Although they were never able to maintain commercial momentum after their breakthrough "Oh Happy Day" (still the biggest crossover pop/gospel hit), the Edwin Hawkins Singers' influence on 1970s gospel remains considerable.

Listen to Edwin Hawkins at Finetune.

• (1998)  Love Is The Only Way
• (1977)  The Best Of Edwin Hawkins Singers

• Oh Happy Day
• Ooh Child
• Lean On Me
• Love Is the Reason
• Oh Happy Day (Reprise)

• Andrae Crouch
• Mighty Clouds of Joy
• Kirk Franklin
• Shirley Caesar
• Donnie McClurkin
• Yolanda Adams
• Mary Mary
• Fred Hammond
• The Winans
• Melanie
• CeCe Winans
• Hezekiah Walker
• Mahalia Jackson
• Billy Preston
• Tramaine Hawkins
• The Clark Sisters
• Kirk Franklin and the Family
• Karen Clark-Sheard
• Marvin Sapp
• Byron Cage

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