U-Lou Rawls uyiciko elidume kakhulu lesigqi neblues (R&B) onomsebenzi omude nokuphana okukhulu. Umsebenzi wakhe wokucula wathatha iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-50. Futhi uthando lwakhe luhlanganisa nokusiza ukuqongelela imali engaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-150 zamaRandi eSikhwameni Sekolishi Le-United Negro (UNCF). Umsebenzi walo mculi waqala ngemuva kokuthi impilo yakhe isicishe yashabalala ngo-1958 engozini yemoto. Njengoba umculi esho:
"Konke okwenzekayo, kwenzeka ngesizathu." Umculi owine iGrammy u-Lou Rawls ubenesitayela sokucula esishelelayo kanye nebanga lama-octave amane ayejwayele ukuwenza ezinhlotsheni eziningi zomculo, okuhlanganisa i-gospel, i-jazz, i-R&B, i-soul ne-pop. Waqopha ama-albhamu angaba ngu-75, wathengisa amarekhodi angaba yizigidi ezingu-50. Futhi wenza namakhulu emidlalo "bukhoma" kuze kube sekufeni kwakhe. URawls uphinde wakhonjwa ngeParade of the Stars telethon, ayidalile futhi wayisingatha iminyaka engama-25.
Ubuntwana nobusha uLou Rawls
U-Lou Rawls wazalwa ngo-1933 edolobheni laseChicago, lapho kuhlala khona abaculi abaningi abadumile be-blues. Indodana yomfundisi wamaBaptist, uLou wafunda ukucula ekwayeni yesonto kusukela esemncane. Ngenxa yezizathu eziningi, ugogo (ohlangothini lukayise) wayehileleke kakhulu ekukhuliseni umfana. Waqala umsebenzi wakhe wokucula eseyingane ekwayeni yesonto likayise.
Ukucula kukaRawls ngokushesha kwadonsa ukunaka kwabantu baseChicago. Wayengabangane bobuntwana enenkanyezi yokucula umphefumulo wesikhathi esizayo uSam Cooke. Laba bafana babengamalungu eTeenage Kings of Harmony ngaphambi kokuthi uRawls ajoyine elinye iqembu lendawo levangeli, i-Holy Wonders. Kusukela ngo-1951 kuya ku-1953 URawls wathatha indawo ka-Cook kwelinye iqembu laseChicago, Highway QC.
Ngo-1953, uLou Rawls wathuthela eqenjini lesizwe. Futhi wajoyina i-Chosen Gospel Singers futhi wathuthela e-Los Angeles. Ngabo, uRawls waqala ukuqopha izingoma endaweni yokuqopha ngo-1954. Ngokushesha wajoyina elinye iqembu labavangeli, i-Pilgrim Travelers, nalo noCook. Ukuhlala kwakhe kuleli qembu kwamiswa ngokusebenza embuthweni wamasosha aseMelika. Ngemva kokuxoshwa, wabuyela kumaPilgrim Travelers waqhubeka nokuqopha izingoma nokuvakasha.
Ingozi eyashintsha isiphetho
Impilo kaRawls yashintsha ngo-1958 ngesikhathi esengozini yemoto ehamba neqembu lomculo. Umshayeli wemoto ababehamba ngayo uCook noLou wahluleka ukuyilawula, futhi yandiza yasuka eweni. URawls waphuka kaningi, washayeka kanzima, wacishe wafa. Wahlala izinsuku ezimbalwa equlekile. Ngemva kwezinsuku ezimbalwa ekuqulekeni okucishe kube unyaka wokuhlunyeleliswa, uRawls waba nombono omusha ngokuphila. Ngo-1959, leli qembu lahlukana ngenxa yokungafani kwemibono yokudala. Futhi uRawls wanquma ukuthatha ithuba lakhe futhi aqale umsebenzi wakhe eyedwa. Eshiya izingoma zevangeli, wagxila ezinhlotsheni eziningi zomculo wezwe.
Umculi uqophe izingoma ezimbalwa zababhali ze-Candix Label. Ukusebenza kwesitolo sekhofi saseWest Hollywood okubonwe umdidiyeli u-Nick Venet kuholele esivumelwaneni neCapitol Records. I-albhamu yokuqala, I'd Rather Drink Dirty Water (Stormy Monday), yakhululwa ngo-1962. Bekuyindinganiso ohlotsheni lwe-jazz neblues. URawls uqhubekile nokuqopha amarekhodi amabili omphefumulo, iTobacco Road neLou Rawls Soulin.
