Donny Hathaway

Born: Chicago, IL, 1945

Years Active: 1972

Influenced by: Curtis Mayfield, The Impressions, Sam Cooke

Genre: R & B

Biography: Donny Hathaway was one of the brightest new voices in soul music at the dawn of the '70s, possessed of a smooth, ...

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Spinner: Donny Hathaway closed out his 1970 debut album with a saintly version of Nina Simone's 'To Be Young, Gifted and Black.' Not yet 25, a onetime child prodigy as a gospel singer, he'd already worked as a producer, arranger and session musician with ... Read more

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