I love Jennifer Hudson, she is an extremely talented woman but Jennifer Holliday is the first and the best Effie Melody White followed so close by JHud..Lillias however is not on either wave lenght of either Jennifer but she is also a talented lady as well.
I'll put it like this, each singer brings something to the song to make it great. Holliday was electrifying, White channeled the emotion well and was the best in technique, while Hudson brought a combination of electrifying and emotion.
Having seen the concert version, White did deliver the strongest performance acting wise, her Effie had a lot of personality.
It's no doubt that the origin Effie(Jennifer Holiday) is the best. Then J HUD then Lillias White. Holiday & White sounded better on stage in the show.
Lillias White has always been my favorite Effie...though Jennifer Hudson comes to a close second...i actually wasn't impressed By Holiday's performance on the Tony Awards...or anytime she sang this song AFTER she lost all that weight...
Jennifer Holiday's version gives the frantic desperation that the song is speaking of. She is losing everything - her man, her career, and she is desperate to just hold on.
Not a JHud lover. She tends to sound sharp to me. I saw Ms. White as Effie on tour in 1983. Full blown Broadway staging. She was wonderful. Ms. Holliday. The role is made on her. Temperamental, rough and somewhat inconsistent. She was a seismic jolt in the theatre. When JHud does it live 8 times a week I'd love to see her 6 months into the run or 20 years later as these clips have Lili & Jenni H.
Yeh, the first time i listened to hudson cd version i thought its beautiful but then every performance of her is always excatly the same unlike holliday i got bored actually.
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You have to realize that when you youtube for Jennifer Holliday's renditions, you're looking at like 20 years of overuse of a song. It's going to change a lot in 20 years.
honestly, anyone who has the chops to belt this song deserves mad props. so i give them all alot of credit for doing justice to this part in such an amazing show.
Jennifer Holiday was the first Effie and won the Tony. Jennifer Hudson was the last and won the Oscar. I'd say it would be both Jennifers, but for different reasons. Without the first Jennifer, I don't think the seoncd one would have done as well singing this song. It's based on the first because it was so memorable.
let me tell all yall something..this song requires the famous vocal growls that puts the passion in the song and only one woman does that well...JENNIFER HOLIDAY but...that note jennifer hudson did was great that one girl didn't do nothing diffrent
cont... Holiday would have been a megastar if she would have had the same opportunites as Hudson, but like I said times were different. Her depression, etc. may have also affected her chances of great stardom. I am not knocking, but when people get depressed, if we don't turn it around, it can have profound affects on our lives. We can't change the past, we can only learn from it and do better.
They all sound great and did justice to this role. I give them all their props. I give respect to my ancestors and what they have achieved, but it never downgrades what I have or can achieve. So what Holiday did is great and what Hudson did is great. I feel we should not knock one or the other. All three have great talent. It was harder for black singers/actors to get work back then compared to now. cont....
It's difficult to compare. The current superior recording technology we have is very apparent when listening to these clips. Holiday is at a disadvantage because of the poorer recording. I think J Hud is very gifted. I have to ask, though, what would she have done with this song if there had been no Jennifer Holliday singing it first? There's no disputing that Hudson took a page from Holliday's book on how to sing this song.
that's true but ms Holliday stared it if it wasen't for her Effie would have died into the first act and you can look that up if you type in Jennifer Holliday's interview she won an tony for Effie and that's bigger than an oscor she played Effie every night on Broadway for 3 whole years........
1. Tie: WHITE / HUDSON. I saw Holliday in the original and I couldn't believe she won the Tony when she couldn't act. I've never been under her spell. And now when she performs it, it's just scary, like a wind up riffin' robot. Lillias White was FANTASTIC, an amazing actress and singer and she made it her own, and it was so great to see the part done by a wonderful actress. Hudson's voice has such beauty. But I've NEVER been able to figure out the Jennifer Holliday thing.
Oh, you're absolutely right. Lillias White and Jennifer Hudson own this song. Jennifer Holliday...well, she's become a complete bitch now so screw her.
well if you have to compare marbles to chalk i guess youll never see the art in others... dont stand them side by side... use your minds eye to seperate the two voices and styles and know each are THEIR VERY OWN
You gotta give her the benefit of the doubt though... because she was just a twenty-year-old church girl who had practically zero previous acting experience prior to getting the role. I like Hudson and Holiday's voices equally, but differently.
Jennifer Holliday obviously has them both beat. You simply can't beat the original. They were both good, but she made the song what it is, and that's all there is to it.
