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Bizzy Bone's song entitled "A Song for You", is a track that includes an interpretation of Donny Hathaway's original recording of the same name. In 2010, Amy Winehouse sang one of Donny's songs, "We're Still Friends", for a live concert.
"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.
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 ...
Extension of a Man is the final studio album released by the R&B/soul singer Donny Hathaway on Atco Records in 1973.. The release was his last solo studio album. It is noted for including a young Stanley Clarke of Return to Forever on a couple of tracks, as well as drummer Fred White, brother to Earth, Wind & Fire's Maurice White, who worked with Hathaway in Chicago in the early days.
A Song for You (Bizzy Bone album), 2008; A Song for You (The Carpenters album), 1972; A Song for You (Ron Carter album), 1978; A Song for You (Steve Tyrell album), 2018; A Song for You (The Temptations album), 1975; A Song for You (alternative title of Andy Williams album), 1971; Songs for You by Tinashe, 2019
"Someday We'll All Be Free" is a 1973 song by Donny Hathaway from the album Extension of a Man. The song was released as the flipside to the single "Love, Love, Love." Though the song was only released as an uncharted A-side, it is considered an R&B standard, having been covered by many artists over the years.
[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]
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 ...