Esicongweni sodumo
Indumalo yomsebenzi ka-Rawls wokucula kwaba ngawo-1960 nawo-1970, lapho ayegxile kakhulu ku-R&B nomculo we-pop. Ubenendlela engajwayelekile enandisa - exoxa ngengoma eyadlalwa ngesikhathi sokulahlekelwa futhi ehlanganisa nama-monologue akhe kuyo. UMat Shudel we(Washington Post) wacaphuna uRawls echaza umsuka walesi simo: “Ngangisebenza emakilabhini amancane nasezitolo zekhofi. Ngazama ukucula lapho, futhi abantu babekhulumela phezulu kakhulu. Ukuze ngibanake, phakathi nokucula ngangiqala ukusho amagama ezingomeni. Ngabe sengiqala ukwenza izindaba ezincane mayelana nengoma nokuthi isho ukuthini."
URawls ukhombise amakhono akhe kwi-albhamu eshisa izikhotha ethi Lou Rawls Live (1966). Iqoshwe estudiyo nezilaleli. Ngawo lowo nyaka, wakhulula ingoma yakhe yokuqala ye-R&B, ethi Love Is a Hurtin 'Thing. I-Dead end Street eyodwa yamzuzela iGrammy yakhe yokuqala ngo-1967.
Isayina ilebula entsha ye-MGM, i-Rawls ingene kakhulu ohlotsheni lomculo we-pop. Ngenxa ye-albhamu ethi A Natural Man (1971), uthole indondo yesibili ye-Grammy. Ngawo-1970s, uRawls wasayina nelebula yasePhiladelphia International. Ukusebenzisana nababhali bezingoma nabakhiqizi bale lebula (u-Kenny Gramble no-Leon Huff) kuholele engomeni ka-Rawls ethi You'll Never Find. Le disco ballad ifinyelele ku-#2 kumashadi e-pop kanye no-#1 kumashadi e-R&B ngo-1976.
Ngo-1977, uRawls waba nenye ingoma, ethi Lady Love, evela ku-albhamu yeplatinamu ethi All Things In Time. Uthole indondo yesithathu ye-Grammy ye-albhamu yeplatinamu Ngokungangabazeki ukuthi uLuu (1977). U-Rawls ube namahithi amaningi ne-Philadelphia International, okuhlanganisa ethi Let Me Be Good to You kanye nethi I Wish You Belonged to Me.
Ukudalwa kwe-Parade of Stars telethon
U-Rawls wasebenzisa udumo lwakhe endaweni enenzuzo enkulu njengomkhulumeli wezokukhangisa wenkampani enkulu yokuphisa utshwala i-Anheuser-Busch, umenzi wobhiya wakwa-Budweiser. I-brewery yasekela umculi kulokho okwaba yinto eyaziwa kakhulu futhi ebalulekile emsebenzini wakhe wakamuva. Kuyinhlangano yocingo lwaminyaka yonke lweParade of Stars ukuze kuzuze i-United Negro College Fund. URawls uphinde waba ngumsakazi wohlelo lwethelevishini olwaqala emahoreni ama-3 kuye kwayi-7. Bekunabaculi abaphambili ezitayeleni ezahlukene zomculo.
Ngo-1998, iParade of the Stars (eqanjwe kabusha ngokuthi “Evening of the Stars” ngawo lowo nyaka) yasakazwa eziteshini ze-TV ezingama-60 okungenzeka ukuthi izibukeli zilinganiselwa ezigidini ezingu-90. Khona-ke i-USA Today yalinganisela isamba semali engenayo evela kumakhalekhukhwini kusukela yasungulwa ngo-$175. izigidi. Le mali yaya eqenjini lamakolishi namanyuvesi amancane, ngokomlando wabamnyama. Futhi bavulele iminyango kubafundi abakhubazekile kwezomnotho. Amashumi ezinkulungwane zabafundi base-Afrika baseMelika bavele bakweleta imfundo yabo ku-Lou Rawls.
U-Lou Rawls: Umsebenzi we-TV
URawls wayeyisivakashi esivamile ezinhlelweni zezingxoxo zikamabonakude ngeminyaka yawo-1970. Uke walingisa futhi njengomlingisi kumafilimu nakumabonakude. Futhi futhi uzwakalise opopayi ethandwa kakhulu nezimakethe. URawls uvele kumafilimu angaba ngu-20, okuhlanganisa neLeaving Las Vegas kanye neThe Host. Ubuye wadlala indima ochungechungeni lwethelevishini iBaywatch Nights. Uzwakalise uchungechunge olunjengama-animated njengokuthi "Garfield", "Fatherhood" kanye "Hey Arnold!".
