This week’s That Grape Juice Cover Star is Whitney Keaton. The Illinois native serves up a rousing redition of Nina Simone‘s’ classic ‘Feeling Good’.
Check out the one-time Alicia Keys backing singer in action below:
Amazing.
For more on Whitney Keaton, check out her Youtube page
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19 COMMENTS
SparkD
February 12, 2011 at 2:08 pm
Here tone is beautiful.
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sonofbaldwin
February 12, 2011 at 2:37 pm
She’s giving me Oleta Adams teas.
What a wonderfully smokey voice. She took me back.
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Ciara Stan 21
February 12, 2011 at 2:44 pm
I doubt most people even know who Nina Simone is. Stop buying garbage like Born This Way and buy Wild is The Wind and educate yourselves to what real music is because we need to stop singing about sex. Let’s change a generation for the better.
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Laura
February 12, 2011 at 3:07 pm
here w/ music http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akj_9b4r5l0
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Diane
February 12, 2011 at 3:09 pm
Very good gworl.
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February 12, 2011 at 4:07 pm
Nina will forever remain a beast but this is good. J Hud did it justice too.
@Ciara Stan 21
Some of us 90′s people know Nina Simone but I’m really into Jazz.
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NICK
February 12, 2011 at 4:28 pm
YES YES YES YES YES !!!! SHE WAS AMAZING !!! get it girl…ture talent, NOT KATY PERRY FIREWORK CRAP & KESHA BLAH BLAH BLAH! hahaha….
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X_POSED99
February 12, 2011 at 4:34 pm
And this folks, is why all those stupid ass reality singing shows (ie. American Idol/xfactor) SUCK!!!!!! Tons of real singers out there waiting to be discovered.
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Brocka
February 12, 2011 at 5:21 pm
AMAZING
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BrealK
February 12, 2011 at 5:48 pm
She can blow. She sang the mess out of that song.
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baby
February 12, 2011 at 8:02 pm
not that good
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vegasgirl
February 12, 2011 at 11:19 pm
SHE DEFINITELY CAN SANG. If in fact she was a backup singer for Alicia Keyes, then wow, how does it feel to have to back someone that you can sing CIRCLES around?
I kinda wish she hadn’t started all the runs at the very beginning of the song because it can take away the drama, there is a lack of build up for the crescendo. But she still killed it! Good to see her wouldn’t have know anything about her without this blog or the internet (you tube can start a career- see Justin Beiber)
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Chris T.
February 13, 2011 at 1:23 am
Good job Whit!
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Neff
February 13, 2011 at 8:55 am
Well Well Well
Look what we have hear…We have a phenomenal singer!
It strikes me as her being backup for a singer like Alicia Keys, who is a good singer, but cannot sing like Whitney K.
She is amazing!
It was so many elements in the rendition she delivered, such as scatting.
This was truly great, I have not heard someone sing like this in a long time!
One Word…AMAZING
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Vocalist
February 13, 2011 at 5:45 pm
she KILLED it with the music in this performance from AKeys concert…she is amazing!!!
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TooHotForTV
February 13, 2011 at 10:01 pm
Yes… I’m getting Oleta Adams, Brandy, and Lizz Wright.
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Ruthie
February 14, 2011 at 7:50 pm
There has been talks about a Nina Simone movie and aparently MJB was offered the lead but- I think Whitney may do the role a little more justice- provided she can act…
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ojie king
August 7, 2011 at 11:22 am
GOOD JOB BUT AVOID OVER-SINGING.
NOT ALL SONGS REQUIRE HIGH BELTING, ATIMES IT IS JUST UNNECESSARY
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