Lalah Hathaway - "A Song For You" Live At The Apollo

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  • @getblackah
    @getblackah 7 років тому +554

    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

    • @tylynn256
      @tylynn256 6 років тому +5

      getblackah preach!!!!

    • @gregorymalone71
      @gregorymalone71 6 років тому +4

      The temptations version is amazing to

    • @tnicole148
      @tnicole148 6 років тому +4

      I feel the same way. Nobody!

    • @kyg1954
      @kyg1954 5 років тому +13

      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!

    • @JonGriffinMusician
      @JonGriffinMusician 4 роки тому

      One other word. Karen.

  • @bobredford9237
    @bobredford9237 9 місяців тому +29

    She sounds so much like her father. It is almost as if he is singing through her!

  • @VirgilDavis
    @VirgilDavis 7 років тому +379

    And Donnie looks down and smiles proudly...

  • @humanr.e8529
    @humanr.e8529 8 років тому +274

    she has her dad's inflections down. she got it honest it's like he lives in her it's amazing

  • @litontap
    @litontap 11 місяців тому +108

    Nobody in this world needs to touch this man's song but his child... PERIOD...

  • @justmaria5806
    @justmaria5806 Рік тому +23

    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..........

  • @ahmad0322
    @ahmad0322 4 роки тому +134

    Exactly like her father. No one else can sing this song like him except her.

  • @HenkWelman
    @HenkWelman 6 років тому +196

    The only woman that sings that song just as beautiful as her dad does. Amazing.

    • @stephbrown8123
      @stephbrown8123 2 роки тому

      Amen to that

    • @hiddengospel
      @hiddengospel 2 роки тому

      @@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!

    • @sheilaeason1190
      @sheilaeason1190 2 роки тому

      So young when her dad 👨 💔 😢 passed 😢

    • @abdulrahmanraheem423
      @abdulrahmanraheem423 2 роки тому

      LORD HA MERCY! LORD HA MERCY I get chills when I hear this sung by her!

    • @zitadeen9481
      @zitadeen9481 2 роки тому

      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. ua-cam.com/video/LyKjtqIAqTk/v-deo.html

  • @clivemtshisa2382
    @clivemtshisa2382 6 років тому +260

    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..

  • @lindawheeler4372
    @lindawheeler4372 4 місяці тому +6

    Sounds like her dad frfr I'm so in tears right now he's proud

  • @tosha723
    @tosha723 6 років тому +147

    Gave me chills.....I can hear Donny all thru this!!!!!

  • @loraleidoe
    @loraleidoe 10 років тому +203

    Vocally flawless...just like her Daddy!!!! #blessyoudaughta #Hallelujah

  • @dezsearancke3813
    @dezsearancke3813 7 років тому +136

    When are they gonna make a movie bout this Soulful Legend....

    • @bajun
      @bajun 5 років тому +3

      ...too tragic

    • @kokowashington-rice5997
      @kokowashington-rice5997 8 місяців тому

      I was thinking the same thing❤

    • @TheJayGeezy
      @TheJayGeezy 3 місяці тому

      There is a play. It's really good. Tragic. I cried throughout. And when this song came on...I was inconsolable.

  • @doreennewman7182
    @doreennewman7182 6 років тому +149

    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. !!!!!!!!!

  • @bristolstomp
    @bristolstomp 7 років тому +113

    Years later, still brings tears to my eyes. Like her daddy is singing through her and yet she is herself.

    • @pierrewalker1026
      @pierrewalker1026 2 роки тому +2

      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!!!

  • @ciarrajohnson3849
    @ciarrajohnson3849 9 років тому +188

    "It's a blessing to be the daughter of the best singer who ever lived", said Lalah 🎁🎁🎁🎁🎁🎁🎁🎁🎁🎁🎁🎁

    • @aaronnewman7573
      @aaronnewman7573 3 роки тому +5

      lalah just might the best singer who ever lived tbh

    • @vanessasmoot1878
      @vanessasmoot1878 2 роки тому +2

      Awesome 👍

    • @litontap
      @litontap 11 місяців тому +1

      And she ain't never lied!!

  • @headedsomewhere
    @headedsomewhere 7 років тому +171

    I am in tears over this. She sounds so much like him, I don't know how she got through it #RIH Donny

    • @tnicole148
      @tnicole148 6 років тому +7

      I was thinking the same thing?! I'm crying like a baby...

