Quote Originally Posted by midnightman View Post
Oh man, I know you heard the 1974/75 studio version Stephanie gave of this song. I don't know how long she held the note at the end. Maybe 17 seconds?!



As for Diana, yeah, that Somewhere performance from '73 was spell binding. Diana can hold some notes too!
Oh of course! I bought the soundtrack back in the 90s. Stephanie was impressive throughout. And on "Be A Lion"...oh man. I wonder if Stephanie ever performed "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going"? I was initially disappointed in Gladys Knight's version, but it eventually grew on me. I was very disappointed in Whitney's version. I was expecting to lose my breath but came away with a "meh" feeling. I always wanted to hear Aretha cover it. But Stephanie? I have to believe that's a song she could've stretched out on.