Tamyra Gray - Touch Me In The Morning

[@MrBlactye]

This is one of the best vocalist I ever heard.

[@MrBlactye]

My Top 10 Idols my 1. Tamyra Gray 2. Candice Glover 3. LaToya London 4. Fantasia 5. Jennifer Hudson 6. Kimberley Locke 7. Kelly Clarkson 8. Ruben 9. Clay Atkins 10. Jordan Sparks

[@merayahcarey9390]

MrBlactye Dont forget Pia Toscano! She's a complete package

[@stephenanthony3094]

Its so crazy watching this now compared to how far Idol has come technically. They're singing to a track and they have no ear pieces to hear the music. It's crazy. This show turned into such a success bc of THIS season.

[@MikeysGayToday]

I wish i still loved American Idol like I did when Tamyra Gray was on. THIS WAS AWESOME!

[@0xTRellyx0]

This was probably her best performance...and one of the best ever on idol from all 7 seasons.

[@mikkomfi1]

I am already quite an old man, but I am still crying, if I watch it. Why? Because she was and is consistently so classy, she had tears in her eyes, but remained classy. She is a real woman. And please watch some group performances like Joy To The World, American Bandstand or Paula Abdul Tribute, she has sucha swagger and she is so joyful and soulful. So excellent in every possible way!

[@SummerGalLongIsland]

It's so funny to see the small crowd that American Idol started off with, and now the crowds and the theaters it is held in----it has become a phenomenon!! It's amazing to see the progression of this show.

[@valis37]

Fantastic performance! and that last note with the runs was the Business! Go Girl!

[@phenry53]

When Vanessa Williams honored Diana Ross at the Kennedy Center, she blew the bottom off of the song and the roof off of the Kennedy center!!

[@Kreatures100]

Gosh beautiful voice. Power yet honey tones.

[@eliallen3860]

The top 10 best American Idol singers are: 1. Adam Lambert, 2. Tamyra Gray, 3. Kelly Clarkson, 4. Joshua Ledet, 5. Gabby Barrett, 6. Chris Daughtry, 7. David Cook, 8. Jessica Sanchez, 9. Fantasia Barrino, and 10. Jennifer Hudson

[@Rlessays]

Oh my gosh!! So good.

[@atltallone907]

BEST IDOL EVER!!!!!!

[@wldheart]

amazing singer and such charisma,she was a star from the moment she stepped on stage, and AI is about taking a shlump and making them a star

[@mikesterSTLMO]

I love the bell bottoms, the funky fro'. Tamyra rocks.

[@redbonehoney]

I love Tamyra she should have truly been the winner of season 1 hands down

[@merayahcarey9390]

redbonehoney She should've become runner-up actually! Tamyra is amazing but Kelly has a star aura

[@MzSuperStar]

You know you're good when people enjoy a song they don't even know! LOL

[@chochief]

tamyra blessed and talented.one of a kind.the best

[@maedae1]

I did not know she could sing so good. the girl is very good, I wish her all the luck in the world.

[@NJRae]

I love Tamyra more and more with each AI video I watch.

[@GabeAllen4]

This was amazing. :)

[@FoggyRoad81]

Uh how is it obvious that it was edited. That seems well within her range. Also I love that she tells a story with the song instead of just belting the whole way through.

[@AnnieTigerChucky]

The Top 4 BEST American Idol Contestants of All Time: Adam Lambert, Tamyra Gray, Kelly Clarkson, and Carrie Underwood. Right below them: Phillip Phillips and Chris Daughtry. I also loved: Jordin Sparks, Allison Iraheta, David Archuleta, Carly Smithson, Jessica Sanchez, Joshua Ledet, Fantasia Barrino, Jennifer Hudson, LaToya London, Clay Aiken, Ruben Studdard, Kimberley Locke, and I USED TO love Katherine McPhee. Melinda Doolittle was also great (she was just NEVER my cup of tea).

[@MsDanilea]

Tamyra actually had a cold. But she still should have won. ILike the Judges said people felt that Tamyra was going to get the votes so they voted for whoever they thought needed their votes. Because that was the hugest shock that show had that season.

[@lou2u]

WOW! That lady can sing:-)

[@hoseaainsley6477]

i agree.. i like melinda too..i wish the best for both of them

[@tomXmidlandsX]

im from the uk and when this was on didnt watch idol but how the hell did she not win and who did win lol cus she is much better than most of the winners INCREDIBLE

[@MIMI88998899]

Tamyra has a beautiful voice. There is no straining on her part to pull out the notes. I am so sick of singers who have to scream and yell to sing a song. Screaming and yelling is not singing. Tamyra sings with all ease, no straining simply beautiful voice. Tamyra should have won.

[@goldenhistory2568]

MIMI88998899 Except she didn’t. Kelly won because she is a better vocalist and has stayed relevant for almost twenty years.

