Jennifer Holliday sings 'Take my hand, precious Lord' at John Lewis funeral
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Published 2020-07-30
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All Comments (21)
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Jennifer Holliday has a whole choir in her vocal chords.
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One of the greatest singers alive, we need to love on our legends while they are alive. I love her voice, she can sang chile!!
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I will continue to say this Jennifer Holliday is undoubtably one of our greatest singers in the world and she’s truly anointed gift from God
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It's amazing Mahalia Jackson sang this song at Dr. King's funeral...
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Thank you for taking us to church Ms. Halliday. And, whoever that was on the piano and organ. WOW! There are no words. A VERY fitting tribute.
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I don't think some of y'all understand. This is THE Jennifer Holliday! Absolutely marvelous!
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My mom who's 93 yrs old just smiled and we felt like we were in Church. I miss church. Guess, I won't take it for granted after this. Beautiful.
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Jennifer Holliday did a very nice rendition of this gospel classic...BUT...the thing that made this performance an INSTANT CLASSIC were the fingers stroking those bones!! THAT PIANO WAS LEGENDARYYY!! RIP CONGRESSMAN LEWIS
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Sing Ms. Jennifer Holiday. With that anointing voice.
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THE one and only Jennifer Holliday.
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U have to understand this song is a cry or a shout out to God! She did a great job.
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RIP Bro John Lewis. A man of grace & gratitude! We will carry the torch!
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Thanks to 11 Alive for covering this ENTIRE homegoing right down to the burial! No other Atlanta station did that! They spent 6 and a half hours on our hero! 💜💜💫💯 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
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The woman is a legend with the voice to prove it.
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This song ""Precious Lord", always brings me to tears. Both of my favorite aunts died in 2001 to cancer months apart. At the loss my aunt who was a head nurse in Los Angeles, I was a mess tryiing to get to California, crying throughout the trip, I had to fly to pack up my Grandmother who was in her 80s at the time, from Florida and take her to California bury her youngest daughter...my Father had died of an anueyrism years before....At the grave site, after the church service, out of nowhere, a deacon started singing this song in the most heartfelt soulful manner, not a dry eye was to be seen, it was spontaneous and I will NEVER forget the comfort it brought to all of us saying goodbye to this wonderful woman, who cared for so many patients in her career. God Bless Jennifer Holiday who I saw in Dream Girls in NYC back in the 1980s, you have Honored Rep. John Lewis, who will be forever beloved to all of us.
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Sang Jennifer. There is a reason greats like you are asked to sing at state leadership funerals and elections
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The legendary saaanging Jennifer Holiday!! Thank you for serenading our leader❤❤❤. You are a beautiful and talented lady!!!
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Hear my cry, Lord...praying for America. RIP John Lewis
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Most important and most enduring gospel song of all time. Thomas A. Dorsey's genius.
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My God, may spirit leaped.... I couldn’t stay in my seat... So anointed.... She knows who her God is❤️❤️❤️❤️!