CULTURETECHLENSEdwin Hawkins Singers
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Combined Graph record U-03354 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-P-1284. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
The Northern California State Youth Choir, formed with Edwin Hawkins's help in the late 1960s, was renamed the Edwin Hawkins Singers; its single 'Oh Happy Day' reached No. 4 on the Billboard pop chart and No. 2 on the R&B chart (New York Times, via NPR) and won the 1970 Grammy Award for Best Soul Gospel Performance (NPR/Colorado Public Radio obituary, 2018-01-16).
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The Northern California State Youth Choir, formed with Edwin Hawkins's help in the late 1960s, was renamed the Edwin Hawkins Singers; its single 'Oh Happy Day' reached No. 4 on the Billboard pop chart and No. 2 on the R&B chart (New York Times, via NPR) and won the 1970 Grammy Award for Best Soul Gospel Performance (NPR/Colorado Public Radio obituary, 2018-01-16).
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- Role(s): musical group
Referenced by
- Oh Happy Day — authored by → this record
Sources
- https://www.cpr.org/2018/01/16/gospel-star-edwin-hawkins-known-for-oh-happy-day-dies-at-74/ (verification source · master store)
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The Northern California State Youth Choir, formed with Edwin Hawkins's help in the late 1960s, was renamed the Edwin Hawkins Singers; its single 'Oh Happy Day' reached No. 4 on the Billboard pop chart and No. 2 on the R&B chart (New York Times, via NPR) and won the 1970 Grammy Award for Best Soul Gospel Performance (NPR/Colorado Public Radio obituary, 2018-01-16).
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