Watch my reaction to Angelina Jordan’s incredible performance of “I Put A Spell On You”! I was left speechless by her talent. This is a must-watch music reaction video for all music lovers! It’s unbelievable what she did at just NINE YEARS OLD!!!
Original video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwFloCPXzCs
Official Angelina Jordan channel:
https://www.youtube.com/@UC1Pwa4nFvIPbtYVLcBGDpjA
Nina Simone – I put a spell on you:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ua2k52n_Bvw
Screaming Jay Hawkins – I put a spell on you:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82cdnAUvsw8
Creedence Clearwater Revival – I put a spell on you:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWxDGQm2hKk
Clark Terry & Aretha Franklin (my favorite version) – Mumbles:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4_DUKgwwjI
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A barefoot princess with a hypnotic voice.
She was only 9 years old when she performed this song. It is her tribute to Screamin' Jay Hawkins, an American singer/songwriter. He wrote and performed it in 1956 and Angelina based her performance on the original, although she did make some subtle alterations to both lyrics and melody. As you continue your journey of discovering Angelina, you will come to realise that she does her own arrangements of most of the cover songs she sings. The differences may not be immediately discernible on first listening to them, but they are there. There may be a subtle change in tempo or tone, or more inflexion on some words, or a phrase may differ in pitch from the original. The amount of control that Angelina has over her voice cannot be measured. She never hurries a song. She sings in such a way that the emotions in the lyrics are felt by the listener. In this video did you notice:Angelina finishing some notes and handing them to the pianist, who smiled as he read them? They were her wishes (instructions) to the band how she wished therm to play the music. In the band, she was called a boss.
Aron I predict your channel is going to grow large and quick! You’re good! You’re also a pleasure to spend time with 🙏
❤❤❤Love Angelina Jordan❤❤❤
Born Angelina Jordan Astar on January 10, 2006 in Oslo, Norway to her Norwegian mother, Sara Astar and her Swedish father, Gerry Christian Slattman.
Angelina started singing around 18 months of age, after listening to Whitney Houston on YouTube. She quickly became obsessed with listening to music videos and her maternal grandmother, Mery Zamani got Angelina interested in classic jazz.
Mery Zamani is Iranian and was a prodigy as an artist and poet while growing up in Iran. Angelina attended the Oslo Waldorf School and participated in the Oslo School of Music and Performing Arts after-school program, where starting around age 4, she had training in music but no vocal training. Her teachers were smart enough to not attempt to change what she was doing vocally. More recently she along with her grandmother have designed and made the clothing she wears on stage.
Why Angelina always performs barefoot At age 6, while traveling in the Middle East with her mother and grandmother, Angelina noticed a girl around her age standing on the side of the road, asking people to step on her bathroom scale to be weighed in hopes of getting some money. Angelina took off her shoes so as to not get the scale dirty and stepped on the scale many times to make the girl feel better. Angelina befriends the girl who was not wearing shoes and has scars on her feet, and learns she is an orphan. The orphan girl tells Angelina how beautiful she thinks her shoes are. Angelina says her shoes don’t fit her well and she wants to give her shoes to the orphan girl who thanks Angelina for giving her the shoes. Angelina asked the girl what she wanted to be when she grew up and the girl replied, “I want to become a doctor, but that will never happen since I have no parents and I have siblings so I have to do whatever is necessary for us to survive.” Angelina told the girl to never give up on her dreams. The poor girl asked Angelina what she wanted to be when she grew up and Angelina replied that she wanted to sing for the whole world. The poor girl said she would pray every day so Angelina’s dream would come true. Angelina still says she thinks of that homeless girl every day and has always performed barefoot to remind her of all the children who are less fortunate.
