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Lou Rawls Biography

Birth Name:Louis Allen Rawls

Birth Place:Chicago, Illinois, United States

Profession Soundtrack, Actor, Music department

Fast Facts

  • WOn the 2004 Temecula Valley International Film Festival Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Was best known for his hit song "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine․"
  • Performed the national anthem at the 1977 Earnie Shavers and Muhammad Ali fight
  • Would regularly hold a telethon to raise funds for the United Negro College Fund
  • Provided background vocals to Sam Cooke's "Bring It On Home to Me․"
  • Served as a sergeant paratrooper in the United States Army
  • While in high school, he was a classmate of singer Sam Cooke