Lou Rawls

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...