Im am 63yrs old raised on rock and country . i have always been a Diana Ross fan . She is a classy lady . 🤠

Diana Ross songs are timeless! Her gift is a song and style that will always try to be duplicated.

Vanessa Williams is simply exquisite. She ought to record "Touch Me in the Morning". It is so easy to forget how talented she really is. Singing, acting, dancing... she is wonderful. It is a crying shame that she doesn't always get material worthy of her talent.

@BigMeach1

8 жыл бұрын

I was just thinking that same thing as I listened to Vanessa. She sounds ABSOTIVELY INCREDIBLE DOING IT!!

@masongarrett3066

8 жыл бұрын

+RamajX You are so bright for saying those words! Vanessa Williams is a force to be reckoned with!

@sxnico

8 жыл бұрын

she was great! thats a hard song to sing!

@donnasharpe7344

6 жыл бұрын

That is Vanessa Williams' band playing the music.

@punkanellylovejoy702

3 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately Vanessa didn't have a record label owner who was smitten enough with her " talents" to give her whatever song she chose to record. And despite the humiliation of being stripped of her crown and Miss America title, she became THE MOST SUCCESSFUL MISS AMERICA WHO EVER REIGNED!! No other Miss America can say that.

Vanessa Williams just like Diana Ross pure class & elegance untouchable

@skygazer6898

2 жыл бұрын

er no, she is not like Diana Ross

@punkanellylovejoy702

2 жыл бұрын

Don't insult Vanessa. Ross has no class and elegance behind the scenes. Whatever class and elegance she can be noted for, does not extend itself beyond the stage.

@Dwilliwonka

Жыл бұрын

@@punkanellylovejoy702 ALL OF THAT!

@punkanellylovejoy702

Жыл бұрын

@@Dwilliwonka every bit of it

@RonWilliam-tj2fv

10 ай бұрын

@@punkanellylovejoy702 shut up Hater's slut....u only wish you had that... much of Ms Ross voice and talent 🙊

Vanessa Williams was sensational during her performance⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ from Bay Harbor Islands 🌴 Fl 305

Vanessa beauty and gorgeous VOICE!

Beautiful and loving tribute to Miss Ross. A True Supreme

Let it be known, NOBODY can do Miss Ross, like Miss Ross does Miss Ross. I think this was a fine tribute. She seemed to enjoy it and WE ALL love the music. Very nice.

@russelwilliam6051

3 жыл бұрын

That's right well said

@akualaps180

2 жыл бұрын

Miss Ross Da Boss

The key played on "Touch Me In The Morning" was perfect for Vanessa.

The Queen Of Soul, Aretha Franklin was grooving 6:57

Diana has her way of singing and so do the others on this program that's what make it ❤

This was like Diana's signature sign off from Berry Gordy. Vanessa did a beautiful job. Jordin Sparks * Ciara * and everybody did good ❤️

Oh Vanessa, a stunning rendition. Aretha was so cool all she had to do was snap her fingers. KZread can be so enjoyable. 😍 👍👍

Diana did have such good songs

Vanessa Williams is a class act. Her voice is sooooooo soothing.

Jordan Sparks is awesome 🙏🌴

Vanessa Williams a real artist class style & voice no gimmicks needed

@jacobgeiger731

Жыл бұрын

She did Diana proud. She sings so pure perfection...Like Diana ...but in of herself Vanessa is an amazing singer.❤

Vanessa kills it. Such an exquisite performance. She should have covered her own version of Touch Me In The Morning.

@Pattiepies55

2 жыл бұрын

Vanessa Williams is stunning in every way ❤️

@barbaraannhenderson9049

2 жыл бұрын

Every female on this stage killed it soft voices like the Queen!! Can"t get any better!!

Vannesa Williams has made too few Albums. Beautiful Voice & Intonation.Very Elegant, perfect for that Tune.

diana is effortless when she sings these songs. these girls make it look like work!

@UncleDuTheWatchman

8 жыл бұрын

I hear you @schatze page, but who would you pick? Nobody really has Diana's laid-back style.

@fonyuytata

7 жыл бұрын

It was not a competition of who sang it better but rather in honour of her. smh!

