What is uncanny is the sameness between daughter and father's rendition of this beautiful Leon Russel composition ...no difference in voice, depth and rhythm...she is really her father's daughter, Donny Hathaway..
I will always believe this was Donny's love song to his daughter. I only hope God was able to show him how much he was and is still beloved by so many. What a gift and talent he passed on to his baby girl..........
@@stephbrown8123 There is no doubt. Donny was and always will be male vocal royalty. PERIOD! I remember well first hearing Lalah. Gave me chils. Could not believe it! Still and all. Having listened closely to this song, I would've loved just once to hear Gladys K. do it. WOW!
Completely agree! Gave me goosebumps with how much she sounds like him. The only other artist I’ve heard do it justice is H.E.R. ruclips.net/video/LyKjtqIAqTk/видео.html
Just pure , non acrobatic vocal over kill , straight ahead grounded voice !!!!! This woman will be still performing when she's much older. Love her voice. !!!!!!!!!
She is so beautiful and her voice is as smooth as silk just like Donny's. Could listen to her sing this over and over again. Her Daddy would be so proud, y'all!
What a beautiful one! Very few can sing this song and evoke the emotions that she and her dad did. One of the very few voices left in the industry, Just as her dad, she is very underrated .
Holy Jesus. I didn't see her last name at first, and I was like "how does she sound SO MUCH like Donny Hathaway?" She did a beautiful, beautiful, uniquely wonderful job.
I am in tears, such an incredibly profound singer! I'll have to agree with everyone, she is indeed the ONLY person to sing her Fathers song and hit EVERY single note High or low! ...❤
Her dad is my favorite singer🥹He put his soul in everything he did. When I see his baby step up do it I can’t help 😭😭SANG NIECE. She’s so underrated by the industry but we who know REAL singers love her so much. She’s absolutely AWESOME🥰👸🏽🎤💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐
Magnificent. A grown man is watching and crying. Donny would be so proud of his sangin' ass babygirl. Y'all know that Donny has ANOTHER singing daughter, Kenya Hathaway, who is an INCREDIBLE vocalist in her own right? Look her up here on RUclips. Donny's talents truly were left behind inside his beautiful girls.
Carey Conley although Lalah is my absolute favorite singer, you are CORRECT!!! Kenya Hathaway is an amazing vocalist as well!!! She’s one of the most sought after supportive vocalist in entertainment! Mr. Hathaway’s legacy is in the absolute best hands with his daughters! 🙌🏾
What a gem! Donnie is beaming. First saw her at about 18 mos. in a recording session for "the ghetto" with Donnie. Never forgot that. Look at her now and she sounds just like him. I love them both.
This is a really hard song to sing. And you have to earn it. I am happy to say Lalah BRINGS IT. Love hearing a woman sing Donny Hathaway Song for you. Brava!!!
Lalah is so underrated but very highly gifted in the category of the elite of the elite .Still listening to this performance 7/26/22. Still this is the best version of A song for you by Russell popularized by Donny Hathaway Lalah famous father .
Sing tha song Lalah! Come on through Lady! This is a beautiful experience for me right now.❤🥲❤ What an effortless and spiritually amazing gift she inherited from her Father.❤
absolutely incredibly! she sounds just like her father!! I cant stop crying! completely moved. The story the connection this song brings me to my mother and grandmother who have passed is overwhelming. I always go to this song when I want to remember them. One of my grandmothers favorite songs and singers
I am 71 yrs old. Lalah your daddy died too soon but his death was not invain because your dad music❤ lives on through you. I wish he was still here.....
B-Sharp Diallo I had the pleasure of seeing Ms. Hathaway live in concert and believe me those tones, notes, lyrics, and melodies Were All THAT!!! She is an Outstanding Singer!!! I never wanted the night to end. It didn't hurt that Mr. Will Downing and Gerald Albright also performed.😍
I’ve always loved the smoothness of her voice. She’s definitely her father’s daughter. She’s a female version of him. 🥹She’s so strong and passionate. I don’t know if I could sing my dad’s song without breaking down😭👸🏽RIP 🤴🏾Donny, that heavenly choir has to be whew!! Donny Marvin Luther Frankie (just to name a few) and not to mention all the 👸🏽👸🏽singing in harmony. 😭😭
I absolutely love this beautiful lady she has the most beautiful voice I could listen to her every day and night thank you for you’re music beautiful lady ❤love from Australia 🇦🇺
This is my all time favorite live performance of ANY song I have ever heard. Phew! She killed it! God do I love her and her dad. I never want to stop watching her.
