2004 Kennedy Center Honors Heather Headley Performance Your Song

[@ReishaPowell]

Who is here in 2024?

[@thapelomoshia9874]

🙋 I’m here

[@helenacull8778]

I'm boo, I know this is a little old, but it's never to late too reimanits. Okayyyy lol!!!..

[@halleystar33]

I watch this at least once a month, and rewind often

[@franzsmith1206]

Me!

[@HelvecioPereira]

Dear Heather Headley! Whenever I see you, I remember my mother, now deceased, who at your age was just like you. You are as beautiful as she was at your age. My father only knew and loved her because she liked to sing. He played classical guitar and you can imagine how much music brought them together. You are simply wonderful and beautiful!

[@nzalimumba]

Still watching 2023

[@jaws1246]

Who's here in 2020 still loving this?

[@vincentbynumbers]

i just saw this for the first time and i had to watch it twice - bawling my eyes out. SO GOOD.

[@trevystrickland7332]

jaws1246 yes..powerful performance

[@manuelorozco7760]

I’m back

[@lamachimartina3234]

I'm in 2021 still hooked 🤗

[@briankeith9584]

She may be the most underrated singer of this generation. Her talent is Whitney like. And she's soooo beautiful. I'd leave my wife for her!😂🤣😂

[@QWOMYN]

REPEATLY WATCHING HERE IN 2024❤SIMPLY BEAUTIFUL VOICE

[@royphillips4751]

She truly is in a Class of her own. The emotion she brings to the stage is at the same level of her Voice. Beautiful. A gifted Lady indeed.

[@TheRightFit100]

I refuse to believe this is 17 years old! It's the best cover of his song. Heather is amazing here.

[@itsjuanderful]

OUTSTANDING, it's 2022 and I'm STILL rewatching this, she is just AMAZING!!!!!!!

[@renegaderunner332]

Indeed!

[@alexandrajohnson4156]

2024...I am still here and will be many more years. All Hail Heather.💐💓💓💓💐💓💓💓

[@sanforddoss5064]

That was the most beautiful rendition of this song that I’ve ever heard. She has a beautiful voice. God bless her

[@anitablack9227]

I have listened to Heather's version of this song so many times over the years... and shared for others to hear...

[@robertpurcell9839]

Absolutely outstanding!!! Best song ever done at the Kennedy Center. Somebody really missed the boat by not releasing this cover as a single. Definite number 1 and Grammy.

[@danellejones7793]

I love her performance but you must haven't seen FANTASIA

[@sharondaplummer2547]

I absolutely agree. I come back to this song time after time after time. It never gets old and I just wish it was a recorded release.

[@Auntemem]

I think it only rivals Heart honoring Led Zeppelin with Stairway to Heaven. Both performances are fantastic and over the moon beautiful.

[@deirdrenewbern4044]

As good as this is the best has to be Aretha's tribute to Carole King.

[@clemderrick7236]

She in magical praise to the one the holy one

[@patrickho6359]

she not only got the skills which is essential, but also with soul which is rare

[@patrickho6359]

agree

[@just_alice_tt]

She can surely make each song her own. Such a talented person.

[@poznay_sebya_369]

definitely ❤

[@DesignatedInternetAuntie]

It was even more amazing being there when she was singing...as a choir member it was amazing.

[@manuelorozco7760]

No way!

[@patrickho6359]

awesome

[@jaws1246]

Wow, I could only imagine!!

[@nicholasspears3388]

Her tone, her intonation and feeling...just beautiful. You can tell Elton is emotional and probably transported in time in reflection of his vast career.

[@manuelorozco7760]

A spectacular performance by the underrated and beautiful Heather Headley! She nailed the song

[@trevystrickland7332]

Manuel Orozco Yes...so many missed out on her talent. She’s a wonderful singer

[@manuelorozco7760]

Trevy Strickland Now people can discover her on Sweet Magnolias on Netflix. I’ve been saying for a while get this woman a Disney album of her own

[@trevystrickland7332]

Manuel Orozco I have Netflix, I’ll check it,out

[@manuelorozco7760]

Trevy Strickland It’s not easy to get into but it’s a good show of sisterhood and life in Americana.

