groundbreakingly cinematic for its fluid set changes masterminded by Michael Bennett of A Chorus Line fame. When she sang this showstopper, I had never before seen audience members hooting and hollering during a song in a show, shouting things like "Tell him, girl!" let alone giving a standing ovation when a song is over.

@kimabola8258 10 ай бұрын

HOLY SH**! Oh my god. This was my first time seeing Jennifer Holliday’s performance. Hairs on the back of my neck literally stood. Nobody can touch this! She literally gave them no choice but to give her a Tony!

@1soFortunate 2 жыл бұрын

This rendition still gives me chills. No one can match the power and force of this song, in life period. exclamation point!

@TonyEnglandUK Жыл бұрын

Jennifer put her entire existence into this performance. Her soul, her past, her love, her everything.

@joyce101 Жыл бұрын

You had better Believe It. Ms. JENNIFER HOLIDAY's version and all the theatrics that goes with a "LIVE Stage" performance was masterful!!!

@siedah982 9 жыл бұрын

The range of her voice is amazing...

@maryvallettakeith6146 5 жыл бұрын

This is actually painful to watch, on so many levels. How did she not bust a gut, or a vocal chord or two during these performances?! Incredible. No one has ever surpassed her, not even JHud.

@Sarahslater99 5 жыл бұрын

Mary Valletta she was truly a once in TWO lifetimes type of voice.

@rosed1481 5 жыл бұрын

And it’s crazy because she did this every night for almost 2 years too!!

@hopii5177 5 жыл бұрын

How did she not kill her own vocals and or bust a gut you ask? Well my child there are stuff that are called, and bare with me here its shocking. technique. Incredible isnt it?

@imfamoushero 4 жыл бұрын

And she sang this song just as crazy on American Idol a few years ago. Even the gasp before the final note. Her technique, prep, care must’ve been PHENOMENAL to not ruin her voice forever like I’m in awe

@djleslie777 4 жыл бұрын

Ohh look at sexy sexy Loretta Divine, wow!!!!

@refrichip 3 жыл бұрын

Im crying...the tears just dropped up from my face, who else feel this way?

@sarahmylove9523 2 жыл бұрын

She perfectly embodied a spouse's pain. I felt that hard.

@shellowu07 11 ай бұрын

It’s so painful to watch how accurate it is. The desperation of feeling a love slip away from you 😢

@Stannorton 3 жыл бұрын

I saw Jennifer Holiday in Dreamgirls in New York and as the NYTIMES (1981) critic Frank Rich said: "If the curtain didn't fall, the audience would probably cheer Jennifer Holliday until dawn."

@slyspy9819 5 жыл бұрын

This was one of the greatest performances in theater history . Some 40yrs. later and they still talk about it !

@kertamo6721 4 жыл бұрын

Yes.

@jefmarquez2863 2 жыл бұрын

Y’all gotta chill with comparing Jennifer Holliday and JHud. We all know no one can top Jennifer Holliday on this song. But that doesn’t mean you can just disregard JHud right away. Give her credit where credit is due

@shanedelgado666 2 жыл бұрын

She made this song, one of the most difficult vocal performances there is; outside of opera, and she absolutely kills it. People are impressed, sure, they still don't comprehend how ridiculous amazing she is. She sings it so much better than Jennifer Hudson and that's not an easy thing to do.

@DragonPrincessAoife 3 жыл бұрын

The laugh at 5:18 is what gets me. The anger, the desperation, and the absolute disbelief is fantastic. God level vocals, but fantastic acting as well.

@chriscooks5437 2 жыл бұрын

That laughter marks the loss of your sanity.

@ginaadu4563 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome comment 🙂

@trulysavedbyChrist 2 жыл бұрын

That wasn't a laugh... it was absolute denial

@DragonPrincessAoife 2 жыл бұрын

@@trulysavedbyChrist I mean yea but the power is there...

