Tribute: Lou Rawls

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112535__lou_l We’re gonna miss his singing. Grammy-winning vocalist Lou Rawls died this morning in a Los Angeles hospital, where he was battling lung and brain cancer. He was 72. Rawls’ career spanned almost 50 years, including early work in pal Sam Cooke’s gospel act, the Highway QCs, and was marked by philanthropic work on behalf of the United Negro College Fund, most notably founding the Lou Rawls Parade of Stars Telethon. If it’s been a while since you heard Rawls’ biggest hit, 1976’s ”You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine,” take a listen over at AOL Music, and enjoy his wistful, four-octave voice paired with one of the best relationship-sendoff tracks of all time. Good stuff indeed.

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Jon
Fri 01/06/06 5:19 PM

Four octaves? Where do you get this stuff? (Loved that piece on Felicity Huffman a few weeks ago that claimed she’d lowered her speaking range by five octaves for “Transamerica.” Earth tremors rumble higher.)

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Stephanie
Fri 01/06/06 6:43 PM

Yet another voice of the Garfield animated specials has died, plus it was the coolest one too. Rawls was a true legend in his own right.”You’ll never find another”-voice like his anywhere.

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Ep Sato
Sun 01/08/06 6:36 AM

My main man, the singer my mom used to play on LP and force me to listen to, the voice used in the background to woo chicas with in college, gone. First we lost Marvin Gaye, then Barry White, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Curtis Mayfield and Rick James (not chronologically accurate, sorry). The loss of these brilliant cats was hurtful, but manageable. They all seemed ready to go somehow.
But the loss of Lou Rawls is unbearable. Some legends truly deserve to live forever because of the wonderful icons they have become. So for real, Harry Belafonte and
Sean Connery, don’t you two cats go anywhere, a’ight? We need our superstars, our classy grown fellas who show us that aging doesn’t mean losing your cool.
Que descanse en paz.
And Mr. Rawls (and the rest of y’all brilliant cats who’s immortality is seen on the big screen and listened to in our headphones and car stereos), I already Miss your love Babe.

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