Melba Moore as Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins singing "I Got Love" from the musical "Purlie". Moore won the 1970 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical, as well as the Drama Desk and Theatre World Awards that same year.
Recorded at the 1970 Tony Awards
from "Purlie"
Book by Ossie Davis, Philip Rose, and Peter Udell
Lyrics by Peter Udell and music by Gary Geld.
Based on Davis's 1961 play Purlie Victorious, which was later made into the 1963 film Gone Are the Days!
