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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Dec 12 2008 12:00PM
by James Sullivan
Filed under: Twisted Tales
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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