@sweettee8110 2 жыл бұрын

@@trulysavedbyChrist she did say absolute disbelief.

@jamaalmorris8107 3 жыл бұрын

“IM NOT WAKING UP TOMORROW MORNING, HA! HA!” Did it for me. 😩🙌🏽

@sophisticatedmm3632 2 жыл бұрын

That part is deep

@denaysantiago1136 2 жыл бұрын

Chileeee

@sunni_side_up 2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@devonferris 2 жыл бұрын

How does someone can sing like that and never break their voice??? AMAZING!!

@LadyMul 2 жыл бұрын

I love how authentically 80s this is. In my household one sibling would have been holding up the TV antenna to at least keep the audio, another on the floor holding down the record button. Youngsters nowadays don’t know the struggle 🤣

@kuchikopi4631 2 жыл бұрын

90's were like that as well. The crappy tv antenna were never good.

@sutterangel7141 Жыл бұрын

💯 This comment! 🙌🏾 Bless you!

@vincentstrain2042 Жыл бұрын

How about when you had to smack the side of the TV??😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁

@LadyMul Жыл бұрын

@@vincentstrain2042 that too 🤣🤣

@vickirosstudor490 5 жыл бұрын

She gave ever ounce of herself in that performance.... unmatched.

@xchadx123112 6 жыл бұрын

I saw "Dreamgirls" on broadway with friends back in 1982...she just blew us right out of the water with her vocal talent!!!!!!! We met her at the stage entrance back door after the ow and got her autograph!! One of the best nights of my young life!!!!!!

@Dina_Tolen 5 жыл бұрын

chad ewing that’s amazing 😁😁😁

@Ntthabi 5 жыл бұрын

Lucky you!

@riverlee483 5 жыл бұрын

Cool 😎

@TracyD2 5 жыл бұрын

Amazing memories

@Daizyonceagain 5 жыл бұрын

I had no idea..it was a song from her..am.from the 80s but not old enough to know this ppl.who sing the heart out until the 90s..I never thought for a sec its wasn't Jennifer Hudson...wow...nice show, nice experience you had..Americans have these way with music a long time ago..such advancement is admirable..but nowadays you see only artist singing funny tracks and stripper videos...no raw talent and emotions..am not saying this generation can sing but something bus still missing ...

@CharisseArrington 2 жыл бұрын

Man I hope they paid her real good money because this was a lifetime performance over and over again! Whew I’m just sitting here shaking my head in awe!!! Jennifer absolutely obliterated this into the stratosphere.

@haleakahampton3068 2 жыл бұрын

" You lyin, you lyin....i neva been so thin!" Mann....i felt that one....my new reply to everyone who try to dig into me!

@jannabalthaser 7 жыл бұрын

Never in the history of anything has someone sung their anguish with such complete abandon and physicality, so well, with such vocal power and skill. She sings this song like she's literally being stabbed in the gut. Brilliant. Unmatchable.

@deaneawilliams2272 6 жыл бұрын

Janna Balthaser I'm here crying wow

@camarogoddess1391 5 жыл бұрын

well said!

@chrisfry436 5 жыл бұрын

Aint no man worth that........................

@brandivosmith 5 жыл бұрын

LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOO @CHRIS FRY aint that the truth

@misssincere5762 5 жыл бұрын

Yes, she even held her Belly. I love it.

@1946Ash 6 жыл бұрын

They should retire this song cause no one will ever sing this as good💥

@themightycelestial 5 жыл бұрын

Agree 100%.

@Vanasse1 5 жыл бұрын

Amen. So true!

@francoisbessing 5 жыл бұрын

Wow. Your comment brought tears to my eyes. Very high praise and well deserved.

@adgerlinasneed782 5 жыл бұрын

Jennifer Hudson did good too but holiday 😍😍😐whew

@yeezywesty3651 5 жыл бұрын

true that!

@user-um6lz9hg3r 4 ай бұрын

This STILL gives me chills.

