Lou Rawls sanannen mai fasaha ne na kaɗa da blues (R&B) tare da dogon aiki da karimci. Aikin rera waka ya kai sama da shekaru 50. Kuma taimakonsa ya haɗa da taimakawa wajen tara sama da dala miliyan 150 don Asusun Kwalejin United Negro (UNCF). Aikin mai zane ya fara ne bayan an kusan yanke rayuwarsa a shekarar 1958 a wani hatsarin mota. Kamar yadda mai yin wasan ya ce:
"Duk abin da ya faru, yana faruwa ne saboda dalili." Mawaƙin Grammy wanda ya lashe Lou Rawls yana da salon waƙa mai santsi da kewayon octave huɗu wanda ya yi amfani da shi a cikin nau'ikan kiɗan da yawa, gami da bishara, jazz, R&B, rai da pop. Ya yi rikodin kusan albums 75, ya sayar da kusan rikodin miliyan 50. Kuma ya yi tare da daruruwan wasanni "rayuwa" har zuwa mutuwarsa. An kuma gano Rawls da Parade of the Stars telethon, wanda ya kirkira kuma ya dauki nauyin shekaru 25.
Yaro da matasa Lou Rawls
An haifi Lou Rawls a shekara ta 1933 a birnin Chicago, inda shahararrun mawakan blues ke zaune. Ɗan ma'aikacin Baptist, Lou ya koyi rera waƙa a cikin mawakan coci tun yana ƙarami. Saboda dalilai da dama, kakar (a bangaren uba) ta fi daukar nauyin renon yaron. Ya fara aikin waka tun yana yaro a cikin mawakan cocin mahaifinsa.
Ba da daɗewa ba waƙar Rawls ta ɗauki hankalin mutanen Chicago. Ya kasance abokai na yara tare da tauraron rairayi na gaba Sam Cooke. Yaran sun kasance mambobi ne na Sarakunan Matasa na Harmony kafin Rawls ya shiga wani rukunin bishara na gida, Holy Wonders. Daga 1951 zuwa 1953 Rawls ya maye gurbin Cook a wani rukunin Chicago, Babbar Hanya QC.
A cikin 1953, Lou Rawls ya koma ƙungiyar ƙasa. Kuma ya shiga Zaɓaɓɓen Mawakan Bishara kuma ya koma Los Angeles. Tare da su, Rawls ya fara rubuta abubuwan ƙirƙira a cikin ɗakin karatu a cikin 1954. Ba da daɗewa ba ya shiga wata ƙungiyar masu bishara, Masu Tafiya na Alhazai, kuma tare da Cook. An dakatar da zamansa a cikin kungiyar ta hanyar aiki a cikin sojojin saukar sojojin Amurka. Bayan an kore shi, sai ya koma wajen Matafiya Alhazai ya ci gaba da rera wakoki da yawon shakatawa.
Hatsari da ya canza kaddara
Rayuwar Rawls ta canza a cikin 1958 lokacin da yake cikin haɗarin mota yayin tafiya tare da ƙungiyar. Direban motar da Cook da Lou suke ciki ya rasa yadda zai yi, kuma ta tashi daga wani dutse. Rawls ya sami karaya da yawa, da maƙarƙashiya, kuma ya kusa mutuwa. Ya kasance a cikin suma na kwanaki da yawa. Bayan 'yan kwanaki a cikin suma na kusan shekara guda na gyarawa, Rawls ya sami sabon ra'ayi game da rayuwa. A cikin 1959, ƙungiyar ta rabu saboda bambance-bambancen ra'ayi game da kerawa. Kuma Rawls ya yanke shawarar yin amfani da damarsa kuma ya fara sana'ar solo. Yin watsi da waƙoƙin bishara, ya mai da hankali ga ƙarin nau'ikan kiɗan na duniya.
Mai zane ya rubuta waƙoƙin marubucin da yawa don Candix Label. Wani shagon kofi na West Hollywood wanda mai gabatarwa Nick Venet ya gani ya jagoranci yarjejeniya tare da Capitol Records. Kundin farko, Ina Son Sha Ruwan Datti (Stormy Litinin), an fito da shi a cikin 1962. Ya kasance ma'auni a cikin nau'ikan jazz da blues. Rawls ya ci gaba da yin rikodin rikodin rai guda biyu, Titin Taba da Lou Rawls Soulin.
