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The song was also featured on Hathaway's revered Live album in which Hathaway and his musicians played a faster version of the song and later featured Hathaway getting the audience to sing the final chorus. The song was also used in the 1977 film Short Eyes. Co-writer Leroy Hutson recorded a version of the song entitled "The Ghetto '74" for his ...
Donny Edward Hathaway (October 1, 1945 – January 13, 1979) [1] was an American soul singer, keyboardist, songwriter, backing vocalist, and arranger who Rolling Stone described as a "soul legend". [2]
"Thank You Master (For My Soul)" (Hathaway) – 5:50 "The Ghetto" (Hathaway, Hutson) – 6:50 "To Be Young, Gifted and Black" (Weldon Irvine, Nina Simone) – 6:43 'to the proud and defiant lyrics of Nina Simone's tribute to Lorraine Hansberry, Donny has added a new message - a lament for the many young, gifted and blacks who are trapped by lack of opportunity'- Ric Powell
These Songs for You, Live!, released in 2004, is a live album compiled from two rare and out-of-print live albums by Donny Hathaway, Live and In Performance. [1] Additionally, the album includes a number of previously unreleased tracks, a rare interview and the song "Valdez In The Country" from Donny's performance during the Newport Jazz ...
[4] AllMusic rated the album score of 4.5 out of 5, with John Bush stating the album is "one of the most glorious of his career, an uncomplicated, energetic set with a heavy focus on audience response as well as the potent jazz chops of his group", and that it "solidified Hathaway's importance at the forefront of soul music". [5]
The majority of songs featured on the collection were covers of pop, gospel and soul songs that were released around the same time. The most prominent of the covers were Hathaway's rendition of Leon Russell's "A Song for You" and a gospel-inflected cover of Gladys Knight & the Pips' "Giving Up", written by Van McCoy. This was the second of ...
Anne Hathaway, Kelly Clarkson. Weiss Eubanks/NBCUniversal Kelly Clarkson just can’t seem to catch her breath when it comes to battling her musical match, Anne Hathaway. “Anne Hathaway is never ...
"A Song for You" is a song written and originally recorded by rock singer and pianist Leon Russell for his first solo album Leon Russell, which was released in 1970 on Shelter Records. A slow, pained plea for forgiveness and understanding from an estranged lover, the tune is one of Russell's best-known compositions.