*(Fremont, CA) – Friends, family and fans came from all over the nation to celebrate the life of gospel music legend Edwin Hawkins who died January 15 of complications from pancreatic cancer. He was ...

NEW YORK (AP) – Grammy winner Edwin Hawkins, the gospel star best known for the crossover hit “Oh Happy Day,” has died. Hawkins died early Monday at his home in Pleasanton, California. He was 74 and ...

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, revolutionizing what it means to be a gospel ...

Edwin Hawkins, a Grammy Award-winning singer who merged gospel and secular sounds in a career highlighted by the accidental crossover hit “Oh Happy Day” in 1969, died on Monday in Pleasanton, ...

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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, who ...

DALLAS — In this weeks Black History Month High Notes Series we recognize the creator of "Oh Happy Day" Edwin Hawkins, a keyboardist and 4-time-Grammy winner.

Eleven-year-old Antiguan gospel reggae singer Enoch Thomas teamed up with Jamaican gospel artiste and minister Carlene Davis last December for a reworking of the Christmas standard O Holy Night. Now, ...

Edwin Hawkins, a Grammy Award-winning singer who merged gospel and secular sounds in a career highlighted by the accidental crossover hit “Oh Happy Day” in 1969, died on Monday in Pleasanton, ...

Gospel singers look back at the legacy of choirmaster and four-time Grammy winner Edwin Hawkins, who died Monday at 74. The Boundary-Breaking Success Of Edwin Hawkins' 'Oh Happy Day' Edwin Hawkins' ...