Lou Rawls yog ib tus neeg ua yeeb yam nrov heev thiab kev nyuaj siab (R&B) nrog kev ua haujlwm ntev thiab kev ua siab dawb loj. Nws txoj haujlwm hu nkauj zoo nkauj tshaj 50 xyoo. Thiab nws txoj kev pab nyiaj txiag suav nrog kev pab nyiaj ntau dua $ 150 lab rau United Negro College Fund (UNCF). Tus kws kos duab ua haujlwm tau pib tom qab nws lub neej raug txiav luv luv hauv xyoo 1958 hauv kev sib tsoo tsheb. Raws li tus kws qhia tau hais tias:
"Txhua yam uas tshwm sim, tshwm sim rau ib qho laj thawj." Tus neeg hu nkauj Grammy-winning Lou Rawls muaj kev hu nkauj zoo nkauj thiab plaub-octave ntau yam uas nws tau siv los ua ntau yam suab paj nruag, suav nrog txoj moo zoo, jazz, R&B, ntsuj plig thiab pop. Nws sau txog 75 albums, muag txog 50 lab cov ntaub ntawv. Thiab kuj tau ua nrog ntau pua qhov kev ua yeeb yam "nyob" mus txog thaum nws tuag. Rawls kuj tau txheeb xyuas nrog Parade of the Stars telethon, uas nws tsim thiab tuav tau 25 xyoo.
Thaum yau thiab hluas Lou Rawls
Lou Rawls yug hauv xyoo 1933 hauv nroog Chicago, qhov chaw uas muaj ntau tus kws ntaus suab paj nruag nrov nyob. Tus tub ntawm ib tug neeg ua kev cai raus dej, Lou tau kawm hu nkauj hauv pawg ntseeg hu nkauj txij thaum yau. Rau ntau qhov laj thawj, tus pog (ntawm niam txiv) feem ntau koom nrog kev yug menyuam. Nws pib nws txoj haujlwm hu nkauj thaum nws yog menyuam yaus hauv pawg hu nkauj ntawm nws txiv lub tsev teev ntuj.
Rawls's hu nkauj sai sai tau txais kev nyiam ntawm cov neeg Chicago. Nws yog cov phooj ywg thaum yau nrog rau yav tom ntej tus ntsuj plig hu nkauj hnub qub Sam Cooke. Cov tub hluas yog cov tswv cuab ntawm Teenage Kings of Harmony ua ntej Rawls tau koom nrog lwm pab pawg neeg txoj moo zoo hauv zos, Holy Wonders. Los ntawm 1951 txog 1953 Rawls hloov Cook hauv lwm pab pawg Chicago, Txoj Kev Loj QC.
Xyoo 1953, Lou Rawls tau tsiv mus rau ib pab pawg neeg hauv tebchaws. Thiab nws tau koom nrog Chosen Gospel Singers thiab tsiv mus rau Los Angeles. Nrog lawv, Rawls thawj zaug sau cov suab paj nruag hauv lub studio kaw hauv xyoo 1954. Tsis ntev nws tau koom nrog lwm pab pawg tshaj tawm txoj moo zoo, Pilgrim Travelers, kuj nrog Cook. Nws nyob hauv pab pawg tau raug ncua los ntawm kev pabcuam hauv cov tub rog tsaws ntawm Asmeskas tub rog. Tom qab raug rho tawm haujlwm, nws rov qab mus rau Pilgrim Travelers thiab txuas ntxiv sau cov nkauj thiab ncig xyuas.
Ib qho xwm txheej uas hloov txoj hmoo
Rawls lub neej hloov pauv xyoo 1958 thaum nws nyob hauv tsheb sib tsoo thaum mus ncig nrog pab pawg. Tus neeg tsav tsheb ntawm lub tsheb uas Cook thiab Lou tau taug kev ploj mus, thiab nws tau ya tawm ntawm pob tsuas. Rawls raug kev puas tsuaj ntau heev, raug mob hnyav, thiab yuav luag tuag. Nws tseem nyob hauv coma rau ob peb hnub. Tom qab ob peb hnub nyob rau hauv lub coma ntawm yuav luag ib xyoos ntawm kev kho kom rov zoo, Rawls muaj qhov kev xav tshiab ntawm lub neej. Xyoo 1959, pab pawg tau tawg vim qhov sib txawv ntawm kev xav ntawm kev muaj tswv yim. Thiab Rawls txiav txim siab coj nws lub sijhawm thiab pib ua haujlwm solo. Kev tso tseg txoj moo zoo nkauj, nws tsom ntsoov rau ntau hom suab paj nruag.
Tus kws kos duab tau sau ntau tus neeg sau ib leeg rau Candix Label. Lub khw kas fes West Hollywood tau pom los ntawm tus tsim khoom Nick Venet tau ua rau muaj kev pom zoo nrog Capitol Cov Ntaub Ntawv. Thawj album, Kuv Yuav Tsum Haus Dej Dirty (Stormy Monday), tau tso tawm xyoo 1962. Nws yog tus qauv hauv jazz thiab blues hom. Rawls tau mus sau ob daim ntawv sau tseg, Tobacco Road thiab Lou Rawls Soulin.
