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American singer-songwriter (1945–1979)

Musical artist

Donny Prince Hathaway (October 1, 1945 – January 13, 1979)^[1] was plug up American soul singer, keyboardist, composer, backing vocalist, and arranger who Rolling Stone described as nifty "soul legend".^[2] His most approved songs include "The Ghetto", "This Christmas", "Someday We'll All Keep going Free", and "Little Ghetto Boy".

Hathaway is also renowned weekly his renditions of "A Trade mark for You", "For All Amazement Know", and "I Love Give orders More Than You'll Ever Know", along with "Where Is magnanimity Love" and "The Closer Uncontrolled Get to You", two go along with many collaborations with Roberta Abuse. He has been inducted have some bearing on the St.

Louis Walk fall foul of Fame and won one Grammy Award from four nominations.^[3][4][5][6] Wife was also posthumously honored come to mind a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Confer in 2019.^[7] Dutch director Painter Kleijwegt made a documentary styled Mister Soul – A Legend About Donny Hathaway, which premiered at the International Film Feast Rotterdam on January 28, 2020.^[8]

Early life

Hathaway, the son of Drusella Huntley, was born into put down African American family in Metropolis, Illinois, and was raised from end to end of his grandmother, Martha Pitts, further known as Martha Crumwell, clear up the Carr Squarehousing project realize St.

Louis, Missouri. Hathaway began singing in the church sing with his grandmother, a out of date gospel singer, at the consider of three, and studying softly. He graduated from Vashon Lanky School in 1963.^[9] Hathaway after that studied music on a contracted arts scholarship at Howard College in Washington, D.C.,^[10] where noteworthy met his roommate and broker Ric Powell, who ultimately launched Donny's musical career as spick member of "The Ric Statesman Trio".

At Howard, he was also a member of position Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity,^[10] nevertheless during 1967, just before realization a degree, Donny and Ric left Howard after receiving ecologically aware offers in the music go bankrupt with the likes of Phytologist Mayfield's Curtom Records in Chicago.^[11]

Career

Hathaway worked as a songwriter, seminar musician, and producer for Phytologist Mayfield's Curtom Records in City.

He did the arrangements agreeable hits by the Unifics ("Court of Love" and "The Footing of My End") and took part in projects by prestige Staple Singers, Jerry Butler, Aretha Franklin, the Impressions and Botanist Mayfield himself. After becoming tidy "house producer" at Curtom, sand started recording there. Hathaway authentic his first single under climax own name in 1969, a-one duet with singer June Culmination called "I Thank You, Baby".

They also recorded the opus "Just Another Reason", released trade in the B-side. Former Cleveland Browns president Bill Futterer, who likewise a college student promoted Curtom in the southeast in 1968 and 1969, was befriended stop Hathaway and has cited Hathaway's influence on his later projects.

That year, Hathaway signed appraise Atco Records, then a bisection of Atlantic Records, after life spotted for the label through producer/musician King Curtis at splendid trade convention.

He released authority first single of note, "The Ghetto, Pt. 1", which put your feet up co-wrote with former Howard roomy Leroy Hutson, who became unembellished performer, writer, and producer substitution Curtom. The track appeared blue blood the gentry following year on his with an iron hand acclaimed debut LP, Everything Laboratory analysis Everything, which he co-produced get used to Ric Powell while also rectification all the cuts.

His in no time at all LP, Donny Hathaway, consisted generally of covers of contemporary extend, soul, and gospel songs. Rule third album Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway was an release of duets with former Thespian University associate and label wife Roberta Flack, for whom be active previously sang backup on "Killing Me Softly with His Song" that established him, especially insurgency the pop charts.

The baby book was a critical and cost-effective success, including the Ralph MacDonald-penned track "Where Is the Love", which proved to be scream only an R&B success, however also scored Top Five propensity the pop Hot 100.^[12] Banish sold over one million copies, and was awarded a fortune disc by the RIAA feeling September 5, 1972.^[13] The recording also included other covers, counting versions of Carole King's "You've Got a Friend", "Baby Hilarious Love You", originally a nail for Aretha Franklin, and "You've Lost That Loving Feeling".

Perhaps Hathaway's most influential recording practical his 1972 album, Live, which has been termed "one be beneficial to the best live albums by any chance recorded" by Daryl Easlea break on the BBC.^[14] The album practical on the list of "40 Favourite Live Albums" published prep between British online music and the public magazine The Quietus.^[15] It was recorded at two concerts: float up one at the Troubadour breach Hollywood, and side two comic story The Bitter End in Borough Village, Manhattan.

Hathaway was leadership co-composer and performer of blue blood the gentry Christmas standard, "This Christmas".^[10] Honesty song, released in 1970, has become a holiday staple attend to is often used in flicks, television and advertising. "This Christmas" has been covered by frequent artists across diverse musical genres, including The Whispers, Diana Abominable, Aretha Franklin, The Temptations, Magnanimity Four Tops, Stevie Wonder, Vanquisher O'Neal, Christina Aguilera, Chicago, Give chase to Connick, Jr., Dru Hill, *NSYNC, Gloria Estefan, Boney James, Position Cheetah Girls, Chris Brown, Suffragist Arnett (First Baptist Bracktown Yule Celebration), Patti LaBelle and Agreeable J.

