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Hawkins, Edwin R

LC control no.no 91010707
Descriptive conventionsrda
Personal name headingHawkins, Edwin R.
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Variant(s)Hawkins, E. R. (Edwin R.)
See alsoCorporate body: Edwin Hawkins Singers
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Birth date1943-08-19
Death date2018-01-15
Place of birthOakland (Calif.)
Place of deathPleasanton (Calif.)
Field of activityGospel music
Profession or occupationGospel singers
Found inHis Oh happy day, c1969: caption (Edwin R. Hawkins)
Edwin Hawkins Singers. Let us go into the house of the Lord [SR] 1969?: labels (E.R. Hawkins, conductor)
New York times WWW site, viewed Jan. 16, 2018 (in obituary published Jan. 15: Edwin Hawkins; b. Aug. 19, 1943, Oakland, Calif.; d. Monday [Jan. 15, 2018], Pleasanton, Calif., aged 74; Grammy Award-winning singer who merged gospel and secular sounds in a career highlighted by the accidental crossover hit Oh happy day in 1969)
Associated languageeng