He mele kaulana loa ʻo Lou Rawls (R&B) me ka lōʻihi o ka hana a me ka lokomaikaʻi. ʻO kāna ʻoihana mele ʻuhane i hala ma mua o 50 mau makahiki. A ʻo kāna philanthropy e pili ana i ke kōkua ʻana e hoʻonui i $ 150 miliona no ka United Negro College Fund (UNCF). Ua hoʻomaka ka hana a ka mea pena ma hope o ka ʻoki ʻia ʻana o kona ola i ka makahiki 1958 ma kahi ulia kaʻa. E like me ka ʻōlelo a ka mea hoʻokani:
"ʻO nā mea a pau e hiki mai ana, no ke kumu." ʻO Lou Rawls ka mea mele Grammy lanakila ma ke ʻano hīmeni a he ʻehā octave kāna i hoʻohana ai e hoʻokani i nā ʻano mele he nui, e like me ka euanelio, jazz, R&B, soul a me pop. Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo ia ma kahi o 75 mau album, kūʻai aku ma kahi o 50 miliona mau moʻolelo. A hana pū me nā haneli haneli "ola" a hiki i kona make ʻana. Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Rawls me ka telethon Parade of the Stars, āna i hana ai a mālama ʻia no 25 mau makahiki.
ʻO ka wā kamaliʻi a me ka ʻōpio ʻo Lou Rawls
Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Lou Rawls i ka makahiki 1933 ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Chicago, kahi e noho ai nā mea hoʻokani pila kaulana. Ua aʻo ʻo Lou i ke keiki a ke kahuna pule Bapetizo i ka hīmeni ʻana ma ka papa mele o ka hale pule mai kona wā ʻōpiopio. No nā kumu he nui, ʻo ke kupuna wahine (ma ka ʻaoʻao makua) i hana nui i ka hānai ʻana i ke keikikāne. Ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia i kāna ʻoihana hīmeni ma ke ʻano he kamaliʻi ma ka papa hīmeni o ka hale pule o kona makuakāne.
Ua lilo koke ka manaʻo o ka poʻe o Kikako i ke mele ʻana a Rawls. He hoaaloha ʻo ia i ka wā kamaliʻi me ka hōkū hīmeni ʻuhane e hiki mai ana ʻo Sam Cooke. He lālā nā keikikāne o ka Teenage Kings of Harmony ma mua o ka hui ʻana o Rawls i kahi hui euanelio kūloko, ʻo Holy Wonders. Mai ka makahiki 1951 a i ka makahiki 1953 Ua pani ʻo Rawls iā Cook ma kekahi hui ʻo Chicago, ʻo Highway QC.
I ka makahiki 1953, ua neʻe ʻo Lou Rawls i kahi hui aupuni. A hui ʻo ia i ka Chosen Gospel Singers a neʻe i Los Angeles. Me lākou, ua hoʻopaʻa mua ʻo Rawls i nā haku mele ma kahi keʻena hoʻopaʻa leo i ka makahiki 1954. Ua komo koke ʻo ia i kahi hui euanelio ʻē aʻe, ʻo ka Pilgrim Travelers, me Cook. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia kona noho ʻana ma ka pūʻulu e ka lawelawe ʻana i nā pūʻali koa lele o ka pūʻali koa ʻAmelika. Ma hope o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana, hoʻi ʻo ia i ka Pilgrim Travelers a hoʻomau i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā mele a me ka huakaʻi.
He pōʻino i hoʻololi i ka hopena
Ua loli ke ola o Rawls i ka makahiki 1958 i ka wā i loaʻa ai ʻo ia i kahi ulia kaʻa i kona hele ʻana me ka hui. Ua nalowale ke kalaiwa o ke kaa a Kuke a me Lou e holo ana, a lele aku la ia mai ka pali aku. Ua loaʻa ʻo Rawls i nā haʻihaʻi he nui, ka ʻūhā nui, a aneane make. Noho ʻo ia ma kahi coma no kekahi mau lā. Ma hope o kekahi mau lā i loko o kahi coma o kahi makahiki o ka hoʻoponopono hou ʻana, ua loaʻa iā Rawls kahi hiʻohiʻona hou i ke ola. I ka makahiki 1959, ua haʻihaʻi ka hui ma muli o nā ʻokoʻa o nā manaʻo e pili ana i ka hoʻokumu. A ua hoʻoholo ʻo Rawls e lawe i kona manawa a hoʻomaka i kahi ʻoihana solo. Haʻalele ʻo ia i nā mele euanelio, ua kālele ʻo ia i nā ʻano mele honua.
Ua hoʻopaʻa ka mea pena i nā mele mele no Candix Label. ʻO kahi hana kofe ʻo West Hollywood i ʻike ʻia e ka mea hana Nick Venet i alakaʻi i kahi kuʻikahi me Capitol Records. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka album mua, I'd Rather Drink Dirty Water (Stormy Monday), i ka makahiki 1962. He kūlana maʻamau ia i nā ʻano jazz a me nā blues. Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo Rawls i ʻelua mau moʻolelo ʻuhane, ʻo Tobacco Road a me Lou Rawls Soulin.
