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" 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 ...

“Joyful Sounds: Gospel Across America” permeated the Kennedy Center throughout the week as choirs, Grammy Award-winning soloists, soul singers, brass bands and gospel step teams displayed their ...