    • @turtleislandchief
      @turtleislandchief 5 років тому +7

      God gave her a double portion of Donny's spirit ❤❤❤

    • @janaelena682
      @janaelena682 5 років тому +4

      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 🙏🏼

    • @ciara8998
      @ciara8998 5 років тому +5

      You could see the tears start to well up in her eyes during the piano dripping down like rain

    • @destinykhan9085
      @destinykhan9085 3 роки тому

      Donnie Hathaway. Was my favorite male vocalist ever.

  • @Arc.143
    @Arc.143 4 місяці тому +6

    It’s like Donnie is singing through here! So beautiful!

  • @francisirby1032
    @francisirby1032 10 днів тому +1

    This song kept me going while I was n the military when I wanted to quit

  • @AW-bh6dy
    @AW-bh6dy 9 місяців тому +27

    Its 2024 I am listening this song for my beautiful daughter I lost last year.😢

    • @laconnaissance6273
      @laconnaissance6273 8 місяців тому

      Repose in peace 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

    • @gwennmesler5997
      @gwennmesler5997 6 місяців тому +1

      I am so sorry foe your loss, it is every parents nightmare 😢

    • @mrgh1650
      @mrgh1650 3 місяці тому

      I am so so sorry for your loss. 🙏🏾🕊️

    • @victorialaing-webber6481
      @victorialaing-webber6481 3 місяці тому +1

      My sincere condolences to you

    • @GR-mp7yu
      @GR-mp7yu 3 місяці тому

      Amen. I sent this to my fiance before he passed 😢

  • @MEGAN-sg1py
    @MEGAN-sg1py 8 років тому +73

    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.

    • @JustinBaptiz
      @JustinBaptiz 7 років тому +1

      Megan C that's her daughter.

    • @TemujinScott80
      @TemujinScott80 7 років тому +2

      Justin Baptiz HIS daughter

    • @TemujinScott80
      @TemujinScott80 7 років тому +3

      Megan C his blood is in her veins

    • @careyconley4690
      @careyconley4690 7 років тому +6

      Wow. Lalah has been around making albums and singing since 1990. Where you been??

    • @ciarrajohnson3849
      @ciarrajohnson3849 9 місяців тому

      @@careyconley4690Good question. I’ve asked that for years…💯

  • @AllYouNeedIsLove601
    @AllYouNeedIsLove601 10 років тому +91

    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!

  • @danieldostermanntv
    @danieldostermanntv 4 роки тому +42

    The World doesn’t deserve what we just saw and heard! Omg! Flawless Vocals with her Daddies Rich tone! My God 🙌🏾

  • @iammadea2
    @iammadea2 10 років тому +97

    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 .

  • @Nell_3
    @Nell_3 3 місяці тому +2

    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🥰👸🏽🎤💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐

  • @SabrinaTriniSpice
    @SabrinaTriniSpice Рік тому +6

    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! ...❤

  • @lakeshiameans8866
    @lakeshiameans8866 6 років тому +41

    This woman can BLOW like her dad R.I.P Donny !!! I Love You both so much , my idols .

  • @lexislibrary923
    @lexislibrary923 6 років тому +46

    Love her she sang that so flawless, as if with no effort.

  • @soulstarmusiclover1254
    @soulstarmusiclover1254 5 місяців тому +3

    That’s my baby I love love luv me some Lalah Hathaway. 🤍🤍🤍🤍. My song bird✨🌷

  • @theequaliser8026
    @theequaliser8026 5 років тому +17

    This is Donny singing through his daughter from heaven.

  • @chriscooks5437
    @chriscooks5437 3 місяці тому +2

    I don't know how in the world she did it!! I would fell to pieces from the weight of this song!!!

  • @MEGAN-sg1py
    @MEGAN-sg1py 8 років тому +29

    Aw, man, the way she brought it home at the end, I wish I could've been there, that was CRAZY.

  • @careyconley4690
    @careyconley4690 7 років тому +39

    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 UA-cam. Donny's talents truly were left behind inside his beautiful girls.

    • @awbside4485
      @awbside4485 4 роки тому +1

      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! 🙌🏾

  • @beverlyrollins7236
    @beverlyrollins7236 5 місяців тому +3

    Just Beautiful!! She makes her Dad very PROUD!!💖🎶🎶🎶

  • @robbiedee8890
    @robbiedee8890 8 років тому +46

    BRINGS ME 2 TEARS!!!AMAZING! Her father had an AMAZING GIFT and GOD gave her a piece of his BLESSING!

