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Lou Rawls
Person · male · United States · Chicago · born 1933 · died 2006 · recording since 1962
American singer (1933–2006)
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Also known as Lou Ramls · Lou Rawis · Lou Rawles · Louis Allen Rawls · 羅·勞斯
Timeline
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1930s
1960s
· Debut release
Debut release: Stormy Monday
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1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
· Album
Album: The Soul Stirring Gospel Sounds Of The Pilgrim Travelers Featuring Lou Rawls
Album
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Biography
English biography1,968 words · 10 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1378535991
Biography
Louis Allen Rawls (December 1, 1933 – January 6, 2006) was an American baritone singer. He released 61 albums, sold more than 40 million records, 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 Performance Grammy Award.
Early life
Rawls was born in Chicago on December 1, 1933, and raised by his grandmother in the Ida B. Wells projects 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.
Career
After graduating from Dunbar Vocational High School, he sang briefly with Cooke in the Teenage Kings of Harmony, a gospel group, and then with the Holy Wonders. In 1951, he replaced Cooke in the Highway QC's after Cooke departed to join The Soul Stirrers in Los Angeles. Rawls was hired by the Chosen Gospel Singers and moved to Los Angeles, where he joined the Pilgrim Travelers.
In 1955, Rawls enlisted in the United States Army as a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division. He served in B Co 2/505th Parachute Infantry and made 26 jumps. He left the Army three years later as a Sergeant and rejoined the Pilgrim Travelers (then known as the Travelers). In 1958, while touring the South with the Travelers and Sam Cooke, Rawls was in a car crash. He was pronounced dead before arriving at the hospital, where he stayed in a coma for five and a half days. He spent a year recuperating, and it was several months before his memory returned. He considered the crash a life-changing event.
With Dick Clark as master of ceremonies, Rawls was able to perform at the Hollywood Bowl in 1959. His first two singles were "Love, Love, Love" and "Walkin' (For Miles)" for Shar-Dee Records, a label owned by Herb Alpert. In 1960, Rawls recorded "The Waterboy" for Candix Records as Russ Regan and the Rowdies. He also recorded the singles "In My Little Black Book" and "80 Ways" for the label. In July 1961, Rawls was discovered at the Pandora's Box nightclub in Los Angeles by producer Nick Venet, and subsequently signed to Capitol Records.
In 1962, Rawls sang backing vocals on "Bring It On Home to Me" and "That's Where It's At", both written by Cooke. Rawls charted with a cover of "Bring It On Home to Me" in 1970 (with the title shortened to "Bring It On Home
Bring It On HomeSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracksA1Bring It On Home2:59A2Another Saturday Night2:20A3Can You Dig It0:35A4Take Me for What I Am2:39A5Win Your Love3:20B1Chain Gang2:10B2What Makes the Ending So Sad2:15B3Somebody Have Mercy6:50B4Coppin’ a Plea0:58B5Cool Train3:04").
Stormy Monday, a jazz album with Les McCann, was released in 1962. The next two Capitol albums (Black and Blue
Black and BlueSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracksA1Roll 'em Pete1:51A2I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water3:04A3How Long, How Long Blues3:19A4Everyday I Have the Blues2:34A5St. James Infirmary4:12A6Black and Blue3:05B1Kansas City2:10B2Goin' To Chicago Blues2:54B3Trouble in Mind2:49B4World of Trouble3:12B5Six Cold Feet of Ground3:02B6Strange Fruit3:33, Tobacco RoadTobacco RoadSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracksA1Tobacco Road4:06A2Cotton Fields2:08A3Rockin’ Chair1:55A4Stormy Weather3:01A5Ol’ Man River3:49B1Blues for a Four String Guitar3:27B2St. Louis Blues2:27B3Georgia on My Mind3:19B4Sentimental Journey3:18B5Summertime2:49) sold well and employed Onzy Matthews as musical director and a 17-piece big band. Both albums reached the Billboard magazine charts and propelled his career.
Although his 1966 album Live!
Live!Spotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracksA1Stormy Monday3:21A2South Side Blues2:43A3Tobacco Road5:14A4St. James Infirmary4:11A5The Shadow of Your Smile4:41A6I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water2:41B1Goin' to Chicago Blues2:43B2In the Evening (When the Sun Goes Down)6:15B3The Girl From Ipanema3:50B4I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)3:29B5Street Corner Hustler's Blues3:42B6World of Trouble4:17 was certified gold, Rawls would not have a star-making hit until he made a soul album, named Soulin' , later that year. The album contained "Love Is a Hurtin' Thing", his first R&B No.1 single. In 1967, he won a Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance for the single "Dead End Street". In 1967, he performed at the first evening of the Monterey International Pop Music Festival.
