Lou Rawls bụ onye ama ama n'ụda na blues (R&B) nwere ogologo ọrụ yana mmesapụ aka buru ibu. Ọrụ ịbụ abụ ya nwere ihe karịrị afọ iri ise. Na ọrụ ebere ya gụnyere inye aka n'ịkwalite ihe karịrị nde $50 maka United Negro College Fund (UNCF). Ọrụ onye na-ese ihe malitere mgbe ndụ ya fọrọ nke nta ka ọ dị mkpụmkpụ na 150 n'ihe mberede ụgbọ ala. Dị ka onye nrụpụta kwuru:
"Ihe niile na-eme n'ihi ihe kpatara ya." Onye na-abụ abụ na-enweta ihe nrite Grammy Lou Rawls nwere ụdị abụ dị ụtọ yana ụdị octave anọ ọ na-eme n'ọtụtụ ụdị egwu, gụnyere ozioma, jazz, R&B, mkpụrụ obi na pop. Ọ dekọtara ihe dị ka ọba 75 wee ree ihe ndekọ nde 50. Ọ rụkwara ọtụtụ narị ihe nkiri ndụ ruo mgbe ọ nwụrụ. Achọpụtakwara Rawls na Parade of Stars telethon, nke o kere wee gbaa ọsọ ruo afọ 25.
Oge nwata na uto nke Lou Rawls
A mụrụ Lou Rawls na 1933 na Chicago, ebe ọtụtụ ndị na-egwu blues ama ama. Nwa nwoke onye ụkọchukwu Baptist, Lou mụtara ịbụ abụ n'ime ukwe ụka site na nwata. N'ihi ọtụtụ ihe kpatara nzụlite nwata ahụ bụ nne nne ya (n'akụkụ nna ya). Ọ malitere ọrụ abụ ya mgbe ọ bụ nwata n'òtù ukwe nke ụka nna ya.
N'oge na-adịghị anya, abụ Rawls dọtara mmasị ndị Chicago. Kemgbe ọ bụ nwata, ọ bụ enyi na kpakpando na-abụ abụ mkpụrụ obi n'ọdịnihu Sam Cooke. Ụmụ nwoke ndị a bụ ndị otu obodo Teenage Kings of Harmony tupu Rawls abanye n'otu ozioma mpaghara ọzọ, Holy Wonders. Site na 1951 ruo 1953 Rawls nọchiri Cook na ìgwè Chicago ọzọ, Highway QC.
Na 1953, Lou Rawls kwagara otu mba. Ma sonye na ndị na-abụ abụ ozi ọma a họọrọ wee kwaga Los Angeles. Rawls so ha dekọọ ihe egwu na nke mbụ na ụlọ ọrụ ndekọ na 1954. N’oge na-adịghị anya, ọ sonyeere òtù ndị na-ezisa ozi ọma, bụ́ Ndị njem Pilgrim, ya na Cook. Akwụsịla ọnụnọ ya n'ìgwè ahụ site na ọrụ ndị agha ikuku nke ndị agha America. Mgbe a chụrụ ya n'ọrụ, ọ laghachiri na ndị otu Pilgrim Travelers wee gaa n'ihu na-edekọ egwu na njem.
Ihe mberede nke gbanwere akara aka
Ndụ Rawls gbanwere na 1958 mgbe o tinyere aka n'ihe mberede ụgbọ ala mgbe ya na ndị otu na-eme njem. Onye na-anya ụgbọ ala ahụ Cook na Lou nọ na ya na-eme njem nwụnahụrụ ya wee si n'obere nkume fepụ. Rawls nwere ọtụtụ mgbaji, nnukwu mgbakasị ahụ, ma ọ fọrọ nke nta ka ọ nwụọ. Ọ nọrọ na coma ruo ọtụtụ ụbọchị. Mgbe ọtụtụ ụbọchị nọ na coma na ihe fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ otu afọ nke mmezigharị, Rawls nwere echiche ọhụrụ na ndụ. N'afọ 1959, otu ahụ tiwara n'ihi ọdịiche dị n'echiche banyere imepụta ihe. Na Rawls kpebiri iji ohere ya malite ọrụ naanị ya. N'ịhapụ abụ ozi ọma, o lekwasịrị anya n'ụdị egwú ndị ụwa.
Onye na-ese ihe dekọtara ọtụtụ egwu mbụ maka Candix Label. Ihe omume na ụlọ ahịa kọfị West Hollywood, nke onye mmepụta Nick Venet hụrụ, dugara na nkwekọrịta Capitol Records. E wepụtara album mbụ, "Ọ ga-amasị m ịṅụ mmiri ruru unyi" ("Stormy Monday") na 1962. Ọ nọchiri anya ụkpụrụ na ụdị jazz na blues. Rawls wee dekọọ ndekọ mkpụrụ obi abụọ: okporo ụzọ ụtaba na Lou Rawls Soulin.
