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Movie audiences will remember Sandra ReAves-Phillips as the teacher singing the title tune in 1989’s Lean on Me. Her big voice is outmatched only by her personality, which she imprints on the blues and gospel infused shows she tours around the world.
The Chicago Tribune hyperbolically observes that “the stage burst into flames when she came out.”