Phyllis Hyman what you want do for love live!

[mdna72]

If I close my eyes I would have thought it was Nancy Wilson .not too take anything away from phyliss hyman.

[Izeedra]

nO mATTER HOW HIGH THE TRANSGRESSION OF FEELING YOUR INSIDES BE PERSECUTED DAY AND NIGHT. LIKE A BEAUTIFUL GOD INSPIRED TWIN TO ME, WHO WAS AND WAS NOT KNOW. IMPRISONED FOR 5 YEARS FOR fIFTY DOLLARS OF CRACK, A COLD FUNKY COLD BY A BLACK INFORMANT. MY MOST SINCERE REGRET TO A BEAUTIFULLY TALENTED EXPRESSION OF ISSI LIFE.

[masterman2324]

@Izeedra Very unfortunate, Izeedra. The perseverance you display be acknowledged, GREATLY. YOU ARE TRULY ADMONISHED.

[mariejj1338]

love u truely missed my favorite,,,,,god bless

[1MillaDay]

What a beautiful song and a lost soul...I really miss that soulful voice and she really did matter to me! I would have loved to meet this talented, yet hurting sister. Farewell, Lady Phyllis Hyman. (She is in a much better place)

[kahlilwllc15]

What a voice! She's so beautiful, classy and elegant.

[donohuem]

Godess!

[Ladygem05]

She is "DA BOMB.COM"

[proudbluestaterful]

stunninl;y beautiful outside and powerful real voice, no voice over no reverb rip fair lady

[mssquirrely]

No voice overtones, No machines, No autotune, No gimmicks....Live band, Live Vocals, simply put: PURE RAW TALENT. I greatly adore and miss her presence. True DIVA.....Thank You for all the musical GEMS you left.

[foncelia1]

Love you PH and miss u much.

[datgurlrae]

everytime I watch her perform i feel great sadness that she is no longer with us. RIP Phyllis.

[swdanielson]

she's the definition of the word " statuesque" in voice and in appearance.

[75crowebar]

Legend

[AleekahTV]

1:34 - 1:39 "I tried ev-'ry little thi-ing, but you won't give up" I love how she sang that line.

[MrAharrington]

if mother sneezed we all would have show!

[READY4REVELATION]

She sounds so good live......all the years she performed live i have never heard her sound bad in a live performance. This sister was a true singer and stylist.

[allenman97]

i just love her

[JADNJALEN]

love ms hyman so very much,,,,miss her dearly sad i never got to see in concert,,,,but i have all her music,,,,a true treasure she was,,,had one of the greatest voices ever

[hdpanrdr48]

I cried like a baby the day I found out she passed...............God truly doe's have the best band and DJ's.

[bassistdc]

She was a great talent. It's too bad she was depressed.

[waytoohappy1]

lov lov...........................­.......

[blkshepherd]

breaks my heart to watch this..what a sad lost to the Music world..just goes to prove you Never Know whats going on in a persons mind..and life.

[Cody15241]

She reminds me so much of Nancy Wilson...just beautiful!

[DaxShaw]

@Cody15241 Nancy was a fan and friend of her's. A duet would have been wonderful.

[TheDonSante]

so sexy....

[Torihope]

One glorious woman!! Not only did she have a smooth, smokey, sultry voice, she had a stage presence that was captivating. A beautiful woman; gone too soon...under-rated.

[MrMannM1]

Simply "Ravishing" One of the most beautiful ( woman ) to have graced and walked planet earth.

[spiritualmack]

Phyllis, you are...in a word...an AMAZON!

[thenickoloden]

What Idiot gave this video a "thumbs down"? ILY Phyllis Hyman?

[queenray1]

Wow didn't know Tokyo had a Blue note jazz club

[uwannakissme]

She's so beautiful!! I really enjoy her music and i wasn't even alive when she was performing, i'm only 16! It's funny that she crossed my mind and i've been listening to her alot today and i wikipediaed her and it jus so happens that she died on this very day 15 years ago! So RIP to a beautiful extremely talented lady!

[blkshepherd]

its almost the anniversary of her death Jun 30 I think..wow what a lovely but sad sad woman..breaks my heart to know what shes going through as she sings this song

[bolloslush]

No one wears a hat as regally as Phyllis. Simply beautiful voice & beautiful lady.

RIP.

[siggyfizzymusiq]

i remember see Phyllis Hyman in New York @ The Blue Note......in the 80's....she came down the Stairs and said hi to me ......I could have melted at that moment...She will be truly missed.....RIP Phyllis....I love you<3

[ajb821]

This Lady is missed:)

[Spartista7]

Ladies & Gentlemen - I remember listening to Phyllis Hyman along with the other Black groups on the Smooth Jazz Radio Station out of Norfolk, Virginia while growing up and then in high school. I was stationed in Guam and when she died of a drug over dose. It is sad that a lot of the good singers are dead.

