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ALBUMAll you have to do is call and I'll be there - EPDonny Hathaway & Roberta Flack
Albums by Donny Hathaway
ALBUMThis ChristmasDonny Hathaway & Lalah Hathaway
ALBUMRoberta Flack Featuring Donny HathawayRoberta Flack featuring Donny Hathaway
ALBUMExtension of a ManDonny Hathaway
ALBUMCome Back Charleston BlueDonny Hathaway
ALBUMRoberta Flack & Donny HathawayRoberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
ALBUMDonny HathawayDonny Hathaway
ALBUMEverything Is EverythingDonny Hathaway
Donny Hathaway's Popular Music Videos
This Christmas
Donny Hathaway
A Song For You (Lyric Video)
Donny Hathaway
This Christmas
Donny Hathaway & Lalah Hathaway
Artist Playlists
Donny Hathaway Essentials
An underappreciated master of sweet '70s soul.
Donny Hathaway: Deep Cuts
Soul masterworks that have a spiritual tone.
Donny Hathaway: Sampled
Their original tunes have been the source material for some of modern music’s biggest hits.
Artist Biography
In his tragically short life, legendary soul singer and songwriter Donny Hathaway left behind a wealth of great music. His two biggest pop hits—“Where Is the Love” and “The Closer I Get to You”—were collaborations with Roberta Flack.
• Born in Chicago and raised in St. Louis, Hathaway began singing at his grandmother’s church when he was three.
• The singer’s piano skills earned him a scholarship to study music at Howard University. There, he met singer and future duet partner Roberta Flack.
• In the late ’60s, Hathaway worked as a producer and arranger for artists like Curtis Mayfield, Aretha Franklin, and The Staple Singers.
• In 1970, Hathway released his debut album, Everything Is Everything, featuring hits like “The Ghetto, Pt. 1” and a cover of Nina Simone’s “To Be Young, Gifted and Black.”
• That same year, the singer released “This Christmas,” which has since become a modern holiday standard. Christina Aguilera, Chris Brown, Stevie Wonder, and Mary J. Blige are among the artists who’ve recorded cover versions.
• The singer’s 1971 eponymous sophomore album features his acclaimed cover of Leon Russell's “A Song for You.”
• The following year brought the collaborative album Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway. The single “Where Is the Love” cracked the Top 5 of the Billboard Hot 100.
• In 1972, Hathaway recorded the theme song for TV series Maude and composed music for the film Come Back Charleston Blue.
• Hathaway and Flack scored a No. 2 pop hit in 1978 with “The Closer I Get to You,” off Roberta’s album Blue Lights in the Basement.
• After struggles with depression and schizophrenia, Hathaway was found dead of an apparent suicide in January 1979. He was 33.
• In 1980, Flack released Roberta Flack Featuring Donny Hathaway, which includes vocals Hathaway recorded prior to his death.
Hometown
Chicago, IL, United States
Genre
R&B/Soul