@mikelelorduybarroeta1096

6 жыл бұрын

Completely true Diana has a unique sound that make songs timeless and effortless. One of a kind

Vanessa Williams' voice does not get the credit it so richly deserves. But, this is Diana's moment long overdue. 🎙

@susanbannister6270

2 жыл бұрын

❤️🌹

Vanessa is always classy a real talent

Vanessa is just perfection

"Touch Me in the Morning" is a tune tailor made for the voice of Miss America, Vanessa Williams.

I Luke how Ciara used the presence of the 1979 Caesars Palace perfomance Diana did❤

Reading these comments i actually think Ciara matched Diana’s tone. Soft subtle and sweet . Diana has pop appeal shes not a vocal powerhouse but demands the stage.

@barbaraannhenderson9049

2 жыл бұрын

She killed it and the others I'm a singer and poet and dancer if I was up there my voice match hers soft and Sexy!!!

@colinmuldoon4409

2 жыл бұрын

You nailed it. Diana's voice was one in a million. And sorry, Jordan Sparks butchered it. Vanessa did better and Ciara a little bit better than that, but nobody can even approach the Queen.

Everybody was good orchestra background singers I!! They did a wonderful job !!!

Even the Queen Of Soul herself was grooving

Such a Beautiful lady

She was always my favorite

Ross is a LEGEND!!! Vanessa Williams is undeservedly under-rated..............[She's] The Right Stuff!!!

Tu voz diana mecala asta mis huesos Que Grande guapisima

I believe it´s hard an artist interpreting another artist. Now, imagine an artist intepreting in front of him.

Thd first one was very good and I adore that song

I can't believe no one sang "Ain't no Mountain High Enough"

@juliag.5114

2 жыл бұрын

@Ron Rossmore you got a point lol

Diana ✨

Miss her .... she is great

Up side down! ❤️

They sould've added one more performer to sing "Ain't No Mountain High Enough". Gotten rid of Jordin Sparks and let Yolanda open with a simple, soft "Reach Out" and then she comes back and closes with an uproaring "Ain't Mountain", with that choir as her background. That tribute would have been even more awesome..

@osahju914

6 жыл бұрын

2Steps Productions Jordin was good. That Ciara chick was mediocre

@aharper12

5 жыл бұрын

2Steps Productions Agreed!!!

Queen💜

Ciara was really cute!! She's not a powerful singer!! But there are a lot of others that are not as well!! There are different varieties of singers, choose what you like or don't like. She was cool!! They all did a Great tribute to one of my absolute Favorites, Ms. Diana Ross!! And also the tribute to Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys!! This Entire tribute was so Lovely!! Nice to see some CLASSY performances!! Good job to ALL!! Thanks for posting!!

@mildred9762

5 жыл бұрын

I agree!!!! They all did great!!!

@DesTiny-tc7ts

11 ай бұрын

Well Diana is isn’t powerful singer either so Ciara was fitting

Vanessa Williams is probably the only Miss America pageant winner that nearly every American recognizes and remembers. Ms. Williams is not only elegant, classy, and beautiful-clearly, she is also quite talented. Ms. Williams won the title Miss America in 1983. Several weeks after her reign began in 1984, a scandal surfaced when Penthouse magazine bought and subsequently published unauthorized nude photographs of the 20 year old Ms. Williams. Williams was publicly shamed and pressured to relinquish her title to the runner up. She was the first black woman to win the coveted title Miss America and the first Miss America winner in history to give up her crown. Thirty-two years later, in September 2015, when Ms. Williams served as head judge for the Miss America 2016 pageant, former Miss America CEO Sam Haskell made a public apology to her for the events of 1984. During the intervening years, influential members of the black American community rallied around her to show their support. Black America has always admired her courage, her dignity, and her resolve to triumph in the end.

@dorisbrown1427

2 жыл бұрын

Great tribute,Diana is awesome

I really think its time to let the dislike for Diana Ross go now and enjoy her for the great artist she is

Vanessa Williams was the best performance. Diana Ross became a star because of her beautiful vocal tone not because she is a power house singer. Vanessa Williams also has incredible intonation that makes her the best choice to cover Ms. Ross.

