Dorothy Collins Sings "Feeling Good" by Anthony Newley & Leslie Bricusse "Feelin Good"

Although many people call this song by Nina Simone, this is not a song created for Nina Simone or written for her, it's from the musical "The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd." written by Anthony Newle and Leslie Bricusse. It's not a spiritual song but it is uplifting. There were coves by Nina Simone and Sammy Davis Junior and Jack Jones among many more recent covers including Michael Buble. This was from the Hollywood Palace on ABC TV in the USA on New Years Eve 1966. In 1971, Collins made her Broadway debut in Stephen Sondheim's Follies, portraying Sally Durant Plummer, a one-time Ziegfeld-style showgirl trapped in a disappointing marriage. Critic Martin Gottfried wrote of her performance: "Dorothy Collins, 'Hit Parade' jokes notwithstanding, has a voice of impressive versatility and range." Her performance earned a Tony Award nomination as Best Actress in a Musical, but lost to co-star, fellow Canadian-born actress Alexis Smith

[@glennmorris371]

Tony Newley would be proud. He was a genius.

[@faithsimmerman5352]

I love this!!!

[@dianaaljadeff2983]

It was before her success as Sally in Follies.
Anthony Newley was a genius but he wasnt recognized as he deserved

[@davidwalsh3439]

A lovely song beautifully performed by Dorothy Collins. She was virtually unknown in the UK. We missed out on loads of great American female singers in the fifties and sixties. Check out Eileen Rodgers, Valerie Carr, Sunny Gale,Toni Eden etc the list is endless. You won't be disappointed.

[@recklessprocess]

This is the only singer on RUclips who knows the lyric to this song. Why is it not one other singer can perform this song the way it was written? Apparently this women is the only singer who understands the song, the play, and the lyric sheet.
This is song about a fellow who has been utterly miserable his entire life. Not one moment of happiness, ever in their whole life. Then one day something happens, and that miserable person finds himself feeling a strange new way and he describes it with these words; "It's a new dawn, it's a new day, it's a new life, for me: Feeling Good."
The words are not: "It's a new dawn, it's a new day, It's a new world, for me. AND I AM feeling good." As if the singer has frequently felt good. WRONG! These are NOT the lyrics.
Look how the songwriter who wrote it sang it: @
Newley does not say, "and I am feeling good" because the character in the play has never felt good in his life and he is trying to understand a completely new feeling; Feeling Good.

[@ajjs02]

This would sound crazy good behind a Car Commercial back in the day... ^_^

[@OsbornTramain]

Yeah, the song seems to have evolved over the years and now everyone sings it the same way.....even the arrangements sound the same....at least this is different and it has that "over arranged' jazzy quality that is very commercial advertising sounding.......I love it!

[@marcobroca4020]

Someone knows the name of the music played by the harmonic?

[@davidrg6783]

how obscure is this?

[@ElsecretodCadacosa]

I prefer the Muse versión, it is not my style xd

[@jacoborojas7011]

This is the original xd

[@kimberlyolivares895]

@@jacoborojas7011 broooo.... this is not the original u r tripping

[@kimberlyolivares895]

@@jacoborojas7011 the original it's by ANTHONY NEWLE -_-

[@kimberlyolivares895]

And yaaas I love Muse Version:"3

[@ryansmith4494]

She enunciate’s far too much.