Lou Rawls inyanzvi ine rhythm uye blues (R&B) ine mukurumbira nebasa rakareba uye nerupo hukuru. Basa rake rekuimba rinofadza rakatora makore anopfuura 50. Uye hurombo hwake hunosanganisira kubatsira kukwidza mari inopfuura zana nemakumi mashanu emamiriyoni emadhora kuUnited Negro College Fund (UNCF). Basa remuenzi rakatanga mushure mekunge hupenyu hwake hwave kuda kupfupikiswa muna 150 mutsaona yemotokari. Sezvo mutambi akati:
"Zvese zvinoitika, zvinoitika nechikonzero." Muimbi akahwina Grammy Lou Rawls aive nemaitiro ekuimba akatsetseka uye mana-octave range aaisimboita mumhando zhinji dzemimhanzi, kusanganisira evhangeri, jazz, R&B, mweya nepop. Akanyora nezve 75 albums, akatengesa anenge mamiriyoni makumi mashanu ezvinyorwa. Uye akaitawo nemazana emitambo "kurarama" kusvika pakufa kwake. Rawls yakaonekwa zvakare neParade yeStars telethon, yaakagadzira uye akabata kwemakore makumi maviri nemashanu.
Hudiki nehudiki Lou Rawls
Lou Rawls akaberekwa muna 1933 muguta reChicago, kunogara vazhinji vane mukurumbira vaimbi veblues. Mwanakomana womushumiri weBaptist, Lou akadzidza kuimba mukwaya yechechi kubvira achiri muduku. Nokuda kwezvikonzero zvakawanda, ambuya (kudivi rababa) ndivo vainyanya kubatanidzwa mukurera mukomana. Akatanga basa rake rokuimba achiri mwana mukwaya yechechi yababa vake.
Kuimba kwaRawls munguva pfupi kwakabata pfungwa dzevanhu veChicago. Aive shamwari dzehudiki aine ramangwana rekuimba nyeredzi Sam Cooke. Vakomana ava vaive nhengo dzeTeenage Kings dzeHarmony pamberi apo Rawls asati ajoina rimwe boka renzvimbo yevhangeri, Holy Wonders. Kubva 1951 kusvika 1953 Rawls akatsiva Cook mune rimwe boka reChicago, Highway QC.
Muna 1953, Lou Rawls akatamira kuboka renyika. Uye akabatana neVakasarudzwa Gospel Singers ndokuenda kuLos Angeles. Navo, Rawls akatanga kurekodha nziyo mu studio yekurekodha muna 1954. Nokukurumidza akakumbanira rimwe boka revaevhangeri, Pilgrim Travelers, naCookwo. Kugara kwake muboka kwakamiswa nebasa mumauto ekumhara euto reAmerica. Pashure pokunge adzingwa basa, akadzokera kuPilgrim Travelers ndokupfuurira kurekodha nziyo nokushanya.
Tsaona yakachinja magumo
Upenyu hwaRawls hwakachinja muna 1958 paakapinda mutsaona yemotokari paaifamba nechikwata ichi. Mutyairi wemotokari yaifamba naCook naLou akatadza kuidzora, uye yakabhururuka ichibva kumawere. Rawls akatyoka kakawanda, kurohwa kwakanyanya, uye akapotsa afa. Akaramba ari pakoma kwemazuva akati wandei. Mushure memazuva mashoma mukukoma kwerinenge gore rekuvandudzwa, Rawls akava nemaonero matsva ehupenyu. Muna 1959, boka rakaputsika nekuda kwekusiyana kwemaonero ekugadzira. Uye Rawls akafunga kutora mukana wake ndokutanga basa rake ega. Achisiya nziyo dzevhangeri, akaisa pfungwa pamhando dzemimhanzi.
Muimbi akarekodha akati wandei evanyori eCandix Label. Kuitwa kwechitoro chekofi kuWest Hollywood kwakaonekwa nemugadziri Nick Venet kwakatungamira kuchibvumirano neCapitol Records. Dambarefu rekutanga, Ini Ndoda Kunwa Mvura Yakasviba (Mvuro Yedutu), yakaburitswa muna 1962. Yaive chiyero mumhando dzejazz neblues. Rawls akaenderera mberi kurekodha marekodhi emweya miviri, Fodya Road uye Lou Rawls Soulin.
