Donny Hathaway (album)

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Donny Hathaway
Studio album by Donny Hathaway
Released	April 2, 1971
Recorded	1970-1971
Genre	Soul
Label	Atco
Producer	Jerry Wexler Arif Mardin
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Donny Hathaway chronology
Everything Is Everything (1970) Donny Hathaway (1971) Come Back Charleston Blue (1972)

Donny Hathaway is the eponymous self-titled album released by the soul singer-pianist Donny Hathaway in 1971. 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 inspired rendition of Leon Russell's "A Song for You" and a gospel-inflected cover of Gladys Knight & the Pips' "Giving Up". This was the second of three studio albums Hathaway released during his lifetime before he killed himself in 1979.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Giving Up" (McCoy) (6:20)
2. "A Song for You" (Russell) (5:25)
3. "Little Girl" (Preston) (4:47)
4. "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" (Russell/Scott) (5:55)
5. "Magnificent Sanctuary Band" (Burnette) (4:24)
6. "She Is My Lady" (Clinton) (5:33)
7. "I Believe in Music" (Davis) (3:38)
8. "Take a Love Song" (Hathaway/McKinnor) (4:53)
9. "Put Your Hand in the Hand" (MacLellan) (3:49)