Don't you just LOVE clicking on these things on Jennifer Hudson (b. Jennifer Kate Hudson on September 12, 1981 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American singer and actress. Whitney is brilliant in the OP video.She loved doing those medleys at live shows. Everyone is so scared she is going to overdose," Tina said at the time.The squalor and her mum's erratic behaviour terrified Whitney's young daughter Bobbi, who died in similar circumstances after being found face-down in a bathtub in January 2015.Whitney told Oprah in 2010 that she was drug-free at least, although she still hankered for the illicit substances. "Together, she and I decided to take the pictures in the bathroom and share with the world, the pain we were going through … it was a united cry for help. I am just transfixed by Whitney the past few days. I remember in an interview Quincy Jones said that Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan cared nothing about the lyrics to a song, and that they used their voices as an instrument much like the Jazz musicians uses their trumpets or saxophones. She has no understanding of the lyric or emotion in the song. "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" was recorded in 2006 by former American Idol contestant Jennifer Hudson, who portrayed Effie White in the DreamWorks/Paramount motion picture adaptation of Dreamgirls.Her recording of the song, the Dreamgirls film soundtrack's second single, peaked at number 60 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, and number 14 on the R&B chart. every single site you visit? This performance is included on her 2014 CD/DVD release, Live: Her Greatest Performances.
I hadn't seen the video that you posted before. Whitney Houston's sister-in-law Tina Brown once revealed the true horror of her darkest days with the late starShe had the voice, the looks and the charisma, but by the time of her death, drug addiction had robbed Whitney Houston of everything she had.The superstar's £76million fortune was gone and her debts were spiralling as the once brilliant singer struggled to feed her addiction to crack cocaine, cannabis and prescription drugs.In 2009, Whitney - who would have turned 57 today - came clean about her demons, admitting her drug use escalated after her marriage to Bobby Brown and hit 1992 movie, The Bodyguard. Thank you !Whitney is astonishing. It's not about vulnerability or emotion, but about brash, positive affirmation, and when she hits those ringing high notes she does it with such ease and joy she carries the audience with her.And yes, she did popularize the use of runs and riffs on notes (though Mariah took it into overdrive), but she could be subtle and straightforward when she chose to be, belting out notes pure and clear to show off her tone, and with her I never felt the "olympic" operatics were an affectation, just a natural extension of the fact that her voice could do whatever the hell it felt like doing.The Voice, um, don't like it. We are changing the login scheme for contributors for simpler login and to better support using multiple devices. In addition to its presence in the musical, "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" is also notable as the debut single of two women who portrayed Effie.
It was always about the voice (a technical, beautiful marvel) and what it could do and how it could make you feel, never about who she was as a person, or a character she was playing (she sang generic song after generic song). What an incredible performance!Wow,wow,wow - don't remember ever seeing that.Unbelievable. A mic , and an amazing voice. She was one of the finalists on the third season of the reality/talent-search television series American Idol. ... For example, She sings "And I Am Telling You" not as the scorned woman begging a lover to stay, but as a completely confident woman telling her lover … In 1982, Jennifer Holliday, the actress who portrayed Effie in the original "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" was designed as the closing number of "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" was recorded in 2006 by former Hudson's version received outstanding reviews from multiple movie and music critics, which highlighted her strength as both a vocalist and an actress. And I am telling you I'm not going You're the best man I'll ever know There's no way I can ever go No, no, no, no way No, no, no, no way I'm living without you I'm not living without you I don't want to be free I'm staying, I'm staying And you, and you, you're gonna love me Oh, you're gonna love me And I am telling you I'm not going Even though the rough times are showing When she sang Love Me or Leave Me it sounded like a threat. People who think she was "The Voice" know nothing about singing.R12.