This track is owned by sony music entertainment Recorded by the edwin hawkins singers, it became an international hit in 1969, reaching no 4 on the us singles chart, no 1 in france, germany, and the netherlands and no 2 on the canadian singles chart, uk singles chart, and irish singles chart. Explore the tracklist, credits, statistics, and more for oh happy day by the edwin hawkins singers
Compare versions and buy on discogs. 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. In 1970, the group won a grammy award for best soul gospel performance for “oh happy day” which has since sold over 7 million copies in the ensuing four decades “oh happy day” was like nothing in mainstream gospel music at the time and was controversially jarring to many in black church circles.
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