In 1969, Rawls was co-host of NBC's summer replacement series for the Dean Martin Show with Martin's daughter, singer Gail Martin. Capitol Records dropped Rawls in 1970. Comedian Sandy Baron and singer Bobby Hebb had a song called "Natural Man
Natural ManSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracksA1A Natural Man3:40A2Everywhere I Go2:42A3I'm a King Bee2:17A4Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'4:30A5Got to Get You Into My Life2:45B1You Can't Hold On2:49B2When I Fall in Love5:00B3How Thoughtless I've Become2:58B4Till Love Touches Your Life2:57B5Got a Lotta Love1:48" that they wanted the newly unsigned Rawls to sign and convinced Michael Lloyd at MGM to sign Rawls; the song would be a hit for Rawls and briefly revive his career. For Bell Records in 1974 he recorded a cover version of "She's Gone" by Hall & Oates. Two years later with his new manager Martin Pichinson, he signed with Philadelphia International and recorded All Things in Time, which sold a million copies. "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine" became his biggest selling single, selling a million copies, topping the R&B and Adult Contemporary charts, and reaching No. 2 on the pop chart. The hit single "Lady Love" followed, from the 1977 album When You Hear Lou, You've Heard It All
When You Hear Lou, You've Heard It AllSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracksA1Lady Love4:05A2I Wish It Were Yesterday3:30A3One Life to Live3:56A4Dollar Green3:12A5Trade Winds3:51B1There Will Be Love4:22B2Unforgettable3:27B3That Would Do It for Me3:14B4If I Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda4:37B5Not the Staying Kind3:52.
Charity
In 1980, Rawls began the Lou Rawls Parade of Stars Telethon, which benefited the United Negro College Fund. The annual event, known since 1998 as "An Evening of Stars: A Celebration of Educational Excellence", consists of stories of successful Black students who have benefited from and/or graduated from one of the many historically Black colleges and universities that receive support from the UNCF, along with musical performances from various recording artists in support of the UNCF's and Rawls' efforts. The event had raised more than US$250 million for the fund at the time of Rawls' death in 2006.
Television and film
Rawls appeared in a segment aired during the first season of Sesame Street to sing the alphabet. He dismissed the suggestion to use cue cards for the performance, but reversed his decision when he forgot the order of the letters. He was a guest during the second season of The Muppet Show.
His first acting credit was in the Western television series The Big Valley (starring Barbara Stanwyck, along with Lee Majors and Linda Evans). He was also in the season 5 episode "Lifeline" of the television show Mannix and the season 6 episode "Return to the Cotton Club" of the show Fantasy Island. He appeared in the films Leaving Las Vegas; Blues Brothers 2000; and Angel, Angel, Down We Go. He had a role and sang in Lookin' Italian (1994), an independent film about the mafia. He had a supporting role in Baywatch Nights. He was a guest host on Jazz Central, a television program that was broadcast on the BET channel.
For many years, he was a spokesperson for the Colonial Penn Life Insurance Company. He appeared in television and radio commercials in the mid-to-late 1960s for Spur Malt Liquor, a Rainier Brewing Company product in Seattle. He appeared in a number of Budweiser advertisements, which was also a sponsor of the Rawls telethon and UNCF. There was no attempt to avoid the similarity between the title of the 1977 album When You've Heard Lou, You've Heard It All and his corporate sponsor's slogan "When You Say Bud, You've Said It All". A track on the 1978 album Lou Rawls Live
Lou Rawls LiveSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 19 tracks · 2 discsDisc 1A1Overture (You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine)3:28A2Groovy People2:53A3Stay Awhile With Me4:00A4Charge Card Blues Medley: Stormy Monday / In the Evening When the Sun Goes Down / Bye Bye Blackbird10:09B1Pure Imagination2:50B2Dead End Street3:25B3Tobacco Road2:02B4Love Is a Hurtin’ Thing1:50B5A Natural Man3:59B6Lady Love3:45Disc 2C1This Song Will Last Forever3:08C2Tribute Medley: Sir Duke / Unforgettable / Mona Lisa / Lou’s Rap / Take the “A” Train / Sophisticated Lady / Dixieland Joe / Mack the Knife / Hello Dolly / This One’s for You22:05D1See You When I Git There4:25D2We Understand Each Other2:02D3Early Morning Love2:59D4When You Say Budweiser, You’ve Said It All0:41D5Send In the Clowns5:15D6You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine3:27D7A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening1:50 features him singing the commercial slogan. Anheuser-Busch, the brewers of Budweiser, suggested his telethon work to him.
