HATHAWAY, DONNY

HATHAWAY, DONNY. Jazz singer/Composer-arranger (1 October 1945 in Chicago, Illinois; 13 January 1979 in New York, New York). As a child he lived with his grandmother, Martha Crumwell , a gospel singer, in St. Louis, Missouri. Because of her influence he played piano and sang gospel at an early age. He obtained his musical education at Howard University in Washington, D.C. (1963-67). During his college years he was active first as a church organist, then later as a nightclub...