Clarkson recalls hearing Winehouse sing before her success.

“She sang Etta James,” Clarkson said.

“I don’t think she had a record deal or anything at that time.

Amy Winehouse performing on stage in Chicago at LOLLAPALOOZA

Amy Winehouse.Daniel Boczarski/Redferns

It was like she, just from the jump, had such a presence about her voice.

It almost became more of a character, too, like with herself throughout her career.”

“The singing, people ask me now, ‘Can you get up and do it?’

It’s like being an athlete, singing like that.

I look at singers now with so much more respect not that I didn’t before.

But, the technical, it’s so hard,” Abela said.

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