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Louis Allen Rawls (December 1, 1933 – January 6, 2006) was an American soul music, jazz, and blues singer. He was known for his smooth vocal style: Frank Sinatra once said that Rawls had “the classiest singing and silkiest chops in the singing game”.Rawls released more than 70 albums, sold more than 40 million records, appeared as an actor in motion pictures and on television, and voiced-over many cartoons. He had been called “The Funkiest Man Alive”.
Lou Rawls, who learned of gospel music through his grandmother in Chicago, became a successful singer, primarily from the 1950s through the 1980s. He was a high school classmate of music giant Sam Cooke, and they sang together in the Teenage Kings of Harmony, a ’50s gospel group.
After graduating from Chicago’s Dunbar Vocational Career Academy, Rawls enlisted in the U.S. Army as a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division. He left the “All-Americans” three years later as a sergeant, and hooked up with The Pilgrim Travelers as he traveled to Los Angeles. In 1958, while touring the South with the Travelers and Sam Cooke, Rawls was in a serious car crash. Rawls was pronounced dead before arriving at the hospital, where he stayed in a coma for five and a half days. It took him months to regain his memory, and a year to fully recuperate. Rawls considered the event to be life-changing.
Lou Rawls, who learned of gospel music through his grandmother in Chicago, became a successful singer, primarily from the 1950s through the 1980s. He was a high school classmate of music giant Sam Cooke, and they sang together in the Teenage Kings of Harmony, a ’50s gospel group.
After graduating from Chicago’s Dunbar Vocational Career Academy, Rawls enlisted in the U.S. Army as a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division. He left the “All-Americans” three years later as a sergeant, and hooked up with The Pilgrim Travelers as he traveled to Los Angeles. In 1958, while touring the South with the Travelers and Sam Cooke, Rawls was in a serious car crash. Rawls was pronounced dead before arriving at the hospital, where he stayed in a coma for five and a half days. It took him months to regain his memory, and a year to fully recuperate. Rawls considered the event to be life-changing.
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Love Is A Hurtin' Thing
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zapatosgrandes wrote:
tremendo caballero!
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detroitwjzz wrote:
Sinatra was right...this man has the silkiest chops...an example was "A very good year"....the band swung hard on that second bridge and Lou was on it...now that I'm 47 yrs. old this song is more significant....Lou and Frank are gone...been gone....both masters of a musically superlative era that we'll never see again.
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gabethevegan wrote:
Growing up in the Seventies, Soul music in all its Guises Kept me sane ..Philly,motown, Disco,Just so much good shit and this Song esp Bought a year after it was release in a Flea Market for 5 Pence is Gorgeous That Rich Sonorous tone, Phrasing is pitch perfect one of the Best soul Voices of the Seventies and there was a lot of Competition..Gabe
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Qebehsenuf wrote:
For what it's worth! Awesome!
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fergalmc wrote:
Brother Lou, YOU made me so very happy + David Axelrod R.I.P
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kojima2812 wrote:
You Made Me So Very Happy
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apropriadamente wrote:
you'll never find <3
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oskalemb wrote:
See you when i get there foi a primeira música que ouvi na voz de Lou Raws.O seu canto,encanta pelo vigor da sua voz.Tudo que ele interpretou parece ter sido feito sob medida para o seu timbre de voz.Não cabem críticas,só aplausos.LOU RAWLS é INESQUECÍVEL!
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gingerweir wrote:
SCREENS!
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glendadart wrote:
"TIMELESS" :-)
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premierbob wrote:
What a great singer......
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FairyGirlie wrote:
Lou Rawls was the best soul singer in the world
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HermanHinds wrote:
Lou, we miss you!
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rok93 wrote:
:))
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zaratoestra wrote:
wonderful soulful, mellow voice. Love it.
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80sfever wrote:
Now is the Time is not even on LastFm. Mtume-Lucas plus Lou sho nuff equals perfection.
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Nspades wrote:
One of the best!
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80sfever wrote:
Who has more soul than Lou Rawls? No one?
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A70ssoulchild wrote:
A voice like smooth satin! I hope you're happy and free now, Lou. RIP
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antrykot wrote:
what's that sound?
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