Pamusoro pemukurumbira
Zuva rekufara rekuita basa rekuimba raRawls raive kuma1960 nema1970, paakanyanya kutarisisa R&B nemimhanzi yepop. Aive nemaitiro asina kujairika mukuita - kukurukura rwiyo rwuri kuitwa panguva yekurasikirwa uye kusanganisira mamonologies ake mairi. Matt Shudel we(Washington Post) akanokora mashoko Rawls seanotsanangura mavambo eichi chiitiko: “Ndaishanda mumakirabhu maduku nezvitoro zvekofi. Ndakaedza kuimba ndiri kumusoro ikoko, uye vanhu vakanga vachitaurisa zvikuru. Kuti ndiwane ngwariro yavo, pakati pokuimba ndaitanga kudzokorora mashoko enziyo dzacho. Ndakabva ndatanga kugadzira tunyaya tunyaya nezverwiyo uye zvarinoreva."
Rawls airatidza hunyanzvi hwake pane yakarova album Lou Rawls Live (1966). Yakarekodhwa mu studio ine vateereri. Gore rimwe chetero, akaburitsa yake yekutanga R&B single, Love Is a Hurtin 'Thing. Iyo imwechete Dead end Street yakamuhwina Grammy yake yekutanga muna 1967.
Kusaina kune iyo itsva MGM label, Rawls akatamira zvakanyanya mumhando yemimhanzi yepop. Kutenda kune iyo albhamu A Natural Man (1971), akagamuchira yechipiri Grammy Award. Mumakore ekuma1970, Rawls yakasaina nePhiladelphia International label. Kudyidzana nevanyori venziyo nevagadziri (Kenny Gramble naLeon Huff) kwakakonzera kuti Rawls 'hiti Iwe Haufe Wakawana. Iyi disco ballad yakasvika pa # 2 pamachati ep pop uye # 1 pamatanho eR & B muna 1976.
Muna 1977, Rawls aive neimwe hit, Lady Love, kubva kuplatinamu album All Things In Time. Akagamuchira yechitatu Grammy Mubairo weplatinamu album Unmistakably Luu (1977). Rawls aive nemamwe akawanda akarova nePhiladelphia International, anosanganisira Rega Ndive Akanaka Kwauri uye Ndinoshuva Iwe Uri Wangu.
Kusikwa kweParadhi yeNyeredzi telethon
Rawls akashandisa mukurumbira wake munzvimbo ine mari yakawanda semutauriri wekushambadza wehofori yeAnheuser-Busch brewery, inogadzira doro reBudweiser. Kubika doro kwakatsigira muimbi mune zvakazova chinhu chinonyanya kuzivikanwa uye chakakosha mubasa rake gare gare. Iro isangano repagore Parade yeStars telethon kuitira kubatsira kweUnited Negro College Fund. Rawls ndiye aivewo mutambi wechirongwa cheterevhizheni chaitora maawa matatu kusvika ku3. Yairatidza vaimbi vepamusoro muzvitaera zvakasiyana-siyana zvekuimba.
Muna 1998, Parade yeNyeredzi (yakazotumidzwa zita rekuti “Manheru eNyeredzi” gore rimwe chetero) yakatepfenyurwa pazviteshi zveTV makumi matanhatu netarisiro inogona kusvika mamiriyoni 60. Zvino USA Today yakafungidzira mari yose inobva kunhare kubva payakatangwa pamadhora zana nemakumi manomwe nemashanu. mamiriyoni. Mari yacho yakaenda kuboka remakoreji madiki, ane nhoroondo yevatema nemayunivhesiti. Uye vakazarura mikova yavo kuvadzidzi vane hurema hwehupfumi. Makumi ezviuru zvevadzidzi veAfrica America vanongokwereta dzidzo yavo kuna Lou Rawls.