Thaum kawg ntawm koob meej
Lub sijhawm zoo ntawm Rawls txoj haujlwm hu nkauj yog nyob rau xyoo 1960 thiab 1970s, thaum nws tsom mus rau R & B thiab suab paj nruag pop. Nws muaj qhov txawv txav hauv kev ua yeeb yam - sib tham txog zaj nkauj tau ua thaum lub sijhawm poob thiab suav nrog nws cov monologues hauv nws. Matt Shudel ntawm (Washington Post) tau hais Rawls raws li piav qhia txog keeb kwm ntawm qhov tshwm sim: "Kuv tau ua haujlwm hauv cov koom haum me thiab khw kas fes. Kuv sim hu nkauj rau ntawd, thiab tib neeg hais lus nrov heev. Yuav kom tau txais lawv mloog, nyob rau hauv kev hu nkauj kuv yuav pib reciting cov lus rau cov nkauj. Tom qab ntawd kuv pib ua cov dab neeg me me txog zaj nkauj thiab nws hais txog dab tsi. "
Rawls tau qhia tawm nws cov kev txawj ntse ntawm qhov ntaus album Lou Rawls Live (1966). Nws tau kaw hauv ib lub studio nrog cov neeg tuaj saib. Tib lub xyoo ntawd, nws tau tso nws thawj zaug R&B ib leeg, Kev Hlub Is a Hurtin 'Thiab. Ib Txoj Kev Tuag Kawg yeej nws thawj Grammy hauv xyoo 1967.
Kev kos npe rau MGM daim ntawv lo tshiab, Rawls tau tsiv mus rau hauv cov suab paj nruag pop. Ua tsaug rau album A Natural Man (1971), nws tau txais Grammy Award thib ob. Xyoo 1970, Rawls tau kos npe nrog Philadelphia International daim ntawv lo. Kev koom tes nrog cov ntawv sau nkauj thiab cov neeg tsim khoom (Kenny Gramble thiab Leon Huff) tau ua rau Rawls ntaus Koj Yuav Tsis Pom. Qhov no disco ballad tau mus txog # 2 ntawm cov kab kos pop thiab # 1 ntawm R & B kab kos xyoo 1976.
Xyoo 1977, Rawls muaj lwm qhov ntaus, Poj Niam Kev Hlub, los ntawm platinum album Txhua Yam Hauv Sijhawm. Nws tau txais Grammy Award thib peb rau lub platinum album Unmistakably Luu (1977). Rawls tau muaj ntau qhov kev sib tw nrog Philadelphia International, suav nrog Cia Kuv Ua Zoo rau Koj thiab Kuv Xav Kom Koj Koom Nrog Kuv.
Tsim lub Parade ntawm Stars telethon
Rawls siv nws lub koob meej hauv txoj haujlwm tau txais txiaj ntsig zoo li tus tshaj tawm tshaj tawm rau Anheuser-Busch brewery loj, tsim ntawm Budweiser npias. Lub brewery txhawb tus neeg hu nkauj hauv qhov uas tau los ua qhov tseem ceeb tshaj plaws thiab tseem ceeb tshaj plaws hauv nws txoj haujlwm tom qab. Nws yog lub koom haum ntawm txhua xyoo Parade of Stars telethon rau cov txiaj ntsig ntawm United Negro College Fund. Rawls kuj yog tus tswv tsev ntawm qhov kev pab cuam TV uas khiav ntawm 3 mus rau 7 teev. Nws nthuav tawm cov neeg ua yeeb yam zoo tshaj plaws hauv ntau hom suab paj nruag.
Xyoo 1998, Parade of the Stars (renamed "Evening of the Stars" tib lub xyoo) tau tshaj tawm hauv 60 TV channel nrog cov neeg tuaj saib txog li $ 90 lab. Ces Tebchaws USA Hnub no kwv yees tag nrho cov nyiaj tau los ntawm telethon txij thaum pib ntawm $ 175. lab. Cov nyiaj tau mus rau ib pawg me me, keeb kwm dub cov tsev kawm qib siab thiab tsev kawm qib siab. Thiab lawv tau qhib lawv lub qhov rooj rau cov tub ntxhais kawm uas muaj kev tsis taus nyiaj txiag. Kaum tawm txhiab tus tub ntxhais kawm African Asmeskas tsuas tshuav lawv txoj kev kawm rau Lou Rawls.
Lou Rawls: TV ua haujlwm
Rawls yog ib tus qhua nquag hauv TV hais lus hauv xyoo 1970s. Nws kuj tau ua yeeb yam hauv ob qho yeeb yaj kiab thiab TV. Thiab tseem tau tshaj tawm cov yeeb yaj kiab uas nrov tshaj plaws thiab kev lag luam. Rawls tau tshwm sim hauv kwv yees li 20 zaj yeeb yaj kiab, suav nrog Leaving Las Vegas thiab Tus Tswv. Nws kuj tau ua lub luag haujlwm hauv TV series Baywatch Nights. Nws tau hais cov yeeb yaj kiab zoo li "Garfield", "Txiv Plig" thiab "Hav Arnold!".
