Walter Hawkins
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Biography
Walter Lee Hawkins, born May 18, 1949, in Oakland, California, was an American gospel singer, songwriter, composer, and pastor. He started his career with his brother Edwin's choir, the Northern California State Youth Choir of the Church of God in Christ. Their 1968 album featured "Oh Happy Day", a crossover hit that led to the Edwin Hawkins Singers. In the early 1970s, Walter Hawkins established the Love Center Church and formed the Love Center Choir. Their Love Alive series, beginning with Love Alive in 1975, sold over a million copies; Love Alive IV (1990) topped the Billboard Gospel Album charts for thirty-three weeks. He collaborated with various artists including Michael Bolton and Earth, Wind & Fire. Walter Lee Hawkins died of pancreatic cancer on July 11, 2010, in Ripon, California.
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- Hawkings: Goin' Up Yonder
- I Need Your Spirit v1.1
- Strange v1.1
- I Shall Wear A Crown (Live) featuring Inez Andrews
- Highway To Heaven (Live) featuring Inez Andrews
- Heaven
- Do Your Best
- Hang On In There
- I Feel Like Singing
- I'm Going Away
- All I Know
- Romans 8:31-32
- A Song in My Heart
- Try What You May
- Sinner Man
- Changed
- He's Everything
- Coming Home
- Be Grateful
- Come By Here, Good Lord
- Dear Jesus, I Love You
- Ever-Loving Father
- Eternal Life
- Thank You Lord