[PCSLIM55]

OMG! Thank you so much for posting this video! I love this black, tall, extraordinary, magnificent and beautiful woman! Her voice is soo amazing and she definitely had a dynamic fashion line. No one could match her style. I miss her so much!

[Kaknelson]

love her

[ddaqueen]

Check out those mega high shoulder pads,lol

[STORMYB]

thats the only way to have shoulder pads!

[esinam81]

so true lol

[TheStargazer23]

The Gorgeous Vocals of Phyllis Hyman!!!

[SingingWindbird]

I remembr when growin up being born an 80's baby. My mother used to love her some Phyllis Hyman. She used to have her albums on records she'd played her at all times of the day..I love her voice mellow and sweet serenity to the ears (Smiles)

[zettebda]

Not only could she sing so well, she was a real classy woman, I miss her.

RIP Phyllis, there will never be another, people like you come once in a life time. Thanks for all the beautiful music you shared.

[SuperDaddyb]

u know what u all are so right jaz do look like ms p, her voice was so remarkable, i never knew she did this song, damn i know her songs didnt know i knew 2 pac did it and it was a remake i love how she sanging it she is so fuckin awesome, did u all ck out when her and angela bofill cut up live on stage u all should hillarious i love them both, r.i.p. ms. hyman

[UrLvr4Lf]

She's STUNNING!!

[spiritbearNY]

Absolutely one of my favorite songs... and a song a friend and incredible singer in his own right, Marc Sadane, used to sing to Phyllis at Mikell's in NYC. Those were the days!

[avventura3]

She was so BEAUTIFUL, and that voice, that voice , sends chills down my spine

[lipfi17]

RIP

[akaziaj]

Did yall checkout PH taking her shoes off (2:03) LOL. You can't sing like that when your feet hurt

[Emoyea]

Jazmine Sullivan bares a striking resemblance to Ms.Phyllis Hyman

[bllblst1981]

I never noticed but yeah she does.

[thsongstress]

Yes she does! I saw a black and white pic that she took and i did a double-take...cause i thought it was a pic phyllis took when she was younger

[momoshemon]

I love Phyllis, RIP.

[BlessedByGodsLove]

I just love her and miss her. My God she was a blessed woman. What talent! Her voice! Oh My.. so sweet, passionate and real! Miss ya. What a class act as well!

[goldin77]

I still find it hard to believe that someone so beautiful and talented could not find contentment.

[doldromofthemerry]

I understand Phyllis and people who think about killing themselves..life is hard when you have a mental illness. People tell you you're beautiful but you don't believe what they are saying. This disease is one of the hardest things to live with.

[PhyllisCheeseSteakHy]

Phyllis was thinking about one of those good ol phyllis cheesesteak hyman LOL go phyllis

[look4stef]

Great Phyllis Hyman biography called strength of a woman. I highly recommend the book, It talks about Phyllis' struggle with cocaine, alcohol, mood disorder and loneliness. It talks about her diifulties with those in the record business who wanted to commercialize her

[ifusuckilltellu]

I second that I read the book in its full entity from cover to cover all of Phyllis's fans need to support Jason A. Michael's bio book on Phyllis!

[1MISTRESSKAJUN]

GREAT READING YET SAD AT THE SAME TIME

[jsamuelcook2]

You can see the melancholy in her face while singing this song. Tragic...

[CryssLuvsMuzik]

Does anyone have Ms. Hyman singing this song on the David Letterman show? She set-it-off! Dave couldn't speak when she finished. God rest her soul!

[Cleopatra1985]

No but I wish someone would post that video, cause now I want to see it!

[MsNastassia]

it's not just a saying... you really CAN die from a broken heart....she longed so for love, that she rather not live than live without it....R.I.P.

[virgoice]

She was bipolar. What you're saying has some truth but this great women had a chemical imbalance. She longed for mental stability more than anything else. A constant.

[gporgie]

She was really a classy and sophisticated lady .. as tall as she was, she really wore those clothes did'nt she? .. quite a gorgeous lady she was .. singers today could use some of her style .. God rest your soul Miss P ...

[yimheretoday]

what was so bad in her life that she had to kill herself?

[jahlove426]

I can explain that yimheretoday. I too am in the music business and it's a bitch. When you really try hard to make it in this business,people in general like to keep artist in a box. The powers that be won't let you be YOU. This business is hard. I can truly overstand how Phyllis felt. I damn near committed suicide myself.

[yimheretoday]

wow jahlove 426 I guess that's a side of the music business that most people don't know anything about. hang in there.