Rawls lent his rich baritone to cartoons, including Hey Arnold!, Garfield, Captain Planet and the Planeteers and The Proud Family. For many of the Film Roman Garfield specials, Rawls would often compose songs, which he would then sing (usually doing a duet with Desirée Goyette), as well as the singing voice of the title character himself.
In the season 2 episode of My Wife and Kids entitled "Michael's Garden", Lou Rawls himself sings "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine" to Michael Kyle (Damon Wayans) during a colonoscopy.
Personal life
Rawls was married three times. His third wife, Nina, a former flight attendant, managed his career during his last two years. They had one son, Aiden Rawls. He was also survived by another son, Lou Rawls Jr. (deceased 2023); two daughters, Louanna Rawls and Kendra Smith (both of Los Angeles); and four grandchildren.
Death
In December 2005, it was announced that Rawls was being treated for lung cancer that metastasized to his brain. He died from this illness on January 6, 2006, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. Little Richard and David Hasselhoff attended his funeral.
He is entombed at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills).
Lou Rawls's final television performance occurred during the 2005–2006 edition of his telethon, honoring Stevie Wonder in September 2005, months before entering the hospital and after having been diagnosed with cancer earlier in the year. He performed "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" and "It Was a Very Good Year" as a tribute to Frank Sinatra.
Awards and honors
On the night of September 29, 1977, Rawls performed the national anthem of the United States before the Earnie Shavers-Muhammad Ali title fight at Madison Square Garden. He was invited to sing the anthem many times over the next 28 years. His final performance was in his hometown of Chicago when he was asked to sing the national anthem before the second game of the 2005 World Series between the Chicago White Sox and Houston Astros at U.S. Cellular Field.
Rawls won the AMA for Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist in 1979, tied with singer Teddy Pendergrass.
In 1982, Rawls received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. On January 19, 1985, he sang "Wind Beneath My Wings" at the nationally televised 50th Presidential Inaugural Gala the day before the second inauguration of Ronald Reagan.
In 2021, Rawls was posthumously inducted into the Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame.
Legacy
Guion Bluford, the first African-American astronaut, brought the Lou Rawls album When the Night Comes
When the Night ComesSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracksA1Upside Down3:34A2The Wind Beneath My Wings3:53A3If You’re Gonna Love Me2:36A4A Couple More Years3:44A5The One I Sing My Love Songs To3:27B1You Can’t Take It With You3:11B2When the Night Comes2:57B3Midnight Sunshine3:12B4That’s When the Magic Begins3:12B5I Been Him4:25 (Epic/CBS, 1983) into space with him. It contained the song "Wind Beneath My Wings". In 1989, he performed vocals for "The Music and Heroes of America" segment in the animated television miniseries This Is America, Charlie Brown.
In January 2004, Rawls was honored by the United Negro College Fund for his more than 25 years of charity work with the organization. Instead of hosting and performing as he usually did, Rawls was given the seat of honor and celebrated by his performing colleagues, including Stevie Wonder, The O'Jays, Gerald Levert, and Ashanti.
In 2009, Pathway Entertainment announced its intention to produce a biopic about Rawls's life, tentatively titled Love Is a Hurtin' Thing: The Lou Rawls Story, with Rawls' son, Lou Rawls Jr., writing the screenplay and Isaiah Washington reportedly playing Rawls.
