Lalah Hathaway
Lalah Hathaway
Lalah Hathaway is an R&B/jazz/gospel singer-songwriter and daughter of soul legend Donny Hathaway. Lalah made her debut self-titled album in 1990 featuring the hit singles “Baby Don’t Cry” and “I’m Coming Back.”
She won her first Grammy as a featured vocalist with jazz outfit Snarky Puppy on a re-recording of her song “Something” where she famously exhibited polyphonic overtone singing, sounding 3 tones at once.
With a trademark rich alto tone reminiscent of her famous father’s, she took a walk in his footsteps in 2015 by recording her first live album at the same venue where her father recorded his seminal 1974 album Donny Hathaway Live. Appropriately, Lalah recorded a cover of her father’s “Little Ghetto Boy” from Donny Hathaway Live which earned her first solo Grammy win in 2016. The album also turned out a chart-dominating hit in her cover of Anita Baker’s “Angel.”