Lou Rawls

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Lou Rawls

American singer

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Born:: Dec. 1, 1933, Chicago, lll., U.S.

Died:: Jan. 6, 2006, Los Angeles, Calif. (aged 72)

Awards And Honors:: Grammy Award (1977); Grammy Award (1971); Grammy Award (1967)

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Lou Rawls (born Dec. 1, 1933, Chicago, lll., U.S.—died Jan. 6, 2006, Los Angeles, Calif.) was an American singer whose smooth baritone adapted easily to jazz, soul, gospel, and rhythm and blues. As a child, Rawls sang in a Baptist church choir, and he later performed with Sam Cooke 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 ...(100 of 239 words)

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