Lou Rawls Net Worth is
$1.4 Million
Mini Biography
Rawls was created on 1st Dec 1933 in Chicago, Illinois. His dad abandoned his family members and Lou grew up by his grandmother. His 1st ending up in music was when he was seven years of age, inside a Baptist chapel choir. He was mainly influenced from the Chicago Regal theatre where he previously the chance to start to see the greatest in dark entertainment. Billy Eckstine and Arthur Prysock had been only two of the greatest that Lou noticed. He and classmate, Sam Cooke, would harmonize in the institution lavatory. He graduated from Dunbar Technology. School and became a member of the touring gospel performing group, the Pilgrim Travelers. He remaining the group in 1956 and became a member of the US Military and became a Sergeant using the Screaming Eagle Paratroopers. In 1958, he was involved with a serious car crash that wiped out one and Rawls was pronounced lifeless on on the path to a healthcare facility. Lou remained inside a coma for over five times and experienced a memory reduction for several weeks. Sam Cooke was also in the auto and was remaining uninjured. Rawls was initially observed by Capitol Information maker Nick Benet after realizing his four octave range while carrying out at a Pandora’s LA restaurant. He continued to execute at several LA night clubs and later produced his debut in the Hollywood Dish in 1959 with Dick Clark. He proceeded to go single in 1964 and offers received four Grammys. In the middle 70s, he became a member of the Anheuser Busch Brewery like a corporate and business spokesman. Since 1980, he offers presented some worldwide concerts for American armed service bases which were co-sponsored by Anheuser Busch, the USO, and the united states Dept. Of Protection. During Xmas of 1983, he toured US bases in the Phillipines, Korea and Japan. He offers raised vast sums of dollars for dark colleges and, each year, he sponsors a superstar golf competition in LA to improve cash for the United Negro University Account. South Wentworth Road in Chicago was renamed Lou Rawls Travel in his honor. The talented Rawls can be the singing tone of voice of the cartoon fickle feline “Garfield”.
Known for movies
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)
as Soundtrack
Disturbia (2007)
as Soundtrack
What Women Want (2000)
as Soundtrack
The 4th Annual American Music Awards (1977)
as Himself - Host
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Lou Rawls |
| Date Of Birth | December 1, 1933 |
| Died | January 6, 2006, Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Height | 1.78 m, 1.75 m |
| Weight | 98 kg |
| Profession | Record producer, Film Score Composer, Voice Actor, Singer, Songwriter, You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine, Love Is a Hurtin' Thing, Natural Man, Missionary, Author, Pastor |
| Education | Dunbar Vocational High School, Dillard University, You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine, Love Is a Hurtin' Thing, Natural Man, Central Michigan University |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse | Nina Malek Inman Rawls, Margaret Schaffer, Ceci Rawls, Lana Jean Taylor, You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine, Love Is a Hurtin' Thing, Natural Man |
| Children | Louanna Rawls, Aiden Allen Rawls, Kendra Rawls, Lou Rawls Jr., You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine, Love Is a Hurtin' Thing, Natural Man |
| Parents | Thomas Terrell Rawls, Deadra Whitley |
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| Awards | Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance, American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist, American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Single, You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine, Love Is a Hurtin' Thing, Natural Man |
| Nominations | Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance |
| Movies | Blues Brothers 2000, Angel, Angel, Down We Go, Lookin' Italian, The Rugrats Movie, The Code Conspiracy, Still Breathing, Everything's Jake, Watchers Reborn, Don King: Only in America, The Price of Kissing, After the Game, Betaville, Sam Cooke: Legend, Garfield: Travel Adventures, Showdown, Morella, Uh-Oh!, Driven, Petula Clark: A Sign of the Times, Living Legends of Gospel. Vol. 1, Super Soul Session, Super Stars Live, Living Legends of Gospel. Vol. 2, Straight from the Heart: Vol. 1, Lou Rawls: The Jazz Channel Presents: BET on Jazz, Lou Rawls: Prime Concerts: In Concert with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra |
| TV Shows | Baywatch Nights |