    • @quincetucker8571
      @quincetucker8571 7 років тому +1

      Thankful4MyLife believe me I'm married into the family it's a lot of them Hathaway that sound good

  • @alainacommander2657
    @alainacommander2657 Рік тому +6

    Makes me cry because the way she sings it is so beautiful!🥹😭

  • @AJ444ful
    @AJ444ful 3 роки тому +16

    She and her Dad brought me to tears today, listening to this song. I love them both. 🌹🙏🏽

  • @FlawedGreatness
    @FlawedGreatness Рік тому +6

    Her and her dad kill those low notes sooooo beautifully!!! Sheesh 😮‍💨

  • @roslyndrew564
    @roslyndrew564 5 років тому +20

    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.

  • @msladytmsladyt
    @msladytmsladyt 11 місяців тому +2

    Omg she looks just like her dad ❤she did a wonderful rendition of the song 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

  • @vpvp3573
    @vpvp3573 2 роки тому +4

    Thank you Donny and Lalah for celebrating the birth of my savior.

  • @gregcurtis7682
    @gregcurtis7682 9 років тому +35

    @3:25!!!!! OMG!!!

  • @tamoni22
    @tamoni22 6 років тому +13

    she just grabbed my life .. anointing in many ways..

  • @smearymoch9
    @smearymoch9 5 років тому +16

    This is beyond beautiful🎶 ... Truly her fathers Daughter💓#themarathoncontinues

  • @marleneharristaylor
    @marleneharristaylor 3 місяці тому +2

    Perfection

  • @DorothyBishop
    @DorothyBishop 9 років тому +68

    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!!!

    • @adrieannac5387
      @adrieannac5387 9 років тому +25

      And not just any woman.. his own daughter! She did awesome. And she sounds so much like him..

    • @DorothyBishop
      @DorothyBishop 9 років тому +5

      +PEARLfect TEN undid not realize this. Whoa. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

    • @TemujinScott80
      @TemujinScott80 7 років тому +6

      Yup! His own daughter

    • @RussellLewis5042
      @RussellLewis5042 7 років тому +2

      Well, technically, it's not Donny Hathaway's song... it was written and first performed by Leon Russell.

    • @TemujinScott80
      @TemujinScott80 7 років тому +5

      Russell Lewis we know that
      Donny made it classic

  • @TS.W
    @TS.W 6 років тому +23

    All through my bones... I feel it!

  • @TheJayGeezy
    @TheJayGeezy 3 місяці тому +1

    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.

  • @ThomasBurmanje
    @ThomasBurmanje 5 місяців тому +2

    Nothing more to add..pure n true

  • @camuchanomellini903
    @camuchanomellini903 Рік тому +1

    💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖👏👏✨👏✨👏💖💖💖she is the best just like her father❤

  • @JaySmith-wo3di
    @JaySmith-wo3di 4 роки тому +8

    This video takes me completely everytime. You can just hear and feel donny's spirit lingering . My God.

  • @silvermane1516
    @silvermane1516 4 роки тому +7

    Donny would be proud of his Baby Girl!

  • @Capricorn-mt1ke
    @Capricorn-mt1ke 3 роки тому +4

    Her Husky voice is beautiful!!! You go girl make your father proud this would make me cry if I had to sing this smh

  • @peggyhaugabrooks9742
    @peggyhaugabrooks9742 4 місяці тому +1

    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.❤

  • @triciaess
    @triciaess 3 роки тому +4

    I saw this performance live. Her vocals are out of this world.

  • @jessenikole
    @jessenikole Рік тому +3

    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

  • @salliemae9284
    @salliemae9284 2 роки тому +3

    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 .

  • @silvermane1516
    @silvermane1516 6 років тому +8

    Her voice brings me to tears.

  • @garnetpierre4295
    @garnetpierre4295 3 місяці тому +1

    When one sees God"s gift to the world, stand up, applaud and say Hallelujah

  • @tdb514
    @tdb514 11 місяців тому +2

    At that moment Donny was singing through his daughter or by her side cheering her on. This girl put her soul into that performance.

  • @kokowashington-rice5997
    @kokowashington-rice5997 8 місяців тому +1

    The I Love you part brings me ti tears every time ❤❤Good tears❤

  • @salliemae9284
    @salliemae9284 4 роки тому +6

    The best performance ever of A song for you.Hands down
    Lalah Hathaway.

  • @carlabrown5635
    @carlabrown5635 6 років тому +10

    She looks like a goddess.

  • @briandyer2090
    @briandyer2090 3 місяці тому +1

    Only wish he had wrote that song knowing he and his daughter's Rendition Fits So Perfectly!!😊

  • @mikeyrebs8259
    @mikeyrebs8259 7 років тому +12

    Cry every time I hear her sing this flawless Lalah your Beautiful inside and out !!!

