From gospel and early R&B to soul and jazz to blues and straight-up pop, Lou Rawls was a consummate master of African-American vocal music whose versatility helped him adapt to the changing musical ...

Lou Rawls, the Grammy Award-winning singer whose velvety baritone was one of the most recognizable voices in pop music on hits such as “Love Is a Hurtin’ Thing,” “Lady Love” and “You’ll Never Find ...

This twenty-song anthology delivers the definitive overview of Lou Rawls' vocal accomplishments before his late-1970s run with Gamble & Huff for Philly International records popped him into the ...

Jan. 6, 2006 — -- "Sweet as sugar," was how one critic described Lou Rawls' baritone voice -- "soft as velvet, strong as steel, smooth as butter." Music was in his blood. Louis Allen Rawls was ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Lou Rawls had that voice—the kind that made you stop whatever you were doing and just listen. Smooth as aged whiskey, rich with soul, and wrapped in a confidence that didn’t need to ...

Grammy-winning singer Lou Rawls, whose smooth baritone voice interpreted gospel, soul, jazz, blues and pop and whose talent raised millions for charity, died Friday in Los Angeles from cancer, ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Lou Rawls, the velvet-voiced singer and longtime community activist who started as a choir boy and went on to record such classic tunes as "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine, ...