I ka piko o ke kaulana
ʻO ke kiʻekiʻe o ka ʻoihana mele ʻo Rawls i ka makahiki 1960 a me 1970, i ka wā i kālele nui ai ʻo ia i ka R&B a me nā mele pop. He ʻano ʻokoʻa kāna i ka hana ʻana - e kūkākūkā ana i ke mele e hana ʻia ana i ka wā o ka nalo ʻana a me kāna mau monologues i loko. Ua haʻi ʻo Matt Shudel o (Washington Post) iā Rawls i ka wehewehe ʻana i ke kumu o kēia ʻano: “Ua hana wau i nā hui liʻiliʻi a me nā hale kūʻai kope. Ua hoʻāʻo wau e hīmeni ma laila, a ke kamaʻilio nui nei nā kānaka. I mea e ʻike ai lākou, ma waena o ka hīmeni ʻana, hoʻomaka wau e heluhelu i nā huaʻōlelo o nā mele. A laila hoʻomaka wau e haku i nā moʻolelo liʻiliʻi e pili ana i ke mele a me kāna mea e pili ana."
Ua hōʻike ʻo Rawls i kāna mau mākaukau ma ka album hit Lou Rawls Live (1966). Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia i loko o kahi keʻena me kahi anaina. I kēlā makahiki hoʻokahi, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo ia i kāna mele R&B mua, ʻo Love Is a Hurtin 'Ting. Ua lanakila ka Dead End Street iā ia i kāna Grammy mua ma 1967.
Ke kau inoa nei i ka lepili MGM hou, ua neʻe hou ʻo Rawls i ke ʻano mele pop. Mahalo i ka album A Natural Man (1971), ua loaʻa iā ia kahi makana Grammy lua. I ka makahiki 1970, ua kau inoa ʻo Rawls me ka inoa ʻo Philadelphia International. ʻO ka hui pū ʻana me nā mea kākau mele a me nā mea hana (Kenny Gramble lāua ʻo Leon Huff) i hopena i ka pā ʻana o Rawls ʻAʻole ʻoe e Loaʻa. Ua hōʻea kēia disco ballad i ka # 2 ma nā papa mele pop a me # 1 ma nā palapala palapala R&B i ka makahiki 1976.
I ka makahiki 1977, ua loaʻa hou iā Rawls kahi hit, ʻo Lady Love, mai ka album platinum All Things In Time. Ua loaʻa iā ia kahi makana Grammy ʻekolu no ka album platinum Unmistakably Luu (1977). Ua loaʻa hou aku ʻo Rawls i nā hits me ka Philadelphia International, me ka Let Me Be Good to You and I Wish You Belonged to Me.
Ka Hoʻokumu ʻana o ka Parade of Stars telethon
Ua hoʻohana ʻo Rawls i kona kaulana i kahi kūlana waiwai ma ke ʻano he waha ʻōlelo hoʻolaha no ka mea nui ʻo Anheuser-Busch brewery, ka mea hana i ka pia Budweiser. Ua kākoʻo ka brewery i ka mea mele i ka mea iʻike nuiʻia a me ka mea nui i kānaʻoihana hope. ʻO ia ka hui o ka telethon Parade of Stars makahiki no ka pono o ka United Negro College Fund. ʻO Rawls ka mea hoʻokipa o kahi papahana kīwī e holo ana mai 3 a 7 mau hola. Ua hōʻike ʻia nā mea hoʻokani maikaʻi ma nā ʻano mele like ʻole.
I ka makahiki 1998, ua hoʻolaha ʻia ka Parade of the Stars (i kapa ʻia ʻo "Evening of the Stars" i ka makahiki hoʻokahi) ma 60 TV channel me ka hiki ke nānā ʻia ma kahi o $ 90 miliona. miliona. Ua hele ke kālā i kahi hui o nā koleke ʻeleʻele liʻiliʻi a me nā kulanui. A wehe lākou i ko lākou mau puka i nā haumāna me ke kino kīnā. He ʻumi kaukani o nā haumāna ʻAmelika ʻAmelika e hoʻonaʻauao iā Lou Rawls.
Lou Rawls: Hana TV
He malihini maʻamau ʻo Rawls ma nā hōʻike kamaʻilio kīwī i nā makahiki 1970. Ua hana pū ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he mea hana ma ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni a me ke kīwī. A hoʻopuka pū i nā kiʻi paʻi kiʻi kaulana loa a me nā pāʻoihana. Ua hōʻike ʻia ʻo Rawls ma kahi o 20 mau kiʻiʻoniʻoni, me ka haʻalele ʻana iā Las Vegas a me The Host. Ua pāʻani pū ʻo ia i nā hana ma ke kīwī kīwī Baywatch Nights. Ua hoʻopuka ʻo ia i nā moʻolelo animated e like me "Garfield", "Fatherhood" a me "Hey Arnold!".
