I Love the Lord, He Heard My Cry
Donny Hathaway * Track #1 On Extension of a Man
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I Love the Lord, He Heard My Cry by Donny Hathaway
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Donny HathawayProduced by
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I Love the Lord, He Heard My Cry Q&A
Who wrote I Love the Lord, He Heard My Cry's ?
I Love the Lord, He Heard My Cry was written by Donny Hathaway.
Who produced I Love the Lord, He Heard My Cry's ?
I Love the Lord, He Heard My Cry was produced by Arif Mardin.
When did Donny Hathaway release I Love the Lord, He Heard My Cry?
Donny Hathaway released I Love the Lord, He Heard My Cry on Mon Jun 18 1973.
What have other artists said about this song?
There was no end to what he would try. We had learned about writing a tone poem as the opening to a piece of music at college—but Black people were not supposed to do that in their own music. So, in `I Love The Lord (He Heard My Cry)’, he put it right there at the opening of the album, as first trac...
What did Donny Hathaway say about "I Love the Lord, He Heard My Cry"?
In the album’s liner notes, Donny wrote at length on how the Black church and classical composition inspired this track.
When I was growing up, I used to hear, in my church, Black chants of devotion to God. They had been written by Dr. Isaac Watts, who was one of the anthem innovators of his time.
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Who inspired this song?
In a rare interview with David Nathan, Hathaway cited Ray Charles, Curtis Mayfield and Rachmaninoff as direct influences for this piece, “with some Donny Hathaway thrown in!”