I love Jennifer Hudson, she is an extremely talented woman but Jennifer Holliday is the first and the best Effie Melody White followed so close by JHud..Lillias however is not on either wave lenght of either Jennifer but she is also a talented lady as well.
RWing39 1 month ago
Jennifer holiday, then hudson, then moya angelou & then lillias white
dc3fan2003 3 months ago
This Ain't a competition.. @Idontsingisanghard lls Jennifer Holiday all day babee
mrdiorirocks1 4 months ago
I'll put it like this, each singer brings something to the song to make it great. Holliday was electrifying, White channeled the emotion well and was the best in technique, while Hudson brought a combination of electrifying and emotion.
Having seen the concert version, White did deliver the strongest performance acting wise, her Effie had a lot of personality.
DrLennox 8 months ago
It's no doubt that the origin Effie(Jennifer Holiday) is the best. Then J HUD then Lillias White. Holiday & White sounded better on stage in the show.
deeblk07 8 months ago
Jennifer Holliday got this!
joliegarrett 9 months ago
Lillias White has always been my favorite Effie...though Jennifer Hudson comes to a close second...i actually wasn't impressed By Holiday's performance on the Tony Awards...or anytime she sang this song AFTER she lost all that weight...
LifeintheformofSean 1 year ago
jennifer holiday wins my vote
bigredclown 1 year ago 3
jennifer holliday is the best period.....
faitchiersarace1124 1 year ago 3
Jennifer Holiday's version gives the frantic desperation that the song is speaking of. She is losing everything - her man, her career, and she is desperate to just hold on.
moomp 1 year ago 2
Not a JHud lover. She tends to sound sharp to me. I saw Ms. White as Effie on tour in 1983. Full blown Broadway staging. She was wonderful. Ms. Holliday. The role is made on her. Temperamental, rough and somewhat inconsistent. She was a seismic jolt in the theatre. When JHud does it live 8 times a week I'd love to see her 6 months into the run or 20 years later as these clips have Lili & Jenni H.
chocolatesouljah 1 year ago
Three generations of Diva
docjr87 1 year ago
can anybody give me a link to a full Lillias White video of this song.
I've heard both Jennifer's before but never Lillias.
If somebody could send me a message of that I'd be really grateful
Thnx.
Nues0302 1 year ago
Jennifer Holiday
hogging it much !!!
jennifer hudson got the less time !!!
AndreiiSmith 2 years ago
1st Place: Jennifer Holiday
2nd Place: Jennifer Hudson
3rd Place: Lillias White
hamoboi08 2 years ago 2
I just have 2 words to say: Jennifer Holiday!
hdj8501 2 years ago 4
@hdj8501 Right on!
BigMamaFurter 1 year ago
I love Jhud But Holiday gives me chiles.
destaco7 2 years ago
all the verisons are great jhud is wonderful and i love holidays version because she was the original and i love her for that great vid
nikkidabest812 2 years ago
I cant see how you can compare each artist!
Each woman brings a new aspect to the song;
JHol, brings the emotionally powered growls.
JHud, brings a vulnerability and a renewed passion- not forgettin this is a love song!
Lillias White, brings a contemporary edge to the song- and really lifts it into a new dimension!
3 VERY different performances which cannot be compared!
tigerlily0792 2 years ago 4
BEST COMPILATION VIDEO EVER!! Thank you for picking the best parts of these dynamite divas!!!
Brn2DrmBig 2 years ago 2
lillias white is a powerhouse! her tone is sooo clear!
CESARQ 2 years ago
btw this is a live version of holiday but still shes the best hudson have no style and technique she sings like 5 year old.
morningstar000 2 years ago
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Are you kidding? Holliday sounds like a cartoon character. Hudson sounds like a singer.
singerlad34 2 years ago
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Jennifer Hudson is blatantley the best.
whoever made this is too biase towards j.holliday, hudson was hardly in this.....
but even though she was in in it for like 30 seconds, shes still the best..
if your going to make a video comparing people, atleast give them all a fair shot..
tomd3 2 years ago
Hudson. 100%
singerlad34 2 years ago
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Jennifer Hudson deffo
XxLikkleLisaxX 2 years ago
HUDSON
ExtraOrdinaryMattCat 2 years ago
Wait until u see Frenchie Davis rock out the Effie hits! She puts Bill Condon to shame for casting Jhud.
labolafia 2 years ago
Jennifer Holiday, originals are always the best !!!
stork143 3 years ago 2
Really? ALWAYS?
