Jennifer Holiday - And I'm Telling You

[Bastian]

And I'm Telling You (I'm Not Going)

They have been airing repeats of Ally McBeal here in Australia. I was reminded of her because last night, they aired an episode in which she starred.
Jennifer played the lead singer of a choir and she would nail every song - DAMN !!! can this woman sing !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is the theme song from DreamGirls, for which this legendary vocalist won a tony award for her performance and a grammy for this song.

Her voice is like whitney and patti labelle combined. Its
(I can see where whitney got her influences from)
And more than 20years later when this song was recorded, she can still nail and hit those notes.

1982
youtube.com/watch?v=Sq4uc9b2s1o&search=jennifer%20holiday

today
youtube.com/watch?v=gNf0uTwuwBQ&search=jennifer%20holiday

one more thing - this woman has lost A LOT of weight !!

[Bastian]

interesting tidbit -
did u know jennifer sang background vocals in Foreigner's #1 song - I want to know what love is (you can hear at the very end)

[duh5]

It's so sad when people try to sing this song, it just doesn't compare to her version.

That said, this is so overplayed. She actually has much better songs.

[breakthrough]

I watch the video of her performing it at the Tony's like at least 3 times a week. She was a MONSTER.

[tozion]

She's an INCREDIBLE vocalist. That goes without saying. I actually don't love the song that much. It's her vocals that make it. When someone who doesn't have her vocal ability sings it (and that's most people), it's awful.