Title: Episode 3 - The Story of Donny Hathaway Original Airdate: December 2, 2008 Documenting the rise and tribulation of the late influential Soul songwriter, composer, and recording artist Donny Hathaway. Interviews with The Whispers, Quincy Jones, Lalah Hathaway, Musiq, Dyana Williams, and Jesse Jackson. NOTE: One of 4 episodes narrated by recording artist Al B. Sure!. Unsung, is an hour-long music documentary program that airs on TV One. Premiering in the fall of 2008, the series uncovers the stories behind once well-known R&B and soul music artists, bands or groups who exploded onto the Billboard music charts with a string of hits, only to have their career derailed by a major crisis that cause them to be essentially unappreciated by later generations of general Contemporary R&B listeners.[1] Subjects profiled also include acts who were major and influential in the prime of their career, but a change in the interest of the music industry towards the act caused a steep d! ecline in success. Episodes are packed with testimonies from music industry insiders, friends & family, as well as artists who were contemporaries but whose careers continued to flourish through later decades.
