9/19/2023 0 Comments Lou rawls one in a million you![]() Rawls included spoken word segments in some of his songs, like a precursor to rap music. But it wasn’t until the 1966 smash single “Love Is a Hurtin’ Thing” that he hit the top of the R&B charts and earned his first gold record. ![]() Rawls released his first album in 1962, “I’d Rather Drink Muddy Water”. ![]() I think it was around 1963 when I first remember hearing Lou Rawls, and it was a bluesy jazz song with the wonderful Les McCann on piano. This man is one of my all time favourite singers – with a distinctive and instantly recognizable silky baritone voice – a man who has covered the gamut of musical vocal styles from gospel to jazz, to spoken word (rap), to pop – a singer / songwriter / actor and philanthropist! ![]()
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