Vanessa Williams The Right Stuff Live 1989)

[@dianeowsley6529]

Beautiful woman, B.E.T. Awards should give MS. Williams a lifetime A. Award ,she deerves her flowers🌹🌹🌹🌹love her style

[@pbscraze]

She should've gotten a Grammy for this!!!!

[@damienwilliams5214]

She's was nominated, the other nominees were heavy weights (hard to say she was cheated): Janet Jackson, Anita Baker, Aretha Franklin and Natalie Cole. Anita Baker won for Giving You the Best that I Got.

[@dlw1221]

​@@damienwilliams5214 Nope and just to clarify; Vanessa lost her soul train music award; Best Urban Single/Female to the very boring and dull sleep fest; Anita Baker"s; "giving you the best that I got" Whitey Houston got booed within the same category. As far as the Grammy awards; she ws nom for two Awards from this album; Best New Artist of the year and best R&B vocal performance for her hit "Dreamin", and lost both to Tracy Chapman's nappy headed ass (fast car) I'm certain it was a win for VANESSA, considering all she was Up against coming fresh off the Ms.America scandal in which she made History. A huge win, especially for black women a that particular time.

[@Cryptonomics7]

Stop the CAP lol ..I like Venessa but this is clearly a early video- and the vocals was whack lol...

[@NoNo-ks4gg]

​Obviously you weren't around when this dropped --- cuz you woulda got ganked talkin' like that, kid!

[@ofox8628]

I’m exhausted with joy watching this

[@knockout912]

Vanessa came thru & showed out!

[@troyster6539]

She was getting her entire life on stage!!! I love it

[@lakishascott2132]

The first black miss america 🎉

[@walker1336]

They tried to ruin her, but her talent was too big. She always be the best Miss America ever. Legendary done

[@alejandroherrera7965]

she had charisma in this performance, it's so hard singing and dancing at same time live and i love her

[@hotgritz4sho]

Now this is how you show all your haters. Sing live while you dance ferociously and turn the Apollo audience out YAAAAS! Love me some 'Nessa! She definitely won the crowd over. Fav part was all the adlibs and ass-shaking!!!

[@lilemukule7510]

hotgritz4sho .

[@shannonallaround9490]

All I knew is this was 1989 (New Jack Swing era) so before clicking the video I expected to see some straight up hard core dancing from Queen Vanessa Williams… and she went to work right when the beat dropped 💃🏾 That’s right!!! Met and EXCEEDED my expectations just like all 80s and 90s live performances!! I’m so blessed to have been raised in those eras. ❤️

[@Kwakucam]

MISS America!

[@Truth-Teller57]

Dancing and singing is very difficult and singing live no back vocals only a few singers can do it Vanessa Williams is one of them.

[@sallysobstory7694]

Not a lot of females in those times that can sing and dance live and still sound the same. GO Nessa !

[@georgegeorgiev3946]

She defo doesn't sound the same. Quite off key!

[@kevinlong5392]

She's a born entertainer. Vanessa always had the "Right Stuff". Bad 2 Tha Bone😎

[@jacobTheeCreole]

She killed this lol yesss

[@synthesizerisking2886]

And in big heels….when I see the video, I think of Janet’s “NASTY”. Love both! Janet slaughtered that dance floor in Nasty!

[@ebonyrushharrington2197]

I know right yes yes!!!!

[@wayneashley52]

Dang VANESSA had the Apllo ON FIRE!!!

[@keithchanner]

Those are some bad ass back up dancers stepping with her

[@luzcaicedo9879]

That one be u in Janet Jackson video and pebbels

[@PONDU111]

Back in the days when pop female singers used to be sexy fully clothed (sigh). I like this song a lot!

[@melodysanger103]

HAPPY 53RD BIRTHDAY VANESSA L. WILLIAMS (MARCH 18, 2016)

[@sassyintrovert]

The VALLEY girl 💅🏼😁

[@tichy09]

I DONT EVEN KNOW WHERE TO BEGIN....This performance is amazing I knew I was watching something transformative even at the age I was then.There was a lot on the line and she came through and gave the performance of a lifetime. I carry this with me when Im up against odds....Thank You Vanessa W

[@timbalandj]

Nervous??? nah maybe a lil excited which can also equal out to nerves..but nevertheless Nessa slayed it and sang live showing that she was truly a double threat here and triple threat all the way around... Vanessa set the blueprint for some folk who will remain nameless who never pay homage to her...

