Lou Rawls ndi wojambula wotchuka kwambiri wa rhythm and blues (R&B) yemwe amagwira ntchito yayitali komanso wowolowa manja kwambiri. Ntchito yake yoimba yosangalatsa inatenga zaka zoposa 50. Ndipo chifundo chake chimaphatikizapo kuthandiza kukweza ndalama zoposa $150 miliyoni za United Negro College Fund (UNCF). Ntchito ya wojambulayo inayamba moyo wake utatsala pang'ono kufa mu 1958 pa ngozi ya galimoto. Monga woimbayo adanena:
"Zonse zomwe zimachitika, zimachitika chifukwa." Lou Rawls woimba yemwe adapambana ma Grammy anali ndi kalembedwe kosalala koyimba komanso mitundu inayi ya octave yomwe amaimba mumitundu yambiri yanyimbo, kuphatikiza nyimbo za gospel, jazz, R&B, soul ndi pop. Iye analemba pafupifupi 75 Albums, anagulitsa pafupifupi 50 miliyoni mbiri. Komanso anachita ndi mazana zisudzo "moyo" mpaka imfa yake. Rawls adadziwikanso ndi Parade of the Stars telethon, yomwe adapanga ndikuchititsa kwa zaka 25.
Ubwana ndi unyamata Lou Rawls
Lou Rawls anabadwa mu 1933 mumzinda wa Chicago, komwe kumakhala oimba ambiri otchuka a blues. Mwana wa mtumiki wa Baptist, Lou anaphunzira kuimba mu kwaya ya tchalitchi kuyambira ali wamng’ono. Pazifukwa zingapo, agogo aakazi (kumbali ya makolo) anali makamaka kulera mwanayo. Anayamba ntchito yake yoimba ali mwana mu kwaya ya tchalitchi cha abambo ake.
Kuimba kwa Rawls posakhalitsa kunakopa chidwi cha anthu a ku Chicago. Anali mabwenzi aubwana ndi nyenyezi yamtsogolo yoimba nyimbo Sam Cooke. Anyamatawa anali mamembala a Teenage Kings of Harmony am'deralo Rawls asanalowe nawo gulu lina la uthenga wabwino, Holy Wonders. Kuyambira 1951 mpaka 1953 Rawls adalowa m'malo mwa Cook mu gulu lina la Chicago, Highway QC.
Mu 1953, Lou Rawls anasamukira ku gulu la dziko. Ndipo adalowa nawo a Chosen Gospel Singers ndikusamukira ku Los Angeles. Ndi iwo, Rawls adayamba kujambula nyimbo mu studio yojambulira mu 1954. Posakhalitsa anagwirizana ndi gulu lina la evangelical, la Pilgrim Travelers, limodzinso ndi Cook. Kukhala kwake m'gululi kunaimitsidwa ndi ntchito m'gulu lankhondo laku America. Atachotsedwa ntchito, anabwerera ku Pilgrim Travelers ndipo anapitiriza kujambula nyimbo ndi maulendo.
Ngozi yomwe inasintha tsogolo
Moyo wa Rawls udasintha mu 1958 pomwe adachita ngozi yagalimoto akuyenda ndi gulu loimba. Dalaivala wa galimoto imene Cook ndi Lou anali kuyendamo analephera kuiwongolera, ndipo inawuluka kuthanthwe. Rawls anathyoka kangapo, kugwedezeka kwakukulu, ndipo anatsala pang'ono kufa. Anakhala chikomokere kwa masiku angapo. Patatha masiku angapo ali chikomokere pafupifupi chaka chathunthu akuchira, Rawls anali ndi kaonedwe katsopano ka moyo. Mu 1959, gulu linatha chifukwa cha kusiyana maganizo pa zilandiridwenso. Ndipo Rawls adaganiza zotenga mwayi wake ndikuyamba ntchito payekha. Posiya nyimbo zauthenga wabwino, adayang'ana kwambiri nyimbo zadziko.
Wojambulayo adalemba nyimbo zingapo za Candix Label. Kanema wa khofi waku West Hollywood yemwe adawonedwa ndi wopanga Nick Venet adayambitsa mgwirizano ndi Capitol Records. Chimbale choyamba, I'd Rather Drink Dirty Water (Lolemba Mkuntho), chinatulutsidwa mu 1962. Zinali zovomerezeka mumitundu ya jazi ndi blues. Rawls adapitilira kujambula ma rekodi awiri amiyoyo, Fodya Road ndi Lou Rawls Soulin.
