Donny Hathaway - A Song for You (Official Audio)

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You're listening to the official audio for Donny Hathaway - "A Song for You" from the album 'Donny Hathaway' (1971). This is a cover of Leon Russell's "A Song for You."
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@christinaashley1094 2 месяца назад

For all the new people. Donny was pitch perfect… Check out all his music. Don’t just stop at this song.

@yolandawilson6619 Месяц назад

Exactly! No shows brought me here. My parents raised me on great music!

@jvk3861 9 дней назад

Thank you

@mariedibella4894 Год назад

I love you in a place where there is no space or time AMAZING LYRIC.

@priscillacharlot8188 Месяц назад

He did not write the lyrics.

@berthaandradesalazar2831 29 дней назад

Es de león russel.

@rhondaatkins1776 10 месяцев назад

This is the most beautiful song in the world.

@potatosansoffical8058 2 месяца назад

should i sample this?

@nonambe7891 Год назад

Leon Russel wrote this masterpiece bearing his broken soul and Donnie Hathaway made it something all souls can relate to.

@kindredsurvivors8138 14 дней назад

I don’t know why this song makes me cry but… here I am!! Face full of tears!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

@robertjackson1968 9 дней назад

Loneliness, isolation, contemplation, heartache....impact the depths of our human emotion....but hope, courage and love inspire greatness !!!

@user-ul2kf1xq8v 8 дней назад

Me too.. it's my birthday today and I'm thinking about my mom that passed away in 2021❤

@demetriawright1528 8 месяцев назад

One of the most deeply touching pieces of music ever written and arranged. I can’t listen to this without shedding a few tears.

@imdjc4 3 года назад

Always moves me to tears. Every damn time.

@rashondaveal6899 3 года назад

Yes it does. Sitting in my living room crying as I type this

@williamoconnell58 3 года назад

Me too

@steviesly7908 2 года назад

IT HIT YOU RIGHT IN THE HEART! 11 21 21.

@msladylibra8373 2 года назад

Me too

@carolgarrard6884 Год назад

Me too I've been crying most of the night this song is making me want to scream just simply beautiful💜

@lemontephillips510 2 года назад

One of the most truly missed Artists of all time. Rest in Power, Donnie🌹

@jillmiller3100 Год назад

The most Beautiful version of this amazing song. The emotion and words bring me to tears each time I hear them.

@tedhart7708 4 года назад

I love Leon Russell. But listening to this rendition with Donny Hathaway is transcendent. Absolutely beautiful. Breaks my heart.

@kaamya921 3 года назад

The Temptations version is my favorite. But what Donny Hathaway did with this song stands out to this Very DAY!

@timw2083 3 года назад

The version with Willie Nelson, Ray Charles, and Leon is very moving. It was the last time Willie and Ray performed

@josephsalas2997 3 года назад

fu k ok f

@bennylester8235 3 года назад

@@kaamya921 I love this version out of all versions of this song. Donny Hatahaway did his thing on this song!

@ernestinewilliams8214 3 года назад

I love this song

@JohnGRAVES3 Месяц назад

The best to ever do it Donny Hathaway.

@GYMCENTRAL1 3 года назад

"A Song for You" is a song written and originally recorded by rock singer and pianist Leon Russell for his first solo album Leon Russell, which was released in 1970 on Shelter Records. A slow, pained plea for forgiveness and understanding from an estranged lover, the tune is one of Russell's best-known compositions. Russell not only sings and plays piano on the recording, but also plays the tenor horn that is accompanying. It has been performed and recorded by over 200 artists, spanning many musical genres. Elton John has called the song an American classic.Merry Clayton in 1971, Carmen McRae in 1972, also in 1972, on June 22, 1972, The Carpenters released “ A Song for You” signed with the Record Production Company of; A & M Studios, in Los Angeles, and ranked Number 26, in 1972, on the Billboard Charts. Aretha Franklin in 1974 as well as Donny Hathaway and the Temptations have recorded highly acclaimed renditions. One of the first versions of the song that brought it broader attention was by Andy Williams, whose single peaked at number 29 on the adult contemporary chart and number 82 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1971 Ray Charles recorded a version that earned him the 1994 Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance. On January 17, 2018, "A Song for You" was added to Grammy Hall of Fame.

@chickenkm 2 года назад

also, many millenials and genz discovered this song because of Kodi Lee's performance on America's Got Talent 😀.

@GYMCENTRAL1 2 года назад

@@chickenkm Thx so much for that - have just listened to and his rendition of the song is superb :)

@ScottR08 Год назад

Cheers for the copy and paste from Wikipedia

@GYMCENTRAL1 Год назад

@@ScottR08 Apologies - I should have credited you with that

@c-rob4presidenttv444 8 месяцев назад

Thank you for this knowledge 🙏🏿

@lawrencejackson3160 4 года назад

One of the greatest song's of all time..... easy.... true facts!