A kololuwar shahara
Ranar farin ciki na aikin waƙar Rawls ya kasance a cikin 1960s da 1970s, lokacin da ya fi mayar da hankali kan R&B da kiɗan pop. Ya kasance da wani yanayi da ba a saba gani ba a cikin wasan kwaikwayo - yana tattaunawa kan waƙar da ake yi a lokacin asarar da kuma haɗa da waƙoƙin monolories a cikinta. Matt Shudel na (Washington Post) ya nakalto Rawls yana bayanin asalin wannan lamari: “Na yi aiki a kananan kulake da shagunan kofi. Na yi ƙoƙarin yin waƙa a can, kuma mutane suna magana da ƙarfi. Don samun hankalinsu, tsakanin waƙa zan fara karanta kalmomin a cikin waƙoƙin. Daga nan na fara yin ƴan labarai game da waƙar da abin da take nufi."
Rawls ya nuna kwarewarsa akan kundi mai buga Lou Rawls Live (1966). An yi rikodin shi a cikin ɗakin studio tare da masu sauraro. A wannan shekarar, ya saki R&B na farko, Love Is a Hurtin 'Abin. Titin Matattu guda ɗaya ya lashe Grammy ɗin sa na farko a cikin 1967.
Sa hannu zuwa sabon lakabin MGM, Rawls ya ƙara matsawa cikin nau'in kiɗan pop. Godiya ga kundi A Natural Man (1971), ya sami lambar yabo ta Grammy ta biyu. A cikin 1970s, Rawls ya sanya hannu tare da alamar Philadelphia International. Haɗin kai tare da mawaƙa da furodusa alamar (Kenny Gramble da Leon Huff) ya haifar da bugun Rawls "Ba za ku taɓa samu ba". Wannan ballad disco ya kai # 2 akan taswirar pop da # 1 akan sigogin R & B a 1976.
A cikin 1977, Rawls ya sake samun wani bugu, Lady Love, daga kundin platinum All Things In Time. Ya sami lambar yabo ta Grammy ta uku don kundin platinum Unmistakably Luu (1977). Rawls ya sami ƙarin hits da yawa tare da Philadelphia International, gami da Bari Na Kasance Mai Kyau a gare ku kuma Ina fata ku kasance nawa.
Ƙirƙirar Parade of Stars telethon
Rawls ya yi amfani da shahararsa a matsayi mai riba a matsayin mai magana da yawun tallace-tallace na giant Anheuser-Busch Brewery, mai yin giya na Budweiser. Kamfanin giya ya tallafa wa mawaƙin a cikin abin da ya zama abin da aka fi sani da mahimmanci a cikin aikinsa na gaba. Ita ce ƙungiyar Parade of Stars telethon na shekara-shekara don fa'idar Asusun Kwalejin United Negro. Rawls kuma ya kasance mai gabatar da shirin talabijin wanda ya gudana daga awanni 3 zuwa 7. Ya fito da manyan ƴan wasan kwaikwayo a salo daban-daban na kiɗa.
A cikin 1998, an watsa shirye-shiryen Parade of the Stars (wanda aka sake masa suna "Evening of the Stars" a wannan shekarar) a tashoshin TV 60 tare da yiwuwar kallon kusan dala miliyan 90. Sannan Amurka A Yau ta kiyasta yawan kudin shiga daga telethon tun lokacin da aka kafa shi a $ 175. miliyan. Kudaden sun tafi ga gungun kananan kwalejoji da jami’o’i na bakar fata na tarihi. Kuma sun bude kofofinsu ga dalibai masu nakasa tattalin arziki. Dubun dubatar daliban Amurkawa na Afirka kawai suna bin Lou Rawls bashin karatunsu.
Lou Rawls: Aikin TV
Rawls ya kasance bako akai-akai akan nunin talabijin a cikin 1970s. Ya kuma yi aiki a matsayin ɗan wasa a cikin fina-finai da talabijin. Sannan kuma sun fito da fitattun zane-zane da tallace-tallace. Rawls ya fito a cikin kusan fina-finai 20, ciki har da barin Las Vegas da Mai watsa shiri. Ya kuma taka rawa a cikin jerin talabijin na Baywatch Nights. Ya bayyana irin wannan jerin raye-raye kamar "Garfield", "Uba" da "Hey Arnold!".
