Rawls, Lou

Rawls, Lou
▪ 2007
Louis Allen Rawls 
      American singer (b. Dec. 1, 1933, Chicago, Ill.—d. Jan. 6, 2006, Los Angeles, Calif.), was a versatile performer whose smooth baritone adopted easily to jazz, soul, gospel, and rhythm and blues. Though Rawls began his career singing gospel music with Sam Cooke, he, like Cooke, later veered toward more secular music. Following his first hit single, “Love Is a Hurtin' Thing” (1966), Rawls won three Grammy Awards: for the single “Dead End Street” (1967), for the track “A Natural Man” (1971), and for the album Unmistakably Lou (1977). His biggest hit single, however, was the 1976 chart topper “You'll Never Find (Another Love like Mine).” In addition, Rawls ushered in the pre-rap era with spoken monologues in his songs, notably in “Tobacco Road.” In later years Rawls, who released more than 50 albums, lent his voice to children's television shows, and he helped raise more than $200 million for the United Negro College fund as the host of its annual telethon.

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▪ American singer
born Dec. 1, 1933, Chicago, lll., U.S.
died Jan. 6, 2006, Los Angeles, Calif.

      American singer whose smooth baritone adapted easily to jazz, soul (soul music), gospel (gospel music), and rhythm and blues.

      As a child, Rawls sang in a Baptist church choir, and he later performed with Sam Cooke (Cooke, Sam) in the 1950s gospel group Teenage Kings of Harmony. In 1956 he stepped back from his burgeoning career to enlist in the army. After his discharge in 1958, he briefly performed with another gospel group, the Pilgrim Travelers, again with Cooke. However, after recovering from a 1958 car crash that sidelined him for a year, Rawls began to perform secular music.

      Rawls's debut album, Stormy Monday (1962), was a collection of jazz songs, but he did not have a hit single until the soulful "Love Is a Hurtin' Thing" (1966), off his first rhythm and blues album, Soulin'. Rawls won three Grammy Awards (Grammy Award): for the single "Dead End Street" (1967), for the track "A Natural Man" (1971), and for the album Unmistakably Lou (1977). His biggest hit single, however, was the 1976 chart topper "You'll Never Find (Another Love like Mine)." In addition, Rawls ushered in the pre-rap era with spoken monologues in his songs, notably in "Tobacco Road." Rawls released more than 50 albums, and in later years he appeared in films and television commercials, lent his voice to children's television shows, and helped raise more than $200 million for the United Negro College fund as the host of its annual telethon.

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