@loremalone9643 2 года назад

YES!! just Beautiful!!

@myrthogabriel1567 Год назад

You know when a person pens a song but your rendition takes the song to another level? Thank you Leon Russel for penning a masterpiece but kudos to Donny Hathaway for taking it to a level where there is no space or time

@MrTPain 9 месяцев назад

We don't use, 'kudos ' if we mean it! Stop that shit. 🤐

@AdamS235 Месяц назад

@@MrTPainwe use the words that we want to, thank you Mr. TPain

@kennycovacevich7073 4 года назад

One of Leon's best compositions. Many people of this generation can't possibly remember how great Leon Russell was. Love ya brother.

@fredhodge9058 3 года назад

And it was on his FIRST album!!

@rebeccaselvage9211 3 года назад

I do an love every note.. amazing Singer an the blue's doesn't get any better than Danny and this song is for you.. Touching an Emotional Transforming Each note bring chill's

@vance9460 Год назад

Leon was one of those artists more known and respected by insider's than the public much in the same way as Todd Rundgren. They were both held in high regard by those in the industry. Very talented

@Mikejames1080 Год назад

Leon Russell???

@vance9460 Год назад

@@Mikejames1080 yes

@guiadigital8404 4 года назад

*Thanks to Kody Lee to introducing me to this amazing song!* ❤

@Fenixflow565 2 года назад

Thats sad that u learned this from him

@aaronjosephchang 2 года назад

Omg exactly 💯

@aaronjosephchang 2 года назад

I mean I knew this song from Kody Lee too

@noellagarcia2430 2 года назад

Kodi❤

@12footstroke15 Год назад

Same

@kassiebrenman1659 2 года назад

First time hearing this beautiful song. So grateful I found it. I just sent it to the man who I love. It is perfect.

@rickeymilam5656 Год назад

Donny is a artist that brings everything 💜that can make a cool summer day into a day of rejoicing in spite of today's restlessness and void of love for one another.

@kevinbarbour7649 4 года назад

I just poured tears listening to this

@bobhillstrom4915 Год назад

An outstanding version of a classic song. Donny was inspirational. It is too bad he couldn't eliminate the demons that were in his head.

@bobhillstrom4915 Год назад

I was a big fan of his..Thank You...Happy Holidays

@josephstanfa4728 5 месяцев назад

Yeah,so lamentable, who really can ?

@josephstanfa4728 5 месяцев назад

Leon brought raw emotion...

@donaldmiller4643 3 года назад

No one should ever forget the voice of Donnie Hathaway greatness

@ciciwatson7529 2 года назад

You are so right Donald. Cherie

@timmckenney1642 Год назад

Kodi Lee rocks the house. I listen to this song every day

@johnchase5748 3 года назад

RECOGNIZING TALENT REQUIRES YOU TO TAKE THE TIME LISTEN . DONNIE WAS A GIFT TO US.

@deirdremacdougall8415 4 года назад

March 2020 what an incredible version of one if the most beautiful songs ever written but performed in pure perfection by Donny Hathaway ! RIP 🙏 beautiful man with the Golden voice

@kf10126 Год назад

My dad died a few days ago, day after Christmas, and I can't stop listening to this song.

@tayladunn7490 2 месяца назад

I’m sorry !! My dad a few days after New Years last year and before his birthday. I was only 20 and I feel like my own world is shattered. I was more closer with my dad and he was a little more patient and understanding towards me than others. I just want him to be able to have him hug me again or come back home through the front door. It’s been over a year and some people have said I am kinda being “emotional” with the way I’m coping about it, but others have said that’s just them being ignorant and insulting because people handle grief differently!!

@etfreeman1 Месяц назад

Everyone grieves differently I lost my dad a few years ago I think of him every day he was my hero but I know he’s looking down over us saying keep on doing what you do and don’t give up Continue to Rest In Paradise Dad we love & miss you no more suffering 🙏🏾🙏🏾❤️

@freespiritwithnature4384 3 месяца назад

Brings back so many memories.

@MaxineAGGuess 4 года назад

Love the tonal quality of this song and the amazing lyrics. You can really feel Hathaway’s passion and the depth of his emotions in his voice and performance of this song.💕

@cynthiasmith2804 4 года назад

Yes such a BEAUTIFUL song!! His voice could touch your soul! RIP Donny!! Love you ALWAYS!

@theither666 4 года назад

This song transcends time......feels like it just release

@kimberlywedlowe5248 4 месяца назад

This song is so deep only the ones that has been and is going through can appreciate it so well..