  • @kathleencameron4899
    @kathleencameron4899 3 роки тому +4

    Beautiful! Her tone is so buttery just like her dads. This is perfection

  • @darrienbrooks7017
    @darrienbrooks7017 2 роки тому +7

    The sustain!!!! If she was a vocal coach I would be one of her first students

  • @glory9585
    @glory9585 4 роки тому +4

    This should’ve gotten a lot more views

  • @sibilettejeffery2094
    @sibilettejeffery2094 2 роки тому +2

    Her daddy is smiling down so proud of this moment she did great 😢❤😊

  • @dooglesista1
    @dooglesista1 6 років тому +9

    LOVED HER DAD....LOVE HER!!! MY WISH IS TO SEE HER LIVE

  • @davidmalik9821
    @davidmalik9821 4 роки тому +2

    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...

  • @lethettetaylor626
    @lethettetaylor626 Рік тому +1

    She's sing that song so beautifully

  • @elouisecaracter1461
    @elouisecaracter1461 Рік тому +1

    She has so much control of her voice. I love it ❤

  • @myspanisheyes7
    @myspanisheyes7 8 років тому +15

    wonderful! just like her daddy.

  • @cbrushira831
    @cbrushira831 7 років тому +18

    oh my dear God, thank you for this young lady! simply beautiful.

    • @marshajohnson2191
      @marshajohnson2191 6 років тому +1

      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.😍

  • @flynntaylor5459
    @flynntaylor5459 9 місяців тому +1

    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.

  • @thatgirlkells5505
    @thatgirlkells5505 2 роки тому +5

    The very best rendition of this song. Thank you Lalah. Thank you Donny. Thank you Leon Russell for writing such a soul baring song!!!

  • @JoselynJolivet
    @JoselynJolivet 7 місяців тому +1

    Lalah Hathaway sounds and looks just like her dad. Beautiful rendition of his song 🎵 ❤️ 😍 ❤

  • @RONJAE212003
    @RONJAE212003 4 роки тому +3

    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

  • @junainashamdeen4063
    @junainashamdeen4063 4 роки тому +6

    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.

  • @KristleWillis-kx9wp
    @KristleWillis-kx9wp 6 місяців тому +1

    Well done!!!! I have chills

  • @Nell_3
    @Nell_3 2 місяці тому

    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. 😭😭

  • @rishad7152
    @rishad7152 9 місяців тому +1

    She made me cry happy tears😊

  • @tjfields4199
    @tjfields4199 7 років тому +11

    So pure

  • @bethtyree6346
    @bethtyree6346 Рік тому +1

    She has has the voice of angels

  • @Roslyn-b7t
    @Roslyn-b7t 7 місяців тому +1

    DNA vocal perfection! Thank you Lailah.

  • @sunnymarie2060
    @sunnymarie2060 7 років тому +16

    That was done so beautifully 😍

  • @lorrainejohnston91
    @lorrainejohnston91 Рік тому +2

    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 🇦🇺

  • @BPIII71
    @BPIII71 Рік тому +1

    Sung with so much reverence. Beautiful.

  • @mga2899
    @mga2899 2 роки тому +1

    Leon Russell left the world a gem of a song that a number of singers have perforemed brilliantly.

  • @mikirogersbrown7848
    @mikirogersbrown7848 Рік тому +2

    OMG… absolutely Amazing rendition of Donny’s song!

  • @jeanniemarie2058
    @jeanniemarie2058 8 років тому +10

    Wow!! Yes voice like her dad's

  • @kellys.4356
    @kellys.4356 4 роки тому +3

    She got it honestly
    .wowwwww

  • @brownbeauty39
    @brownbeauty39 9 місяців тому +1

    Stellar performance 🌟💖🌟

  • @silverpod
    @silverpod 2 роки тому +3

    Why is no one talking about that run at 3:25? That might just be the most beautiful run I’ve ever heard!

  • @allprostylesallprostyles4172
    @allprostylesallprostyles4172 6 років тому +4

    That Organ Player Married this Beautiful Lyrically Song and Sung By the Lovely Lalah..Thru Donnie God Gave us Her!

  • @anthonyhiatt456
    @anthonyhiatt456 4 роки тому +3

    Absolutely superb her dad was amazing he’d be proud to have a beautiful talented daughter so sad we lost him too soon☹️

  • @tanprettygirlrocks
    @tanprettygirlrocks Рік тому +1

    Lalah Hathaway!!!!! Periodt!

  • @luzyful
    @luzyful 9 місяців тому +1

    I cry every time I watch this video

  • @blackqueen5201
    @blackqueen5201 9 років тому +21

    girl you show out for your dad.