Grammy-winning singer Lou Rawls, whose smooth baritone voice interpreted gospel, soul, jazz, blues and pop and whose talent raised millions for charity, died Friday in Los Angeles from cancer, ...

There’s technically no rule that says that you have to have at least one hit single to be a music superstar. But you won’t find too many high-profile names throughout music history who haven’t ...

Lou Rawls, the Grammy Award-winning singer whose velvety baritone was one of the most recognizable voices in pop music on hits such as “Love Is a Hurtin’ Thing,” “Lady Love” and “You’ll Never Find ...

This document of Lou Rawls' decade with Capitol in the '60s celebrates the beginnings of the recently departed artist, one of the rare male vocalists with a big, beautiful sound who could sing his ...

From Rawls’s debut album on Capitol, Stormy Monday. The Les McCann trio backs him up, which “legitimized” pop-singer Rawls for teenage, jazz-only me–misguided cred-mongering for sure, and some might ...

They were the Pilgrim Travelers and they were roaming the countryside in the 1950s singing their gospel. Black men in a time of segregation. A day would unfold like this: A gospel fest in the ...

It does not seem long ago when we were merely discussing the possibility of a “Veronica Mars” movie. Its Kickstarter campaign was the subject of much scrutiny and debate, but the TV show’s fans have ...

Lou Rawls, whose deep and silky voice took him from church choirs on Chicago’s Southside to Broadway and the top of the pop charts, died Friday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. He was 72. Rawls was ...

Micky Ferreira was a friend of Lou Rawls for 35 years. Joan Browne knew him only as a fan, but both turned out Thursday to pay respects to the man they agreed had one of the finest voices this side of ...

Soul singer Lou Rawls, who went public with his yearlong battle against brain and lung cancer just last month, died in Los Angeles Friday morning of complications from the disease. He was seventy-two ...

Lou Rawls: vocals; Les McCann, Eddie Beal, Don Abney, Onzy Matthews, Tommy Strode, Clayton Ivey, Phil Moore, Don Randi, Gerald Wiggins, Gildo Mahones: piano; Jimmy ...