@michaelwilliams7822

4 жыл бұрын

Vanessa can roar too when she wants to.I was amazed seeing her live on the front row!

@dlw1221

3 жыл бұрын

@@michaelwilliams7822 Most folk dont understand singing isn't screaming. Vanessa Williams Power is subtle but strong. Vanessa choose to pursue the path of an Classically trained singer, given her (idols) were Barbara Streisand and Bette Midler. Those women can can be proud, considering they ARE the Gold Standard and Vanessa went on to become an acclaimed and accomplished Broadway Superstar, (16 ) x Grammy Nominations, Emmy nominated, assisted in the snatching of the Oscar award in 1996 for her international hit Colors of the Wind. Unlike most of her peers, dead or alive, Vanessa is a real triple threat not just some media hyped singer turned Actress, with unmatched beauty perhaps otherworldly at times and Charisma to match, Vanessa has carved out a lane, not many can fux with! The master Technician himself; Luther Vandross, didnt just tour with anyone, aside from Vanessa and a few other GOATS like Mooooriaha Carey.

@dlw1221

3 жыл бұрын

@@michaelwilliams7822 There Is a clear difference between a "loud" singer and a "powerful" One. Vanessa, definitely the latter of the two.

@michaelwilliams7822

3 жыл бұрын

I talked with her guitar player the last show I went to in 2017.His name is Keith Robinson.He’s actually from my hometown.He told me that he notices that her voice is getting stronger the older she gets.I remember reading in her and her mother,Helen’s book that you shouldn’t overtrain a voice and let it develop on its on.

I'm not really a fan of Jordin or a big fan of Ciara but I personally think Ciara did great here, Upside Down was good for her too. Jordin should have picked a different song like You Keep Me Hangin On. Vanessa and Yolanda were perfect here and with their choice of song too.

@timothyblack3322

3 жыл бұрын

I think they were picking songs from different eras for the artist. I actually loved Jordon Sparks performance. God bless you. ❤️✌🏼

Diana sings all these songs much better.

@jjsteel43

4 жыл бұрын

many already know that. They are not competing with her dummy. They are paying tribute to her for heaven sake

@Kemet3.0

3 жыл бұрын

@@jjsteel43 Right!,,

@russelwilliam6051

3 жыл бұрын

Naturally she did she took them all the number one she took those sougs all the way to number ones in in the USA and all over the world so there's no comparison

@skygazer6898

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely spot on. None of these singers can hold a candle to the Boss that is Miss Ross

@kimson305

Жыл бұрын

Those are her songs goofy it's not a competition

Vanessa was great!!!

Vanessa le dió un toque especial felicitaciones

Jordin sparks voice is a billion tines better than anybody else on the show

@theteatv2348

3 жыл бұрын

Yes that's why most of the comments are about Vanessa Williams.

@dlw1221

3 жыл бұрын

@@theteatv2348 THAT part😂

I liked it❤

Excelente

Vanessa Williams is just lovely. 💋

Ms. Franklin was getting it

Vanessa is great at some songs but not the songs of The Boss. The voice of Diana Ross will live forever. No one will ever be able to match the voice of Diana.

@Jean-wk7on

3 жыл бұрын

The Kennedy Center Awards are a tribute to performers. An artist who is honoring a recipient-such as Diana Ross, for example-by singing one of their songs is not trying to imitate the recipient.

Mason, you said it all

I'm just watching 👀this in 2021 geesh

jordin's lovely tribute to the one and only Ms Ross!!!

CiCi!!!!!!

Loved Ciara

Ok, I didn’t actually know Vanessa Williams could sing until I saw this. Lol

@kwatoniazakiyyahanderson8091

2 жыл бұрын

LOL that's like Sandy didn't know that she was Miss America 1984 yes she seen you ever heard of the song Save The Best For Last she also is a Broadway star in the Broadway address

Vanessa came 2 play zero games

I thought that singer was good but with a legend of Diana’s class I would have expected more. Maybe Beyoncé doing another tribute or Patti because her tributes are amazing

@ellisisland1374

5 жыл бұрын

Good point Ethan Rawest. I expected more legends too. Vanessa Williams did a good fitting tribute. However, there was more. Legendary singer Yolanda Adams did a great tribute too. It's on a separate Kennedy Honors video clip.

she sang this song!!!

