Hawkins, part of a musical family, was studying interior design at Laney College in Oakland, California, in the late 1960s and working with a group he and his friend Betty Watson had put together, the ...

Edwin Hawkins, 'Oh Happy Day' singer, dead at 74 Edwin Hawkins died on Jan. 15, 2018, of pancreatic cancer, according to his publicist. He was the musical mind behind the Edwin Hawkins Singers top 10 ...

Long before it influenced one of George Harrison’s biggest solo hits, “Oh Happy Day” had already become a phenomenon in its own right. Recorded by The Edwin Hawkins Singers, the joyful gospel anthem ...

*(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 ...

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, ...