[@dlw1221]

Bro you exactly 100% spot on! True tea; had Vanessa not gitten pregnant with her first child, She would have been up there singing and bopin to HER song "Girlfriend" Remeber they set Nessa up to take the music industry by storm shortly after her reign. she got preggers and lost everything! Her 1st publishing deal, "Girlfriend" went to Pebbles, "My Perogative" went to Bobby Brown, School daze went to Tisha Campbell. The music Industry basically turnt on her man. Thank God for the Right Stuff and Dreamin jumoff!

[@timbalandj]

@@dlw1221 EXACTLY point blank period

[@timbalandj]

@@dlw1221 In the end she won so it all worked out...

[@mamadouaziza2536]

@@dlw1221 All lies... LA Reid sold 'GirlFriend' to Pebbles because she offered him more money for the song.. Vanessa chose family over her career and in the long run her career has done very well, 'A' List movies, 'A' List tv series, Grammy and Emmy nominations, A Loreal Paris contract, voiceover work, Broadway etc...

[@SaintMTi]

@@dlw1221 I doubt My Prerogative was ever close to being Vanessa’s

[@elindioedwards1048]

Very talented. It's amazing how many great songs she has had. Love her ballads.

[@mikeflisal]

Killed it LIVE!!!!

[@antoniodelgado3036]

Her dancing skills surprised many.

[@donaldflowers6169]

She killed this

[@vonniedagrate3656]

One of my favorite albums

[@NoNo-ks4gg]

You Go Girl --- MY Ms. America! I don't care what they say! 🤫 #cuztheycrazy

[@DomoniqueStewart3936]

WOW!. SHE'S BEAUTIFUL, BY THE WAY. 🙂👍✌️❤️😊🎥📀📼🎞️🎬🇺🇸🎤🎼🎵🎸 I WILL ALWAYS LOVE VANESSA L. WILLIAMS SO VERY MUCH. 🥰

[@shaynehatch5433]

I've seen Her in concert 3 times. She still busts out the moves but now She does it gowns, lol. Love Her.

[@mariadufrene1747]

I love vanessa

[@donross2914]

No no no this isn't Vanessa's type of music. She's great at sappy love songs. Stay in that area oh, you don't fit into this area makes you look rough and tough oh, and you're not that way you're just sweetest little thing that walk the face of the Earth

[@synthesizerisking2886]

@@donross2914 huh? That what you just said is called staying in a box, she is very versatile, so why stay boxed up in what people always expect of you, she killed it!!!! Outside that little box you want her to stay in!!

[@doginthecity9635]

I wish Vanessa would come to Europe to perform...

[@eharris6347]

That lil walk at 0:07 ,,, omg that's something else

[@dlw1221]

IKR..I got my hole life right afterwards, how she did the move in heels we will never know. If only the cameraman swept 00:15 down with her for that quick second.

[@BadApe351]

Vanessa Williams is, for me, a national treasure...and I'm not even American.

[@patrickmiller1834]

She is a real success story. Yes. Gods daughter

[@gina72916]

Do yo' thang 'Nessa!

[@chinita6720]

I remember watching this when it ORIGINALLY aired back in 1989 and the standing ovation she got when they were still inteoducing her!! Poor thing, you can see she was nervous and the extra, hard effort she put into this performance...SHE HAD OVERCOME!!! thx for sharing.

[@JRLOC]

Same! I taped it on my VCR and showed it to friends when they’d come over. The BEST era ever!!!

[@themirrorsofmymind]

I could see that she was a little nervous too, but *NOBODY* was ready for those moves! 😮😮😮😮😮 After that daring moment at 2:55, I think she *_knew_* she had 'em, and then she just started to just have fun with it... (SMILE @ 3:13)

[@synthesizerisking2886]

@@themirrorsofmymind Janet and Michael had that across the room move! (Where you bend over and move her head from one side to the other). She killed it though and I love Vanessa

[@phoney4387]

I remember too.The song came out anonymous & after it caught on we found out it was her.People didn't think she'd be brave enough to perform live but she went on the hardest stage in the world & nervously won everybody over.She hasn't been nervous since though ❤️

[@BOLD-Nutrition-Consulting]

She sang and danced her 🤬off!! Get it girl 💪🏽🫶🏾❤!!