Lou Rawls: Basa reTV
Rawls aive muenzi aigara achiuya pamaterevhizheni ehurukuro muma1970s. Akamboitawo semutambi mune zvese zviri zviviri firimu uye terevhizheni. Uye zvakare akataura anonyanya kufarirwa katuni uye kushambadzira. Rawls akaonekwa mumafirimu angangosvika makumi maviri, anosanganisira Leaving Las Vegas uye The Host. Akatambawo zvinzvimbo mumutambo weterevhizheni Baywatch Nights. Akataura akateedzana akateedzana se "Garfield", "Fatherhood" uye "Hei Arnold!".
Pamusoro pekubatikana paterevhizheni, Rawls akaramba achirekodha zvitsva. Mumakore ekuma1990, ainyanya kutarisa nzira itsva - jazz uye blues. Pamusoro pePortrait yeBlues (1993), Rawls yakarekodha maalbum matatu eBlue Note jazz label mukupera kwema1980 uye kutanga kwema1990. Kurova kwake kwekutanga mumakore anopfuura gumi kwaive At Last (10), iyo yakarova #1989 pamachati ejazi. Rawls akatanga kurekodha maalbhamu evhangeri zvakare mukutanga kwe1s, kusanganisira How Great You Art (2000).
Zvinokosha Zvinokosha
Muma1980 nema1990, muimbi ane mukurumbira akazvisimbisa semubatsiri ane rupo. Pane imwe nguva, akanga asina mukana wokudzidza kwaaida, saka akura, aunganidza guta guru reshamwari dzine simba, Rawls akatanga kushingaira kuita mabasa erudo uye kuzvipira. Aitenda kuti dzidzo yevechidiki veAmerica ndiyo yaive yakakosha. Kuburikidza nekuedza kwake saSachigaro Anoremekedzwa, akaunganidza mari inodarika madhora zana nemakumi mashanu eCollege Foundation (UNCF). Akawana izvi nekutambira Parade yeStars terevhizheni telethon muna Ndira wega wega. Kubva 150, Rawls yakakoka vatambi kuti vaite "kurarama" pamashoo kukwidza mari yehomwe. Pakati pevaenzi vaiva: Marilyn McGoo, Gladys Knight, Ray Charles, Patti LaBelle, Luther Vandross, Peabo Bryson, Sheryl Lee Ralph nevamwe.
Muna 1989, muChicago (taundi rekwaRawls), mugwagwa wakatumidzwa zita rake. South Wentworth Avenue yakatumidzwa zita rekuti Lou Rolls Drive. Uye muna 1993, Rawls akapinda mhemberero dzekutanga dzeLou Rawls Theatre uye Cultural Center. Nzvimbo yayo yetsika inosanganisira raibhurari, mabhaisikopo maviri, resitorendi, 1500-seat theatre uye roller skating rink. Nzvimbo iyi yakavakirwa panzvimbo yekutanga yeTheatre Royal padivi reChicago kumaodzanyemba. Vhangeri nemabhururu akaridzwa paTheatre Royal muma1950 akakurudzira mudiki Lou Rawls. Iye zvino zita rake harifi pazvakatangira.
Paakabvunzwa muna 1997 neAmerican Business Review kuti atsanangure kushingirira kwake mubhizimusi rekuratidzira, Lou Rawls akapindura, “Handina kuedza kuchinja pese paichinja mimhanzi. Ndakangogara muhomwe mandaive nekuti yaive nyore uye vanhu vaiifarira.” Ehe, Rawls chave chimwe chinhu cheAmerican institution. Nebasa rekuita rakatora makumi mashanu emakore, nguva yakareba seyakawanda yekutsvaga mari Parade yeNyeredzi, uye nezwi rakasununguka rekuimba, Rawls aive mumwe wevasingawanzo vanyori vakaveza nzvimbo yechigarire pamimhanzi yeAmerica. Mukupera kwema1990, akange atova nemaarubhamu makumi matanhatu.
Rufu rwaLou Rawls
Rawls akaonekwa aine kenza yemapapu muna 2004. Kwapera gore, akabatwawo nekenza yemuuropi. Nekuda kwekurwara, basa rake rakamiswa, iro rakaenderera mberi muna 2005. Akafa muna Ndira 6, 2006 muLos Angeles, California aine makore makumi manomwe nemaviri. Rawls asiya mudzimai wechitatu, Nina Malek Inman, vanakomana Lou Mwana naAiden, vanasikana Luanne naKendra, uye vazukuru vana.