[@Ettenyl56jioni]

She makes every song she sings sound like it's never been sung before! With her singing, any song is a new experience!

[@manuelorozco7760]

She has got to do a Disney album

[@bethbabs7622]

100% agreed! Class act all around too!

[@pbc78-p7u]

2024 crying. Just beautifully done!

[@AAwildeone]

He plucked her out of everybody on earth and gave her Aida...I knew Heather as a freshman living in Jones at Northwestern in 1993...she was a beutiful person then at 18, and now we're 46! Her depth and brilliance just increases...

[@914Rocky]

Missed her by 10 years at NU!

[@CherieulaJ]

Heather Headley is just plain GIFTED. 👩🏽‍🎤🎙️🎶 BEAUTIFUL ❤️👏🏽🤗 Sir Elton John is simply BRILLIANT! ⭐🎹🎵🎙️🎻🎸🎷❤ My absolute FAVORITE PERFORMANCE!! It literally gives me GOOSEBUMPS! 🦢👊🏾🦢👊🏾

[@lynneholmes7994]

Starts subtle then EXPLODES! Another live performance - I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU! And, her recordings are not to be compared! After Aida saw her briefly perform - nothing like her!

[@lance694]

The way he starts fanboying at 2:51, shouts "OKAY?!" and then instantly composes himself will always be my favorite part of this video. Brilliant.

[@vincentbynumbers]

yessss!

[@jeannapaluzzi2805]

How wonderful my life has been when you've been in my world

[@bobhenson4873]

One of the best performances I've seen done for this classic song !

[@renegaderunner332]

She bought the house down!

[@Just1Sambo]

Bob Henson I love Heather's version ! And of course Elton's as well !

[@rickynelson4435]

Anytime you can look beautiful and sing at the same time you have it going on

[@manuelorozco7760]

Been a fan of this woman since my mom bought her first album This Is Who I Am

[@willmslycsaulzcb3102]

Best Kennedy Center song tribute performance ever. Perfection!

[@anitablack9227]

I have loved and shared this version of Elton's song for years...

[@danellejones7793]

Don't forget FANTASIA. Then I heard her song REACH OUT AND TOUCH

[@TapDanceGuy]

Best Kennedy Center song tribute performance ever.

[@joebeardfw]

OK, the song has finished a few minutes ago and I'm sitting here at the computer with the tears still flowing. LOVELY rendition, thank you Heather and thanks Larry Little for posting.

[@gillianlandry283]

Angela Bassett was crying, it was a stunning performance!

[@vincentbynumbers]

same!! i had to watch it twice -- still bawling.

[@manuelorozco7760]

Gillian Landry I thought it was Alfre Woodard

[@samlopez115]

I cry every time I hear this song .... this is my song for you My precious daughter ❤️ love you always ❤️. . . Dad

[@choosetoshine2610]

Flawless and beautifully executed! She's gorgeous!

[@tarshahatchett6330]

Love this performance. I have watched it so many times over the years.

[@davidcassaday6076]

I had the GREATEST pleasures..in my life, to see, in person, this BRILLIANT, BEAUTIFUL, GIFTED, TALENTED artist express on stage in the role she ORIGINATED..."AIDA" and another she interpreted..."WITCH" in Sondheim's ITW.. Both so moving and still SUMMER 2023 I am staggered by her BRILLIANT GIFT.. I LOVE the LEGENDARY MONUMENTAL Talent of BERNADETTE PETERS and have seen EVERY SINGLE BODY OF WORK SHE HAS SHARED..Her WITCH WAS GROUND BREAKING...Ms, HEADLEY'S was a BEAUTIFUL expression of the role and unlike any other interpreters..LOVE YOU MS HEADLEY!

[@nancysiuyeehui178]

Its me . She is a great singer .04-09-2024❤❤❤

[@janices6140]

Still loving her performance in 2024!

