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Record Group
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Language:
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English
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Location:
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106/3/6
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Date:
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20210716
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Author/Creator:
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Personal papers--Hawkins, Edwin
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Title:
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News clip: 2021 July 16. SFgate. The legacy of 'Oh happy day,' Oakland's most popular and most controversial gospel song $c / Dan Gentile.
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Publisher:
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[San Francisco, CA] : SFgate, 16 July 2021.
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Format:
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5 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
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Description:
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Edwin Hawkins was a Church of God in Christ singer, songwriter, and musician who achieved a degree of fame in popular/gospel music. He received four Grammy awards, including his arrangement of 'Oh, happy day.'
Article recounts the release and popularity of the song, 'Oh, happy day,' as well as the whirlwind popularity that followed for the Edwin Hawkins Singers.
Popular recording artist Lillie Knauls was part of the Edwin Hawkins Singers, including the choir at the initial recording of 'Oh, happy day.'
SFgate is an online San Francisco news source.
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Subject:
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Hawkins, Edwin.
Knauls, Lillie.
Edwin Hawkins Singers.
Gospel music--Church of God in Christ artists.
Afro-American Pentecostals--Gospel music.
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Date Cataloged:
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06/23/2022
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