Jazz Ensemble Jazz Ensemble - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1500187

By Jennifer Hudson. By Henry Krieger and Tom Eyen. Arranged by John Ivor Holland. 20th Century,Broadway,Musical/Show,Pop,R & B,Standards. 31 pages. John Ivor Holland #1076264. Published by John Ivor Holland (A0.1500187).

And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going is from the Broadway musical 'Dreamgirls', with lyrics by Tom Eyen and music by Henry Krieger. In the musical, it is sung by the character Effie White, a singer with the girl group The Dreams, to her manager, Curtis Taylor Jr., whose romantic and professional relationship with Effie is ending. In addition to its presence in the musical, And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going is also notable as the debut single of two women who portrayed Effie; Jennifer Holliday originated the role on Broadway in 1981 and won a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for the role as well as the Grammy for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance; Jennifer Hudson portrayed Effie in the 2006 film adaptation of the musical, winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and her version became a Top 20 R&B single and a number-one dance hit.