BERIGAN Posted January 6, 2006 Report Posted January 6, 2006 Damn! They are showing him in ads for a Stevie Wonder tribute Concert, and the brief clip of him looked fine! Rest in Peace. Quote
BERIGAN Posted January 6, 2006 Report Posted January 6, 2006 Singer Lou Rawls Dies at 72 Email this Story Jan 6, 10:57 AM (ET) LOS ANGELES (AP) - Grammy Award-winning singer Lou Rawls has died of lung cancer in Los Angeles. He was 72. The velvet-voiced singer started as a church choir boy and went on to sell more than 40 million albums. He won three Grammy Awards in a career that spanned nearly five decades and a range of genres. Rawls died this morning at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. He was hospitalized last month. http://apnews.myway.com/article/20060106/D8EV971O0.html Quote
J.A.W. Posted January 6, 2006 Report Posted January 6, 2006 Just heard the news on Dutch radio. Very sad, another great voice gone. Quote
GA Russell Posted January 6, 2006 Report Posted January 6, 2006 RIP. My favorite of his was Just Like a Natural Man. Maybe one year I'll pick up his Christmas album. I have a few selections from it on various compilations, and they're all great! Quote
John L Posted January 6, 2006 Report Posted January 6, 2006 That is a real downer. I heard that he was fighting for his life during the last few weeks. But I was still hopeful. What a class act and fabulous voice. I read the Sam Cooke biography "Dream Boogie" not long ago. Lou Rawls was a major source of information for that book. I had forgotten that they were in a car crash together in the early 60s, and that Lou Rawls barely survived. We can be thankful that Lou stuck around for another 45 years and left us some timeless music. RIP Quote
Miles251 Posted January 6, 2006 Report Posted January 6, 2006 RIP Lou....you were a soulful mutha'!! Quote
Dan Gould Posted January 6, 2006 Report Posted January 6, 2006 Definitely sad news. Perhaps we can be grateful that he didn't linger and suffer very long. Now I know I'm gonna be cleaning the house to Stormy Monday, Live and Black and Blue today. Quote
GregN Posted January 6, 2006 Report Posted January 6, 2006 Rest in Peace, Lou You presence and influence coarses through many souls. Quote
ValerieB Posted January 6, 2006 Report Posted January 6, 2006 a huge loss! there will never be another like lou. and losing lou and ray within a short time just takes my breath away. thank god we have the great music they've left behind. rip, lou. Quote
7/4 Posted January 6, 2006 Report Posted January 6, 2006 the long version: January 6, 2006 Lou Rawls, Velvet-Voiced Singer of Classic Tunes, Dies at 72 By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Filed at 12:27 p.m. ET LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Lou Rawls, the velvet-voiced singer who started as a church choir boy and went on to record such classic tunes as ''You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine,'' died Friday of cancer. He was 72. Rawls died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where he was hospitalized last month for treatment of lung and brain cancer, said his publicist, Paul Shefrin. His wife, Nina, was at his bedside when he died. Rawls' family and Shefrin said the singer was 72, although other records indicate he was 70. Rawls' deep, smooth voice was his trademark, and he used it in a variety of genres. ''I've gone the full spectrum, from gospel to blues to jazz to soul to pop,'' Rawls once said on his Web site. ''And the public has accepted what I've done through it all.'' A longtime community activist, Rawls played a major role in United Negro College Fund telethons in the 1980s that raised more than $200 million. In the '60s he often visited schools, playgrounds and community centers. Rawls' introduction to music came in his hometown of Chicago from his grandmother, who loved gospel. He moved to Los Angeles in the mid-1950s to join a touring gospel group, the Pilgrim Travelers. After a two-year stint in the Army, Rawls rejoined