Thursday, February 15, 2007

Where The Diva Waters Flow - Part I

Where the Diva Waters Flow: Part 1

It’s amazing how quickly the present can turn into the past. You seem to be just going along doin’ what’cha do and you just turn around. Next thing you know a whole decade has gone by and the children you’re seeing running about the place don’t know nothin’ bout no Chaka Khan.

Once upon a time, there was this singer named Stephanie Mills, who was having a great career. She started on Broadway, starring as Dorothy in the Wiz. This forerunner of American Idol Fantasia had a voice, a body and a career. Later on she was able to purchase a face. Here she teams with Ron (currently a jailbird) Isley, Angela (nobody remembers her anymore) Winbush, another singing chile, and the incomparable Chaka Khan, to belt out a tribute to Gladys Knight. It don’t get better than this!

As a bonus, here's Gladys singing with Chaka and Etta James. You must excuse their outfits.

No comments: