court to hear the case this turn. >>> coming up any conversation with jazz singer dee dee bridgewater after this. > >>> dee bridgewater was in "the whiz," four decades later she continues to inspire. i asked her when she first new she could sing. >> i was always able to sing, so i thought it was something everybody could do. ♪ lady sings the blues, she tells her side ♪ >> i thought everybody could -- could do it. then it wasn't until -- it wasn't until i was a teenager that i realized, oh, okay, so my sister really can't sing, you know. my -- my mom, she really can't hold -- my momma cannot hold a note. ♪ just believe in your self >> i think a lot of people know you for "the whiz." you have done such great things. did you ever imagine that you would have this success when you were growing up? >> you know what, john, when i was growing up, because i always sang, i always felt that was what i was going to do. and i told my parents when i was seven when i grow up, i'm go doing be an internationally grown jazz singer, be respected, live in paris, france, and i was going to buy them a house and car. >> how did