[@alexisjohnson9784]

Vanessa Williams is a icon I love her so so much go nessa

[@boogiebrewster8990]

On Fiyah! Va-vaNessa, Va-Va-vaNessa in '89! & now your daughter, Jillian, B Blazin' like her Momma, as the lead Singer in "Lion Babe."

[@mgdiaz2158]

How can you not love that woman. I want more of vanessa.

[@tallbald4376]

That man tried to ruin her career. See when you mess with God's annointed

[@TASconfidential]

Go Vanessa!!!!

[@RSTAR2009]

Yeah! I LOVE her song "Just For Tonight"

[@tanyagary9209]

Yepp me too! That song is one of my favorites. I had the Comfort Zone and The Right Stuff Cassette tapes. That tells you i'm 46 Lol

[@karykares]

Me three ha ❤️

[@tanyagary9209]

@@karykares Lol

[@aneasburkhartsmeier6469]

2:57 😍😍😍 dance break

[@alexisjohnson9784]

Vanessa Williams threw the fuck down wow on Apollo

[@orlandorobinson9369]

I saw Vanessa Williams in concert right before the pandemic, here in Atlanta, perform with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. She performed and sounded really good live. I was pleasantly surprised.

[@franciscoramos3720]

Vanessa didn't need to go off on that stage like that 😎😂 she killed it and shut it down. She shut all the naysayers down this night.

[@raycarter8070]

My sister and i just told every one we wanted this played at our funerals lol!

[@mickeyrosa7226]

One word: Memories!

[@rvegas81]

I'm a little surprised too. I came here after the rolling stone recommendation to listen to this album! I'm really surprised that she was like a Janet Jackson type singer. I knew her as a movie person or Disney person.

[@JohnSmith-zr1pi]

Yes! Go Vanessa

[@chrissystewart6268]

I'm an 90s kid this is my favorite song by Vanessa Williams

[@curtistisdale8150]

V was Feeling Herself and Rightfully So ..Baby, She was doing all this Live and With 👠👠💄 Heels. .You Betta Work V!!!!!

[@Cutay7BOOTAY]

Understand by this time she had performed on Broadway. She was ready for this!

[@phoney4387]

One of my favorite & funniest childhood memories is my granny walking in the room asking "ain't that the nasty tale gal that lost her clothes & he crow?!"🤣🤣💀 Argue with whoever but she probably had the best comeback in history ❤️

[@rashawnda-professor2999]

Facts. My Great Grandmother loved Vanessa and when she learned that Vanessa planned on suing Penthouse magazine, she screamed good!! Sue the piss out of them. The photographer who took the photos wound up dying around the time Nessa's classic Save The Best For Last hit # 1 on the charts.

[@jessmontes8129]

Heyyyy!!!!!! Go Vanessa Williams!!!!! Love this Song!!!!!

[@mikespencer7749]

Watching very impressed, highly entertained, rockin to the funk and crying a bit with joy.. LOVED IT ALL.

[@ksr2059]

Vanessa came thru on this. There's was lots of pressure on this performance because Pebbles had gotten booed just a couple of weeks earlier. She killed it tho.

[@dlw1221]

As she should have...Pebbitone the snooze fest of it all, watching her is like watching paint dry on a plain yet, pretty wall.

[@ebonyrushharrington7990]

Get it mommie!!!!!

[@charissew4798]

I still have this on tape

[@iamdynez]

Love Vanessa ❤️❤️

[@waynebutler126]

That's my baby

[@DONAVINU]

So fierce

[@justbeecards1930]

Bad! 💯

[@boomboommackenzie4374]

yaaaaaaass

[@valminus2589]

Vanessa is a bad bitch!!!!!!!😆 go girl

[@piscesking3434]

Now Vanessa go off like that .. definitely put a hurting on that audience

[@synthesizerisking2886]

And her critics that wanted her career over!

[@tavaresgaither3741]

She was feelin’ it! 😀

[@JRLOC]

VW had guts!!!

[@slipdisco]

Check out her new dance record "The Legs are the last thing to go, 2024"

[@tonymullenix9281]

The one and the ONLY VW!

[@samuelpajoa215]

Great Song!!!

[@coreyatkins5274]

That was fun. She was out of breath at times, and there are certain singers who would not be forgiven for such. But V.W. rocked that performance!

