even if you cannot stay .... she LIVED!!! Only one Whitney!!1
Wednesday, February 21, 2018
"Hit The Floor" season 4 on BET .... coming soon.
McKinley Freeman and Katherine Bailess
Logan Browning and 'creator' James Larosa
Powerhouse Fantasia Barrino "STILL" here ....
From the moment singer Fantasia takes to the stage, she commands your attention. That’s the sign of a true entertainer. She came to perform, and boy oh boy does she ever, truly captivating from start to finish. Fantasia Monique Barrino born June 30, 1984), known professionally simply by Fantasia, who is an American R&B singer, songwriter, and actress. She rose to fame as the winner of the third season of the reality television series American Idol in 2004. Following her victory, she released her debut single, "I Believe," which debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100. Subsequently, she released her debut album, Free Yourself, which went on to be certified Double Platinum.
In 2006, she released her second album, Fantasia, which featured the single "When I See U" which topped the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for eight weeks. Turning her sights to Broadway she played 'Celie' twice in two different runs of 'The Color Purple' selling out night after night.
From her Church house humble beginnings days, to the stage, Barrino has weathered many climates. Coming out victorious. A modern day Patti LaBelle, Tina Turner and James Brown all rolled into one, that energy is animalistic and ferocious. Fantasia’s truth and commitment is evident. The 'American Idol' winner 14 years later, showing no signs of slowing down, she is the real deal.
Rest in Peace ...
The Rev. Billy Graham, the Christian evangelist whose worldwide crusades and role as adviser to decades of U.S. presidents made him one of the best known religious figures of his time, died Wednesday at age 99 at his home in Montreat, N.C, Todd Shearer of DeMoss Associates told Fox News. Graham, who had been in ill health for a number of years, was regularly listed in polls as one of the "Ten Most Admired Men in the World."Shearer told Fox News that Graham died from "natural causes."
Remembering Powerhouse Vesta Williams ...
Close your eyes and resonate on the voice of Vesta Williams. Take a stroll with me to Oprah Winfrey's mini-series 'The Women Of Brewster Place'. A song with no words just 'moans' and you're drawn into the vocal stylings of the singing chanteuse, then flash to rock singer Sting's song 'We'll Be Together' you hear the background vocals again of Williams 'wailing'. As a session singer she sang jingles for 'Revlon', 'Diet-Coke', 'Nike'. Having backed Chaka Khan, Gladys Knight, Sting, Stephanie Mills, Anita Baker and Gordon Lightfoot, earning her chops.
Her debut album was released on A&M entitled 'Vesta' was warmly received. Her debut album '4 U' featured the single 'Sweet Sweet Love'. She was known for her four-octave vocal range. Although Williams never had any albums certified gold plagues, nor any Top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. She scored six Top 10 hits on the Billboard R&B charts. Williams best known for songs "Sweet Sweet Love", "Don't You Blow A Good Thing Baby", and her signature song "Congratulations". During her A&M records stay, she released four CD's. The singer's weight was always the issue that her Record label focused on, instead of her voice, which made things difficult, for Vesta at times. A&M’s last stitch effort for the powerhouse singer, was teaming her with then 'new' come singer and record producer Brian McKnight, along with Anita Baker's producer Michael Powell, for her 'Everything-N-More' project, though a 'very' solid offering, it went nowhere.
After being dropped from her label, Williams very frustrated, she lost over one hundred pounds (going from a size 26 to 6) thinking this would satisfy label and marketing heads. A few years later signed to a new label Williams released her 'Relationships', another stall. Needing to bring money in, she became a radio jock. It would take almost a decade before she recorded another CD on ANOTHER new label0 Her 'Distant Lover' project was released. Vesta was now older, and her audience was older too, the climate had changed. Yes though STILL a great singer, with no airplay. Later years found Williams depressed, she lost her residence after 18 years of living in the 'Miracle Mile' section of Los Angeles,
On September 22, 2011, Williams was found dead living in a hotel room in El Segundo, California. The coroners ruled 'her death of 'natural causes' from 'hypertensive heart disease'. Take a moment and close your eyes, lets remember the beautiful song stylings of Vesta Williams. A voice like hers, comes along only once in a lifetime. Truly "Gone Too Soon".
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