The 18th-century hymn was given an infectious new arrangement and released on Let Us Go Into the House of the Lord, an album byNorthern California State Youth Choir, a group put together by Hawkins and friend Betty Watson, to raise money to travel to Southern California for a gospel competition.
Date: Jan 16, 2018
Category: Entertainment
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Hawkins, part of a musical family, was studying interior design at Laney College in Oakland, Calif., in the late 1960s and working with a group he and his friend Betty Watson had put together, the Northern California State Youth Choir. The group recorded an album, Let Us Go Into the House of the L