StyleNMan, Apr 28, 2010
Great classic hit. Soloist Walter Hawkins
****Edited by Azizi Powell
Latest revision- April 15, 2024
This pancocojams post presents information about Walter Hawkins and showcases a YouTube song file of his Gospel song "Follow Me".
This post also includes selected comments from that video's discussion thread.
The content of this post is presented for religious, cultural, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to Bishop Walter Hawkins for his religious and musical legacy. Thanks to all those who are featured in this song file and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post. Thanks also to the publisher of this song on YouTube.
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INFORMATION ABOUT WALTER HAWKINS
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Hawkins
"Walter Lee Hawkins (May 18, 1949 – July 11, 2010) was an American gospel singer, songwriter, composer, and pastor. An influential figure in urban contemporary gospel music, his career spanned more than four decades. He was consecrated to the bishopric in 2000.
Biography
The 7th of 8 children born to the late Dan Lee and Mamie
Vivian Hawkins, Walter Lee Hawkins was born on May 18, 1949, in Oakland,
California. Hawkins was the brother of Edwin Hawkins (d. 2018), Marava Ladale
Hawkins (d. 1988), Carol Lee Hawkins (d. 2020), Feddie Joyce Hawkins, Jervis
Ersell Hawkins (d. 1952), Daniel Lee Hawkins (Marcia) and Lynette Gail
Hawkins-Stephens (Reginald). Bishop Hawkins started his career in one of his
brother's chorales, the Northern California State Youth Choir of the Church of God
in Christ. The choir recorded an album in 1968 as a local fundraiser. When a
song from that album, "Oh Happy Day", became a crossover hit, Buddah
Records purchased the master and released it as "the Edwin Hawkins
Singers". This led to him accompanying his brother Edwin to establish the
Edwin Hawkins Singers.
Walter Hawkins left the Edwin Hawkins Singers in the early 1970s to establish the Love Center Church in Oakland, California.[2] He and his Love Center Choir had considerable success with their Love Alive series of recordings, which sold well over a million copies from the 1970s through the 1990s. Love Alive IV, released in 1990, was No. 1 on the Billboard Gospel Album charts, where it stayed for 33 weeks. In all, Walter Hawkins produced and/or collaborated on 116 hit songs which were listed on the Billboard Gospel Music charts
Personal life
Bishop Hawkins was married to Tramaine Hawkins from 1971
until their divorce in 1994."...
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(Composer - Walter Hawkins)
I Have A Friend Indeed
One Who Supplies My Every Need
Just Follow Me, I'll Show You The Way
He'll Turn Your Darkness Into Day
He'll Turn Your Darkness Into Day
(Repeat)
If there's some questions in your life
If they're disturbing
your peace of mind
Just Follow Me, I'll Show You The Way
He'll Turn Your Darkness Into Day
He'll Turn Your Darkness Into Day
Vamp
Follow Me
I'll Point You To Jesus
Exit
He'll Turn Your Darkness Into Day
He'll Turn Your Darkness Into Day
He'll Turn Your Darkness Into Day"
-snip-
These lyrics are included in the summary to this YouTube sound file.
(with numbers added for referencing purposes only)
1. @Serioussigma, 2010
"I love this song! It brings back memories of singing on the
gospel choir in college."
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2. @calvinsampson5525, 2020
"Yes"
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3. @jorhodes4526, 2014
"I th[a]nk God for Pastor Walter Hawkins the Winans family The Clark Sisters,Reverend James Cleveland pastor Keith Pringle and so many other gospel greats who gave my life a lot of spiritual guidance through song."
Reply
"Jo Rhodes, Andrae Crouch too!"
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5. @brandyquick6437, 2018
"COGIC"
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6. @StyleNMan, 2019
"Luther Barnes, Timothy Wright, Albert Jamison, Vanessa Bell Armstrong, Douglas Miller, and many others"
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7. @azizip171, 2024
"@StyleNMan, five years later, I'll add Detroit Mass Choir
sings the Donald Vails classic "The Storm Is Passing Over"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3jgPsGQSdQ to this list of classic 1970s
Gospel songs.
My daughter asked about that song after asking about Walter
Hawkins' song "Follow Me". She
remembered me playing tapes of these Gospel songs when she was growing up."
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8. @catboyzee, 2015
"The opening 8 measures of 'Follow Me' always does something
for me: Daniel Hawkins organ fills contrasted with Edwin Hawkins piano playing,
and Joel Smith holding down the groove with drums and overdubbed live bass, is
Gospel keyboards 101...love it. Respect and RIP to Edwin Hawkins(piano), Walter
Hawkins(songwriter/lead vocals), and Joel Smith(drummer, bassist)."
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9. @necolabrigman9761, 2015
"I grew up listening to Walter Hawkins and still love them today..truly a spiritual renewing and love of God in the music that you can feel"
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10. @anthonyjones7332, 2016
"Infidel14? YESSSSS GOD I AGREE!!!!!!! I LOVE IT."
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11. @chelyalynniyah1997, 2018
"Infidel14? , I agree
with you also! The whole song seems to
crescendo and continuously build up as Walter Hawkins starts singing. The end of the song was like a volcano
exploding."
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12. @cgcade1, 2018
"This is such a turning point in gospel music. We need to
return to this sound."
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13, @calvinsampson5525, 2020
"Yes, I grew up listening to this music and will continue to
listen it ."
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14. @dri.m.5031, 2020
"Could not have written this any better. I kept repeating the
opening sequence for all the reasons you so eloquently described."
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15. @reginamariedawson2367, 2020
"I woke up hearing this song."
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