Music History Today: December 20, 2021

December 20, 1981: Dreamgirls premiered on Broadway at the Imperial Theatre. 

DREAMGIRLS first opened at the Imperial Theatre, Broadway in the December 1981. The production was directed and choreographed by Michael Bennett, and starred Sheryl Lee Ralph as ‘Deena Jones’, Jennifer Holliday as ‘Effie White’, Loretta Devine as ‘Lorrell Robinson.’

Jennifer Holliday

Music History Today: July 3, 2021

July 3, 1982: Jennifer Holliday enters the Billboard Hot 100 chart with "And I Am Telling You (I’m Not Going)" from Dreamgirls. 

"And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" is a torch song from the Broadway musical Dreamgirls.