Baya ga shagaltuwa a talabijin, Rawls ya kuma ci gaba da yin rikodin sabbin hits. A cikin 1990s, ya fi mayar da hankali kan sababbin kwatance - jazz da blues. Baya ga Hoto na Blues (1993), Rawls ya rubuta kundin albums uku don alamar jazz ta Blue Note a ƙarshen 1980s da farkon 1990s. Buga na farko a cikin sama da shekaru 10 shine At Last (1989), wanda ya buga #1 akan jadawalin jazz. Rawls ya sake yin rikodin kundi na bishara a farkon 2000s, gami da Yadda Babban Kayi (2003).
Abin lura da fifiko
A cikin shekarun 1980 da 1990, shahararren mawaƙin ya kafa kansa a matsayin mai ba da tallafi mai karimci. A wani lokaci, bai sami damar yin karatu a inda yake so ba, don haka a lokacin balagagge, bayan tattara babban birnin manyan abokai, Rawls ya fara shiga cikin ayyukan agaji da sa kai. Ya yi imanin cewa ilimin matasan Amurka shine fifiko. Ta kokarinsa na Shugaban Kasa, ya tara sama da dala miliyan 150 ga gidauniyar Kwalejin (UNCF). Ya cim ma hakan ne ta hanyar daukar nauyin gidan talabijin na Parade of the Stars a duk watan Janairu. Tun 1980, Rawls ya gayyaci masu yin wasan kwaikwayo don yin "rayuwa" akan nunin don tara kuɗi don asusun. Daga cikin bakin akwai: Marilyn McGoo, Gladys Knight, Ray Charles, Patti LaBelle, Luther Vandross, Peabo Bryson, Sheryl Lee Ralph da sauransu.
A cikin 1989, a Chicago (garin Rawls), an sanya wa wani titi sunan sa. South Wentworth Avenue an sake masa suna Lou Rolls Drive. Kuma a cikin 1993, Rawls ya halarci bikin ƙaddamar da ginin gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Lou Rawls da Cibiyar Al'adu. Cibiyar al'adunta ta ƙunshi ɗakin karatu, gidajen sinima biyu, gidan cin abinci, gidan wasan kwaikwayo mai kujeru 1500 da wurin wasan motsa jiki. An gina cibiyar akan asalin wurin gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Royal a gefen kudu na Chicago. Bishara da blues da aka buga a gidan wasan kwaikwayo Royal a cikin 1950s sun ƙarfafa matasa Lou Rawls. Yanzu sunansa ya mutu a wurin da aka fara.
Lokacin da aka tambaye shi a cikin 1997 ta Binciken Kasuwancin Amurka don bayyana ƙarfinsa a cikin kasuwancin nuni, Lou Rawls ya amsa, “Ban yi ƙoƙarin canza duk lokacin da kiɗan ya canza ba. Na zauna a cikin aljihun da nake saboda ya dace kuma mutane suna son shi. " Tabbas, Rawls ya zama wani abu na cibiyar Amurka. Tare da yin aikin da ya shafe shekaru biyar, tsayin daka a matsayin mai ba da tallafi na Parade of Stars, da kuma sautin waƙa mai daɗi, Rawls ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin ƴan wasan fasaha da ba kasafai suka zana tabo na dindindin a fagen kiɗan Amurka. A ƙarshen 1990s, ya riga ya sami albam 60.
Mutuwar Lou Rawls
An gano Rawls da ciwon huhu a cikin 2004. Bayan shekara guda, an kuma gano cewa yana da ciwon daji na kwakwalwa. Sakamakon rashin lafiya, an dakatar da aikinsa, wanda ya ci gaba a cikin 2005. Ya mutu a ranar 6 ga Janairu, 2006 a Los Angeles, California yana da shekaru 72. Rawls ya bar matarsa ta uku, Nina Malek Inman, maza Lou Jr. da Aiden, mata Luanne da Kendra, da jikoki hudu.
