JANICE'S BLUES ALLEY PRESENTS
LOU RAWLS
"The Lou Rawls Official Website"
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Louis Allen RawlsBORN: December 1, 1935, Chicago, IL
When Chicago-born Lou Rawls croons a soulful love song, his deep-hued pipes rumble with simmering passion. Rawls did the usual gospel apprenticeship before breaking out on a landmark jazz album with pianist Les McCann's trio for Capitol that launched his secular career. But it took Rawls a while to establish himself as a soul artist -- perhaps he was perceived as a little too sophisticated and jazzy (although his uncredited responses on Sam Cooke's "Bring It on Home to Me" certainly proved he could wail). "Love Is a Hurtin' Thing" instantly changed that notion when it topped the R&B charts in 1966, and the unyielding "Dead End Street" and "Your Good Thing (Is About to End)" perpetuated his success.
After memorably delivering Bobby Hebb's powerful "A Natural Man" in 1971, Rawls joined forces with Philadelphia producers Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff in 1976, emerging with the silky "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine," another gigantic R&B and pop smash tailor-made for nattily sweeping across the classiest disco dance floors. The disco era's long gone now, but Rawls maintains elegantly. He's still as cool as cool can be. ~ Bill Dahl, All-Music Guide
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01. (They Call It) Stormy Monday 02. God Bless the Child 03. See See Rider 04. Willow Weep for Me 05 I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town 06. In the Evening (When the Sun Goes Down) 07. 'tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do |
08. Lost and Lookin' 09. I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water 10. Sweet Lover 11. Blues Is a Woman 12. Little Les of Lou's Blues 13. (They Call It) Stormy Monday |
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01. For You My Love 02. If I Had My Life to Live Over 03. Nobody But Me 04. Whispering Grass (Don't Tell the Trees) 05. Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You 06. If It's the Last Thing I Do 07. Blues for the Weepers |
08. That's Your Red Wagon 09. Just Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me) 10. It's You 11. I Love You Yes I Do 12. I Wander 13. Wee Baby Blues 14. (I Wonder) Where Our Love Has Gone |
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01. Stormy Monday 02. Southside Blues 03. Tobacco Road 04. St. James Infirmary 05. Shadow of Your Smile 06. I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water |
07. Goin' to Chicago Blues 08. In the Evening (When the Sun Goes Down) 09. Girl from Ipanema 10. I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) 11. Street Corner Hustler's Blues 12. World of Trouble |
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01. Yes, It Hurts (Doesn't It?) 02. It's an Uphill Climb (To the Bottom) 03. I Just Want to Make Love to You 04. You're Takin' My Bag 05. Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye 06. Dead End Street 07. Dead End Street |
08. Twelfth of Never 09. Righteous Woman 10. I Wanna Little Girl 11. Why (Do I Love You So) 12. I'll Take Time 13. You're Always on My Mind |
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01. Natural Man 02. Everywhere I Go 03. I'm a King Bee 04. Oh, What a Beautiful Morning 05. Got to Get You into My Life |
06. You Can't Hold On 07. When I Fall in Love 08. How Thoughtless I've Become 09. Till Love Touches Your Life 10. Got a Lotta Love |
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01. Tobacco Road 02. Down Here on the Ground 03. Something 04. Golden Slumbers 05. Watch What Happens |
06. Love Is a Hurtin' Thing 07. Blues Medley: Stormy Monday/In the Evening 08. Natural Man 09. Feeling Good 10. Dead End Street Monolog/Dead End Street |
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01. You're The One 02. You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine 03. Time 04. Groovy People 05. Need You Forever |
06. From Now On 07. Pure Imagination 08. This Song Will Last Forever 09. Let's Fall In Love Again |
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01. See You When I Git There 02. Spring Again 03. Early Morning Love 04. Some Folks Never Learn 05. Someday You'll Be Old |
06. Secret Tears 07. We Understand Each Other 08. It's Our Anniversary Today 09. All the Way |
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01. Lady Love 02. I Wish It Were Yesterday 03. One Life to Live 04. Dollar Green 05. Trade Winds |
06. There Will Be Love 07. Unforgettable 08. That Would Do It for Me 09. If I Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda 10. Not the Staying Kind |
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01. Overture (You'll Never Find Another Love...) 02. Groovy People 03. Stay Awhile with Me 04. Charge Card Blues Medley: Stormy Monday/In 05. Pure Imagination 06. Dead End Street/Tobacco Road/Love Is a... 07. Lady Love 08. This Song Will Last Forever |
09. Tribute Medley: Sir Duke/Unforgettable... 10. This One's for You 11. See You When I Git There 12. We Understand Each Other/Early Morning... 13. Send in the Clowns 14. You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine 15. Lonely Way to Spend an Evening |
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01. One Day Soon You'll Need Me 02. Heartaches (Just When You Think You're... 03. Ain't That Loving You 04. When You Get Home |
05. Sit Down and Talk to Me 06. You're My Blessing 07. Old Times 08. You Are |
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01. Did You Ever Love a Woman 02. Cottage for Sale 03. Be Anything 04. You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' |
05. I Go Crazy 06. Think 07. Hoochie Coochie Man 08. Baby Watcha Want Me to Do |
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01. Upside Down 02. Wind Beneath My Wings 03. If You're Gonna Love Me 04. Couple More Years 05. One I Sing My Love Songs To |
06. You Can't Take It with You 07. When the Night Comes 08. Midnight Sunshine 09. That's When the Magic Begins 10. I Been Him |
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01. At Last 02. Two Years of Torture 03. Fine Brown Frame 04. Good Intentions 05. That's Where It's At 06. If I Were a Magician |
07. You Can't Go Home 08. Room with a View 09. After the Lights Go Down Low 10. She's No Lady 11. Oh, What a Nite |
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01. It's Supposed to Be Fun 02. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood 03. All Around the World 04. Good Morning Blues 05. Moonglows 06. Any Day Now 07. This Bitter Earth |
08. If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody 09. One More Time 10. You're the One 11. (I Wonder) Where Our Love Has Gone 12. But I Do 13. Goodnight My Love 14. Last Night of the World |
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01. Christmas Is the Time 02. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen 03. Silver Bells 04. First Noel 05. Sleigh Ride 06. I'll Be Home for Christmas 07. O, Holy Night 08. Joy to the World |
09. Winter Wonderland 10. O Come All Ye Faithful 11. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas 12. Christmas Song 13. Silent Night 14. We Wish You a Merry Christmas 15. Auld Lang Syne |
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01. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas 02. Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town 03. Merry Christmas, Baby 04. Christmas Will Really Be Christmas 05. What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? |
06. Christmas Song 07. Child with a Toy 08. Little Drummer Boy 09. Little Boy Dear |
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01. Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season) 02. Spring Again 03. Here Comes The Sun 04. Good Day Sunshine 05. Blue Skies 06. Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days Of Summer 07. Summertime |
08. Everything Must Change 09. Autumn Leaves 10. Singin' In The Rain 11. Baby It's Cold Outside 12. What A Wonderful World 13. Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most |