Na ọnụ ọgụgụ kasị elu nke ama
Ọrụ ịgụ abụ Rawls toro na 1960 na 1970, mgbe o lekwasịrị anya na R&B na egwu pop. O nwere ụzọ omume pụrụ iche - na-akparịta egwu a na-eme n'oge mfu na gụnyere monologues ya na ya. Matt Schudel nke akwụkwọ akụkọ Washington Post hotara Rawls na-akọwa mmalite nke ihe omume a: “M rụrụ ọrụ na obere klọb na ụlọ ahịa kọfị. M na-agbalị ịbụ abụ n'ebe ahụ, ndị mmadụ na-ekwukwa okwu n'olu dara ụda. Iji dọta uche ha, n'etiti ịbụ abụ, amalitere m ịgụgharị okwu na abụ ndị ahụ. Mgbe ahụ, amalitere m ịkọ obere akụkọ banyere abụ ahụ na ihe ọ na-ezo aka.”
Rawls gosipụtara nkà ya na ọba egwu Lou Rawls Live (1966). Edekọrọ ya na ụlọ ọrụ ihe nkiri na ndị na-ege ntị. N'otu afọ ahụ, ọ wepụtara R&B mbụ ya, Love Is a Hurtin 'Ihe. Otu "Dead End Street" nwetara ya Grammy Award mbụ ya na 1967.
Mgbe ha bịanyere aka n'akwụkwọ nkwekọrịta na akara ọhụrụ MGM, Rawls kwagara karịa n'ime ụdị egwu pop. Album A Natural Man (1971) nwetara ya onyinye Grammy nke abụọ ya. N'afọ ndị 1970, Rawls bịanyere aka na nkwekọrịta Philadelphia International label. Mmekọrịta ya na ndị na-ede abụ na ndị na-emepụta akara (Kenny Gramble na Leon Huff) rụpụtara na Rawls 'kụrụ "Ị gaghị ahụ ya." The disco Ballad ruru No. 2 na pop charts na nke 1 na R&B chaatị dị na 1976.
Na 1977, Rawls nwere ihe ọzọ kụrụ, Lady Love, site na album platinum All Things In Time. Ọ natara onyinye Grammy nke atọ ya maka album platinum Unmistakably Luu (1977). Rawls nwere ọtụtụ hits na Philadelphia International, gụnyere Ka m dịrị gị mma na a na m achọ ka ị bụrụ nke m.
Okike nke Parade of Stars telethon
Rawls mere ka aha ya bụrụ nnukwu ego dị ka onye na-ekwuchitere mgbasa ozi maka nnukwu ụlọ mmanya Anheuser-Busch, onye na-emepụta biya Budweiser. Ebe a na-eme mmanya na-akwado onye na-agụ egwú n'ihe ghọrọ ihe kachasị ama na ihe dị mkpa na ọrụ ya n'ọdịnihu. Ọ na-ahazi telethon Parade nke Stars kwa afọ iji rite uru na United Negro College Fund. Rawls bụkwa onye ọbịa nke ihe omume telivishọn, nke oge ya dịgasị iche site na awa 3 ruo 7. O gosiputara ndị ọkaibe n'ụdị egwu dị iche iche.
N'afọ 1998, "Parade of Stars" (otu afọ ahụ a kpọgharịrị aha "Evening of Stars") na-agbasa na ọwa telivishọn 60 nwere ike ịhụ ihe dị ka nde 90. Mgbe ahụ USA Today mere atụmatụ ngụkọta ego sitere na telethon kemgbe mmalite ya na $ 175 nde. . Ego ahụ gara otu obere kọleji na mahadum ndị isi ojii n'akụkọ ihe mere eme. Ha meghekwara ụzọ ha nye ụmụ akwụkwọ nwere ohere akụ na ụba nwere oke. Ọtụtụ iri puku ụmụ akwụkwọ America America ji Lou Rawls agụ akwụkwọ ha.
Lou Rawls: Na-arụ ọrụ na telivishọn
Rawls bụ onye ọbịa na-agakarị na ihe ngosi telivishọn na 1970s. Ọ rụkwara ọrụ dị ka onye na-eme ihe nkiri na fim ma na telivishọn. O kwupụtakwara katuun na mgbasa ozi kacha ewu ewu. Rawls apụtala n'ihe dị ka ihe nkiri 20, gụnyere ịhapụ Las Vegas na Anchorman. Ọ rụkwara ọrụ na usoro ihe nkiri telivishọn "Baywatch Nights." O meela olu ya na usoro ihe nkiri dị ka Garfield, Parenthood na Hey Arnold!