@BenGi-yj8io 5 ай бұрын

The deep breath before the last note just adds to the intensity

@victoriajackson7499 5 жыл бұрын

She made you feel Effie's fear and hurt. She really didn't want to lose him especially in this important time in her life with the baby coming. She conveyed her panic and inner turmoil. You'll very rarely see true desperation in a performance executed this beautifully. Bravo, GORGEOUSLY DONE 😍😍😍

@AriAri-hg7ky 4 жыл бұрын

I agree!!!!

@RepublicTeaRoom 4 жыл бұрын

Pathology of black community

@tonymcneil978 4 жыл бұрын

Exactly. Other singers (including JHud) sing this as some sort of triumphant anthem. It isn't. This song is pain , fear, and desperation. That's what Ms. Holiday is giving you.

@gwb7875 3 жыл бұрын

Yes and the Line in the Song where she Sing (We both Share the Same Blood)

@marqueserobinson7028 6 жыл бұрын

How did she not receive a standing ovation, whistles, screams, or have some shoes thrown at her? Indescribable performance, once in a lifetime, and they say it live!

@blackscorpionlairgaming 5 жыл бұрын

you gotta remember, this was 30 years ago & people were more dignified & snooty at these award shows..notice every man was in tux & bowties & women was in evening wear & when i saw it in L.A., we had to wait til the end of the play to give her a standing ovation...different times

@jamesrender6701 5 жыл бұрын

Well this was the Tony Awards. Other performers were not going to give her that much credit, especially when you are competing with her. However, when you saw this on Broadway in the 80`s, yes people gave her many standing ovations. Sometimes it was hard to hear the song because of people cheering and emoting. She would turn it out each night.

@WilliamBlakeHall 5 жыл бұрын

Mainly because the curtain is down and she's no longer there. It's also the end of the first act.

@xIssaBaex 5 жыл бұрын

Marquese Robinson SHOES!! 👞 👟 👠

@galaz85 5 жыл бұрын

If she does this today people would be doing what happens in the birdbox movie because it is too overwhelming

@lauriewhite1994 Жыл бұрын

What she did on this stage with that song and acting performance, will NEVER be done again!!!!! I mean it, this was beyond talent this was something from her soul that cannot be duplicated. Jennifer Hudson was good, but this silenced all my organs for 5 minutes, then a rush of blood re-entered them 30 seconds after she finished. What in the world. Master piece!!!

@sesresu 2 жыл бұрын

NOTHING comes close to this iconic performance - not now, not ever. Still gives me chills each time i see it - forty years after my first time!

@adriennerobinson1180 Жыл бұрын

Truth Indeed AMEN 🙏 And it NEVER will

@Dandukee 7 ай бұрын

Best version ever

@shawnpreston1639 9 жыл бұрын

she sung that LIVE! YASSSS.

@iveywebb 6 жыл бұрын

shawn preston RIIIIIIIGGGHHHHTTT 💯💯💯

@jadezee6316 6 жыл бұрын

you do understand that this show is about broadway shows which are performed every night on stage LIVE. is it possible such stupidity can exist?

@breannanouveaux5132 6 жыл бұрын

Jade Zee they are responding to the comparisons of others who tried this but prerecord. They are saying she sang it the best AND did it all live. No cuts. No edits. They are giving praise to the absolute power of her voice. So...

@ruthie6066 6 жыл бұрын

Jade Zee shut up, its just astonishing how broadway singers can sing like that every night thats all they were pointing out, to appreciate that fact

@nolovedrjones9668 5 жыл бұрын

Jade Zee is a bitch lol

@bbmm9541 3 жыл бұрын

This should be in Guiness book of world record. Greatest vocal of all time!!

@KevinETaylor 3 жыл бұрын

YEEEEEEEEEESSSSSS

@rebekahjcowan 3 жыл бұрын

100!!

