Lou Rawls
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
- 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
- Would regularly hold a telethon to raise funds for the United Negro College Fund