Sheryl Lee Ralph - In the evening (original version)

Sheryl Lee Ralph is an acclaimed veteran of film, television and the Broadway stage. She created
the original role of Deena Jones on Broadway in the landmark musical Dreamgirls, which earned
her both Tony and Drama Desk Award Nominations for Best Actress. After Dreamgirls, Ralph
turned her attention to television, music and film.
On television, Ralph has starred in It's a Living, her own series New Attitude, the George
Foreman series George and the hit comedy Designing Women. She also was voted one of TV's
Favorite Moms for her portrayal of stepmom Dee on the No. 1-rated television series Moesha.
She broke new ground in the Showtime series Barbershop as the popular, post-operative
transsexual, Claire. Ralph brought a new face to the sufferings of war in the NBC hit series ER.
Musically, Ralph scored a Top 10-selling dance hit in the mid-Eighties with the infectious anthem
In the Evening and again in the Nineties with her remake of Here Comes the Rain Again.
Her extensive film credits include Sister Act II with Whoopi Goldberg, The Flintstones with
Rosie O'Donnell, The Mighty Quinn with Denzel Washington, Mistress with Robert De Niro, and
Eddie Murphy's Distinguished Gentleman. Ralphs performance with Danny Glover in To Sleep
with Anger won her the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Ralph found new success in writing and directing with her film short, Secrets. Featuring an allstar
cast that includes Oscar nominee Alfre Woodard, Tina Lifford, Victoria Rowell, La Tanya
Richardson, Robin Givens and Ralph herself, Secrets was a finalist in the HBO Film Short
Competition, Showtime Filmmakers Series, Acapulco Black Film Festival, Hollywood Film
Festival, Pan African Film Festival, Urban World Film Festival and an audience favorite at the
OUTFEST Film Festival. She also created The Jamerican Film & Music Festival, which in five
years has given birth to five Showtime Filmmakers finalists.
Besides her award-winning body of work, Ralph is an AIDS activist. She is the celebrity
spokesperson for the National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC), a national nonprofit
organization dedicated to addressing the challenges of HIV/AIDS. Ralph also created and
produced the critically acclaimed Divas Simply Singing, an evening of song and entertainment
that has become one of the most highly anticipated AIDS benefit events in Hollywood.
Ralph later wrote, directed and performed a one-woman play Sometimes I Cry about the
heartbreaking yet inspiring real life stories of culturally diverse women whose lives unravel as
they cope with their HIV/AIDS reality. The performance, which debuted at the National Black
Women and HIV/AIDS Conference in Los Angeles in 2005, continues to be performed in the
U.S. and abroad.
Ralph was the first and youngest female graduate of Rutgers College at the age of 19. Now a
mother of two, Ralph loves every moment of raising her children. She recently married State
Senator Vincent Hughes of Pennsylvania in what Entertainment Tonight called, "The most
elegant and romantic wedding of the summer." Ralph acknowledges that love is the greatest gift
to be given and shared.

www.sherylleeralph.com

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[RAFY646]

what year is this?

[carlosmiller]

@RAFY646 Around 1984

[bettedavis08]

ive got the shiny vinyl in bright orange .

[carlosmiller]

@bettedavis08 very nice, I remember those colorfull vinys

[drezuil]

Simply faaaaaaaaaabulous!!!! A true gem! I am so proud I was able to enjoy the disco era! Priceless!!!!!!!!

[carlosmiller]

@drezuil I am with you !!!!!!!!!!

[nealthedude]

Yeah it ws great. They used to play this song in most of the discos at that time

[salfordguy69]

first time i have heard the original version, i found the song through the Almighty remix. loving both versions this is more funky. Like the fame style dancers!!

[MensHelpTv]

Wow this was not expected this version of the video and song also.

MensHelpTv

[OTOKO1721]

Tengo mas de 25 años escuchando esta cancion y hoy por fin veo el video, excelente cancion, me gusta que jode. Gracias por subirla.

[Futurepast1000]

Super dance song!!!!!

[shaynelandon]

O my i didnt know Khandi Alexander ( Dr. Alex Woods ) from CSI Miami was a dancer in this vid..... 2:29.... I had forgotten she was a professional dancer as well as a great actor

[eexot]

The 80s could no absolutely no wrong!

[deniro900]

Love this song, Love this song, Love this song!!!!!!

[deniro900]

LOVE THIS SONG!!!!!!

Heard this for the first time on a Horse Meat Disco comp and just fell in love with it. It's just so cool, you think of new york. But I thought this was from the 70s. It's still cool from the 80s!!!

"In the evening, the real "me" comes alive!"