Ma kahi o ka hana ʻana ma ke kīwī, ua hoʻomau ʻo Rawls i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā hits hou. I ka makahiki 1990, ua nānā nui ʻo ia i nā kuhikuhi hou - jazz a me blues. Ma kahi o Portrait of the Blues (1993), ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo Rawls i ʻekolu mau album no ka lepili jazz Blue Note i ka hopena o 1980s a me 1990s mua. ʻO kāna pā mua ma mua o 10 mau makahiki ʻo ia ʻo At Last (1989), i paʻi i ka #1 ma nā palapala kiʻi jazz. Ua hoʻomaka hou ʻo Rawls i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā album ʻeuanelio i nā makahiki 2000, me ka How Great Thou Art (2003).
Nā Manaʻo Nui
I nā makahiki 1980 a me 1990, ua hoʻokumu ka mea mele kaulana iā ia iho ma ke ʻano he kākoʻo lokomaikaʻi. I ka manawa hoʻokahi, ʻaʻole i loaʻa iā ia ka manawa e aʻo ai i kahi āna i makemake ai, no laila, i ka wā makua, ua hōʻiliʻili i ke kapikala o nā hoaaloha koʻikoʻi, ua hoʻomaka ʻo Rawls e komo i ke aloha a me ka manawaleʻa. Ua manaʻo ʻo ia ʻo ka hoʻonaʻauao ʻana i nā ʻōpio o ʻAmelika ka mea nui. Ma o kāna mau hana ma ke ʻano he Luna Hoʻohanohano, ua hoʻonui ʻo ia ma luna o $ 150 miliona no ka College Foundation (UNCF). Ua hoʻokō ʻo ia i kēia ma ka hoʻokipa ʻana i ka telethon televise Parade of the Stars i kēlā me kēia Ianuali. Mai ka makahiki 1980, ua kono ʻo Rawls i nā mea hoʻokani e hoʻokani "ola" ma nā hōʻike e hoʻonui i ke kālā no ke kālā. Ma waena o nā malihini ʻo: Marilyn McGoo, Gladys Knight, Ray Charles, Patti LaBelle, Luther Vandross, Peabo Bryson, Sheryl Lee Ralph a me nā mea ʻē aʻe.
I ka makahiki 1989, ma Chicago (kaona hānau o Rawls), ua kapa ʻia kekahi alanui ma hope ona. Ua kapa hou ʻia ʻo South Wentworth Avenue ʻo Lou Rolls Drive. A i ka makahiki 1993, ua hele ʻo Rawls i nā hanana hoʻoheheʻe honua no ka Lou Rawls Theatre and Cultural Center. Aia i loko o kāna kikowaena moʻomeheu kahi hale waihona puke, ʻelua hale kiʻiʻoniʻoni, hale ʻaina, kahi hale kiʻiʻoniʻoni he 1500 mau noho a me kahi pahu hoʻoheheʻe holo. Ua kūkulu ʻia ke kikowaena ma ke kahua mua o ka Hale Hōʻikeʻikeʻike aliʻi ma ka ʻaoʻao hema o Chicago. ʻO ka ʻeuanelio a me nā blues i pāʻani ʻia ma ka Theatre Royal i nā makahiki 1950 i hoʻoikaika i ka ʻōpio Lou Rawls. I kēia manawa ua paʻa kona inoa ma kahi i hoʻomaka ai.
I ka nīnau ʻia ʻana ma 1997 e ka American Business Review e wehewehe i kona kūpaʻa i ka ʻoihana hōʻikeʻike, ua pane ʻo Lou Rawls, "ʻAʻole au i hoʻāʻo e hoʻololi i kēlā me kēia manawa ke loli ke mele. Ua noho au i loko o ka ʻeke aʻu i noho ai no ka mea maʻalahi a makemake nā kānaka. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ua lilo ʻo Rawls i mea o kahi hui ʻAmelika. Me ka hana hoʻokō ʻana i ʻelima mau makahiki, he manawa lōʻihi ma ke ʻano he hui ʻohi kālā ʻo Parade of Stars, a me kahi leo mele baritone ʻoluʻolu, ʻo Rawls kekahi o nā mea pena kiʻi i kālai ʻia i kahi paʻa ma ke kahua mele ʻAmelika. I ka hopena o 1990s, ua loaʻa iā ia he 60 albums.
Make o Lou Rawls
Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Rawls me ka maʻi kanesa maʻi i ka makahiki 2004. I hoʻokahi makahiki ma hope mai, ua ʻike ʻia ʻo ia me ka maʻi maʻi lolo. Ma muli o ka maʻi, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia kāna ʻoihana, i hoʻomau ʻia ma 2005. Ua make ʻo ia ma Ianuali 6, 2006 ma Los Angeles, Kaleponi i ka makahiki 72. Ua haʻalele ʻo Rawls i kāna wahine ʻekolu, ʻo Nina Malek Inman, nā keiki kāne ʻo Lou Jr. a me Aiden, nā kaikamahine ʻo Luanne lāua ʻo Kendra, a me nā moʻopuna ʻehā.
