The Best of Donny Hathaway

~ Release by Donny Hathaway (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1▼Digital Media
#TitleRatingLength
1You Were Meant For Me (LP Version)
3:51
2A Song For You
cover recording of:
A Song for You
lyricist and composer:
Leon Russell
publisher:
Irving Music (BMI), Irving Music, Inc., Rondor Music, Skyhill Pub. Co., Inc. and Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) (Yamaha Music EH(CM)) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
45:26
3You've Got A Friend (LP Version)
3:23
4Someday We'll All Be Free
recording of:
Someday We’ll All Be Free
writer:
Donny Hathaway and Edward Howard
publisher:
Kuumba Music, Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
4:21
5Giving Up
cover recording of:
Giving Up
writer:
Herbert Ross (soul songwriter in the 1960s - 1970s) and Clyde Wilson (R&B singer and songwriter)
6:22
6Where Is The Love (LP Version)
recording engineer:
Jimmy Douglass (engineer)
producer:
Joel Dorn and Arif Mardin
mixer:
Jimmy Douglass (engineer) and Arif Mardin
drums (drum set):
Bernard Purdie (from 1971-03 until 1971-10)
electric bass guitar [electric bass]:
Chuck Rainey (American bassist) (from 1971-03 until 1971-10)
electric piano and piano:
Donny Hathaway (from 1971-03 until 1971-10)
guitar:
Eric Gale (from 1971-03 until 1971-10)
percussion:
Ralph MacDonald (from 1971-03 until 1971-10)
vibraphone [vibes]:
Jack Jennings (from 1971-03 until 1971-10)
vocals:
Roberta Flack (singer and pianist) (from 1971-03 until 1971-10) and Donny Hathaway (from 1971-03 until 1971-10)
performer:
Donny Hathaway (from 1971-03 until 1971-10)
strings arranger and woodwind [woodwinds] arranger:
Arif Mardin
recorded at:
Atlantic Studios (1841 Broadway, New York, 1957–1991) in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (from 1971-03 until 1971-10)
recording of:
Where Is the Love (from 1971-03 until 1971-10)
writer:
Ralph MacDonald and William Salter (songwriter, bassist, producer)
publisher:
Antisia Music Inc. and BMG Ruby Songs
2:46
7The Ghetto (LP Version)
recording of:
The Ghetto (Donny Hathaway)
writer:
Donny Hathaway and Leroy Hutson
publisher:
Don‐Pow and Peer International (BMI; Peer Int'l or Peer-International)
sub-publisher:
Peermusic (UK) Ltd.
12:20
8Valdez In The Country
recording of:
Valdez in the Country
composer:
Donny Hathaway
publisher:
Kuumba, Microhits Music Corp., Universal Music–MGB Songs, ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
3:33
9This Christmas
part of:
Billboard Hot 100: 2026-01-03 (number: 39) and Billboard Hot 100: 2025-12-27 (number: 48)
recording of:
This Christmas
writer:
Donny Hathaway and Nadine McKinnor
publisher:
BMG Songs, Inc., Crystal Raisin Music, Kuumba Music, Microhits Music Corp., The Estate of Donny Hathaway, Universal Music–MGB Songs, Warner Chappell, WB Music Corp. (1929–2019), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label), ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division) and 大洋音楽 (Taiyō Music)
3:51

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Release

ASIN:US: B008CAB28Y [info]