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  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Edwin_HawkinsEdwin Hawkins - Wikipedia

    Biography. Hawkins was born in Oakland, California, on August 19, 1943. [1] . At the age of seven, he was already the keyboardist for the family's gospel music band. Together with Betty Watson in May 1967, he founded the Northern California State Youth Choir of the Church of God in Christ (COGIC), which included almost fifty members. [2] .

  3. www.blackpast.org › african-american-history › edwinEdwin Hawkins Singers (1967 - 2018) - Blackpast

    Jun 2, 2021 · In 1967, Edwin Reuben Hawkins—who was born on August 19, 1943, in Oakland, California and had been playing the piano at the age of five and accompanying the Hawkins family gospel group since he was seven—joined his church pianist and soprano Betty Watson of the Ephesian Church of God in Christ in Berkeley, California to consider the ...

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  5. www.npr.org › sections › world-cafeThe Story Of The Edwin Hawkins Singers' 'Oh Happy Day' - NPR

    Jul 30, 2018 · Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images. Edwin Hawkins, a Grammy Award-winning gospel singer and arranger, passed away this past January at the age of 74. He left behind an unmatched legacy ...

  6. www.theguardian.com › 17 › edwin-hawkins-obituaryEdwin Hawkins obituary | Pop and rock | The Guardian

    Jan 17, 2018 · Hawkins was born in Oakland, California, to Daniel and Mamie Hawkins. Daniel was a longshoreman who played the Hawaiian guitar, and Mamie was a pianist who accompanied Edwin and his...

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  7. www.npr.org › 2018/01/16 › 578407202The Boundary-Breaking Success Of Edwin Hawkins' 'Oh Happy Day'

    Edwin Hawkins' "Oh Happy Day" was an accidental hit. The song, a gospel-style rework of an 18th century hymn, starts with a jazzy drum beat and a kind of blues pop piano groove. Dorothy Morrison ...

  8. www.wikiwand.com › en › Edwin_HawkinsEdwin Hawkins - Wikiwand

    Hawkins was born in Oakland, California, on August 19, 1943. At the age of seven, he was already the keyboardist for the family's gospel music band. Together with Betty Watson in May 1967, he founded the Northern California State Youth Choir of the Church of God in Christ (COGIC), which included almost fifty members.

  9. apnews.com › article › c21a210b3411497994d2f0bc4c9e72cbGospel star Edwin Hawkins, known for 'Oh Happy Day,' dies

    Jan 15, 2018 · NEW YORK (AP) — Edwin Hawkins, the gospel star best known for the crossover hit “Oh Happy Day” and as a major force for contemporary inspirational music, died Monday at age 74. Hawkins died at his home in Pleasanton, California. He had been suffering from pancreatic cancer, publicist Bill Carpenter told The Associated Press.