Jennifer Holliday
Jennifer Holliday (born Jennifer-Yvette Holliday on October 19, 1960 in Riv… Read Full Bio ↴Jennifer Holliday (born Jennifer-Yvette Holliday on October 19, 1960 in Riverside, Texas) is an American singer and actress. Her career started on Broadway in musicals, but eventually she became a successful recording artist. Her biggest hit to date is the R&B/Pop hit "And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going".


Holliday landed her first big role on Broadway in 1980, when she landed her first notable role in the Broadway production of Your Arms Too Short To Box With God. Her performance in that musical earned her a 1981 Drama Desk nomination. Her next role was the role for which she is best known: the role of Effie Melody White in the Broadway musical Dreamgirls. Holliday joined the show in December 1981 and remained with the show for nearly four years. Her performance in the role was widely acclaimed, particularly in her iconic performance of the musical number that ends Act I, "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going".

Among the acclaim was Holliday's sweep of awards in 1982, including the Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical, a Grammy award for her recorded version of the song, and Drama Desk and Theater World awards for the performance. Holliday also performed in the touring company of "Sing, Mahalia, Sing" in 1986.
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Jennifer Holliday Lyrics


A Dream With Your Name On It Stay strong, I tell myself When things are going wrong. Ther…
A Woman's Got The Power When a man lays his cards on the table Trying to…
And I Am Telling You And I am telling you I'm not going You're the best man…
And I Am Telling You I'm Not G And I am telling you I'm not going You're the best man…
And I Am Telling You Im Not Going And I am telling you I'm not going You're the best man…
And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going And I am telling you I'm not going You're the best man…
Come Sunday Ooh Lord, dear Lord above, God almighty, God of love, Pleas…
Givin' Up Givin' up is hard to do when you really love…
Hard Times For Lovers When your far away, you're only human And your love may…
His Eye Is On the Sparrow Why should I feel discouraged Why should the shadows come Wh…
I Am Changing Look at me Look at me I am changing Trying every way I…
I Am Changing (Broadway Musical Version) Look at me, look at me I am changing, trying every…
I Am Love If I talk too much you see I'm tryin' desperately to…



I Am Telling You I'm Not Going And I am telling you I'm not going You're the best man…
I Fall Apart It's been awhile since I last saw you Since we've been…
I Love the Lord If I talk too much you see I'm tryin' desperately to…
I'm On Your Side Ooh, ooh, ooh Oh, oh In the game of love Sometimes we get…
It Is Love I gotta take a little time, a little time to…
It's In There Stay strong, I tell myself When things are going wrong. Ther…
Move Move, move! Move right out of my life! Move, move! Move righ…
No Frills Love I want a no frills love Don′t want a love that'll…
One And I am telling you I'm not going You're the best man…


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