[@corinneyaworski308]

What an amazing singer, can't stop listening. She must be on Broadway

[@manuelorozco7760]

Corinne Yaworski She has been on Broadway. 20 years ago, she originated Adult Nala in the Lion King Elton John created Aida for her three years later. Explains why she is singing this and last year she returned to Broadway after 15 years replacing Jennifer Hudson as Shug Avery in the Color Purple

[@corinneyaworski308]

Manuel Orozco Interesting, thank you

[@chrissy2007]

Corinne Yaworski honey, she won the TONY for AIDA. One of my favorite musicals❤❤

[@manuelorozco7760]

christina guillot I hope to see a production of Aida one day. I have listened to four songs already and the music Elton co wrote is beautiful.

[@erickbell1886]

I Simply love this woman......voice that's been bless my God himself

[@renegaderunner332]

She bought the house down!!! Killer good performance!

[@kathleenscullion8348]

I heard her sing this in a Broadway tribute to EltonJohn in box next to me. Entire audience wept. Brava!

[@88Musk]

How amazing would it be if you heard your song reinterpreted on such an emotional level as what is presented by Heather. You can tell he is incredibly touched by the performance at the 2:03 mark. How he held tears back is beyond me. He held it together throughout her performance.

[@manuelorozco7760]

That voice of hers is why she sang as Adult Nala in Lion King and the title role in Aida on Broadway. And let her to an underrated music career

[@88Musk]

Yeah exactly.

[@manuelorozco7760]

88Musk I've been a fan of Heather for 13 years when my mom bought her first CD.

[@corinneyaworski308]

88Musk You can tell he's touched, as is everyone in the audience, if they have a pulse lol

[@anitablack9227]

I love this so much..and like you say, Elton's reaction

[@dmang0]

This was on the TiVo back then. I'm grateful to find it on KZbin now

[@patriciabrazzle1683]

I remember watching this on tv the night it was broadcast and just being blown away. I must have watched it hundreds of times ever since. I cannot watch it without crying. ❤

[@lant1607]

Fantasia singing Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word and Heather singing this in the same show made my night

[@ceceliagarmer5479]

The OG Lion King Nala! I got to meet Heather Headley about 14 years ago. Absolutely elegance and graciousness personified. Hearing her sing live was heavenly. Check out "The Power of the Cross" sung by her.

[@jeanwaysome3532]

Greatness never get stale , 🎉🎉🎉🎉👍👍🌸🌸

[@ralphfurley123]

I can’t seem to stop watching this!!! It’s such a breathtaking performance!!! There is joy and love that shines through in her performance, that it blows me away every time I listen to it!!! ☮️🖖🏽

[@jeannapaluzzi2805]

She owns it.

[@vvpark11]

It's the best cover ever by any person living/dead.

[@matazza6428]

This has always been my favorite Elton John song. I remember the night she sang it in 2004. I must have worn out the heads on my VCR listening to her rendition. She blasted it out of the park.

[@angelabueno120]

❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@raqueld1424]

Anyone else listening in 2021 and tearing up? 🥲🥲

[@luciahessic8214]

Watching from Trinidad - May 2024 ❤❤

[@McIrishFarms]

Such a very talented lady. Love her music

[@andygrenn680]

Heather performs how exactly to cover a song thoroughly. Brilliant!

[@jaws1246]

All heart, she did that!!

[@choosetoshine2610]

Perfection at its finest! Grace! Beauty! Class! Elegance! Love her!

[@natalieaffong-forde7602]

I love Heather Headly her voice is so remarkable. This version is truly amazing I listen to it constantly. She is amazing 👏

[@geraldine1437]

This is 2022……..Love this!

[@nomiwilliams6195]

I always cry my God. Heather's humbling nature is just gorgeous one of my favorite things.

[@ChWill-co7ce]

I love Heather. I have all of her CDs

[@getmoney27188]

It's 2023... and I still come back when I'm going through . Because it picks me up

[@timetoscratch]

This is simply stunning!

[@suzannelotfi9651]

I love this version.

[@ErickDownsouth]

what PERFECTION sounds like......

