Donny Hathaway

A Soul star who committed suicide at the age of thirty-three, Donny Hathaway scored a number of romantic hits in the late '70s/early '80s with Roberta Flack. This 1970 debut shows his political side, with the Latin-tinged jam "The Ghetto" and a shimmering, gut-wrenchingly soulful rendition of Nina Simone's "To Be Young, Gifted and Black."