@pampam875

6 жыл бұрын

Ciara was good man

@osahju914

6 жыл бұрын

Pam Pam she most certainly was flat!!

@osahju914

6 жыл бұрын

awwyeahme2 to which she are you referring

Where was Yolanda Adams ?

@ellisisland1374

5 жыл бұрын

It's on a separate video clip. It was a great tribute.

@neishatate7734

4 жыл бұрын

My question exactly

The drummer in Upside Down should have been acknowledged.

People sing how they sing😮

She's the shit!!!!

What are luminaries?

Seems like her songs are only hard to sing because of the key she originally sang in

I dislike the runs the younger performers insist on doing. Jordan should have kept it simple. Beautiful voice tho.

Wow.. All these women are amazing.. Why didn't Vanessa have more of a music career?

@dlw1221

Жыл бұрын

16x Grammy nominated singer and Broadway Superstar star isn't a career?

@amriaye7593

Жыл бұрын

@@dlw1221 Vanessa? Really...I did not know this

Never heard of any of these people.

Someone check Martin Scorsese's pulse.

@osahju914

6 жыл бұрын

fyom huh?

@debrahollinger7167

5 жыл бұрын

@ joshmiller, I think it was Play Scorsese’s Love For Black Women!

Diana is better of all these artist still today.

@russelwilliam6051

3 жыл бұрын

Now that's saying the truth speak the truth that shave the devil God is much better than them today than they are at daytime

I think it kinda sucks they didn't include any of her contemporaries as performers...Think about it...Gladys...Patti...Aretha...Natalie...

@DetroitLives313

8 жыл бұрын

They all hate her so why bother?

@rrmauriello

7 жыл бұрын

stupid commentary, the new generation honors diana.

@UncleDuTheWatchman

7 жыл бұрын

DetroitLives313 Who hates her? None of the artist I names have ever said they hate Diana Ross. They're all stars. Why would they hate her?

@DetroitLives313

7 жыл бұрын

newcreature2011 Read their books. They don't use the word hate. Why? She has been nasty to all of them among many people she has mistreated.

@nico114334

7 жыл бұрын

Patti & Diana always were rivals . lmao

Ciara, honey that was weak.

She can't come close too dianiia Ross caused extensive seen Diana ilive in conserving Boston she changed outfits six teen times aim Paul

Vanessa Williams was the only one worthy to be in this line up the rest sucks.

@nico114334

7 жыл бұрын

umnn then you didn't see the ending . Yolanda Adams performed too

@ivoryscott1162

5 жыл бұрын

Amen

Ciara.............gurl.................

Ciara (whoever that is) messed I'm Coming Out up. Lord have mercy.

@osahju914

6 жыл бұрын

Kelly I. She was flat as a pancake!!! I agree

@mildred9762

5 жыл бұрын

I disagree - Ciara and Jordan did great!

@punkanellylovejoy702

3 жыл бұрын

She also ruined her part in singing Wanna Be Startin Something while singing it with Whitney and Usher on that televised Michael Jackson special

@fixthatface483

3 жыл бұрын

@@punkanellylovejoy702 Lol Link?

@punkanellylovejoy702

3 жыл бұрын

@@fixthatface483 oh my bad. It was some girl called Mya. Not Ciara

Vanessa did a good job, Ciara on the other hand... If I was Diana I would have been offended if they brought her out in front of me.

@deronreed2945

6 жыл бұрын

lol @ Ciara I AGREE!!!!

@egyptprincet5058

5 жыл бұрын

Ciara did good shut the hell up

@kevinlane2244

5 жыл бұрын

IDK WHY BUT LMAO 😂😂😂

@janicelumpkin9722

4 жыл бұрын

@@egyptprincet5058 NO SHE DIDN'T!!!! CAN NO SING

@fixthatface483

3 жыл бұрын

Lmfao I would be “WTF was that?!”