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She sounds so much like her father. It is almost as if he is singing through her!
SHE'S ONLY ONE THAT I CAN HONESTLY SAY CAN DO THIS SONG JUSTICE AFTER HER FATHER. I've heard many sing it. She's by far the best cover
getblackah preach!!!!
The temptations version is amazing to
I feel the same way. Nobody!
Wait that’s her dad ?! I’m just now finding out about this ! I always loved her and I didn’t know why. I love her dad too!
One other word. Karen.
And Donnie looks down and smiles proudly...
@Virgil Davis who’s Donnie?
@@HotMessMemories1 her dad
YOU AINT KIDDING!
What the hell can one posdibly say.......
@@russellsimonds7148 I love Lalah Hathaway.
she has her dad's inflections down. she got it honest it's like he lives in her it's amazing
HUMan RE simply amazing!
Exactly like her father. No one else can sing this song like him except her.
What is uncanny is the sameness between daughter and father's rendition of this beautiful Leon Russel composition ...no difference in voice, depth and rhythm...she is really her father's daughter, Donny Hathaway..
It reminds me of Nat King Cole and Natalie Cole singing Unforgettable.
It's a spirit🙌🏾
When are they gonna make a movie bout this Soulful Legend....
...too tragic
I was thinking the same thing❤
There is a play. It's really good. Tragic. I cried throughout. And when this song came on...I was inconsolable.
I will always believe this was Donny's love song to his daughter. I only hope God was able to show him how much he was and is still beloved by so many. What a gift and talent he passed on to his baby girl..........
Gave me chills.....I can hear Donny all thru this!!!!!
Sooo true omg 😲
Oh My GOD YES!
Yes
The only woman that sings that song just as beautiful as her dad does. Amazing.
Amen to that
@@stephbrown8123 There is no doubt. Donny was and always will be male vocal royalty. PERIOD!
I remember well first hearing Lalah. Gave me chils. Could not believe it!
Still and all. Having listened closely to this song, I would've loved just once to hear Gladys K. do it. WOW!
So young when her dad 👨 💔 😢 passed 😢
LORD HA MERCY! LORD HA MERCY I get chills when I hear this sung by her!
Completely agree! Gave me goosebumps with how much she sounds like him. The only other artist I’ve heard do it justice is H.E.R. ruclips.net/video/LyKjtqIAqTk/видео.html
Nobody in this world needs to touch this man's song but his child... PERIOD...
YESSS PERIOD .....
I agree!!
Love You Lelia Hathaway 😂❤
Cody Lee.
He didn't write the song, but yes it is essentially his.
Sounds like her dad frfr I'm so in tears right now he's proud
Vocally flawless...just like her Daddy!!!! #blessyoudaughta #Hallelujah
Yes GOD
loralei doe mmm
JUST LIKE HER DADDY!
Just pure , non acrobatic vocal over kill , straight ahead grounded voice !!!!! This woman will be still performing when she's much older. Love her voice. !!!!!!!!!
Agreed
Yes straight voice
Years later, still brings tears to my eyes. Like her daddy is singing through her and yet she is herself.
Oh my I JUST said the same thing. It made me cry😢. Have you heard Lalah sing in harmony with her self!!!? OMG. It’s Crazy!!!
"It's a blessing to be the daughter of the best singer who ever lived", said Lalah 🎁🎁🎁🎁🎁🎁🎁🎁🎁🎁🎁🎁
lalah just might the best singer who ever lived tbh
Awesome 👍
And she ain't never lied!!
It’s like Donnie is singing through here! So beautiful!
I am in tears over this. She sounds so much like him, I don't know how she got through it #RIH Donny
I was thinking the same thing?! I'm crying like a baby...
God gave her a double portion of Donny's spirit ❤❤❤
Me too must’ve been so hard for her can feel the emotion and the love missing her daddy since she was a little girl God bless her soul 🙏🏼
You could see the tears start to well up in her eyes during the piano dripping down like rain
Donnie Hathaway. Was my favorite male vocalist ever.
She is so beautiful and her voice is as smooth as silk just like Donny's. Could listen to her sing this over and over again. Her Daddy would be so proud, y'all!