[@BrentB714]

EXACTLY!

[@luvcam1975]

I remember this performance and thought she did a good job with "Touch Me In The Morning".

[@6593x]

FANTASTIC XX

[@thequevin]

Honestly, this woman should've been in the finale of this season. I do not know how Nikki and Justin made it compared to this talent. I do agree with Kelly Clarkson winning, but this girl deserves MUCH better than 4th place. She is very talented compared to the other competitors in American Idol right now. She deserves a singing contract rather than some other past winners *cough* Taylor *cough*.. Nuff said. ;)

[@babolo]

I've seen interviews where Kelly and Everyone else said Tamyra deserved to win.

[@uwoeric]

All the singers perform twice for each episode. The first one is basically like the dress rehearsal without the judges. When you see the recap performances at the end of each show, you're basically watching what was recorded from an earlier session. The actual performance where they get judged is LIVE, but not the recap. I don't think it's possible for the entire season to be recorded, because then they would have had to fix the results before hand.

[@andruchris]

Wow!!!!!

[@BrentB714]

i agree 100%

[@TamyraGrayPromotions]

There was a girl from season two who WROTE something about all the drama behind the scenes but I don't know her personally, but did read the email she sent. And as far as the three people I know, they are ALL guys.

[@lf1234]

I love Tamyra and also agree that she was spectacular throughout Idol, but did you see her last two performances? She struggled through New Attitude and Feel The Fire was just okay compared to her others. Even she expected to kicked off after that night.

[@TamyraGrayPromotions]

I'm not gonna tell you their names but one from the top 10 from season one and two from the top 12 of season 2. Season 2 was crazy dramatic....the stories go far beyond what was released publicly.

[@WWAHP]

Damn I love her can't enough of her. Who's the other guy with Ryan?

[@bequietimhappy]

I COMPLETELY agree with you. AI is a fucking popularity contest.

[@TamyraGrayPromotions]

Tamyra raised her OWN bar each week (which the judges commented after every performance). And Kelly had the look but Tamyra didn't are you serious? Kelly had hair and make up artists to give her a "look". Tamyra showed up with EVERYTHING from the first audition. Not an opinion, but a FACT.

[@islezeus]

I agree... the first three years of AI had the most talented of singers. But the thing about the first year is that people didn't realize how important a small margin of votes could eliminate someone... and they got a big shocker, not to mention success for the show, when Tamyra got voted off instead of Nikki, causing a huge upset. The following years changed as people realized they had to vote for their fav to keep them on.

[@atltallone907]

Dionne warwick actually did do a cover of this a loooong time ago. She slowed it down ALOT

[@SmoothCinnamonX]

You are correct about the recaps. However, this clip is not the recap. Again, at 1:32/1:33, there is an obvious edit.

[@jinnika]

i love the end of the song that is the shiet

[@atltallone907]

All Tamyra needs is a good song writter and she would have been a GREAT success.......She has the talent and well beyond the voice

[@ginaseon]

She is a songwriter. She wrote Fantasia's hit I believe for American idol, amount other songs.

[@lf1234]

I didn't say they were the worst, I said they weren't as good as her others. And she did INDEED say that she was expecting to go that night. Trust me, it was a shock to me as well.

[@atltallone907]

@FRED542789 you really think, based off of their performances.... Kelly was better? I mean i LOVE Kelly and she has been really successful, but lets be real, Tamyra can sing circles around Kelly

[@hotelcaliforniarm27]

ur right on. i dont understand why justin and that girl with the orange hair got that far

[@pfenix14]

Why this girl did not win AI is beyond me!!!

[@uwoeric]

I think Tamyra was probably the best put together singer in all the history of American Idol. She had great fashion sense, a unique voice unlike anyone else, humble and gracious, and a very consistent performer. Kelly had a great voice, and a sense of humour, but she wasn't as polished Tamyra.

[@maurogentile7669]

That was why Kelly won, she had the girl next door appeal, Tamyra was "too professional".

[@arthurworkman4399]

I trying to find that one performance she did that sealed her fate to be eliminated - it was when during a performance her voice cracked and the camera immediately went to the judges whose faces were shocked. Even Tamara herself knew her fate was sealed.

[@Lisa246861]

haha..Brian Dunkleman, I forgot about him

[@TamyraGrayPromotions]

Springdream is actually right. I don't care how many producers, judges, or past contestants try to say the show is 100% fair, it's not. Season Two...more drama then you will ever know. The voting isn't always fair. Ever notice how the one's they say will win AI always leave 4th (most of the time anyway). Think about it.

[@vistaprime]

Simon is such a liar. he was sooo Tamyra all the way till Kelly won. Then all of sudden he was saying Kelly was the voice of that season.