[@rajekehutchinson1924]

Heather headly is beautiful song with emotional heart 😭

[@jenniwitzel]

Heather is still killing this song 🤎🖤

[@isaacmemtorie3347]

I remember watching this originally when it aired when I was 16. It's still in my memory to this day that I had to look it up. I still get chill bumps and almost tears watching this.

[@sandrahawkins7455]

Love it!!!!!!

[@reneecody1310]

My girl you’ve done this song such justice! Feeling chills just like Elton’s original! Bloody well done x

[@gillianlandry283]

You know it was a flawless performance when you get a standing ovation!

[@Just1Sambo]

I love Heather and her performance of this favorite of mine ! Best cover by far and Elton loved it as well !

[@brendafaulkner5183]

2023 and still love this tribute to Elton John ❤

[@exploregreer1048]

2023 still appreciating quality music sang with class. 01/24/2022

[@luciahessic8214]

Watching and listening from Trinidad May 2024❤❤

[@thelibran11]

San Juan Trinidad...a few miles from Barataria where Heather is from!

[@brianrobinson1412]

Got chills listening and watching. HH is the bomb! Trini TNT for sure!

[@decadencewhimsyandsarcasm]

lord let me live a life such that i either a) get to perform for someone half as wpnderful as elton, or, to get really ambitious, b) get to be honored by someone half as great as heather headley

[@0canadiens81]

What a beautiful lady and a gorgeous voice.

[@noeltabanas2128]

Still listening 2020

[@ThomasMotter88]

im in love with this performance !

[@TheWwjd4rc]

Shes beautiful! She’s reallllly gooooood!!

[@tinaedwards3781]

Love Elton John forever. This tribute is an excellent tribute of his impact on the music world. He blessedly is beautifully a witness to his craft gracefully performed. Beautiful

[@jeanscott4921]

What a amazing performance. When you song that song you bought all those words alive. What a joy listening to you.. When I listen to you live in DC once, I held my breath on each note (Somewhere over the rainbow) hair was standing up on my arms.

[@alfredgifford2977]

It's Great to smell your roses while your still alive. Beautiful tribute to Sir Elton John.

[@ajrocks12x]

Fantastic. Brilliant performance.

[@eliseofrez6904]

La escucho, la vuelvo a escuchar y más me gusta, los abrazaría Elton y Heather

[@TheRealO.GKoOmz]

GeTch!! Miss Heather Headley. Living for this rendition of this song xoxo

[@stevensparks694]

Best rendition I heard of this song!!!

[@ericmesser1]

Awesome.........what a great performance.......to the 24 thumbs down sadsacks you have no souls......hope you find them soon.

[@lisalee9267]

Wow! Such a beautiful rendition so much so that I love it more than it's original

[@melindahorn161]

What an awesome rendition of ‘your song’...

[@chrishamilton4914]

Ethel boyes is the classic of the 21st Century every time I hear her sing I get goosebumps he is the most wonderful songstress that I ever heard I put her in the category somewhat by yourself but I have to slope area near have to

[@talknheadz]

No words,.shes a beast

[@milpeer2514]

Wauww Great voice, very gracieus woman❤

[@noeltabanas2128]

I love Heather Headley

[@lisettegarvin5030]

Chills! Beautiful.

[@sheliacook7449]

I love Elton John, and Yellow Brick Road and all his songs. He is a master of masters

[@debbieclark7397]

2022 still beautiful

[@gilbertblackwood7657]

Outstanding

[@dantasy9564]

I love your voice, Heather.

[@gegonkable]

Goosebumps during this song 😍😍😍

[@rizzajones3482]

fantastic singer! she has her own style

[@KaPowProduction]

Best performance of all Kennedy Honors

[@MaxineHargrove89]

Wow that brought tears to my eyes

[@Karma2754-x9b]

I'm not crying AGAIN, you are 😭👸🏾💞🌻,

[@vaneshajames8666]

An excellent performance for an excellent legend.

[@dallas-sf1ib]

Lordy....Elton was serenaded that night. First there was Fantasia's performance...now this one from Heather. Both artists have very distinctive voices that are so magically beautiful.