@jordanmiracle8019 3 жыл бұрын

Very correct

@robertn800 3 жыл бұрын

💯

@itsonlykairell7386 3 жыл бұрын

Yes

@ImmaMink Жыл бұрын

no one does it better - this is her song forever and ever

@TonyEnglandUK Жыл бұрын

She put her entire heart, soul, body and mind into this performance. I'm just thankful it's here to watch again and again.

@FantasticBabblings 5 ай бұрын

I saw this the week it opened. It's the only time I have ever witnessed a standing ovation in the middle of a Broadway show. It shook the theater.

@PJL7095 5 ай бұрын

And to think she was only 23. It’s her signature song

@real_lampcap 3 жыл бұрын

No matter who comes after, no one will ever do this song better than her.

@whitecrys1 3 жыл бұрын

FACTS

@whitecrys1 3 жыл бұрын

@@rosewhip5332 Ummm... Jennifer Hudson did justice to the song, but NO ... She did NOT do it better than Holiday. No disrepect to Hudson, but it's just facts.

@adriennerobinson1180 2 жыл бұрын

Truth Indeed AMEN

@kathleenevers7016 2 жыл бұрын

I came here after listening to the then 15 yr. old Sara sing the sing. This was incredible wow!

@izzymarie9011 2 жыл бұрын

They both did good no need to compare

@anitablake7441 5 жыл бұрын

Omg if you didn't feel this you need to look for your soul. Holiday will always wear the crown. Amber Riley and Jennifer Hudson shook me when they sang it, but I had to call FEMA for Holiday cause she destroyed me.

@Chrially2931 5 жыл бұрын

@Anita- You "had to call FEMA?" LOL!!!

@aleighc 5 жыл бұрын

Haha! Old school technology!

@Dina_Tolen 5 жыл бұрын

Anita Blake🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. Are you ok now?

@angiearthur1408 5 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@19ccj65 5 жыл бұрын

"I had to call FEMA for Holiday cause she destroyed me." Kindly, spread my ashes over the Pacific Ocean.

@MrCamp Жыл бұрын

This is easily in the top 5 of greatest live performances ever. Flawless. And to think that this song wasn’t even in the show! That she said she’s not doing it because Effie’s character was supposed to die at the end of the first act, so they went back and rewrote it AND gave her this number. Genius.

@roguenrawwellness7682 Жыл бұрын

And to think she was 21 when that show debuted amazing.

@swoklahoma 9 жыл бұрын

I think what makes Miss Holliday's version so special is she puts heart and emotion in it. She understands the song.

@DeMonSpencer 5 жыл бұрын

It's like she lived the lyrics. You can't get this type of performance without pulling from your own personal experience. She went from indignant, to confused, to anger, to desperation then resignation. All of those emotions packed in one short scene and she does them all flawlessly.

@johnhaggard 8 жыл бұрын

That performance by Jennifer Holliday was like a nuclear bomb, it laid waste to anyone else ever trying to inhabit that song. She decimated any other pretenders who tried it after her. Her vocals are nothing short of amazing.

@Whitleychic 7 жыл бұрын

John Haggard and she did it at 21!

@elsa557 7 жыл бұрын

Can you not praise her performance without insulting other actresses and singers by calling them 'pretenders'? I've just been watching Jennifer Hudson's phenomenal rendition in Dreamgirls and I was blown away by amazing she was - especially considering it was her acting debut.

@heartless2009YEP 7 жыл бұрын

Check out this 15 year old from Britain got talent

@heartless2009YEP 7 жыл бұрын

Her name is Sarah

@chaseharrison8842 7 жыл бұрын

I have to agree with this!

@user-hv2sv9kk7g 7 ай бұрын

No one can cover this song. It will always be her song.

@beadonitboard Жыл бұрын

No one can TOUCH THIS PERFORMANCE!!!!!!!!!!