That’s Diana’s song not hers. She is trying to better then Diana, but that will never happen.

No offense to the performers but not one of them could hold a candle to Diana's vice and style.

Jordin was doing too much

Vanessa was beautiful and did good job, but the rest were a total snoozefest. Why would you honor Diana Ross with Ciara and Jordan Sparks, did she even know who they were prior to the ceremony?

@osahju914

6 жыл бұрын

Ceuane she met Jordin on Idol

@egyptprincet5058

5 жыл бұрын

Ciara at that time was number 1 in the country ... you really think Diana wouldnt know the music world ... of course she knew ciara if she didnt know her personally she knew who she was at that time ... she was the top in 2008

@robherrera1084

4 жыл бұрын

because they were available hahhaa

@russelwilliam6051

3 жыл бұрын

I agree really why did they scrub the bottom of the pot

I think Terrance Howard inhaled before that intro

Ciara NO GURL

@ivoryscott1162

5 жыл бұрын

Oh Lawd 😂

@fixthatface483

3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣

Well there goes all the prestige of the Kennedy center honors straight out the window.

@Jean-wk7on

2 жыл бұрын

Oh-shut up, stupid! Given that your life is nothing more than a pretentious piece of meat at the bottom of human existence, obviously you would know absolutely nothing about something as far removed from your experience as prestige.

This was a horrible tribute. Who the hell put this garbage together?

@masongarrett3066

8 жыл бұрын

+Jeff Caldwell You are so right and too funny with your reply to this tribute!

@ivoryscott1162

5 жыл бұрын

I'm weak 😂

@kirbykipling9515

2 жыл бұрын

Your mother

Without Mary and Flo, there would be no Diana Ross to honor.

@jameswaugh7664

6 жыл бұрын

Utter Crap!!!. Go do your homework and you'll find that if there wasn't a Miss Diana Ross, there would have been no Supremes!!!. When Flo and Mary thought they hade "made it", they used to do things like, not turn up for rehearsals, or studio work so much so that a lot of the later albums, it was even Flo and Mary singing background......it was the Andante Sisters!!!. As Smokey said, Diana Ross wanted to be "Diana Ross" and let's be honest here, she was ALWAYS going to be a Star with or without Flo and Mary history has already PROVED that and Miss Diana Ross has gone on to become a PIONEER, TRAIBLAZER and GLOBAL PHENOMENON and deserves RESPECT after all, she's EARNED IT!!!.

@osahju914

6 жыл бұрын

James Waugh she got big because Flo was railroaded by Berry (who was fuckin Diana) and the Motown Machine. Diana has a pleasant voice, but it’s empty. Like a big hunk of frosting without a cake!

@zacharyboyd5391

3 жыл бұрын

Bullshit they could found any body to sing background and they did the andantes sang a lot of background not Flo, and Mary

@russelwilliam6051

3 жыл бұрын

@@zacharyboyd5391 you're absolutely right Diana did her on homework and work very hard to get where she is today we love Diana Ross 2021 22 and forever

@williamkevinrosston4305

2 жыл бұрын

And without your mama there would be no you so who you want to take the credit for your life do you get it give Diana her props after you go sit back down eat your cookies and cream ice cream and drink some soup smoke another cigarette and then go back to sleep Merry Christmas and happy New Year

They are. Not clones of diana😮

Pls.ll

Jordan Sparks should have done Diana's rendition. That was awful.

Who in the hell put ciaras nonsinging az up there to mess up a classic smh

Ohhhh no no no way Ciara should’ve been part of the tribute. She’s a great performer but not a great singer.

Jordan Sparks... she is not a good singer.She should not have been on stage.Vaneesa Williams can sing and she did good.Ciara did good.

@osahju914

6 жыл бұрын

M MN Ciara < Jordin

Jordan sparks ruined that song

Mediocre at best...🤔

they all sound better then Dianna

@russelwilliam6051

3 жыл бұрын

That's a big ass lie and your breath staking Mr David go fine you're Delilah hater

@kirbykipling9515

2 жыл бұрын

@@russelwilliam6051 If theirs sounded better, they'd be the ones being honored.