Hawkins was best known for his groundbreaking gospel arrangements and won four Grammys over the course of his career. He is credited with transforming the contemporary gospel music scene into what it ...

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS/AP) -- Grammy Award-winning gospel music composer, singer and chorus master Edwin Hawkins, whose arrangement of "Oh Happy Day" for a Bay Area church choir became an international ...

Gospel singers look back at the legacy of choirmaster and four-time Grammy winner Edwin Hawkins, who died Monday at 74. The Boundary-Breaking Success Of Edwin Hawkins' 'Oh Happy Day' Edwin Hawkins' ...

Hawkins, credited as a founder of modern gospel music, was 74. Hawkins, credited as a founder of modern gospel music, was 74. NEW YORK (AP) — Edwin Hawkins, the gospel star best known for the ...

Groundbreaking, award-winning gospel artist, Edwin Hawkins, died Jan. 15 at his home in Pleasanton, California, after battling pancreatic cancer. He was 74. Hawkins is best known for his lively, ...

Grammy Award-winning singer Edwin Hawkins died on Monday at his home in Pleasanton, Calif. His publicist Bill Carpenter told news organizations that the cause was pancreatic cancer. Hawkins was 74. A ...

His publicist, Bill Carpenter, told news organizations that the cause was pancreatic cancer. Hawkins was 74. A native of Oakland, Hawkins had been performing with his family and in church groups since ...

Edwin Hawkins, the gospel singer best-known for the song “Oh Happy Day,” has died at age 74. The New York Times reported that Hawkins' publicist, Bill Carpenter, said the musician died of pancreatic ...

NEW YORK (AP) - Edwin Hawkins, the gospel star best known for the crossover hit "Oh Happy Day" and as a major force for contemporary inspirational music, died Monday at age 74. Hawkins died at his ...

Edwin Hawkins, the gospel star best known for the crossover hit “Oh Happy Day” and as a major force for contemporary inspirational music, died Monday at age 74.Hawkins died at his home in Pleasanton, ...

Gospel star Edwin Hawkins, a Grammy-winning musician known for the 1969 hit “Oh Happy Day,” died Monday at his home in Pleasanton, California, the New York Times reported. He was 74. Hawkins’ ...