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RAWLS Lou
(voc)

Personal Data:

Born:	01.12.1933	(Chicago, Illinois, USA, as Louis Allen Rawls)
Died:	06.01.2006	(brain cancer)

Albums Discography:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Lou Rawls Sings & Plays Stormy Monday	1962
2.	Stormy Monday	1962
3.	Black & Blue	3/1963
4.	Tobacco Road	1964
5.	The Soul Stirring Gospel Sounds	1965
6.	Nobody But Lou	1965
7.	Lou Rawls And Strings	1965
8.	Carryin' On	1966
9.	Pilgrim Travellers	1966
10.	Soulin'	8/1966
11.	Merry Christmas Ho Ho Ho	1967
12.	Too Much	1967
13.	That's Lou	1967
14.	The Best Of Lou Rawls	1968
15.	Feelin' Good	1968
16.	You're Good For Me	1968
17.	You've Made Me So Very Happy	1969
18.	The Way It Was,The Way It Is	1970
19.	Bring It On Home	1970
20.	Silk And Soul	1971	MGM
21.	Natural Man	11/1971	MGM
22.	A Man Of Value	1972
23.	The Soul Of Nigger Charley	1973
24.	Live At The Century Plaza (live)	1973
25.	She's Gone	12/1974	Bell
26.	All Things In Time	8/1976	Philadelphia International			16
27.	Unmistakably Lou (Grammy)	5/1977	Philadelphia
28.	When You Hear Lou You've Heard It All	25.11.1977	Philadelphia International
29.	Let Me Be Good To You	1979
30.	Naturally	1979
31.	Shades Of Blue	5/1981	Philadelphia International
32.	Now Is The Time	1982
33.	When The Night Comes	1983
34.	Close Company	1984
35.	Love All Your Blues Away	1986	Epic
36.	Try As Hard As I Can	1987
37.	At Last produced by: Billy Vera	1989	Blue Note
38.	Portrait Of The Blues	1993
39.	Sings The Hits	5/1998	EMI
40.	Classic Soul	08.03.1999	Magnum/east west
41.	Anthology (2CD)	06.06.2000	The Right Stuff
42.	Christmas Will Be Christmas	28.08.2001	The Right Stuff
43.	Oh Happy Day	23.04.2002
44.	Rawls Sings Sinatra produced by: Billy Vera	09.09.2003	Savoy Jazz
45.	I Can't Make It Alone: The Axelrod Years	14.09.2004	EMI
46.	Love Songs	25.01.2005	Capitol
47.	Lou Rawls	22.03.2005	Simply the Best
48.	Very Best	24.05.2005	Blue Note
49.	Amen	07.06.2005	Prism Platinum
50.	Live! (live)	16.08.2005	Blue Note
51.	Groovy People: The Best Of Lou Rawls	13.09.2005	Music Club International
52.	Finest Collection	24.01.2006	Emi Gold
53.	Simply the Best	24.01.2006	Disky
54.	The Best Of Lou Rawls: The Capitol Jazz & Blues Sessions	10.04.2006	Blue Note
55.	Very Best of Lou Rawls: You'll Never Find Another	06.06.2006	Capitol
56.	Lou Rawls Christmas	12.09.2006	Time Life
57.	Merry Christmas, Baby	12.09.2006	Capitol
58.	Essential Lou Rawls	06.11.2007	Sony Legacy
59.	Super Hits	22.12.2009	Sony/BMG
60.	Playlist: The Very Best of Lou Rawls	25.01.2011	Playlist
61.	The Rarest Lou Rawls: In the Beginning 1959-1962 (2CD)	05.12.2014	Jasmine

Singles Discography:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Three O'Clock In The Morning	5/1965	Capitol		83
2.	Love Is A Hurtin' Thing	9/1966	Capitol		13
3.	You Can Give Me All Your Heartaches	11/1966	Capitol		55
4.	Trouble Down Here Below	1/1967	Capitol		92
5.	Dead End Street	3/1967	Capitol		29
6.	Show Business	6/1967	Capitol		45
7.	My Ancestors	2/1968	Capitol		113
8.	You're Good For Me	5/1968	Capitol		103
9.	Down Here On The Ground	8/1968	Capitol		69
10.	The Split	11/1968	Capitol		123
11.	Your Good Thing (Is About To End)	7/1969	Capitol		18
12.	I Can't Make It Alone	10/1969	Capitol		63
13.	You've Made Me So Very Happy	2/1970	Capitol		95
14.	Bring It On Home	7/1970	Capitol		96
15.	A Natural Man (Grammy)	8/1971	MGM		17
16.	She's Gone	9/1974	Bell
17.	You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine produced by: Gamble/Huff	5/1976	Philly Int.	10	2
18.	A Natural Man	20.08.1976	MGM
19.	Groovy People / This Song Will Last Forever	10/1976	Philadelphia International		64
20.	From Now On	08.10.1976	Philadelphia
21.	See You When I Get There	5/1977	Philadelphia		66
22.	Lady Love	27.01.1978	Philadelphia International		20
23.	Trade Winds	19.05.1978	Philadelphia International
24.	You're My Blessing	4/1980	Philadelphia International		77
25.	Wind Beneath My Wings	3/1983	Epic		65
26.	Stop Me From Starting This Feeling	7/1986		80
27.	Fine Brown Frame & Dianne Reeves	10/1989
28.	For What It's Worth / You Made Me So Very Happy (reissue)	28.02.2005	Stateside
29.	When Love Walked In The Door (Hurt Walked Out The Other) / Who Loves You Baby	18.09.2006	Gamble & Huff
30.	Philadelphia International Classics: The Tom Moulton Remixes Part 1 of 3 EP (I Love Music (Tom Moulton remix) / Don't Leave Me This Way (Tom Moulton remix) / Let's Groove (Tom Moulton remix) / You'll Never Find (Tom Moulton remix)) & The O'Jays & Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes & Archie Bell & The Drells	30.04.2012	Harmless
31.	Philadelphia International Classics: The Tom Moulton Remixes Part 2 of 3 EP (Where Will You Go When The Party's Over / Jam Jam Jam (All Night Long) / I Don't Love You Anymore / See You When I Git There) & Archie Bell & The Drells & People's Choice & Teddy Pendergrass	08.06.2012	Harmless

Press References:

Melody Maker
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1971	0	27.11.1971	10	Pop Albums	album review
1973	10	10.03.1973	54	Albums	album review
1976	35	28.08.1976	21	Soul/Folk/Blues Albu	album review
1976	37	11.09.1976	49	Soul Food	interview
1977	23	04.06.1977	29	Soul Albums	album review
1977	43	22.10.1977	24	Singles - Soul	single review
1978	4	28.01.1978	22	Singles - Soul	single review
1981	21	23.05.1981	25	Albums	album review
Rock & Pop
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
2006	2		87	Jazz Lounge	profile