Ntxiv nrog rau kev ua haujlwm tsis khoom hauv TV, Rawls tseem txuas ntxiv sau cov hits tshiab. Hauv xyoo 1990, nws tau tsom mus rau cov lus qhia tshiab - jazz thiab blues. Ntxiv nrog rau Portrait of the Blues (1993), Rawls tau sau peb lub albums rau Blue Note jazz label nyob rau xyoo 1980s thiab thaum ntxov 1990s. Nws thawj zaug ntaus hauv ntau dua 10 xyoo yog Thaum Kawg (1989), uas ntaus # 1 ntawm cov kab kos jazz. Rawls pib sau txoj moo zoo albums dua nyob rau thaum ntxov 2000s, suav nrog How Great Thou Art (2003).
Qhov tseem ceeb tshaj plaws
Thoob plaws xyoo 1980 thiab 1990, tus neeg hu nkauj nto moo tau tsim nws tus kheej ua tus txhawb nqa siab dawb. Muaj ib zaug, nws tsis muaj sijhawm los kawm qhov nws xav tau, yog li thaum muaj hnub nyoog laus, tau sau cov peev ntawm cov phooj ywg muaj txiaj ntsig, Rawls pib koom nrog kev siab hlub thiab ua haujlwm pub dawb. Nws ntseeg tias kev kawm ntawm Asmeskas cov tub ntxhais hluas yog qhov tseem ceeb. Los ntawm nws txoj kev siv zog ua Thawj Tswj Hwm Honorary, nws tau tshaj $ 150 lab rau College Foundation (UNCF). Nws ua tiav qhov no los ntawm kev tuav lub Parade ntawm Stars TV telethon txhua lub Ib Hlis. Txij li thaum xyoo 1980, Rawls tau caw cov neeg ua yeeb yam los ua "nyob" ntawm cov yeeb yam kom nce nyiaj rau cov nyiaj. Ntawm cov qhua yog: Marilyn McGoo, Gladys Knight, Ray Charles, Patti LaBelle, Luther Vandross, Peabo Bryson, Sheryl Lee Ralph thiab lwm tus.
Xyoo 1989, hauv Chicago (Rawls' hometown), ib txoj kev tau muab npe rau nws. South Wentworth Avenue tau hloov npe hu ua Lou Rolls Drive. Thiab nyob rau xyoo 1993, Rawls tau koom nrog kev ua koob tsheej rau Lou Rawls Theatre thiab Cultural Center. Nws lub chaw kev coj noj coj ua suav nrog lub tsev qiv ntawv, ob lub xinesmas, tsev noj mov, 1500-lub rooj ua yeeb yam thiab cov menyuam skating rink. Lub chaw tau ua rau ntawm qhov chaw qub ntawm Theatre Royal ntawm Chicago sab qab teb. Txoj moo zoo thiab kev nyuaj siab ua si ntawm Theatre Royal hauv xyoo 1950 tau tshoov siab rau cov tub ntxhais hluas Lou Rawls. Tam sim no nws lub npe yog immortalized ntawm qhov chaw uas nws tag nrho pib.
Thaum nug hauv 1997 los ntawm American Business Review los piav qhia nws lub siab tawv hauv kev ua lag luam, Lou Rawls teb tias, "Kuv tsis tau sim hloov txhua zaus lub suab paj nruag hloov. Kuv tsuas yog nyob hauv hnab tshos qhov kuv nyob vim nws yooj yim thiab tib neeg nyiam nws. " Tau kawg, Rawls tau dhau los ua ib yam dab tsi ntawm lub koom haum Asmeskas. Nrog rau kev ua haujlwm ntev li tsib xyoo caum, lub sijhawm ntev ua tus tswv cuab ntawm kev nrhiav nyiaj txiag Parade of Stars, thiab lub suab zoo nkauj baritone hu nkauj, Rawls yog ib qho ntawm cov neeg ua yeeb yam tsis tshua muaj neeg uas tau kos ib qho chaw mus tas li ntawm Asmeskas cov suab paj nruag. Nyob rau hauv lub lig 1990s, nws twb muaj 60 albums.
Kev tuag ntawm Lou Rawls
Rawls tau kuaj pom tias mob ntsws cancer hauv xyoo 2004. Ib xyoos tom qab, nws kuj tau kuaj pom tias mob qog nqaij hlav hlwb. Vim muaj mob, nws txoj hauj lwm raug ncua, uas txuas ntxiv rau xyoo 2005. Nws tuag thaum Lub Ib Hlis 6, 2006 hauv Los Angeles, California thaum muaj hnub nyoog 72 xyoos. Rawls tau dim los ntawm nws tus poj niam thib peb, Nina Malek Inman, cov tub Lou Jr. thiab Aiden, cov ntxhais Luanne thiab Kendra, thiab plaub tus xeeb ntxwv.
