RIP Lou Rawls

Post by **BlueChair** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 12:32 pm

Lou Rawls, one of soul music's great voices, has died of cancer.

http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Mus ... index.html

Misha · Post by **Misha** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 1:01 pm

selfmademug · Post by **selfmademug** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 2:46 pm

What a voice. I especially adored his version of "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas," which I played a lot over the past month or so.

wardo68 · Post by **wardo68** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 3:49 pm

My mother still speaks of the time we were moving from Massachusetts to New York, and I was maybe 2 or 3, but I was singing along with "Natural Man", which was a current AM radio hit. I don't remember that, but I do remember enjoying "You'll Never Find" a few years later. Great voice.

ReadyToHearTheWorst · Fri Jan 06, 2006 10:09 pm

Sad loss indeed. Rich baritone, effortless and cool, and such a long career (complete with name check in Sweet Soul Music).

RIP

bobster · Post by **bobster** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 11:53 pm

Lou was definitely the man. And "Natural Man" is one of the great underappreciated pop records of all time. Even made my occasionally reactionary dad a bit angry, so I guess it was political in a Rousseauian sort of a way.