@marymoore5446 2 месяца назад

Beautiful, Beautiful, Beautiful love you R.I.P. to the late great legendary Donnie Hathaway. Man I'm feeling these beautiful instruments in the song. I love music much. ❤❤

@robertbruce1482 2 года назад

The most beautiful voice, simply incredible.. Peace

@richardsilkes5944 2 года назад

A haunting rendition of one of the most beautiful love songs ever written. 🌟❤️🙏🏼✨

@reneephillips2763 2 года назад

The intro to I'm singing a song to you is unreal , deep and yet enchanted your spirit still soars to the Heaven's may your rest be granted there.

@perpetual61 4 года назад

I've been so many places in my life and time I've sung a lot of songs I've made some bad rhymes I've acted out my life on stages With ten thousand people watching But we're alone now And I'm singing this song to you I know your image of me Is what I hoped to be I treated you unkindly But darling, can't you see? There's no one more important to me Baby, can't you see through me? Cause we're alone now And I'm singing this song to you You taught me precious secrets Of a true love while holding nothing You came out in front when I was hiding But now I'm so much better And if my words don't come together Listen to the melody 'Cuz my love is in there hiding I love you in a place Where there's no space or time I love you for my life 'Cuz you' re a friend of mine And when my life is over Remember when we were together We were alone And I was singing this song to you I love you in a place Where there's no space or time I love you for my life 'Cuz you' re a friend of mine And when my life is over Remember when we were together We were alone And I was singing this song to you We were alone And I was singing this song to you We were alone And I was singing this song Singing this song to you .

@KIKOURAFF 3 года назад

Merci pour les paroles

@tamekareese5364 3 года назад

I love this song!

@macristinamah7251 2 года назад

Lindo

@ingridgarcia8178 2 года назад

Tks you for share the lyrics. Beautiful song 🎵 ❤️

@ingridgarcia8178 2 года назад

Thank you!!!

@angiearbogast5424 4 года назад

What a beautiful voice. So sad he died so young.

@abd-co7le 4 года назад

if recent events taught us anything it is that; its better to die a hero than to live long enough to turn into the villain.

@Nhxn_ 4 года назад

@@abd-co7le thats not the case for everybody

@guiadigital8404 4 года назад

😔

@tonyaduncil2653 Месяц назад

Beautiful song written by Leon Russell

@mikkii8i 3 года назад

Eternally BEAUTIFUL ...

@Tijam23 2 года назад

La mélodie est tellement belle , les paroles tellement profondes. Et ce piano pour délivrer à une fin de partition un si beau message !

@vivianvivi8965 2 года назад

Disse tudo

@rozm8235 3 года назад

One of my favourite songs and the best rendition.❤❤❤

@poppiethestable1090 2 года назад

Checkout Whitney Houston live..

@moe9196 5 дней назад

For me anyway, This is the best cover of Leon Russell's A Song For You . hundreds of singers have covered it. Donny Hathaway also arranged the music for his voice, piano, the strings and other orchestra instruments . Donny studied music at Howard University and so did Roberta Flack. Hathaway is probably best known for his two hit duets with Roberta Flack, the uptempo "Where Is The Love" and slow but beautiful love song "The Closer I Get To You." . I can still remember where I was winter of 1979 when I picked up a New York Times in the college student union and read that Donny had committed suicide by jumping out a high rise window . I cried . He left us far too early . Donny is in a better place as they say . I wish he was still here, sigh...

@deborahkate1849 3 года назад

Oh my Lord.... what Divine Beauty ..

@jenlynned 4 года назад

Soul from the heart

@MrRoses0806 3 месяца назад

BMF brought me here!

@Beno_nolove 3 месяца назад

Y’all late

@tanyah562 3 месяца назад

Me too!!

@rthomas7907 5 дней назад

which BMF episode?

@doreenaltman1152 Год назад

I thought for sure Stevie Wonder was behind this one....I am blown away by this song....stunning...just beautiful

@nichole.mylovewillneverend Год назад

I can listen to this song all day.

@TheJayGeezy Месяц назад

What an amazing composition. The detail of every instrument. WOW. I never listened to it so closely. And his voice is soul stirring and silky. I think this is the best song I've ever heard.

@alanjswanner844 3 года назад

One of the most beautiful love songs ever written!! Thanks Leon and Donny!!

@TheYules 2 года назад

Goosebumps guaranteed listening to that song, what a powerful voice!

