SINGER

Donny Hathaway

1945 - 1979

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Donny Edward Hathaway (October 1, 1945 – January 13, 1979) was an American soul singer, keyboardist, songwriter, backing vocalist, and arranger who Rolling Stone described as a "soul legend". His most popular songs include "The Ghetto", "This Christmas", "Someday We'll All Be Free", and "Little Ghetto Boy". Hathaway is also renowned for his renditions of "A Song for You", "For All We Know", and "I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know", along with "Where Is the Love" and "The Closer I Get to You", two of many collaborations with Roberta Flack. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Donny Hathaway has received more than 3,637,787 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Donny Hathaway is the 1,066th most popular singer (down from 941st in 2019), the 5,520th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,164th in 2019) and the 273rd most popular American Singer.

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  • 3.6M

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  • 49.81

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  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Donny Hathaway ranks 1,066 out of 4,381. Before him are Francesco Tamagno, Virginia E. Johnson, Désirée Artôt, Marion Rung, Ofelya Hambardzumyan, and Keith Urban. After him are Tammy Wynette, Leland Sklar, Cedella Booker, Natacha Atlas, Andy Bell, and Seiko Matsuda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Donny Hathaway ranks 361. Before him are Yu Zhengsheng, J. P. Mallory, Pat Jennings, Heinz Stuy, Marion Rung, and Diahnne Abbott. After him are David Allen, Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi, Liu Yandong, Vesa-Matti Loiri, Matti Salminen, and Agustín Balbuena. Among people deceased in 1979, Donny Hathaway ranks 172. Before him are Leandro Remondini, Heinz Erhardt, Tommaso Landolfi, Paul Meurisse, Waloddi Weibull, and Igor Bondarevsky. After him are Gustav Winckler, John Diefenbaker, Anatoly Kuznetsov, Louis Paul Boon, Yahya Petra of Kelantan, and Paul Paray.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Donny Hathaway ranks 5,520 out of 20,380. Before him are Gabrielle Carteris (1961), Richard Jaeckel (1926), Ida Saxton McKinley (1847), Geoff Pierson (1949), Suzy Amis Cameron (1962), and Helen Jacobs (1908). After him are John Mellencamp (1951), Randy Jackson (1961), Frederick Townsend Ward (1831), Frank Thomas (1912), Peggy Whitson (1960), and Raoul Trujillo (1955).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Donny Hathaway ranks 273. Before him are Mark Tornillo (1954), Bill Medley (1940), Vanilla Ice (1967), Demi Lovato (1992), Adrian Belew (1949), and Virginia E. Johnson (1925). After him are Tammy Wynette (1942), Leland Sklar (1947), Lou Gramm (1950), Luther Vandross (1951), Merle Haggard (1937), and Bobby Bland (1930).

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