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Lou Rawls
American singer (1933–2006)
Louis Allen Rawls (December 1, 1933 – January 6, 2006) was an American baritone singer.[1] He released 61 albums, sold more than 40 million records,[2] and had numerous charting singles, most notably the song "You'll Never Find Another Love like Mine". He also worked as a film, television, and voice actor. He was a three-time winner of the Best Male R&B Vocal PerformanceGrammy Award.
Early life
[edit]Rawls was born in Chicago on December 1, 1933, and raised by his grandmother in the Ida B. Wellsprojects on the city's South Side. He began singing in the Greater Mount Olive Baptist Church choir at the age of seven and later sang with local groups through which he met Sam Cooke, who was nearly three years older, and Curtis Mayfield.[3][4]
Career
[edit]After graduating from Dunbar Vocational High School, he sang briefly with Cooke in the Teenage Kings of Harmony, a gospel group, and then wit
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Judy Henske, Influential ‘60s Folk Singer-Songwriter, Dies at 85
Judy Henske, a armatur of the ‘60s folk-revival scen, died on April 27 in hospice care in Los Angeles after a long illness, according to her husband, Craig Doerge.
The imposing, six-foot-plus-tall Heske commanded the stage, combining traditional material like “Wade in the Water” and “Love Henry” with an onstage act marked by frank, witty on-stage banter. Her 1964 single “High Flying Bird” anticipated the psychedelic blues of emerging rock singers like Janis Joplin and Grace Slick.
Dubbed “The Queen of the Beatniks” by producer Jack Nitzsche, Henske’s sarcasm was reportedly channeled by Woody Allen for Diane Keaton’s title character in “Annie Hall,” who not coincidentally also came from Chippewa Falls. Henske would often appear on double bills at L.A. kaffe (engelska) houses such as the Unicorn on Sunset Strip alongside comics like Allen an
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Onzy Matthews
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| Birth name | Onzy Durrett Matthews, Jr. |
| Born | (1930-01-15)January 15, 1930 Fort Worth, Texas, US |
| Died | November 13, 1997(1997-11-13) (aged 67) Dallas, Texas |
| Genres | Jazz, bebop, soul, R&B, hard bop, jazz fusion |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer, arranger, actor |
| Instrument(s) | Piano, singer |
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Musical artist
Onzy Durrett Matthews, Jr. (January 15, 1930 – November 13, 1997) was an American jazz pianist, singer, arranger, composer, and television and movie actor. He is best known for the big band arrangements done for the Lou Rawls albums Black and Blue and Tobacco Road, as well as arrangemang for several of Ray Charles' 1960s releases. He had his own big band for many years and recorded numerous tracks for Capitol Records, including two albums released under his own name. He later had a close relationship with the Duke Ellington orchestra, working as a pianist, arra