"Oh Happy Day" (Original)(1968) Edwin Hawkins & Northern California State Youth Choir
This track 5 from the 1968 album "Let Us Go Into The House Of The Lord".
Lead by Dorothy Morrison-Combs
Written by Philip Doddridge
Arranged by Edwin Hawkins
Edwin Hawkins was a pianist at Ephesian Church of God in Christ in Berkeley, California when he came up with the popular Latin/Soul version of the song “Oh Happy Day” in 1968. In an October 23, 2009 interview with the San Francisco Chronicle, he explained that "Oh Happy Day" was one of eight arrangements he put together for the Northern California State Youth Choir, which was made up of 46 singers ages 17 to 25, and the plan was to sell an album of the songs to finance a trip to a church youth conference in Washington, D.C. The tracks were quickly recorded live in church on a two-track tape machine (industry standard at the time was eight-track), but the records weren't pressed in time for the trip. They did attend the conference, and the choir placed second in a singing competition, where they performed 2 of Hawkins' arrangements, but not "Oh Happy Day," which Hawkins said was "Not our favorite song."
500 copies of the album were made, and one of them found its way to the popular DJ Abe "Voco" Kesh at KSAN-FM in San Francisco. Other stations followed, and Buddah Records signed Hawkins to a record deal, rechristening the Northern California State Youth Choir "The Edwin Hawkins Singers" for their reissue of the album, which became a huge hit.
This song was recorded for the Gospel market, and its secular success didn't go over well with everyone at the church: local officials of the denomination circulated a petition asking secular radio stations to stop airing the song. Hawkins had a different take. He told The Chronicle: "I think they thought they were doing the right thing. What confused me about it was they were teaching us all our lives that we were to take the message everywhere."
Dan Sorkin, who was a famous DJ on radio station KSFO in San Francisco, was a big supporter of this song and gave it a huge push on his morning show. He even interviewed Dorothy Morrison and Edwin Hawkins.
This won a Grammy Award for Best Soul Gospel Performance.
Видео "Oh Happy Day" (Original)(1968) Edwin Hawkins & Northern California State Youth Choir канала Gospel Nostalgia
Lead by Dorothy Morrison-Combs
Written by Philip Doddridge
Arranged by Edwin Hawkins
Edwin Hawkins was a pianist at Ephesian Church of God in Christ in Berkeley, California when he came up with the popular Latin/Soul version of the song “Oh Happy Day” in 1968. In an October 23, 2009 interview with the San Francisco Chronicle, he explained that "Oh Happy Day" was one of eight arrangements he put together for the Northern California State Youth Choir, which was made up of 46 singers ages 17 to 25, and the plan was to sell an album of the songs to finance a trip to a church youth conference in Washington, D.C. The tracks were quickly recorded live in church on a two-track tape machine (industry standard at the time was eight-track), but the records weren't pressed in time for the trip. They did attend the conference, and the choir placed second in a singing competition, where they performed 2 of Hawkins' arrangements, but not "Oh Happy Day," which Hawkins said was "Not our favorite song."
500 copies of the album were made, and one of them found its way to the popular DJ Abe "Voco" Kesh at KSAN-FM in San Francisco. Other stations followed, and Buddah Records signed Hawkins to a record deal, rechristening the Northern California State Youth Choir "The Edwin Hawkins Singers" for their reissue of the album, which became a huge hit.
This song was recorded for the Gospel market, and its secular success didn't go over well with everyone at the church: local officials of the denomination circulated a petition asking secular radio stations to stop airing the song. Hawkins had a different take. He told The Chronicle: "I think they thought they were doing the right thing. What confused me about it was they were teaching us all our lives that we were to take the message everywhere."
Dan Sorkin, who was a famous DJ on radio station KSFO in San Francisco, was a big supporter of this song and gave it a huge push on his morning show. He even interviewed Dorothy Morrison and Edwin Hawkins.
This won a Grammy Award for Best Soul Gospel Performance.
Видео "Oh Happy Day" (Original)(1968) Edwin Hawkins & Northern California State Youth Choir канала Gospel Nostalgia
Показать
Комментарии отсутствуют
Информация о видео
Другие видео канала
Edwin Hawkins Singers - Oh Happy Day - Live - Long version • TopPop"Oh Happy Day" Edwin Hawkins - Anthony Brown w/ FBCG Combined Choir"Day By Day" ~ Godspell (1973)Walter Hawkins & The Love Center Choir - Goin' Up YonderKeith Pringle - I Just Cant Stop Praising His NameSister Act 2 - Oh Happy dayThe Clark Sisters-You Brought The SunshineAndré Rieu - Oh Happy Day (Feat. Harlem Gospel Choir & Soweto Gospel Choir)Lionel Richie The Commodores - Jesus is Love"Jesus Can Work It Out" (Original)(1980) Dr. Charles Hayes & Cosmopolitan Church of Prayer ChoirAretha Franklin - Bridge Over Troubled WaterOh Happy Day Flashmob Hochzeit - Longfield GospelRay Charles And The Voices Of Jubilaton, Oh, Happy DayOh Happy Day! (Full version) - Choeur Gospel Célébration de Québec & Sylvie DesgroseilliersBishop Walter Hawkins-What Is ThisTramaine Hawkins Going Up YonderThe Edwin Hawkins Singers feat. Shirley Miller - Oh Happy DayOH HAPPY DAY - World Choir Games 2014, Riga (50'000 people singing a worship song)James Cleveland - Lord Help Me To Hold Out