The fact that Holliday croaked this out first doesn't mean she did it better.
singerlad34 2 years ago
YES ALWAYS,originals are always the best!!! she is the queen!!!
stork143 2 years ago 5
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.. Have you LISTENED to her F's? She has no belt. She sounds like a cartoon character.
singerlad34 2 years ago
Yeh, the first time i listened to hudson cd version i thought its beautiful but then every performance of her is always excatly the same unlike holliday i got bored actually.
stork143 2 years ago 8
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You have to realize that when you youtube for Jennifer Holliday's renditions, you're looking at like 20 years of overuse of a song. It's going to change a lot in 20 years.
singerlad34 2 years ago
nope thats not true try to watch more her recent versions, always different versions.
stork143 2 years ago 9
1) Jennifer Holliday/Jennifer Hudson**
2) Jennifer Hudson/Jennifer Holliday**
3) Lillias White
**Both have unique things that both put them and in first and second! Love Effie! :)
phatchrulesforever 3 years ago
yes thts wat i was thinkin cuz J HUD brings the new age sound to it (BUT) J HOLLILDAY still and will always have raw original sound too it .
changingeverymin 2 years ago
Yup! That's exactly how I feel! :)
phatchrulesforever 2 years ago
Jennifer Holliday has it hands down... Jennifer Hudson is a close 2nd
JoyceLicorish 3 years ago 2
Yes, I love J Hud. But Holiday will ALWAYS be the real Effie.
Silentbutdeadly07 3 years ago 2
Holiday. Holiday. Holiday! Hands down. Three times over.
BluBarbi98 3 years ago 2
honestly, anyone who has the chops to belt this song deserves mad props. so i give them all alot of credit for doing justice to this part in such an amazing show.
UveBeenLuPwned123094 3 years ago
Jennifer Holiday was the first Effie and won the Tony. Jennifer Hudson was the last and won the Oscar. I'd say it would be both Jennifers, but for different reasons. Without the first Jennifer, I don't think the seoncd one would have done as well singing this song. It's based on the first because it was so memorable.
CEDwyer1969 3 years ago 2
JENNIFER HOLIDAY !!!!!
Dillett92 3 years ago 2
jennifer hudson hands dwn baby
dlinkster 3 years ago 2
let me tell all yall something..this song requires the famous vocal growls that puts the passion in the song and only one woman does that well...JENNIFER HOLIDAY but...that note jennifer hudson did was great that one girl didn't do nothing diffrent
DOMINIW5 3 years ago
hudson aLL THE WAY BECAUSE HER VOICE AND RANGE IS FULLER AND MORE FLAVORED
sexy912 3 years ago
Holliday and Hudson tie!
70sbaby80schild 3 years ago
I'd love to vote for Hudson but the truth is Lillias White is just the Queen...seriously.
SHnoregrets1979 3 years ago 2
i think i would like to see the 3 of them sing that live
motownbg 3 years ago 2
Jennifer hudson wins always. White's voice is not that great and she butches up the song. Holiday, is well...scary.
CHAKAKHANISMYHERO 3 years ago
jennifer hudson wins!!
something unique about the way she sings
:)
love you jennifer hudson!!!
Chatlaz07 3 years ago
Holiday is AMAZING
alove2tokiohotel 3 years ago
cont... Holiday would have been a megastar if she would have had the same opportunites as Hudson, but like I said times were different. Her depression, etc. may have also affected her chances of great stardom. I am not knocking, but when people get depressed, if we don't turn it around, it can have profound affects on our lives. We can't change the past, we can only learn from it and do better.
NappyMACDiva3 3 years ago
They all sound great and did justice to this role. I give them all their props. I give respect to my ancestors and what they have achieved, but it never downgrades what I have or can achieve. So what Holiday did is great and what Hudson did is great. I feel we should not knock one or the other. All three have great talent. It was harder for black singers/actors to get work back then compared to now. cont....
NappyMACDiva3 3 years ago
Hudson
Holliday
White
funkadelic89 3 years ago
Holliday is BY FAR the best!
shutupppppppp 3 years ago 2
so amazing
can you please just post the full version of 2001 Benefit Concert - Lillias White
her voice is really wondwefulll
poordiva 3 years ago
Love them all!
queercat 3 years ago
It's difficult to compare. The current superior recording technology we have is very apparent when listening to these clips. Holiday is at a disadvantage because of the poorer recording. I think J Hud is very gifted. I have to ask, though, what would she have done with this song if there had been no Jennifer Holliday singing it first? There's no disputing that Hudson took a page from Holliday's book on how to sing this song.
halaluani 3 years ago
JENNIFER HOLLIDAY WINS BY A LANDSLIDE
civicplayer 3 years ago 3
HUDSON AN HOLIDAY
2muchwomen4u1 3 years ago
Three amazing and gifted singers but when it comes to Effie - there will never be a version as astonishing as that of........Jennifer Holliday.
mhertz25 3 years ago 2
They all sound amazing, with their own spin on the song.
