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Biography
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Edwin Hawkins Singers
Effective period / Period of releases: 1969 - 2001
Members: Tramaine Hawkins, Edwin Hawkins, Betty Watson, Shirley Miller, Daniel Hawkins, Donald Cashmere, Ruth Lyons (2), Rueben Franklin, Elaine Kelly, Jeannie King, Lynette Hawkins, Jewel Nickerson, Dorothy Combs Morrison, Francis Williams (3), Gayle Smith (3), Clara Hill (2), Sylvia Guiton
American Gospel group formed by Edwin Hawkins and Betty Watson in May of 1967.The group came from the Church of God in Christ (COGIC) in California, and included almost fifty members. The group was split in 1969 after the success of "Oh Happy Day", with Hawkins group becoming the Edwin Hawkins Singers and Watson and another soloist organizing a new group, taking the original name.