Donny Hathaway (album)

Donny Hathaway
Studio album by Donny Hathaway
Released	April 2, 1971
Recorded	1970-1971 Atlantic Recording Studios (New York, New York) Criteria Studios (Miami, Florida) Universal Studios (Chicago, Illinois)
Genre	Soul
Length	44:46
Label	Atco 33-360
Producer	Jerry Wexler Arif Mardin Donny Hathaway
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Donny Hathaway chronology
Everything Is Everything (1970) Donny Hathaway (1971) Come Back Charleston Blue (1972)

Donny Hathaway is the eponymous second studio album by American soul artist Donny Hathaway, released on April 2, 1971 on Atco. 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 his suicide in 1979.

Track listing

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

Personnel

• Donny Hathaway - vocals, keyboards
• Myrna Summers - background vocals
• Sammy Turner - background vocals
• King Curtis - tenor saxophone
• Joe Newman - trumpet
• Chuck Rainey - bass
• Phil Upchurch - guitar, bass
• J.R. Bailey - background vocals
• John Littlejohn -guitar, vocals
• Cissy Houston - background vocals
• Judy Clay - background vocals
• Cornell Dupree - guitar
• Interdenominational - vocals
• Jack Jennings - percussion
• Morris Jennings - drums
• Steve Novosel - bass
• Sylvia Shemwell - background vocals
• Myrna Smith - background vocals
• Ivory Stone - background vocals
• Deirdre Tuck Corley - background vocals
• Lillian Tynes - background vocals
• Ronald Bright - background vocals
• Al Jackson, Jr. - drums