>i ain't say he wasn't talented, but he wasn't no stevie
>wonder, a musical genius WITH mass appeal and soul
>
>donny was just haunting...that's his only appeal to this
>generation of listeners now...from his strange habits to his
>lurid and mysterious death

he was one of the best singers ever in soul music, thats his appeal.

and dangelo, good as he might be, doesnt have half the vocal strength of donny hathaway.