Jennifer Holliday - And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going (& The Original Dreamgirls Reunion 2011) 

Exactly! She is a real legend and a incredible actress ❤️

FACTS

That's right.....And You Gonna Love Me!!

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Noooooooo

She was a bit younger then. This was in 2011, but yes, she look nice. Getting older don't make you unattractive. So, I'm not sure why people are surprised by people looking nice still as they get older. In fact quite a few people look even more attractive. Especially most men as they get older and mature. They literally do age like fine wine. Lol. Seriously though. God bless. God love and care for you, and so do I. In the mighty name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Amen.

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NO WAY?!! I thought she was in her early 50s

Black don’t crack but it melts like everything else

No she didn't!

Right ✅

Love these beautiful ladies.

If I had just a lot of her voice! I Would Be Thankful for Gods Grace!!

Yesss indeed!!!🙌🏽😩❤️🎙🔥

Wish there was a way to put it on DVD. It was a great play

@@carlaspringer8112 My mother went to see the original play and cast on Broadway (in 1982) and told me how amazing it was. She bought the album, and while we listened to the songs, she told me what was happening in the scenes. I felt like I was there! It would be nice to see the original on DVD. I just wonder if the actual play, not just the music, was ever fully recorded (like a movie reel). You can, however, find snippets of the stage play on RU-vid if you search for specific parts. I've seen Jennifer Holliday's performance of "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going". Amazing and heartfelt! The scenes that are available are not very clear because of how they were recorded. 😉

My mama named me after Deena!!! Baybeeeee when I tell you I crieddddddd!!!! Her voice is POWERFUL 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹

The play was 100 times better than the movie ..not even close

RIGHT ?!!? i ain't even know she was still alive .. idk why i thought J. Hud's character / reenactment was based on someone from the early 1900s

The early 1900s? You mean the 1980's. They wouldn't be here if it was the 1900's. Jennifer Holliday did the role of Effie before Jennifer Hudson was born. Both singers are powerhouse singers, just different vocal ranges. Give credit when credit is due. Discrediting a person's talent or anything else because of their age is unrealistic. Everybody is going to age and get older. Just keep living.

I did Ms. Jennifer 💕💞💓💗❤💯

@@TeKeyaKrystal girl what they hell

It took them time to do that but it’s a beautiful thing now that everything is hashed out

No she held it even longer when she sang it on Broadway

I liked this version better then her Broadway performance. Both of the women can sing. We can give credit where credit is due, and not take anything away from anybody else. They are both blessed with a Good given gift, that only HE can give.

Hudsons voice is stronger than its ever been in her 40s so it can very well stay that strong until her 60!

@@ladennayoung2939 bravo! Exactly what I was thinking

@@ladennayoung2939 thank you, It really bothers me when people do that. It's enough blessing to go around.

I smell a little hate on Jhuds talent. But at the same time you know you sing well when you got someone who was not even apart of the clip being mentioned.. Less hate and more celebration of everyone who ca sing you would think but nah thats too much like right!

❤😂🎉same here

She had AIDS?

I whole heartedly Agree with you -- MiSS JENNIFER HOLIDAY'S vocals should definitely be classified as a "national treasure"!!

Oh yeah. That's Ms. Lorelle.

What a beautiful comment! 💕

I said the same thing when I heard her sing in SF at benefit for AIDS but I had to realize that, all great singers have good days and then there are days when the spirit hits them, then their voice transforms to something otherworldly! The anointing is what it is....that's what we call it in the Black Church!

I said the same thing

Yeees Miss. Holiday showed up and showed out hallelujah ,Amen

OUT 👏👏🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

I would love to hear that! 🎶

Oh no! Jennifer Hudson can't touch Jennifer Holliday. Nobody can sing this song like Jennifer Holliday. She's the original, the one and only.

Both Jennifer and Loretta are from Houston

Indeed!!

It was ghastly!

@@chriscooks5437 Absolute divine technique ahah

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She made the necessary adjustments for her skillset today. Some of her phrasings were challenging for her now, and others were just ghastly! Leave well enough alone. She gotta risk failure for your satisfaction?! A lady always knows when to walk away. And gracefully, at that!

@@chriscooks5437 !!!?!!! Um ok. Have a lovely day ?

I think she can still do the original key but there wouldn't be enough room for movement since her tessitura dropped a bit.

@@BKDAYZ lol 😂

Watch her Tony Award performance in 2021...about as close as you'll get to her original performance from almost 40 years ago. STUNNING!

I remember "Hard Time for Lovers". OMG, I used to love this song! I sang along every single time I played it or heard it in the radio. I just played (and added) it to my Spotify playlist. Working with her on this song must have been really cool. What a great memory to have! "I will stand by you...in love, right or wrong!"

Oh my, you lucky duck! There are a lot of rumors that Jennifer is hard to work with, could you give your assessment during the time that you worked with her?

@@heroxzq1263 she was very sweet but direct.. I have worked with alot of women and men and when it's a guy doing it he's a boss..a female is a bitch...and she wasn't at all.

Me9 she got that from Dionne Warwick. She told a story about the Back on the Block recording session and how someone hit the wrong note in the background vocals and Dionne made them do it again the right way. Guess that comes from actually studying her music and truly earning her Master's in music.