Donny Hathaway Lyrics
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From the Album
1. A Song for You
2. I Love You More Than Youll Ever Know
3. You Were Meant For Me
4. Back Together Again
5. Where Is the Love
6. For All We Know
7. Someday Well All Be Free
8. Giving Up
9. The Closer I Get To You
10. You Are My Heaven
11. What's Going On
12. The Ghetto
13. To Be Young, Gifted and Black
14. You've Got a Friend
15. This Christmas
From the Album
1. Giving Up
2. A Song for You
3. Little Girl
4. He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother
5. Magnificent Sanctuary Band
6. She Is My Lady
7. I Believe In Music
8. Take a Love Song
9. Put Your Hand in the Hand
From the Single
This Christmas
Other Songs ALL I KNOW Baby I Love You Be Real Black for Me Come Ye Disconsolate Everything Is Everything Flying Easy Hey Girl I Believe to My Soul I Know It's You I (Who Have Nothing) Jealous Guy Jealous Guy (Live At The Bitter End 1971) Little Ghetto Boy Love Love Love Misty Nu-Po Sack Full of Dreams To Be YoungGiftedAnd Black Tryin' Times Were Still Friends What a Woman Really Means When Love Has Grown WITH THE SHIT Yesterday
Other Songs ALL I KNOW Baby I Love You Be Real Black for Me Come Ye Disconsolate Everything Is Everything Flying Easy Hey Girl I Believe to My Soul I Know It's You I (Who Have Nothing) Jealous Guy Jealous Guy (Live At The Bitter End 1971) Little Ghetto Boy Love Love Love Misty Nu-Po Sack Full of Dreams To Be YoungGiftedAnd Black Tryin' Times Were Still Friends What a Woman Really Means When Love Has Grown WITH THE SHIT Yesterday
Donny Edward Hathaway (October 1, 1945 - January 13, 1979) was an American soul singer, keyboardist, songwriter, backing vocalist, and arranger who Rolling Stone described as a "soul legend".
He has been inducted into the St. Louis Walk of Fame and won one Grammy Award from four nominations. Hathaway was also posthumously honored with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2019. Dutch director David Kleijwegt made a documentary called Mister Soul - A Story About Donny Hathaway, which premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam on January 28, 2020.
Perhaps Hathaway's most influential recording is his 1972 album, Live, which has been termed "one of the best live albums ever recorded" by Daryl Easlea of the BBC. The album is on the list of "40 Favourite Live Albums" published by British online music and culture magazine The Quietus. It was recorded at two concerts: side one at the Troubadour in Hollywood, and side two at The Bitter End in Greenwich Village, Manhattan.
From 1973 to 1977, Hathaway's mental instability wreaked havoc on his life and career and required several hospitalizations. The effects of his depression and severe mood swings also drove a wedge in his and [Roberta] Flack's friendship; they did not reconcile for several years, and did not release additional music until the successful release of "The Closer I Get To You" in 1978. Flack and Hathaway then resumed studio recording to compose a second album of duets.
In 1979 Hathaway committed suicide.
Hathaway's funeral was conducted by the Reverend Jesse Jackson. Later in 1979, the Whispers recorded the tribute "Song for Donny" for their self-titled album. The song reached No. 21 on the R&B chart. That same year, they used that tribute song's arrangement to do a cover of Hathaway's song "This Christmas", included on their Christmas album, Happy Holidays to You.
-Wikipedia
Birth Name: Donny Edward HathawayHe has been inducted into the St. Louis Walk of Fame and won one Grammy Award from four nominations. Hathaway was also posthumously honored with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2019. Dutch director David Kleijwegt made a documentary called Mister Soul - A Story About Donny Hathaway, which premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam on January 28, 2020.
Perhaps Hathaway's most influential recording is his 1972 album, Live, which has been termed "one of the best live albums ever recorded" by Daryl Easlea of the BBC. The album is on the list of "40 Favourite Live Albums" published by British online music and culture magazine The Quietus. It was recorded at two concerts: side one at the Troubadour in Hollywood, and side two at The Bitter End in Greenwich Village, Manhattan.
From 1973 to 1977, Hathaway's mental instability wreaked havoc on his life and career and required several hospitalizations. The effects of his depression and severe mood swings also drove a wedge in his and [Roberta] Flack's friendship; they did not reconcile for several years, and did not release additional music until the successful release of "The Closer I Get To You" in 1978. Flack and Hathaway then resumed studio recording to compose a second album of duets.
In 1979 Hathaway committed suicide.
Hathaway's funeral was conducted by the Reverend Jesse Jackson. Later in 1979, the Whispers recorded the tribute "Song for Donny" for their self-titled album. The song reached No. 21 on the R&B chart. That same year, they used that tribute song's arrangement to do a cover of Hathaway's song "This Christmas", included on their Christmas album, Happy Holidays to You.
-Wikipedia
Also Known As: Donny Pitts
Born: October 1, 1945
Died: January 13, 1979
From: Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Genre(s): R&B, soul, gospel, jazz
Instrument(s): Vocals, keyboards
Occupation(s): Musician, singer, songwriter
Active From: 1966-1979