Pachimake cha kutchuka
Kupambana kwa ntchito yoimba kwa Rawls kunali m'zaka za m'ma 1960 ndi 1970, pamene adayang'ana kwambiri nyimbo za R&B ndi pop. Anali ndi machitidwe osazolowereka - kukambirana za nyimbo yomwe ikuchitika panthawi ya kutayika komanso kuphatikizapo ma monologues ake mmenemo. Matt Shudel wa ku (Washington Post) anagwira mawu a Rawls kukhala akulongosola chiyambi cha chodabwitsa chimenechi: “Ndinkagwira ntchito m’makalabu ang’onoang’ono ndi mashopu a khofi. Ndinayesa kuyimba pamwamba apo, ndipo anthu anali kuyankhula mokweza kwambiri. Kuti ndimvetsere chidwi chawo, pakati pa kuimba ndinkayamba kubwereza mawu a nyimbozo. Kenako ndidayamba kupanga tinkhani tating'ono ta nyimboyi komanso zomwe imanena."
Rawls adawonetsa luso lake pagulu lodziwika bwino la Lou Rawls Live (1966). Zinajambulidwa mu studio ndi omvera. Chaka chomwecho, adatulutsa nyimbo yake yoyamba ya R&B, Love Is a Hurtin 'Thing. Dead end Street imodzi idamupatsa Grammy yake yoyamba mu 1967.
Kusaina ku cholembera chatsopano cha MGM, Rawls adasunthira kwambiri kumtundu wanyimbo za pop. Chifukwa cha chimbale cha A Natural Man (1971), adalandira Mphotho yachiwiri ya Grammy. M'zaka za m'ma 1970, Rawls adasaina ndi Philadelphia International label. Kugwirizana ndi olemba nyimbo ndi opanga (Kenny Gramble ndi Leon Huff) kudapangitsa kuti Rawls agundidwe kuti You'll Never Find. Disco ballad iyi inafika pa # 2 pa mapepala a pop ndi # 1 pazithunzi za R & B mu 1976.
Mu 1977, Rawls adagundanso, Lady Love, kuchokera ku album ya platinamu All Things In Time. Analandira Mphotho yachitatu ya Grammy ya chimbale cha platinamu Mosakayikira Luu (1977). Rawls anali ndi zida zina zingapo ndi Philadelphia International, kuphatikiza Let Me Be Good to You and I Wish You Belonged to Me.
Kupanga kwa Parade of Stars telethon
Rawls anagwiritsa ntchito kutchuka kwake m’malo opindulitsa monga wolankhulira malonda a kampani yaikulu ya moŵa ya Anheuser-Busch, yopanga moŵa wa Budweiser. Malo opangira moŵa adathandizira woimbayo pazomwe zidadziwika komanso zofunika kwambiri pantchito yake yamtsogolo. Ndilo bungwe la telethon yapachaka ya Parade of Stars kuti ipindule ndi United Negro College Fund. Rawls analinso wotsogolera pulogalamu ya pawailesi yakanema yomwe inkayamba maola 3 mpaka 7. Inali ndi akatswiri oimba nyimbo zosiyanasiyana.
Mu 1998, Parade of the Stars (yotchedwanso “Evening of the Stars” chaka chomwecho) inaulutsidwa pa mawayilesi 60 a TV amene angathe kuonerera pafupifupi $90 miliyoni. miliyoni. Ndalamazo zinapita ku gulu la makoleji ang'onoang'ono, mbiri yakale yakuda ndi mayunivesite. Ndipo adatsegula zitseko zawo kwa ophunzira omwe ali ndi vuto lachuma. Makumi masauzande a ophunzira aku Africa America amangotenga maphunziro awo kwa Lou Rawls.
Lou Rawls: Ntchito ya pa TV
Rawls anali mlendo wanthawi zonse pamakanema a kanema wawayilesi m'ma 1970s. Adachitanso ngati wosewera mufilimu komanso pawailesi yakanema. Ndipo adawonetsanso zojambula zodziwika bwino komanso zotsatsa. Rawls adawonekera m'mafilimu pafupifupi 20, kuphatikiza Leaving Las Vegas ndi The Host. Adaseweranso gawo la kanema wawayilesi wa Baywatch Nights. Iye analankhula monga makanema ojambula monga "Garfield", "Atate" ndi "Hey Arnold!".