It sounds natural that HUDSON is the real Effie, because that is what has been brought to the limelight over the past few years.
Jennifer Hudson has an incredible voice.
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saltandpepper 3 years ago
that's true but ms Holliday stared it if it wasen't for her Effie would have died into the first act and you can look that up if you type in Jennifer Holliday's interview she won an tony for Effie and that's bigger than an oscor she played Effie every night on Broadway for 3 whole years........
serglew09 3 years ago
HUDSON
Isaiahinger 3 years ago
Holiday and Hudson... the other one was way too cookie-cutter.
SdrawkcabEesI 3 years ago 2
HOLIDAY ALL THE WAY! The other two IS and will ALWAYS be immitators!!!!
slimsxyblkwoman 3 years ago 3
Holiday... all the way
CleanSockz 3 years ago
I love Lillias!
broadwaysweetheart 3 years ago
Lillias' Voice doesn't seem like its strong enough...but that's just my opinion.
trulyraven 3 years ago 2
The Jennifers pretty much own this song.
trulyraven 3 years ago 3
1. Tie: WHITE / HUDSON. I saw Holliday in the original and I couldn't believe she won the Tony when she couldn't act. I've never been under her spell. And now when she performs it, it's just scary, like a wind up riffin' robot. Lillias White was FANTASTIC, an amazing actress and singer and she made it her own, and it was so great to see the part done by a wonderful actress. Hudson's voice has such beauty. But I've NEVER been able to figure out the Jennifer Holliday thing.
EdithEvansHandbag 4 years ago
Oh, you're absolutely right. Lillias White and Jennifer Hudson own this song. Jennifer Holliday...well, she's become a complete bitch now so screw her.
Mattbrain 3 years ago
you just cant handle talent...IT WAS A PLAY that was EFFIE not HOLIDAY.remeber its called ACTING
hyenanutz 3 years ago
you confuse bitch with DIVA
hyenanutz 3 years ago
Perhaps she is a diva but not the good kind of diva.
Mattbrain 3 years ago
well if you have to compare marbles to chalk i guess youll never see the art in others... dont stand them side by side... use your minds eye to seperate the two voices and styles and know each are THEIR VERY OWN
hyenanutz 3 years ago
You gotta give her the benefit of the doubt though... because she was just a twenty-year-old church girl who had practically zero previous acting experience prior to getting the role. I like Hudson and Holiday's voices equally, but differently.
SdrawkcabEesI 3 years ago 2
As long as its sung with the heart and not the brain, its good to me.
Feel it. Don't think through it.
lf1234 4 years ago
As long as its sung with the heart and not the brain, its good to me.
Feel it. Don't think through it.
lf1234 4 years ago
SO TRUE SO DAMNED TRUE
hyenanutz 3 years ago
Jennifer Holiday will be the only Effie! She is the first and last!!
musicperson101 4 years ago
Hands down, Jennifer Holiday is the winner
ChocolateCitynLBC 4 years ago 2
Riffs are terrible for this song. Hudson did it better. Holliday did it best.
petersonad 4 years ago
I like all of them, and for different reasons. Holliday is the original, but JHud has the range, Lillias has the riffs/runs.
RJoseph927 4 years ago
jennifer holiday wins
bigredclown 4 years ago
All three, c'mon Effie is supposed to be a certain age. All three were perfect when they presented the role. '82, '87, and '06.
stephensultan 4 years ago 3
Frankly, I am so impressed with all three of these amazingly talented women, I give them all my vote!
agnesmoorhead 4 years ago 2
both jennifer's
sammiebabie21 4 years ago
I have a really soft spot for Lillias! Her voice just totally hits me.
hilmartonnesen 4 years ago
Holliday wins this, hands down!
SpeedyDeath 4 years ago
holiday of course!!!! did you see her on the BET awards 2007??!!! (the opening act) she made hudson sound like a lil ass girl!!
fvanshoes 4 years ago 2
Jennifer Holliday obviously has them both beat. You simply can't beat the original. They were both good, but she made the song what it is, and that's all there is to it.
red3v 4 years ago 2
Jennifer Hudson Hands down. Sorry her voice is just pure and amazing.
TooHotAt28 4 years ago 2
Holiday!! she kills it!
anonnemus 4 years ago 2
Jennifer Hudson
Drich18 4 years ago
excellent video that one girl wasnt no competition for jennifer huidson and jennifer holiday
DOMINIW5 4 years ago