@paulkitson2057 3 года назад

Love my son forever murdered 2018 Rip darling Brian this song keeps us close to you, thank you Donny Rip

@rashondaveal6899 3 года назад

😭😭😭🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾💛💛💛

@JohaVgs8 2 года назад

Every time I listen to it, it reminds me of that being that hit rock bottom in me 💙

@ronforeman2556 Год назад

I don't know how many times I have prayed, in all futility, that someone ... ANYONE ... would have been there that day to grab Donnie, to urge him to come away from the window, to tell him how much he was loved by so many, to beg him to just give it one more day, to tell him about the huge hole he would leave in the Universe if he were to leave us before his time. Surely not then, not that way.

@djford7496 2 года назад

I was suppose to have a 70th birthday party this year and I wanted to say a poem and sing a song to my friends and family. This is the song I chose. Oh well! Maybe for my 80th.🎂🥂😘

@karinl.benson8844 3 года назад

One of the true vocal Masters ~~ just transcendent

@TheAprilita 4 года назад

What a beautiful song and a lovely sentiment. Happy Birthday Donny.

@tonyharness4017 3 года назад

AWESOME SONG WHICH LIVES FOREVER AS SOUL FROM HEAVEN

@SirCalloway 2 года назад

Next to Sam Cooke's - "A Change Is Gonna Come", This is quite possibly the most beautiful song ever...

@marieellet2424 Год назад

I just discovered Donny Hathaway, what a talent he was!!! Ofcourse I've heard him in passing but I always assumed it was Stevie Wonder, my bad but they are very similar with AMAZING voices. Anyway I always thought this song was so very lovely...💕👌

@yvonnescott8862 4 года назад

I'm 53 years old and some things just don't get any better. He was a jewel. These young men could only dream of thinking this way. Grow up Chris Brown. Listen and learn from this man. Music like this is a gift from God. Open your eyes.

@themajicman745 2 года назад

My favorite version of this song and then I love the cover by the Temptation's led by Dennis Edwards.

@Jonathan1arenas 3 года назад

This sounds really deeply and it hurts and it feels so good at the same time 🤟🏼❤️

@ghislanejeffries9670 2 года назад

My favorite artist of ALL TIME!! Before my time, but grew up listening to my parents play him. Wish I could have been @ one of his shows then, every thing he touches turns to GOLD.

@hanabi9999 3 года назад

Damn, there must be something in my eyes... This man knew how to touch a soul

@debarghyaroy9948 4 года назад

The pivotal, the absolutely best rendition. Mr. Hathaway squeezed every meaning, every emotion out of that song that could ever be found, nothing left for the remaining singers to render, so sit back, shut up and learn from the master. Learn to sing.

@herbfellows6435 2 года назад

Excellent cover, but I prefer the original with Leon singing. It's such a great song that it is hard to screw up, so there are many really good versions of it out there.

@emaciatedburrito1214 Год назад

Kodi Lee from American Idol was great. So sit back, shut up, and learn acceptance of all versions.

@pattibennett8774 Год назад

@@herbfellows6435 I'm with you. There were a lot of great covers of this song, but no one sang it like Leon Russell. That wonderful gravelly voice, nothing fancy, just pouring his heart out.

@azzanjett1788 3 месяца назад

@@herbfellows6435I prefer Donny version

@S7EVE_P 4 года назад

Brilliant voice, brilliant tune. Crank it up!

@adwoaasare6221 4 года назад

This song !!!! This song!

@strength5241 2 года назад

LYRICS OF FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS OF YOU BEAUTIFUL words that comes ALL TOGETHER

@Michael-gg9gr 2 года назад

This will definitely be my wedding song💗

@Nomad-vv1gk 11 месяцев назад

The song is about a slow, pained plea for forgiveness and understanding from an estranged lover. Not exactly what you want sung at your wedding. Although I did attend a wedding decades ago and the Commodores song "Still" was sung. It just goes to prove, sometimes, people don't pay attention to they lyrics of songs.

@lagallinita 3 года назад

so touching! what a voice!

@carolgarrard6884 Год назад

This is a beautiful and soulful song he was a genius of music a strong voice they play this song on a lot of different shows AGT movies Donny was a gifted musician and Singer he was one of the Greatest!

@Boombi2010 2 года назад

This song just makes me howl from pure beauty

@derrickcross8630 10 месяцев назад

Legendary 😮‍💨🔥

@paulatkinson4191 2 года назад

Incredible voice. Beautiful song.

@marysefonta8371 4 года назад

Émotion ! So wonderful voice with piano ! It remembers Ray Charles.

@claudiafarias7570 2 дня назад

bellísima voz e interpretación de una canción llena de sentimientos, aunque no se hablar ingles cuando la escucho me toca el corazón, cuando la escuche por primera vez me hizo llorar, desde Argentina toda mi admiración y respeto!!!!