Donny Hathaway
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American singer-songwriter and musician (1945-1979)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- A Donny Hathaway collection
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Known for
- Unsung2008
- The Flip Wilson Show — Self1970
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1945-10-01
- Active to
- 1979-01-13
soulyou've got a friend
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,193,450
- Total plays
- 10,326,141
Tags
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Donny Edward Hathaway (October 1, 1945 – January 13, 1979) was a Grammy Award-winning American soul musician. He signed with Atlantic Records in 1969, and with his first single "The Ghetto" (1970), Rolling Stone magazine marked him as "a major new force in soul music." His collaborations with Roberta Flack took him to the top of the charts and won him the Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal for the duet "Where Is the Love" in 1973. <a href="https://www.last.fm/musi
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Edward
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Chicago
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- record producer
- Genre
- blues
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Atlantic Records
- Official website
- www.donnyhathaway.info
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- date of birth
- 1945-10-01
- date of death
- 1979-01-13
- manner of death
- Suicide
- member of
- Alpha Phi Alpha
- cause of death
- falling
- start of work period
- 1967-00-00
- location of formation
- St. Louis
- name in native language
- Donny Edward Hathaway
- medical condition
- schizophrenia
- ethnic group
- African Americans
Sources (6)
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