Donny Hathaway
Donny Hathaway
Donny Hathaway
Donny Hathaway
Donny Hathaway
Donny Hathaway
Donny Hathaway
Donny Hathaway
Donny Hathaway
Donny Hathaway
Donny Hathaway
Lyrics for this song have yet to be released
I Love the Lord, He Heard My Cry was written by Donny Hathaway.
I Love the Lord, He Heard My Cry was produced by Arif Mardin.
Donny Hathaway released I Love the Lord, He Heard My Cry on Mon Jun 18 1973.
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...
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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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!”