Donny Hathaway

About

Donny Edward Hathaway was an American soul singer, keyboardist, songwriter, backing vocalist, and arranger who Rolling Stone described as a “soul legend”. His most popular songs include “The Ghetto”, “This Christmas”, “Someday We’ll All Be Free”, and “Little Ghetto Boy”. Hathaway is also renowned for his renditions of “A Song for You”, “For All We Know”, and “I Love You More Than You’ll Ever Know”, along with “Where Is the Love” and “The Closer I Get to You”, two of many collaborations with Roberta Flack. 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.

Albums/Songs:

• A Donny Hathaway Collection
• Come Back Charleston Blue
• Ten Songs for You
• Never My Love: The Anthology
• Live At The Bitter End 1971
• Live
• Extension of a Man
• Original Album Series
• These Songs for You, Live!
• Everything Is Everything
• Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
• Someday We’ll All Be Free
• Roberta Flack Featuring Donny Hathaway
• Live + In Performance
• In Performance
• Donny Hathaway
• The Best of Donny Hathaway
• Free Soul. The Classic of Donny Hathaway

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