*(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 ...

Oh Happy Day won Hawkins the first of four Grammy awards Hawkins was involved in founding and developing Love Center Ministries, He and his siblings were part of the popular music group, the Hawkins ...

Edwin Hawkins, a Grammy Award-winning gospel singer and arranger, passed away this past January at the age of 74. He left behind an unmatched legacy, revolutionizing what it means to be a gospel ...

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, ...

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 ...

Gospel star Edwin Hawkins, most notable for the crossover hit "Oh Happy Day," died of pancreatic cancer at 74. Alongside luminaries like Andrae Crouch and James Cleveland, Hawkins was considered one ...

Gospel star Edwin Hawkins, known for his crossover hit “Oh Happy Day,” passed away on Monday at the age of 74. According to publicist Bill Carpenter, Hawkins died in his home in Pleasanton, Calif.