[lepoetress]

I think they said she lost her mom, grandma and best friend close together and the fact she was Bipolar and not necessarily getting the help she needed and their are stories of her being alcholic. She had been married and divorced. They said she questioned why people wanted her.

[yimheretoday]

so sad.., she has a very unique sound, I know they grew up in the housing projects in pittsburgh but were a very nice and attractive family.

[JazzMaestra]

You are correct. Phyllis Hyman was bipolar, and the disease gets worse if left untreated. People suffering from bipolar are vulnerable to drug and alcohol abuse in that they are trying to control their extreme highs and lows. I wish people would not stigmatize people with this disorder because they are capable of living normal lives with the appropriate treatment. Phyllis Hyman could have been saved!!

[lepoetress]

So true. I have a child who was diagnosed with that at 13 (his father has it too) and it just hurts because we seem to think it is cute to be cruel to people with this ailment. I wish she had've gotten help because she was a talented woman. Too bad she didn't know how loved she was when she was alive.

[ifusuckilltellu]

That's correct it's only in her book....

[lepoetress]

If she had gotten the help she needed, can you imagine how off the chart she would've been, how iconic she would've been. Man, I miss her smooth vocals.

[AutopsyReport22]

She was so beautiful. The only thing I didn't like was those shoulder pads that she wore. RIP

[drewisdrew4u]

Though never as good as the original...I think this is the best cover version yet! Pure class

[lepoetress]

She and a British group called Go West have the best versions of this song.

[2hot711]

why dont we have a show that pays honor to all the fallin stars that people dont talk about like Phyllis, esther, lou,and so many others.

[iamadevi]

Today is the first I listen to Phyliss Hyman. I've been sleeping, but now I am wide awake!! I love this version of Bobby Caldwell's orginal. This is now one of my favorite version of this song. Love her amazing voice!!

[miamiborn]

Phyllis was all class and style..beautiful and talented!

[najeenixonnixon]

She was so beautiful and so talented. Its just ashame that she wasn't happy with herself in her last years. I miss her.

[lamontmar]

You're so right. I still can't believe she's gone!

[zionah8]

What a talent. Gone too soon. Rest in Peace.

[Hunnetpercent]

I was a lil girl when this came out. My mom would play it all the time well her whole album. I love Phyllis. She has and amazing voice. This era had more soulful singers than now days. They actually could sing and do live shows and sound just the way they did on the ablum. Iwish we had more of that these days soulful singers

[darkgreen0311]

She's in the same class ella, nancy wilson, sarah vaughn. Truly a legend!!

[rstar2008]

Hey, darkgreen0311 I could not have commented better! She influenced a lot of todays great divas including Anita Baker!

[jo22338601]

Such a Super singer beauty to perfection she

was a model for many women,so sad we loss her.

There is no one close to her talent or beauty

the ladies of today,have nothing compared to her.Phyllis had a real voice she wasn't a studio singer she didn't need the added sounds

She stood along and open up the HEAVENS with

her voice.Can't name 1 now.When I hear her songs I get sad but I'm glad we had her she left us too soon,but she left us So Much.The Best.

[madboom]

loved her and her version of this but check out bobby cadwell version of hes song.thanks for the post.been waiting damn near 20 years to see this.peace.

[unknownfriend7]

I swore up and down that it was Phyllis who sung "I Try" but it was my girl Angela Bofill.

[saxmanager]

What an amazing voice! She sounded to great and was so unique she had no reason to use all of the histrionics and gimmics so many singers use. She did it so effortlessly, and made it sound easy.

[UmaChanel]

Wow, love her outfit lol RETRO.

[johnniemarie]

oh i miss her so much!!!! i love her

[nubian32]

one of my favorite songs. there hasn't been another lilke ms. hyman

[uluvme67]

Wow! What power, stamina, passion, and articulation. I love this woman!

[fizzwy]

This video is awesome. Phyllis Hyman yet lives with her beautiful touch of music. Ruby Lindsay

[Karinobminor]

One of my best from Phyllis.

[jvillegirl]

i found out that her and the man that played bill cosby 's dad on the cosby show are first cousins.

[weaponx66]

I have a realy rare one ror all you Phillis fans, McCoy Tyner "I'll Be Araound". As soon as I get done adding my specail touch, You will see it here.

[livinsweet140]

i love this song phyllis is still alive through her beautiful voice she will live forever..

[TIBBSY]

This is off her living all alone album great track from a real lady.

[TheTescos]

Beautiful ... sweet memories of the Southport Weekender concert where she sang most of her classic material acapella as the band was not familiar with it. An evening I will never, ever forget. Miss her.

[DivisiveOffering]

Oh wow! Phyllis' cover of that is one of my favorite songs. This was a nice, low-key version...nice to see it live! Thanks!