@marticuts 5 жыл бұрын

She was 21 years old performing this WOW

@randomcat4940 5 жыл бұрын

I sing this when people r not around

@josephmachen 3 жыл бұрын

WOW.........🔥👏📀

@KyleOgilvie1 8 жыл бұрын

In terms of Tony Performances, this is simply one of, if not, THE best performance ever.

@linda_pham 7 жыл бұрын

you know this stuff is beyond awesome when even Voldemort appreciates Muggle talent

@KyleOgilvie1 7 жыл бұрын

Is she a muggle though? As far as I am concerned, Jennifer Holliday is an All Powerful Goddess xD

@tribbiani3009 7 жыл бұрын

A Goddes can still be a muggle.. Right? EX: Emma Watson is a goddes amongst 9gag'ers and shes a mudblood. True story.

@franciscoavila36 7 жыл бұрын

This is why it IS STILL. The Number 1 Tony Award Performance of all time!!!😁

@happymoshiga4758 7 жыл бұрын

Lord Voldemort indeed

@onabloom9114 Жыл бұрын

THE GREATEST PERFORMANCE ON HISTORY OF HUMANITY! I HAVE YET TO FIND ANYTHING THAT TOP THIS! THUMBS UP IF YOU AGREE!

@dmfeinberg Жыл бұрын

I had the privilege of seeing her in the show live there is no one that comes close to her. It was the most spectacular performance I have ever seen.

@Bojan_V Жыл бұрын

Oh lucky you 🙏🏻. I wish i could hear her...

@takuanp1ckles 4 жыл бұрын

My throat started hurting just watching this

@johneduardoctavianoiv9749 3 жыл бұрын

Wahaha

@inkaacrowe8429 3 жыл бұрын

Hahahahaha

@devonferris 2 жыл бұрын

Lol hahahha me too. How can anyone sing like that and never break their voice. Just AMAZING!!

@just_cade 7 жыл бұрын

"YOU'RE GONNA LOOOOOOooooooOOOOOOOOVVVVEEEEE *GASP* MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE”

@BriGuyIL1980 7 жыл бұрын

And then the curtain comes down on her, the announcer drowns her out, and the Dreamgirls come out and sing. Effie is forgotten. It's heartbreaking.

@MissEasyPeasySleasy 5 жыл бұрын

Felt ever piece of this in my soul!!!

@myaj8538 5 жыл бұрын

Chills!!!!!!!

@misssincere5762 5 жыл бұрын

Thay Gasp made it even better and more realistic

@where_oh_where_is_blue 5 жыл бұрын

I sing this to my family ALL the time (in essence, your going to deal with my craziness) you're gonna LOVEEEEEEEEE ME!!!

@anitajones7090 2 жыл бұрын

Still incredible, the breath control and range.

@sirusbones 6 ай бұрын

Jesus Christ! The vocal power, and the breathe control this must have required her! This is absolutely the most passionate performance I've ever seen!

@OutstandnBrandon 4 жыл бұрын

The deep inhale at the end!?? The cherry on top of the cake! You hear me!?! CROWD. CON. TROL!

@michaelmachine 10 жыл бұрын

ONE OF THE GREATEST PERFORMANCES BROADWAY HAS EVER SEEN...BAR NONE!!! REMEMBER SHE SANG THIS 8 TIMES A WEEK..WHAT STAMINA!

@rjames441 6 жыл бұрын

8 times ? Wow!

@trgoohileshea2820 5 жыл бұрын

She is the benchmark for this performance!

@DiXieFAG 5 жыл бұрын

@@trgoohileshea2820 is a benchmark the same as a milestone in statistical theory?

@trgoohileshea2820 5 жыл бұрын

I'm going to go with yes. Anyway. what does it matter. This woman is a nuclear bomb of perfection. As a person who has performed on stage, I can say sustaining this level of talent days upon days a week is a drain. To do it is a testament to true talent. I did it for three months. It's not easy.

@j0thom 5 жыл бұрын

Eagle Claw age is just a number honey!