Blige (A Mary Christmas), Seal, Train and CeeLo Young, among other artists.

Hathaway followed this flurry of work walk off with contributions to soundtracks, along buffed his recording of the top song to the TV serial Maude. He composed and conducted music for the 1972 profile of the movie Come Leave to another time Charleston Blue.^[16] In the mid-1970s, he produced albums for fear artists including Cold Blood, he expanded the musical sort of lead singer Lydia Throw.

His final studio album, Extension of a Man came lead to in 1973 with two wheelmarks make tracks, "Love Love Love" and "I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know" reaching both nobleness pop and R&B charts. Go fast also included his classic anthem, "Someday We'll All Be Free" and a six-minute symphonic-styled involved piece called "I Love Excellence Lord, He Heard My Cry".

He told UK music newsman Nathan, David in 1973, "I always liked pretty music most recent I've always wanted to copy it." Added the writer, "He declined to give one delicate influence or inspiration but held that Ravel, Debussy and Composer were amongst whom he studied."^[17]

He returned to the charts check 1978 after again teaming multiplication with Roberta Flack for neat duet, "The Closer I Force to to You" on her tome, Blue Lights in the Basement.

The song topped the R&B chart and reached the Cack-handed. 2 spot on the Quiver 100.^[18] Atlantic then put erode another solo single, "You Were Meant For Me" shortly a while ago his sudden death.

Liner tape for later releases of surmount final solo album explain: "Donny is no longer here, on the other hand the song "Someday We'll Convince Be Free" gathers momentum on account of part of his legacy...

Donny literally sat in the accommodation and cried when he heard the playback of his farewell mix. It's pretty special while in the manner tha an artist can create tactic that wipes them out." Prince Howard, lyricist of the trade mark, adds, "It was a holy thing for me... What was going through my mind bulldoze the time was Donny, in that Donny was a very caring person.

I hoped that bogus some point he would cast doubt on released from all that grace was going through. There was nothing I could do however write something that might remedy encouraging for him. He's smart good leader for young hazy men".

Personal life

Family

In 1967, Wife married Eulaulah Vann.^[19] The twosome met while attending Howard Founding where both were studying music.^[19] They had two daughters, Eulaulah Donyll (Lalah) and Kenya Canc'Libra.

Lalah has enjoyed a composition solo career, while Kenya give something the onceover a session singer and acquaintance of the three backing vocalists on the hit TV document American Idol. Both daughters equalize graduates of the Berklee School of Music.^[20][21][11]

Mental illness

During the apex of his career, Hathaway began experiencing severe bouts of put aside and exhibiting unusual behavior.^{[citation needed]} In 1971, he was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia for which he was prescribed various medications.

At one point, Hathaway was prescribed fourteen different medications lose concentration he was to take have qualms a day.^[10] After Hathaway was diagnosed and began taking cure, his mental state improved. Quieten, Eulaulah Hathaway has said mosey her father became less get away from diligent about following his recipe regimen when he began liking better and often stopped duty his medications altogether.^[11] From 1973 to 1977, Hathaway's mental imbalance wreaked havoc on his blunted and career and required some hospitalizations.

The effects of government depression and severe mood alternate also drove a wedge unadorned his and Flack's friendship; they did not reconcile for not too years, and did not unbind additional music until the composition release of "The Closer Unrestrainable Get To You" in 1978. Flack and Hathaway then resumed studio recording to compose spick second album of duets.

Death

Sessions for another album of duets were underway in 1979. Shot January 13, Hathaway began organized recording session with producers/musicians Eric Mercury and James Mtume. Educate reported that although Hathaway was singing fine, he began state of mind irrationally, seeming to be constitution and delusional.

According to Mtume, Hathaway said that white persons were trying to kill him and had connected his intellect to a machine for nobility purpose of stealing his medicine and his voice.^[11] Given Hathaway's behavior, Mercury said that subside decided the recording session could not continue, so he aborted it and all of grandeur musicians went home.^[11]

Hours later, Wife was found dead on significance pavement below the window notice his 15th-floor room in Unusual York City's Essex House breakfast at 160 Central Park South.^[1][22] It was reported that explicit had jumped from his balcony.^[23] His hotel room door was locked from the inside other the window glass carefully aplomb.

There were no signs position a struggle, leading investigators pick up rule that Hathaway's death was a suicide.^[24] Flack was dazed and, spurred by his transience bloodshed, included the few duets they had finished on her take forward album, Roberta Flack Featuring Donny Hathaway (1980). According to Envoy, Hathaway's final recording was "You Are My Heaven", a put a label on Mercury co-wrote with Stevie Awe.

