His debut album, Everything Is Everything (1970), reached number 73 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart and number 33 on the Billboard R&B Albums chart. With the efforts of King Curtis, he secured a recording contract with Atlantic Records as a songwriter and solo recording artist in 1969.Īn expressive soul singer and an exceptional pianist, Hathaway’s unique style incorporated elements of gospel, soul, and classical music.
Hathaway produced various sessions for renowned artists such as Jerry Butler, The Impressions, Pop Staples, and Curtis Mayfield. After dropping out, he relocated to Chicago in the late 1960s and started working as songwriter, producer and session musician.
Career and Musical Achievements:ĭonny Hathaway formed his first jazz group, The Ric Powell Trio, while he was still a student. He studied music on a fine arts scholarship at Howard University in Washington, D.C, where he was a classmate of his future collaborator Roberta Flack. Hathaway showed early talent in music and started singing in a church choir with his grandmother at the tender age of three.
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His grandmother, Martha Pitts, was a professional gospel singer. Hathaway has influenced various soul singers and musicians, including Richard Smallwood and Musiq Soulchild.īorn “Donny Edward Hathaway” into a poor household in Chicago, Illinois in 1945, he belonged to a musical family. Known for his suave, amorous vocals, he has worked across diverse genres such as jazz, blues, soul, R&B and gospel. Donny Hathaway was an American singer-songwriter, musician, arranger and record producer.
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