[@sauquoit13456]

On this day in 1988 {September 24th} Vanessa Williams performed "The Right Stuff" on the nationally syndicated television program, 'Soul Train'... Six weeks earlier "The Right Stuff" peaked at #1 {for 1 week} on Billboard's Dance Club Songs chart... It reached #4 on Billboard's Hot R&B Singles chart... Between 1988 and 1997 the Bronx, NY native had sixteen records on the Hot R&B Singles chart, eight made the Top with three* reaching #1, "Dreamin'" for 2 weeks in February of 1989, "Running Back To You" for 2 weeks in October of 1991, and "Save The Best For Last" for 3 weeks in March of 1992... Vanessa Lynn Williams will celebrate her 57th birthday come next March 18th, 2020... May Don Cornelius {1936 - 2012} R.I.P. * She just missed having a fourth #1 record when her "The Comfort Zone" peaked at #2 {for 2 weeks} in late 1991, the 2 weeks it was at #2, the #1 record for both those weeks was "I Love Your Smile" by Shanice...

[@SmoothCinnamonX]

Love your record stats! But she's from Westchester County, New York...

[@sauquoit13456]

@@dlw1221 Thanks for the reply, I used Billboard Magazine for my stats and not Wiki, and please stay safe...

[@sauquoit13456]

@@SmoothCinnamonX Thanks for your reply and the good catch, Wikipedia claims The Bronx, did a little surfing and found a couple of sites that stated she was born in Tarrytown, NY, which is in Westchester County... Thanks again, and please stay safe...

[@shynbryt11]

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[@niqulusviii987]

Idgaf about being sharp or flat, just JAM and PARTY

[@ICONICPARIS]

LOVE HER

[@dlw1221]

Welp. There's certainly a lot to unpack here aside from the slightly nervousness of it all and considering all she was Up against and tying to prove at that time; ..I give this Living ICON strait 10s across the board...Gurl woke that crowd Up fosho!!

[@IAMMOVIN4WARD]

Great performance.**

[@SarahConnor-nj7pq]

Give me her. ❤

[@rashadhaughton22]

Listen, if those New York people gave her a standing ovation then you know she killed it cause the audience at this show don’t spare your feelings lol

[@ebonyrushharrington2197]

Get it!!!

[@malrosee9450]

Classic

[@hazelw84star83]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Nessa!

[@miamivicepastels83]

yes gawd Vanessa

[@MatthiasHamilton]

she was letting you have it... Just Off KEY!! LOL

[@inkpen9547]

Girl...

[@beegordon4617]

Thank You All For Watching Be Sure To Subscribe!!

[@slimtee2]

I don't remember this but it's funny to hear her singing louder than the music!

[@dlw1221]

Sir, this wasn't the "Barbara Streisand" hour, we are at the APOLLO

[@otisbay7864]

1988

[@mamadouaziza2536]

She did an amazing job, she just needed some tuning on the mic to stabilize her vocals while dancing.. She certainly had charisma and enormous stage presence far better than Mariah and Pebbles could do. Mariah just had the better voice and Pebbles was as dull as dishwater..

[@5mirydi]

Кар-Мэн

[@lemonlime03]

Yeah just don't think that outfit is late 80s enough 😂

[@georgegeorgiev3946]

Was she nervous? She is quite off key...

[@juliaholmes6552]

She was literally singing live no auto tune and dancing at the same time . Can you blame her for being out of breath

[@georgegeorgiev3946]

@@juliaholmes6552 a lot of singers sang and sing live with no autotune and dance :) George Michael, Prince, Michael Jackson...even Whitney danced lol

[@Truth-Teller57]

No one dance like this and sing like this very rigorously I don't think so only maybe madonna and Michael not prince definitely not whitney.

[@dlw1221]

You do realize this was 1989 and what seemed like "Moments" after the world first real "scandal" by America's first black Mrs.America, when it actually meant something. The mainstream media had just took they foot off her neck and POW her she comes, having to win over the hardest, yet, most forgiving audience. Forget breath, the guts of it all.

[@kennettabradford6566]

She and dancing and singing. Can you sing at all

[@liltrill8976]

This sound terrible why people caping

[@luciusjohnson384]

It’s really off key

[@kennettabradford6566]

Like you can sing 🙄