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by Steve HueyFrom gospel and early R he made his recording debut on a pair of sessions in early 1954. He later joined the Pilgrim Travelers, but quit in 1956 to enlist in the Army as a paratrooper; upon his discharge in 1958, he returned to the Travelers and embarked on a tour with Cooke. It nearly cost Rawls his life — during the Southern leg of their tour, the car Rawls and Cooke were riding in crashed into a truck. Cooke escaped with minor injuries, but another passenger was killed, and Rawls was actually pronounced dead on the way to the hospital; as it turned out, he spent five and a half days in a coma, did not regain his full memory for another three months, and took an entire year to recuperate.When Rawls had recovered sufficiently, he switched to secular music and hit the L.A. circuit with a vengeance, performing in clubs, coffeehouses, and any other small venues that would allow him on-stage. During this period, he also landed his first acting role, a small part on the hit detective series 77 Sunset Strip. In 1962, he was discovered at a coffeeshop near Capitol Records headquarters by producer Nick Venet; at Venets request, Rawls hastily recorded an audition tape, and wound up with a recording contract. Later that year, Capitol issued Rawls debut album, Stormy Monday (alternately known as Id Rather Drink Muddy Water), a collection of jazz tunes with backing from the Les McCann Trio. The same year, he supplied the impassioned background vocals on Sam Cookes hit Bring It On Home to Me. Rawls next few recordings for Capitol combined jazz, blues, R these raps served as a platform for the singer to discuss social issues and personal experience, not to mention as an attention-getting gimmick that overrode the noise and bustle of the clubs he performed in. 1966s Live! captured that distinctive concert presence on a repertoire of mostly jazz and blues (plus a celebrated version of Tobacco Road), and proved to be a gold-selling breakthrough hit. However, Rawls found an even more lucrative direction when he made the switch to soul music later that year; his first full-fledged R it also teamed Rawls with composer，producer，arranger David Axelrod, who would go on to a legendary career of his own. A 1969 cover of Mable Johns Your Good Thing (Is About to End) was Rawls next big hit, although by that time his LP sales had begun to slip a bit; nonetheless, he was still a regular presence on variety shows and on the Las Vegas circuit.In 1971, Rawls parted ways with Capitol and signed with MGM, where he promptly delivered another one of his greatest successes with Natural Man. With its subtle message of black pride, Natural Man reached the Top 20 on both the pop and R disenchanted, he left the label in 1972. It wasnt until 1975 that he caught on with another label, the independent Bell Records, where he recorded an early Daryl Hall，John Oates composition, Shes Gone. Unfortunately, Rawls version was eclipsed by Tavares far bigger hit recording of the song, and he soon left Bell to sign with Kenny Gamble and Leon Huffs legendary soul imprint Philadelphia International. With Gamble and Huffs help, Rawls managed to successfully reinvent himself in the lush, orchestrated Philly soul idiom. His label debut, 1976s All Things in Time, proved to be the biggest album of his career, reaching the Top Ten and going platinum; likewise, Youll Never Find Another Love Like Mine became his biggest hit single ever, topping the R later that year, he continued his artistic and commercial hot streak with When You Hear Lou, Youve Heard It All and Lady Love. The title track of 1979s Let Me Be Good to You was his last big hit with Philly International, reaching number 11 R by then, he was more interested in running the telethon and conducting extensive tours of American military bases around the world. A 1987 reunion with Gamble & Huff produced his final charting single on the R&B side, I Wish You Belonged to Me. Toward the end of the 80s, Rawls made some recordings for Blue Note, including the Grammy-nominated At Last in 1989. During the latter half of the 90s, Rawls returned to his acting career with greater frequency, appearing in the acclaimed Leaving Las Vegas (among many other films and TV shows) and also pursuing voice-over work in cartoons like Hey Arnold and Rugrats (hed begun this side of his career singing on several Garfield specials). Most of his 90s recordings were holiday collections, but 1998s Seasons 4 U was a jazzy outing released on his own label. Rawls entered the new millennium by returning to his gospel roots on 2001s Im Blessed (astonishingly, his first solo gospel album) and 2002s Oh Happy Day. In 2003 he paid tribute to Frank Sinatra with the release of Rawls Sings Sinatra on Savoy Jazz. On January 6, 2006, he succumbed to a two-year fight with cancer. (更多)

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