At age 9, she became the youngest published author in Norway’s history by writing a book about this encounter in the Middle East. PLEASE PURCHASE Angelina’s book from her merchandise store on her official website, angelinajordanofficial Angelina, at age 6 and 7, did record a few songs in a recording studio at her school, most notably “I Who Have Nothing”, a truly remarkable performance for a 7 year old. At age 7, Angelina’s audition on Norway’s Got Talent, was a cover of Billie Holiday’s “Gloomy Sunday”, a song which was banned by a number of European countries during World War II because authorities worried the song would increase the suicide rate. Truly bizarre that this is the song to launch the career of a child musical prodigy. One of the judges on NGT cried. Angelina had turned 8 years old for her next performance on NGT, covering Billie Holiday’s “I’m a Fool to Want You” singing acapella which was required by NGT unless the singer also played an instrument while singing. This was the Judge’s cut round of the competition and was not performed in front of an audience. In the Semi Final round of NGT, Angelina sang “Bang Bang” which was written by Sonny Bono and was first performed by his wife Cher but is best known sung by Nancy Sinatra. The improvement in each performance is incredible even though there were only a couple months between them. In the Finals, Angelina did a cover of George Gershwin’s, “Summertime” and won the contest, capturing 46% of the votes from the ten finalists. When asked what she would like to do with the prize money she won (500,000 kroner or about $80,000), Angelina replied, “I want to give it to the poor children”. Angelina had become a star in her native Norway and her videos on YouTube went viral. She gave a few concerts during the summer of 2014 while 8 years old. In December 2014, Angelina realized a life-long desire to sing at the Save the Children's Peace Prize Celebration which is part of the Noble Peace Prize celebration. Angelina’s family took her to United States, Brazil, Germany, France, United Kingdom, Russia, South Korea, Singapore among other corners of Earth, to perform for heads of state and to help raise money for charity. All before Angelina turned 14. At age 9, Angelina recorded a music video covering the 1956 Jay Hawkin’s classic, “I Put a Spell On You”. The video begins by showing Angelina writing her “wishes” for how she wants to perform the song. Angelina has always created her own arrangements for her cover songs. At age 10 and just a week before her 11th birthday, Angelina recorded a demo of “I’m Still Holding Out for You”. Her family never pursued having that recording officially released but someone leaked it on a YouTube video. Thankfully, everyone involved with that song is now ok with the leaked version. Many angels (fans) believe this is one of Angelina’s best performances. When Angelina was 11, she performed a number of concerts in Norway with a jazz/rock band. Those concerts included up to 14 songs, each remarkably performed. Angelina seems to be at her best when on stage, never nervous, only 100% confident. Also at age 11, Angelina recorded her “It’s Magic” album which has, at times, been in the top 10 best selling jazz albums. On June 27, 2018, at age 12, Jordan performed Frank Sinatra “Fly Me to the Moon” for Quincy Jones in The O2 Arena in London. She has said that was the high point of her young career which was already in it’s 6th year. During 2018, Angelina lost her paternal grandfather, her friend Avicii and one of her idols, Aretha Franklin. She did a moving tribute for each. In 2019, Angelina accepted an invitation to compete in the 2nd season of America’s Got Talent (AGT), The Champions. She had, since age 3, wanted to perform for Simon Cowell and she earned his praise with her genius arrangement of “Bohemian Rhapsody”. The surviving members of Queen loved it so much they put a link to it on their Twitter. Angelina was eliminated after covering Elton John’s “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road”. Angelina’s family refused to sign any agreement with AGT. Angelina, before age 14, had covered more than 130 songs from 80 different artists, spanning at least 8 genres, all of which are available on YouTube. Angelina has always made changes to each song she covers and often her version is preferred over the original. On YouTube, search on The Complete Works of Angelina Jordan as Rusty Shackleford has put all songs in one file and has a complete playlist in the description of that video. The pandemic hit shortly after her performances on AGT and likely caused a change of plans by her family, most notably her Uncle Michael who is her manager. Her family agreed to a contract with Republic Records in August 2020. Republic Records declared Angelina Jordan their highest priority new artist. Reportedly her family requested Republic to allow her as normal a childhood as possible and therefore have yet to fully promote her. During the pandemic, Angelina was often seen buying meals for the homeless on the streets of Los Angeles. In November 2020, Angelina released “Million Miles” which she wrote after the passing of her beloved maternal grandfather. She dedicated the song to anyone who has ever lost a loved one. Angelina had previously released, 3 other original songs: “What is Life”, “Oslo” and “Shield” In April 2021, her original “7th Heaven” was released. A jazzy, danceable, inspiring song. Angelina has posted numerous short performances on Tik Tok and Instagram. Angelina had concerts in Norway in July 2022. In December 2022, Angelina performed at the Asian American Awards in Los Angeles. On 2/27/23, Angelina performed at the FIFA Awards ceremony in Paris, France, with a viewing audience in the millions. On May 5th, 2023, Angelina released her original "Love Don't Let Me Go". On July 23th she released her orginal EP “Old Enough”.
Angelina perform Concert at the Music Hall in Portsmouth New Hampshire on Sept 22nd, 2023. It Was a great concert, who was not and could regret it, a big mistake. On 10/27/23 she released her new orginal singiel “Our Time”. In November 2023, she was presented as a debutante at Le Bal des débutantes in Paris. On 12/08/23 she released new Marry Christmas EP “Driving Home for Christmas”. On 12/10/23 she sing in Oslo at the Nobel Peace Prize Celebration – Unchained Melody tribute to 2023 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi. On february 29, 2024 she had two concerts in Las Vegas, Nevada,on the Elvis stage.
A barefoot princess with a hypnotic voice.
