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Donny Hathaway

real name Donny Edward Hathaway

St. Louis, United States · 1945-10-01 – 1979-01-13

Donny Hathaway is credited on 1,690 releases across 477 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1967–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,690

Credits

477

Albums

7

Decades active

685

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Donny Hathaway was an American R&B and Soul singer, keyboardist, composer, arranger, and producer.
Born: 1 October 1945 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Died: 13 January 1979 in New York City, New York, USA (aged 33).
Rolling stone magazine describes him as a legend of soul music.
Among his most popular songs are "A Song for You", "The Ghetto", "Someday We'll All Be Free", "For All We Know" and Some duets with soul singer Roberta Flack "Where Is the Love", "The Closer I Get to You" and "Back Together Again".
It is worth mentioning that another great success is the Christmas Song "This Christmas" Being successfully covered by other singers of various genres.

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1,690 releases · 477 albums · active 1967–2026

  • Performance · 4,781
  • Production · 165
  • Other credits · 28

Studios: Atlantic Studios · Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Regent Sound Studios, New York City · The Bitter End Cafe

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