Na mgbakwunye na ịnọ n'ọrụ na telivishọn, Rawls gara n'ihu na-edekọ hits ọhụrụ. N'afọ ndị 1990, ọ lekwasịrị anya na ntụziaka ọhụrụ - jazz na blues. Na mgbakwunye na Portrait of the Blues (1993), Rawls dekọtara ọba atọ maka akara jazz Blue Note na ngwụcha 1980 na mmalite 1990s. Ihe mbụ ọ kụrụ n'ime ihe karịrị afọ 10 bụ At Last (1989), nke ghọrọ akara nke 1 na chaatị jazz. Na mbido 2000s, Rawls malitere idekọ ọba ozi ọma ọzọ, gụnyere How Great Thou Art (2003).
Ihe ndị kwesịrị ekwesị ụzọ
N'ime 1980s na 1990s, onye na-agụ egwú a ma ama kwadoro onwe ya dị ka onye na-enye onyinye. N'otu oge, ọ naghị enwe ohere ịmụ akwụkwọ ebe ọ chọrọ, ya mere, mgbe ọ bụ okenye, na-anakọta ego site n'aka ndị enyi a ma ama, Rawls malitere ịrụsi ọrụ ike na ọrụ ebere na ọrụ afọ ofufo. O kwenyere na agụmakwụkwọ ndị ntorobịa America bụ ihe kacha mkpa. Site na mbọ ya dị ka Onye isi oche Emeritus, ọ kpalitere ihe karịrị nde $150 maka College Foundation (UNCF). O nwetara nke a site na ijide telethon Parade of Stars kwa ọnwa Jenụwarị. Kemgbe 1980, Rawls akpọwo ndị na-eme ihe nkiri ka ha na-eme ndụ na ihe ngosi iji nweta ego maka ntọala ahụ. Ndị ọbịa gụnyere: Marilyn McGoo, Gladys Knight, Ray Charles, Patti LaBelle, Luther Vandross, Peabo Bryson, Sheryl Lee Ralph na ndị ọzọ.
N'afọ 1989, n'obodo Rawls nke Chicago, a kpọrọ okporo ámá aha maka nsọpụrụ ya. South Wentworth Avenue ka akpọrọ Lou Rawls Drive aha. Na 1993, Rawls gara emume mgbawa maka Lou Rawls Theatre and Cultural Center. Ebe omenala ya gụnyere ọbá akwụkwọ, sinima abụọ, ụlọ oriri na ọṅụṅụ, ụlọ ihe nkiri nke oche 1500 na ebe a na-egwu skating. Ewubere etiti a na saịtị izizi nke Royal Theatre dị na Chicago's South Side. Egwu ozi ọma na blues a na-egwuri na Royal Theatre na 1950 kpaliri Lou Rawls na-eto eto. Ugbu a aha ya anwụghị anwụ n'ebe ọ malitere.
Mgbe American Business Review jụrụ ya na 1997 ka ọ kọwaara ya ikike ịnọnyere ya n'ahịa ihe ngosi, Lou Rawls zara, sị: “Agbalịghị m ịgbanwe mgbe ọ bụla egwu gbanwere. Naanị m nọrọ n'akpa ebe m nọ n'ihi na ọ dị mma ma ndị mmadụ masịrị ya. " N'ezie, Rawls aghọwo ihe nke ụlọ ọrụ America. N'ịbụ onye na-arụ ọrụ na-eme ihe dị ka afọ iri ise, ogologo oge dị ka onye na-akwado ihe nkiri TV na-enye ego maka Parade of Stars na ihe dị mma dị ka onye na-agụ egwú, Rawls bụ otu n'ime ndị na-ese ihe na-adịghị ahụkebe na-esepụta ebe na-adịgide adịgide na ebe egwu America. Na njedebe nke 1990s, o nweelarị ọba 60.
Ọnwụ Lou Rawls
N'afọ 2004, a chọpụtara na Rawls nwere ọrịa cancer akpa ume. Otu afọ ka e mesịrị, a chọpụtakwara na ọ na-arịa ọrịa kansa ụbụrụ. N'ihi ọrịa, a kwụsịrị ọrụ ya, nke gara n'ihu na 2005. Ọ nwụrụ na Jenụwarị 6, 2006 na Los Angeles, California mgbe ọ dị afọ 72. Rawls nwere nwunye ya nke atọ, Nina Malek Inman, ụmụ nwoke Lou Jr. na Aiden, ụmụ nwanyị Luanne na Kendra, na ụmụ ụmụ anọ.