Ngaphandle kokuba matasa kuthelevishini, uRawls uphinde waqhubeka nokuqopha izingoma ezintsha. Ngeminyaka yawo-1990, wagxila kakhulu ezindleleni ezintsha - i-jazz neblues. Ngokungeziwe ku-Portrait of the Blues (1993), uRawls uqophe ama-albhamu amathathu ngelebula ye-Blue Note ye-jazz ngasekupheleni kwawo-1980 nasekuqaleni kwawo-1990. Ukushaya kwakhe kokuqala eminyakeni engaphezu kwengu-10 kwaba At Last (1989), eyafika ku-#1 kumashadi e-jazz. URawls waqala ukuqopha ama-albhamu evangeli futhi ekuqaleni kwawo-2000s, okuhlanganisa nokuthi Umkhulu Kanjani (2003).
Okubalulekile Okubalulekile
Kuwo wonke ama-1980 kanye nawo-1990, umculi odumile wazimisa njengomxhasi onomusa. Ngesinye isikhathi wayengenalo ithuba lokufunda lapho efuna khona, ngakho lapho esekhulile, eqoqwe inhloko-dolobha yabangane abanethonya, uRawls waqala ukuhlanganyela ngenkuthalo ekusizeni nasekuzinikeleni. Wayekholelwa ukuthi imfundo yentsha yaseMelika yayihamba phambili. Ngemizamo yakhe njengoSihlalo Ohloniphekile, uqoqe imali engaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-150 zamaRandi e-College Foundation (UNCF). Lokhu ukuzuze ngokuphatha i-Parade of the Stars telethon njalo ngoJanuwari. Kusukela ngo-1980, i-Rawls imema abaculi ukuthi badlale "bukhoma" ezinhlelweni zokuqoqa imali yesikhwama. Phakathi kwezihambeli bekukhona: uMarilyn McGoo, uGladys Knight, uRay Charles, uPatti LaBelle, uLuther Vandross, uPeabo Bryson, uSheryl Lee Ralph nabanye.
Ngo-1989, eChicago (idolobha lakubo kaRawls), umgwaqo waqanjwa ngaye. I-South Wentworth Avenue yaqanjwa kabusha ngokuthi i-Lou Rolls Drive. Futhi ngo-1993, u-Rawls waya emikhosini eyisisekelo ye-Lou Rawls Theatre and Cultural Centre. Isikhungo sayo samasiko sihlanganisa umtapo wolwazi, amasinema amabili, indawo yokudlela, ithiyetha ehlala abantu abangu-1500 kanye ne-roller skating rink. Lesi sikhungo sakhiwe endaweni yokuqala yeTheatre Royal ohlangothini oluseningizimu yeChicago. Ivangeli kanye namablues adlalwa eTheatre Royal ngeminyaka yawo-1950s kwagqugquzela u-Lou Rawls osemusha. Manje igama lakhe alifiswa lapho kwaqala khona.
Lapho ebuzwa ngo-1997 yi-American Business Review ukuthi achaze ukuqina kwakhe ebhizinisini lemibukiso, u-Lou Rawls waphendula, “Angizange ngizame ukushintsha njalo lapho umculo ushintsha. Ngavele ngahlala ephaketheni lapho engangikhona ngoba yayilula futhi abantu beyithanda.” Vele, iRawls isiphenduke into yesikhungo saseMelika. Ngomsebenzi wokulingisa othathe amashumi amahlanu eminyaka, isikhathi eside sokuqoqwa kwezimali iParade of Stars, kanye nezwi lokucula elinethezekile, uRawls wayengomunye wabaculi abayivelakancane abaqopha indawo yaphakade endaweni yomculo waseMelika. Ngasekupheleni kwawo-1990, wayesenama-albhamu angama-60.
Ukufa kukaLou Rawls
URawls watholakala enomdlavuza wamaphaphu ngo-2004. Ngemva konyaka, kwatholakala nokuthi unomdlavuza wobuchopho. Ngenxa yokugula, umsebenzi wakhe wamiswa, okwaqhubeka ngo-2005. Washona ngoJanuwari 6, 2006 eLos Angeles, eCalifornia eneminyaka engama-72. URawls ushiye emhlabeni unkosikazi wakhe wesithathu, uNina Malek Inman, amadodana uLou Jr. no-Aiden, amadodakazi uLuanne noKendra, nabazukulu abane.