Kuphatikiza pa kukhala wotanganidwa pawailesi yakanema, Rawls adapitilizanso kujambula nyimbo zatsopano. M'zaka za m'ma 1990, adayang'ana kwambiri njira zatsopano - jazz ndi blues. Kuphatikiza pa Portrait of the Blues (1993), Rawls adalembanso ma Albums atatu a Blue Note jazz label kumapeto kwa 1980s komanso koyambirira kwa 1990s. Kugunda kwake koyamba mzaka zopitilira 10 kunali At Last (1989), komwe kudagunda #1 pama chart a jazi. Rawls adayambanso kujambula ma Albums a uthenga wabwino koyambirira kwa 2000s, kuphatikiza How Great You Art (2003).
Zofunika Kwambiri
M'zaka zonse za m'ma 1980 ndi 1990, woimba wotchuka adadzikhazikitsa yekha ngati wothandizira mowolowa manja. Pa nthawi ina, iye analibe mwayi kuphunzira kumene iye ankafuna, kotero akadzakula, anasonkhanitsa likulu la mabwenzi otchuka, Rawls anayamba kuchita nawo zachifundo ndi kudzipereka. Ankakhulupirira kuti maphunziro a achinyamata aku America ndi ofunika kwambiri. Kupyolera mu kuyesetsa kwake monga Wapampando Wolemekezeka, wapeza ndalama zoposa $150 miliyoni za College Foundation (UNCF). Adakwaniritsa izi pochititsa Parade of the Stars telethon pa Januware iliyonse. Kuyambira 1980, a Rawls adayitanitsa ochita masewera kuti aziwonetsa "moyo" paziwonetsero kuti apeze ndalama zothandizira ndalamazo. Ena mwa alendo anali: Marilyn McGoo, Gladys Knight, Ray Charles, Patti LaBelle, Luther Vandross, Peabo Bryson, Sheryl Lee Ralph ndi ena.
Mu 1989, ku Chicago (kwawo kwa Rawls), msewu unatchedwa dzina lake. South Wentworth Avenue idatchedwanso Lou Rolls Drive. Ndipo mu 1993, a Rawls adachita nawo miyambo yayikulu ya Lou Rawls Theatre ndi Cultural Center. Malo ake azikhalidwe amaphatikiza laibulale, malo owonera kanema awiri, malo odyera, malo ochitira zisudzo okhala ndi anthu 1500 komanso skiing rink. Malowa adamangidwa pamalo oyamba a Theatre Royal kumwera kwa Chicago. Uthenga wabwino ndi blues zomwe zidaseweredwa ku Theatre Royal m'ma 1950 zidalimbikitsa a Lou Rawls achichepere. Tsopano dzina lake silinafe pa malo pamene zonsezi zinayambira.
Atafunsidwa mu 1997 ndi American Business Review kuti afotokoze kulimbika kwake mu bizinesi yawonetsero, Lou Rawls adayankha, "Sindinayese kusintha nthawi iliyonse nyimbo ikasintha. Ndinangokhala m’thumba momwe ndinalili chifukwa zinali zosavuta ndipo anthu ankazikonda.” Zachidziwikire, Rawls wakhala chinthu cha bungwe la America. Ndi ntchito yochita bwino yomwe yatenga zaka makumi asanu, nthawi yayitali yopezera ndalama za Parade of Stars, komanso mawu omveka bwino oimba, Rawls anali m'modzi mwa akatswiri osowa omwe adajambula malo okhazikika panyimbo zaku America. Chakumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1990, anali kale ndi Albums 60.
Imfa ya Lou Rawls
Rawls adapezeka ndi khansa ya m'mapapo mu 2004. Patapita chaka chimodzi, anamupezanso ndi khansa ya muubongo. Chifukwa cha matenda, ntchito yake inaimitsidwa, yomwe inapitirira mu 2005. Anamwalira pa Januware 6, 2006 ku Los Angeles, California ali ndi zaka 72. Rawls anasiya mkazi wake wachitatu, Nina Malek Inman, ana aamuna Lou Jr. ndi Aiden, ana aakazi a Luanne ndi Kendra, ndi zidzukulu zinayi.