the Pilgrim Travelers in Los Angeles, where he sang with his childhood friend Sam Cooke. Rawls performed with Dick Clark at the Hollywood Bowl in 1959, and he later he opened for The Beatles at Crosley Field in Cincinnati. Rawls was playing small blues and R&B clubs in Los Angeles when his four-octave range caught the ear of a Capitol Records producer, who signed him to the label in 1962. His debut effort, ''Stormy Monday,'' recorded with the Les McCann Trio, was the first of his 52 albums. In 1966, his ''Love Is a Hurtin' Thing'' topped the charts and earned Rawls his first two Grammy nominations. He won three Grammys in a career that spanned nearly five decades and included the hits ''Your Good Thing (Is About to End),'' ''Natural Man'' and ''Lady Love.'' He released his most recent album, ''Seasons 4 U,'' in 1998 on his own label, Rawls & Brokaw Records. But his trademark will always be ''You'll Never Find,'' released in 1976 and written by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, architects of the classic ''Philadelphia Sound.'' Rawls also appeared in 18 movies, including ''Leaving Las Vegas'' and ''Blues Brothers 2000,'' and 16 television series, including ''Fantasy Island'' and ''The Fall Guy.'' In 1976, Rawls became the corporate spokesman for the Anheuser-Busch Cos. breweries. Rawls was diagnosed with lung cancer in December 2004 and brain cancer in May 2005. Besides his wife, Rawls is survived by four children: Louanna Rawls, Lou Rawls Jr., Kendra Smith and Aiden Rawls. Funeral arrangements were incomplete, Shefrin said. Quote
DukeCity Posted January 6, 2006 Report Posted January 6, 2006 Sad news. RIP, Lou. I heard a record of his called Tobacco Road with some great big band arrangements behind him (I think done by Onzy Matthews). A hard-to-find record, no doubt to become even harder to find! Quote
gslade Posted January 6, 2006 Report Posted January 6, 2006 RIP A great loss, however his voice will be remembered Quote
Herb Posted January 7, 2006 Report Posted January 7, 2006 RIP, Lou; you left one hell of a legacy. Quote
CJ Shearn Posted January 7, 2006 Report Posted January 7, 2006 R.I.P. he was one smooth lookin cat too Quote
Free For All Posted January 7, 2006 Author Report Posted January 7, 2006 Just FYI, here's the other Lou thread. I was afraid this might be coming after these gigs took place. I just ordered Lou Rawls Live from BMG a few days ago. Sorry to see him go, but he had a great ride. R.I.P. Quote
wesbed Posted January 7, 2006 Report Posted January 7, 2006 I'm trying to remember. Did Lou Rawls play a part in the TV series Roots? Quote
BERIGAN Posted January 8, 2006 Report Posted January 8, 2006 Just FYI, here's the other Lou thread. I was afraid this might be coming after these gigs took place. I just ordered Lou Rawls Live from BMG a few days ago. Sorry to see him go, but he had a great ride. R.I.P. I remember you writing this a few months ago...that he was still able to perform just 2 months before his death is not bad at all! Quote
mikeweil Posted January 8, 2006 Report Posted January 8, 2006 RIP - the Stormy Monday album has given me so many hours of pleasure ... sad news. Quote
mrjazzman Posted January 9, 2006 Report Posted January 9, 2006 I remember first seeing Lou Rawls on the Mike Douglas tv show. One of his first big hits and my favorite was Tobacco Road............ Quote
AllenLowe Posted January 9, 2006 Report Posted January 9, 2006 "Did Lou Rawls play a part in the TV series Roots?" yes, he was the slave-owner played by Chuck Connors - Quote
AllenLowe Posted January 9, 2006 Report Posted January 9, 2006 or maybe the slave girl played by Leslie Uggams - Quote
AllenLowe Posted January 9, 2006 Report Posted January 9, 2006 I know he wasn't Chicken George as played by Ben Vereen - Quote
Soulstation1 Posted January 9, 2006 Report Posted January 9, 2006 i should know the answer to this one i have the dvd set, but only watched half lou rawls was not in roots Quote
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