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Haven't heard of her? She's the original Effie in the original Broadway play Dreamgirls. She's amazing, she sang while Aretha's casket was being escorted out of the funeral. Only a voice like hers could send Aretha on home.
Next should be Bridge over troubled waters from the same concert which she sings alongside Paul Simon & Luther Vandross. Definitely a must watch if you want to see some singing
This was not a performance for Jennifer and many Christians who can relate especially ones of the American culture. This was an experience. This was perfect bc the Holy Spirit blessed used her. The audience wasn’t ready though and Jennifer was a head of her time with this rendition. They began to sell this Gospel Session VHS tapes and it became very popular in the many black Christian households. Jennifer was phenomenal with Walter Hawkins on the keys. Andrae Crouch directing and arranging. Gospel music royalty.
Thanks for this reaction to one of the greatest vocalists of all time. A little background on Jennifer Holliday from the Wikipedia: "She started her career on Broadway in musicals such as Dreamgirls (1981-83), Your Arms Too Short to Box with God (1980-1981) and later became a successful recording artist. She is best known for her debut single, the Dreamgirls number and rhythm-and-blues/pop hit, "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going", for which she won a Grammy in 1983. She also won a 1982 Tony Award for Dreamgirls...Among the acclaim was Holliday's sweep of awards in 1982, including the Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical, a Grammy Award for her recorded version of the song, and Drama Desk and Theater World awards for her acting performance. Holliday also performed in the touring company of Sing, Mahalia, Sing in 1985...Apart from her career in the music industry and on the stage, Holliday has also made appearances on primetime television. In addition to appearances on Touched by an Angel and Hang Time, she had a half dozen appearances in a recurring guest star role on Ally McBeal, where she acted out the role of choir director Lisa Knowles, often singing popular ballads...On June 26, 2007, Holliday made a surprise appearance at the BET Awards, singing "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" in a duet with Jennifer Hudson, who had played Effie White in the 2006 film adaptation of Dreamgirls, and won an Oscar for her performance...On May 23, 2012, Holliday performed "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" alongside American Idol finalist Jessica Sanchez during the American Idol Season 11 finale. On October 2, 2018, Holliday surprised the seven year old viral singing sensation, Malea Emma Tjandrawidjaja on GMA Day, and they performed a duet of "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going"...In 2022, Holliday competed in season seven of The Masked Singer as "Miss Teddy" of Team Cuddly...Holliday attended Texas Southern University. She later received a Doctor of Music honoris causa from Berklee College of Music, Boston in 2000." Her other Broadway credits include Grease (1995), Chicago (2001; 2022), and The Color Purple (2016-17). She won her second Grammy award for "Come Sunday" in the Best Inspirational Performance category in 1986. She has two other Grammy nominations: Best New Artist (1983) and Best Female R&B Performance (1986) for "Feel My Soul."
Jennifer Holliday originated the role of Effie White in Dreamgirls on Broadway in 1982 (If you like to "freak out" PLEASE check out her Tony award winning performance on The Tony Awards, here on RU-vid). She won a Tony and a Grammy for the role. This performance was from a segment/concert she did with Paul Simon and Luther Vandross. This was around the time she had just played the gospel great Mahalia Jackson in a musical called "Sing Mahalia Sing". In this sone, she does a lot of riffs that Mahalia did (you should check her out too. An INCREDIBLE gospel singer..sang for Martin Luther King/civil rights, was in the movie "Imitation of Life") but Jennifer DEFINITELY has her own riffs as well. Jennifer went on to lose about 200 pounds after this video and still performs in concert, on TV and Broadway to this day. (Can you tell I'm an old school Jennifer Holliday fan? LOL)
Jennifer's catalog covers broadway, gospel and R&B mostly.....quite a journey.....check out her latest 'So in Love' - done in her classic R&B style - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-AC-M3g55qac.html
Welcome to Black church. You may not believe the religion but if you can't feel something listening to Jennifer testify you don't understand Black culture.
I LOVE your channel your becoming my favorite reactor , you should checkout , Prince while my guitar weeps with Tom petty( your gonna lose your mind when you hear princess guitar solo) and prince and Beyoncé (prince melody ) and Beyoncé sex on fire/ beautiful ones at Glastonbury
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Lil geeky white boy. U shuda go ahead and watch all the great black church girls, starting from Aretha / MajaliaJackson / Sarah Vaughn, Whitney / Gladys. U might be able to broaden yr horizon. After Jen Holl sang *his eyes* she duet with Luther. That's amazing too. Then U might Wana try *that's what friends r for 'with' Dionne/ Stevie / Whitney / Luther. That's another level of divinity