She was only 9 years old when she performed this song. It is her tribute to Screamin' Jay Hawkins, an American singer/songwriter. He wrote and performed it in 1956 and Angelina based her performance on the original, although she did make some subtle alterations to both lyrics and melody. As you continue your journey of discovering Angelina, you will come to realise that she does her own arrangements of most of the cover songs she sings. The differences may not be immediately discernible on first listening to them, but they are there. There may be a subtle change in tempo or tone, or more inflexion on some words, or a phrase may differ in pitch from the original. The amount of control that Angelina has over her voice cannot be measured. She never hurries a song. She sings in such a way that the emotions in the lyrics are felt by the listener. In this video did you notice:Angelina finishing some notes and handing them to the pianist, who smiled as he read them? They were her wishes (instructions) to the band how she wished therm to play the music. In the band, she was called a boss.
You have just started😊 you have to see her at age 6😊
Man you have me hooked! Thank you for sharing your experience and expertise. We need your analysis of her entire repertoire of over 200 songs. BTW before her winning NGT she has studio video of her first attempts of singing at 6 years old and they are mind blowing! Please stick with her, she will blow your socks off with her interpretations and even her own songs at an early age.
If you want to hear some scatting check out Billy Jean.
That whistle tone, that call back, where hasn’t she been at the age of 18 was Live at Elvis Presley old stomping ground performing at the WestGate in Vegas. At the age of 17 years of age Angelina has a Star named after her on Hollywood Boulevard, at the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Angelina Jordan singing on movie with Bruce Springsteen and Steven Van Zandt 2014 movie Lilyhammer. And she is the toast among royalties throughout Europe, let alone all the global Gypsy’s community’s adore her.
🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Nice reaction my friend! Made me chuckle, you looked emotionally spent by the end of the song. Subscribed to enjoy your AJ journey with you.
You will like her Billie Holiday/Etta James/and Frank Sinatra covers. Heck, you will like everything she does, but get your Jazz and Blues fixes first.
For more Blues, check out Beth Hart's cover of I'd Rather Be Blind.
You cannot go wrong with angelina, greatest of all time either male or female.
The mug she is holding up at start is of Screamin Jay. Angelina at 9 years of age arranged this song herself.
I am impressed with your knowledge. Billie Holliday certainly was one of the biggest influences for this beautiful young human. Nina Simone, Lana Del Ray and Sinatra also
These prodigies like Angelina Jordan, and Dimash, are Old Souls.
Brudda the candle she's holding in the beginning is screaming j Hawkins.
New sub…lol…go back to her early works…
let the bombardment begin. AJ is awesome. Any song she sings becomes her song
😀😀😀😀😀
ty for your awsome reactions to AJ!
INSANE!!!!!!
Marriage NO, you are too old and you need to shave lol, but adoption YES. Angelina is like a daughter to me along with many others and loved as much if not more; she is a part of my family now and we are a part of hers, she has said as much and calls us her Angels. I see you have done her Bohemian Rhapsody reaction and will look at that next.
Love your reactions- so much fun to hear from a jazz musician your appreciation of what she’s doing at that age! And great to hear you appreciating her techniques which are WAAAAY above the normal amount of years it would normally take to develop them!! Please take the time to listen to, if not react to, her renditions of “ What a Difference a Day Makes” and “ Summertime” , both done at age 8 in the “ Norway’s got talent“ competition. Would love to hear your reaction as a jazz musician! And at a little older age (I think it was 11) she did “I have nothing“ by Whitney Houston. And there are so many, but those are some of her younger ones that were just amazing for a child. She does not sing with a child’s voice, as you’ve heard! I have to mention two more not to be missed: “Stay”, a Rihanna song, and “ A Million Years Ago” , an Adele song. Both were Done in her personal studio with only one guitarist – simply fantastic.
Angelina has acknowledged that TWO of her biggest musical influences were #1 – Billie Holiaday and #2 – Amy Winehouse. I remember another reactor saying that there were THREE females who changed Jazz in their own times. They were 1. Billie Holladay 2. Amy Winehouse and 3. Angelina Jordan ! You should check out Angelina's jazzy version of Michael Jacksons – Billie Jean ! She took an iconic pop hit and turned it into a jazz classic ! That's why one of A. J's. many nicknames is " The Queen of Jazz".
i like your comments. Angelina did her own dereating on this piece
I’m quite envious of you. You’re in for quite a ride.
When the world understands what higher consciousness is, Angelina's abilities at that age will become clear.
Thanks for joining us “angels”!
She’s absolutely so amazing! She’s a master in jazz and blues! And love her for doing all kinds of genres. She’s has only just started! Thank you for a great reaction!👌🔥💎🔥❤️
Like many will tell you, she’s incredible, once on a lifetime talent. Also, even more, she’s an incredible person, even at this age, heart of pure gold. You’ll learn more about her, such an inspiration. Great reaction man, I learned so much
Simply a fantastic analysis Aron, thank you, I loved. I sincerely believe that this it's the most beautiful version of this song, over 60 years since it was written and there are much of versions of it, also interpreted by great singers. 💛🧡❤
👍👍😍😍👍👍