[@jimdavis081]

Where is she now? I mean, can someone call David Foster, Tommy Motolla or Oprah Winfrey. This lady needs a big damn break! Signe her up a record deal!

[@atltallone907]

@FRED542789 Better song choices? have you seen her performances, ALL her songs was very popular and she killed them ALL. The fact is IDOL usually is wrong because its not a true vote. one person can vote 10000000 times and even more IF they have AT&T and just text, so how is that really fair lol.

[@SportzChamp45]

what ever happened to brian?

[@acts238gurl]

i love tamyra gray sorry but i liked her more than kelly clarkson and still do

[@Gemini9857]

LMAO! He wants to vote Brian & Ryan off the show.

[@snood2311]

she should've won.

[@SpaceCattttt]

Dare I say it? Tamyra me actually have sung this song better than Lady D! Whatever happened to her???

[@d12kiem7]

she's been doing a lot of broadway and theatre roles

[@thequevin]

@atltallone907 I still agree with Kelly winning. But I still don't see how this woman hasn't gotten her break! I mean she is like the Whitney Houston without all the crap that Whitney adds to her singing. Tamyra deserves a much better opportunity at a record deal. I dont know how Justin made it to #2. Also, I think that if Tamyra had better song choices (such as this one) she would have done better. Popular songs impress more.

[@gemini850]

The real reason she got voted off is because of that Nikki girl. Nikki was horrible that week, the audience even booed her. Nikki knew she was horriable. Than Nikki started to cry and said she was doing it for her son, people voted for Nikki out of sympathy. That was the first upset ever, Nobody thought Tamyra was going to get voted off. Everyone thought she was going to win. Simon Cowell was so devestated when she lost, the first and only time I saw him look like he was going to cry.

[@SmoothCinnamonX]

I remember seeing this "LIVE" and KNOWING it was not! It is even more obvious that this was edited at 1:32/1:33, which begs the question: was ALL of AI Season 1 recorded? Or just this episode? Just this performance? It was definitely not all "live"!

[@whatigot2say]

nice voice but she should have done it more "Diana style" the song itself is beautiful she should have stuck more to original the melody line.

[@lonellfletcher]

She’s trying to show off HER vocals, not imitate Diana

[@GutsandHeartGuy]

The night that Tamyra Gray got eliminated from AI, Tamyra's first song "A New Attitude" was not her best performance. When Tamyra Gray sung "Feel The Fire" it was fantastic. Tamyra felt that her first song was going to land her in the bottom 2. Nikki McKibbin had 2 solid performances. Nikki never thought that she was going to be safe all of those times that she was in the bottom 2 or bottom 3. Nikki knew that she wasn't the best singer in the Top 10 but she got the country and rock votes. Nikki was bawling that night Tamyra Gray got eliminated because Nikki thought she should have gone home instead of Tamyra. The judges didn't like Nikki but Nikki had a Janis Joplin type voice to her that helped her get the votes. We all agree that Kelly Clarkson and Tamyra Gray should have been in the finale. We also know that Tamyra Gray had no chance at beating Kelly Clarkson. Kelly Clarkson sung Aretha Franklin songs better than Aretha Franklin.

[@MusicProductionLover]

I look at the comments about Tamyra being the true winner. Really? I love Tamyra and would've wanted her to win after "A House Is Not A Home", but Top 4 night solidified who should have won and that was Kelly. Why do you think Tamyra got eliminated? Nikki gave her best performances while Tamyra gave her worst.

[@anthonymolie]

i love kelly but no way in hell ,she should have beat tamyra

[@d12kiem7]

she was robbed

[@queenray1]

why is she so skinny Dang

[@Shon9tilR]

queenray1 Genetics

[@scoty0928]

LIES LIES!!!!! saw, it was not her greatest but she was not the worst that night!!!!! she was robbed that year not even top 3 i refused to watch the show whatever year carrie won....

[@lonn67]

Hater!!!!

[@Stormiya]

@beeballer6 Definately disagree. Tamyra's "New Attitude" was terriable..her voice was off and she forgot the words. Nikki may have had her weak moments like "Always Somethng to Remind Me" but she NEVER forgot the words and never was that off key on a song. Its amazing how people really ignore how bad Tamyra's performance was. I don't think Tamyra deserved the boot at all (I think Justin did) but I don't think your assesment is fair to Nikki at all.

[@Mike-fp5rc]

It was a decent vocal performance, but her inexperience in conveying the message of a song was very evident here. Totally missing Diana's soulful sexiness. Girl needs to practice some restraint.

[@thequevin]

Honestly, this woman should've been in the finale of this season. I do not know how Nikki and Justin made it compared to this talent. I do agree with Kelly Clarkson winning, but this girl deserves MUCH better than 4th place. She is very talented compared to the other competitors in American Idol right now. She deserves a singing contract rather than some other past winners *cough* Taylor *cough*.. Nuff said. ;)