Silk
Just Beautiful!! She makes her Dad very PROUD!!💖🎶🎶🎶
The World doesn’t deserve what we just saw and heard! Omg! Flawless Vocals with her Daddies Rich tone! My God 🙌🏾
What a beautiful one! Very few can sing this song and evoke the emotions that she and her dad did. One of the very few voices left in the industry, Just as her dad, she is very underrated .
Holy Jesus. I didn't see her last name at first, and I was like "how does she sound SO MUCH like Donny Hathaway?" She did a beautiful, beautiful, uniquely wonderful job.
Megan C that's her daughter.
Justin Baptiz HIS daughter
Megan C his blood is in her veins
Wow. Lalah has been around making albums and singing since 1990. Where you been??
@@careyconley4690Good question. I’ve asked that for years…💯
This woman can BLOW like her dad R.I.P Donny !!! I Love You both so much , my idols .
This is Donny singing through his daughter from heaven.
I am in tears, such an incredibly profound singer! I'll have to agree with everyone, she is indeed the ONLY person to sing her Fathers song and hit EVERY single note High or low! ...❤
Love her she sang that so flawless, as if with no effort.
BRINGS ME 2 TEARS!!!AMAZING! Her father had an AMAZING GIFT and GOD gave her a piece of his BLESSING!
Thankful4MyLife believe me I'm married into the family it's a lot of them Hathaway that sound good
Its 2024 I am listening this song for my beautiful daughter I lost last year.😢
Repose in peace 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
I am so sorry foe your loss, it is every parents nightmare 😢
I am so so sorry for your loss. 🙏🏾🕊️
My sincere condolences to you
Amen. I sent this to my fiance before he passed 😢
Her dad is my favorite singer🥹He put his soul in everything he did. When I see his baby step up do it I can’t help 😭😭SANG NIECE. She’s so underrated by the industry but we who know REAL singers love her so much. She’s absolutely AWESOME🥰👸🏽🎤💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐
I don't know how in the world she did it!! I would fell to pieces from the weight of this song!!!
Aw, man, the way she brought it home at the end, I wish I could've been there, that was CRAZY.
At that moment Donny was singing through his daughter or by her side cheering her on. This girl put her soul into that performance.
Magnificent. A grown man is watching and crying. Donny would be so proud of his sangin' ass babygirl.
Y'all know that Donny has ANOTHER singing daughter, Kenya Hathaway, who is an INCREDIBLE vocalist in her own right? Look her up here on RUclips. Donny's talents truly were left behind inside his beautiful girls.
Carey Conley although Lalah is my absolute favorite singer, you are CORRECT!!! Kenya Hathaway is an amazing vocalist as well!!! She’s one of the most sought after supportive vocalist in entertainment! Mr. Hathaway’s legacy is in the absolute best hands with his daughters! 🙌🏾
That’s my baby I love love luv me some Lalah Hathaway. 🤍🤍🤍🤍. My song bird✨🌷
What a gem! Donnie is beaming. First saw her at about 18 mos. in a recording session for "the ghetto" with Donnie. Never forgot that. Look at her now and she sounds just like him. I love them both.
All through my bones... I feel it!
She and her Dad brought me to tears today, listening to this song. I love them both. 🌹🙏🏽
Her and her dad kill those low notes sooooo beautifully!!! Sheesh 😮💨
Makes me cry because the way she sings it is so beautiful!🥹😭
she just grabbed my life .. anointing in many ways..
Nothing more to add..pure n true
Omg she looks just like her dad ❤she did a wonderful rendition of the song 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
I saw the Donnie Hathaway play and when this song came on I was inconsolable. This song is just so damn beautiful. A soul stirring composition.
@3:25!!!!! OMG!!!
Thank you Donny and Lalah for celebrating the birth of my savior.
This is a really hard song to sing. And you have to earn it. I am happy to say Lalah BRINGS IT. Love hearing a woman sing Donny Hathaway Song for you. Brava!!!
And not just any woman.. his own daughter! She did awesome. And she sounds so much like him..
+PEARLfect TEN undid not realize this. Whoa. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Yup! His own daughter
Well, technically, it's not Donny Hathaway's song... it was written and first performed by Leon Russell.
Russell Lewis we know that
Donny made it classic
This is beyond beautiful🎶 ... Truly her fathers Daughter💓#themarathoncontinues
So pure
Her voice brings me to tears.
wonderful! just like her daddy.
I saw this performance live. Her vocals are out of this world.
💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖👏👏✨👏✨👏💖💖💖she is the best just like her father❤
Perfection
Lalah is so underrated but very highly gifted in the category of the elite of the elite .Still listening to this performance 7/26/22. Still this is the best version of A song for you by Russell popularized by Donny Hathaway Lalah famous father .
Only wish he had wrote that song knowing he and his daughter's Rendition Fits So Perfectly!!😊
The sustain!!!! If she was a vocal coach I would be one of her first students
She has has the voice of angels
Donny would be proud of his Baby Girl!
Her Husky voice is beautiful!!! You go girl make your father proud this would make me cry if I had to sing this smh
The I Love you part brings me ti tears every time ❤❤Good tears❤
This video takes me completely everytime. You can just hear and feel donny's spirit lingering . My God.
She looks like a goddess.
She made me cry happy tears😊
Her daddy is smiling down so proud of this moment she did great 😢❤😊
The best performance ever of A song for you.Hands down
Lalah Hathaway.
LOVED HER DAD....LOVE HER!!! MY WISH IS TO SEE HER LIVE
This song kept me going while I was n the military when I wanted to quit
Lalah Hathaway sounds and looks just like her dad. Beautiful rendition of his song 🎵 ❤️ 😍 ❤
She has so much control of her voice. I love it ❤
Sing tha song Lalah! Come on through Lady! This is a beautiful experience for me right now.❤🥲❤ What an effortless and spiritually amazing gift she inherited from her Father.❤
When one sees God"s gift to the world, stand up, applaud and say Hallelujah
Cry every time I hear her sing this flawless Lalah your Beautiful inside and out !!!
She's sing that song so beautifully
absolutely incredibly! she sounds just like her father!! I cant stop crying! completely moved. The story the connection this song brings me to my mother and grandmother who have passed is overwhelming. I always go to this song when I want to remember them. One of my grandmothers favorite songs and singers
When she’s goes from 1:42 to 1:43 so effortlessly and beautifully and rich. Wow amazing every single time she does that I just melt
I am 71 yrs old.
Lalah your daddy died too soon but his death was not invain because your dad music❤ lives on through you. I wish he was still here.....
Leon Russell left the world a gem of a song that a number of singers have perforemed brilliantly.
Beautiful! Her tone is so buttery just like her dads. This is perfection
OMG… absolutely Amazing rendition of Donny’s song!
Sung with so much reverence. Beautiful.
Wow!! Yes voice like her dad's
Well done!!!! I have chills
DNA vocal perfection! Thank you Lailah.
It was worth it just seeing the nod from Ms. Gladys Knight. You know you got it when a genius acknowledges you and says you got it girl...
I am speechless. She's singing this from within.
Do daddy proud❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
What an honor she must feel doing this classic of her fathers.
And its pitch perfect 😢🎉
I adore her. I have her futst album.
Stellar performance 🌟💖🌟
This should’ve gotten a lot more views
oh my dear God, thank you for this young lady! simply beautiful.
B-Sharp Diallo I had the pleasure of seeing Ms. Hathaway live in concert and believe me those tones, notes, lyrics, and melodies Were All THAT!!!
She is an Outstanding Singer!!! I never wanted the night to end. It didn't hurt that Mr. Will Downing and Gerald Albright also performed.😍
girl you show out for your dad.
I have never heard this song and I am in love ❤❤
The very best rendition of this song. Thank you Lalah. Thank you Donny. Thank you Leon Russell for writing such a soul baring song!!!
The only one that can do her father justice I remember watching this with my grandma all those years agao how’s it was caught by somone
I’ve always loved the smoothness of her voice. She’s definitely her father’s daughter. She’s a female version of him. 🥹She’s so strong and passionate. I don’t know if I could sing my dad’s song without breaking down😭👸🏽RIP 🤴🏾Donny, that heavenly choir has to be whew!! Donny Marvin Luther Frankie (just to name a few) and not to mention all the 👸🏽👸🏽singing in harmony. 😭😭
That was done so beautifully 😍
I love ❤️ you for this amazing song dedicated to your dad 🎵🎹🎤✌🏽
I absolutely love this beautiful lady she has the most beautiful voice I could listen to her every day and night thank you for you’re music beautiful lady ❤love from Australia 🇦🇺
This is my all time favorite live performance of ANY song I have ever heard. Phew! She killed it! God do I love her and her dad. I never want to stop watching her.
The only one who can sing this song in THAT Donnie’s way... Amazing! 👏👏👏