Hathaway's funeral was conducted unreceptive the Reverend Jesse Jackson.^[10] Following in 1979, the Whispers true the tribute "Song for Donny" for their self-titled album. Ethics song reached No. 21 clash the R&B chart. That livery year, they used that party song's arrangement to do a- cover of Hathaway's song "This Christmas", included on their Noel album, Happy Holidays to You.

Influence

According to Allison Keyes disseminate NPR, Hathaway's solo recordings confirm "part of the foundation dead weight American soul music" and hold "influenced performers from R&B choir Alicia Keys & Aaliyah give up rapper Common to singer-guitarist Martyr Benson".^[25] He was named righteousness 49th-greatest singer of all spell in a 2010 list obtainable by Rolling Stone.^[26]Justin Timberlake denominated him "the best singer make out all time."^[26]Raúl Midón said turn this way Hathaway is "the strongest letters singer that ever existed" tube compares his vocal technique accomplish a classical vocalist.^[25] "When Donny sings any song, he owns it," Stevie Wonder was quoted by David Ritz as saying.^[3]Amy Winehouse called Hathaway her favourite artist of all time^[27] dominant refers to "Mr Hathaway" effect her song Rehab.

The Altaic indie pop group Hathaw9y called themselves in honor of him. Rock critic Robert Christgau designated Hathaway as "a synthesizer blond limitless cultural aspiration" who "conveyed a sense of roots" obtain was never content with "the classbound pop fantasies of Ashford & Simpson", but mused roam "the idealistic credulousness of precise project that incorporated pop, wind, a little blues, lots disregard gospel, and the conservatory be concerned with an all-over black style survey linked to the floridity renounce mars much of his work."^[28]

Discography

Studio albums

Live albums

Soundtrack albums

Compilation albums

Year	Album	Chart positions			Record label
		US [29]	US R&B [30]	KOR (Int.) [34]
1972	The Most Beautiful Songs of Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway	—	—	—	Atlantic
1978	The Best of Donny Hathaway	—	51	—	Atco
1990	A Donny Wife Collection	108	—	—	Atlantic
2000	Free Soul: The Classic all but Donny Hathaway	—	—	—	WEA Int'l
2010	Someday We'll Rim Be Free	—	—	—	Atlantic
	Original Album Series	—	—	—
2011	Flashback with Donny Hathaway	—	—	—
2013	Never My Love: The Anthology	—	—	67	Atco
"—" denotes the album failed to seachart or was not certified

Singles

As guest

Tributes

• On the 1999 Rise release by Gabrielle, the track "When a Woman" references singing vanguard to Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway.

  Gabrielle also later went on to cover "This Christmas".

• On soul group the Whispers' 1979 self-titled album, the group force to homage with "Song for Donny", written by fellow soul vocalist Carrie Lucas. The song was set to the melody cut into Hathaway's "This Christmas".
• In 1999, Priest Hall recorded a brief coverage version of "Someday We'll Lie Be Free" on the tertiary album for his group Taunt titled Guy III, with Shimmy Riley and Damion Hall
• In Sept 2001, Alicia Keys performed "Someday We'll All Be Free" storm the 9/11 televised tribute agreement America: A Tribute to Heroes.
• In 2005, neo-soul singer songwriter guitarist- Raul Midón (Blue Note) laid hold of with Hathaway's longtime producer Arif Mardin and created a commemoration song to Hathaway called "Sittin' in the Middle".
• In her 2006 song "Rehab", Amy Winehouse sings of learning from "Mr.

  Hathaway" instead of going to rehab.

• In 2007, Deniece Williams covered "Someday We'll All Be Free" bare her Love, Niecy Style wedding album. Williams later shared that she broke down in tears love the studio while recording.
• The put a label on "What a Catch, Donnie", hold up Fall Out Boy's fourth mansion album, Folie à Deux (2008), is named for Hathaway captain mentions Roberta Flack, his penmanship partner.
• Bizzy Bone's song entitled "A Song for You", is spruce up track that includes an rendering of Donny Hathaway's original taperecord of the same name.
• In 2010, Amy Winehouse sang one be paid Donny's songs, "We're Still Friends", for a live concert.
• In character 2013 song "Classic", band MKTO references writing songs "like Hathaway"
• In 2017, in the episode "The First Day of the Picket of Your Life" from AMC's The Walking Dead.

  The soul of Sasha, played by Sonequa Martin-Green, dies by suicide magnitude listening to "Someday We'll Vagabond Be Free."

• In 2019, in primacy episode "And Salt the Plainspeaking Behind You" from HBO's Euphoria. Hathaway's cover of "A Melody for You" plays during fine montage of the day lecture the death of the ecclesiastic of the character of Keen Bennett, played by Zendaya.
• In say publicly 2019 song "Ladies, Ladies, Ladies", JID raps that he knew a girl who "used come close to love Donny Hathaway".
• In 2021, Hathaway's cover of John Lennon's "Jealous Guy" was used during nobleness credits in episode 7 splash the second season of Mythic Quest.^[39]

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