black history month

By the time Donny Hathaway signed a recording contract with Atlantic Records in 1969, a deep-rooted musical foundation was already set in-place. As a skilled pianist, jazz musician, and a session producer at Curtom Records, his gift lent itself to the arrangements of a whole host of classics. Once he embarked on his solo musical endeavors, his legacy and imprint on the ‘70s seemed simply predestined.

Donny cultivated a deep discography of larger-than-life soul hits throughout his career, always seeming to make instrumentation and the voice merge as one smooth take. Pair together his

Far before Aretha Franklin first joined the Atlantic Records family in 1967, far before “Respect," her star soared.

Known among industry titans and peers as one of the foremost upcoming Gospel acts, it was her early dedication and care to the craft that destined her for greatness beyond the records, on a truly global level.

At a young age, Aretha advocated for Black liberation through action. Her early days touring alongside Harry Belafonte for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. saw her using more than just her voice to amplify a message of political and social change.