Lou Rawls
- MatchLou Rawls
- 100%The O'Jays
- 85%The Manhattans
- 73%Billy Paul
- 63%Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
- 56%The Stylistics
- 51%The Spinners
- 50%Brook Benton
- 50%MFSB
- 48%Teddy Pendergrass
- 44%The Dramatics
Biography
Louis Allen Rawls, 1 December 1935, Chicago, Illinois, USA, d. 6 January 2006, Los Angeles, California, USA. Briefly a member of the acclaimed gospel group the Pilgrim Travelers, this distinctive singer began forging a secular career following his move to California in 1958. An association with Sam Cooke culminated in Bring It On Home To Me, where Rawls throaty counterpoint punctuated his colleagues sweet lead vocal. Rawls own recordings showed him comfortable with... Read more