Albums
Stormy Monday with Les McCann (Capitol, 1962)
Black and Blue (Capitol, 1963)
Tobacco Road (Capitol, 1964)
Nobody But Lou (Capitol, 1965)
Lou Rawls and Strings (Capitol, 1965)
Live! (Capitol, 1966)
Soulin' (Capitol, 1966)
Carryin' On! (Capitol, 1966)
Too Much! (Capitol, 1967)
That's Lou (Capitol, 1967)
Merry Christmas Ho! Ho! Ho! (Capitol, 1967)
Feelin' Good (Capitol, 1968)
You're Good for Me (Capitol, 1968)
Central Park Music Festival with Ramsey Lewis, Maxine Brown (Music Images, 1968)
Come On in, Mister Blues (Pickwick, 1968)
The Way It Was, The Way It Is (Capitol, 1969)
Your Good Thing (Capitol, 1969)
You've Made Me So Very Happy (Capitol, 1970)
Bring It On Home...and Other Great Sam Cooke Hits (Capitol, 1970)
Natural Man (MGM, 1971)
Silk & Soul (MGM, 1972)
A Man of Value (MGM, 1972)
The Soul of Nigger Charley with Don Costa (MGM, 1973)
Live at the Century Plaza (MGM, 1973)
She's Gone (Bell, 1974)
Lou Rawls with Host Sam Riddle (Sounds Like The Navy, 1974)
All Things in Time (Philadelphia International, 1976)
Naturally (Polydor, 1976)
Unmistakably Lou (Philadelphia International, 1977)
When You Hear Lou, You've Heard It All (Philadelphia International, 1977)
Live (Philadelphia International, 1978)
Let Me Be Good to You (Philadelphia International, 1979)
Sit Down and Talk to Me (Philadelphia International, 1980)
Shades of Blue (Philadelphia International, 1981)
Here Comes Garfield (Epic, 1982)
Now Is the Time (Epic, 1982)
When the Night Comes (Epic, 1983)
Close Company (Epic, 1984)
Trying As Hard As I Can (Allegiance, 1984)
Holiday Cheer with Lena Horne (Capitol, 1985)
Love All Your Blues Away (Epic, 1986)
Family Reunion (Gamble and Huff 1987)
At Last (Blue Note, 1989)
It's Supposed to Be Fun (Blue Note, 1990)
Portrait of the Blues (Manhattan, 1993)
Christmas Is the Time (Manhattan, 1993)
Seasons 4 U (Rawls & Brokaw, 1998)
Classic Soul (TKO Magnum Music, 1999)
Swingin' Christmas (EMI-Capitol, 2000)
I'm Blessed (Malaco, 2001)
Rawls Sings Sinatra (Savoy, 2003)
Christmas (Hy-Lo, 2004)
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 28 | 89th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 96 | 97.8th |
| Studio albums | 46 | 99.2th |
| Awards recorded | 4 | 96.3th |
| Timeline events | 49 | 98.8th |
| Recording span (years) | 44 | 84.8th |
| Genres | 8 | 94.5th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (96 release groups · 46 studio albums)
Albums · 46
1962 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 37:51
A1(They Call It) Stormy Monday3:45A2God Bless the Child4:30A3See See Rider3:11A4Willow Weep for Me5:57A5I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town4:00B1In the Evening (When the Sun Goes Down)3:28B2'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do2:45B3Lost and Lookin'3:12B4I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water3:55B5Sweet Lover3:081963 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 35:45
A1Roll 'em Pete1:51A2I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water3:04A3How Long, How Long Blues3:19A4Everyday I Have the Blues2:34A5St. James Infirmary4:12A6Black and Blue3:05B1Kansas City2:10B2Goin' To Chicago Blues2:54B3Trouble in Mind2:49B4World of Trouble3:12B5Six Cold Feet of Ground3:02B6Strange Fruit3:331964 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 30:19
A1Tobacco Road4:06A2Cotton Fields2:08A3Rockin’ Chair1:55A4Stormy Weather3:01A5Ol’ Man River3:49B1Blues for a Four String Guitar3:27B2St. Louis Blues2:27B3Georgia on My Mind3:19B4Sentimental Journey3:18B5Summertime2:491965 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 27:17
A1What'll I Do2:12A2My Buddy2:34A3Du Bist Die Liebe2:22A4Margie2:47A5Now And Then There's A Fool Such As I2:12A6Three O'Clock In The Morning2:50B1Me And My Shadow2:25B2Cold, Cold Heart2:20B3I'll See You In My Dreams2:15B4Charmaine2:33B5Nothing Really Feels The Same2:471965 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 32:52
A1Nobody but Me2:44A2Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall2:12A3Whispering Grass2:45A4Two Tickets West3:44A5It's Monday Every Day3:42A6The Power of Love2:32B1If I Had My Life to Live Over2:51B2For You My Love3:20B3If It's the Last Thing I Do2:50B4Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You2:21B5Blues for the Weepers3:511966 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 29:38
A1Mean Black Snake2:26A2Walking Proud2:22A3The Devil In Your Eyes3:17A4Find Out What's Happening2:30A5You Can Bring Me All Your Heartaches2:35A6A Woman Who's A WomanB1The Life That I Lead3:03B2Yesterday2:54B3Trouble Down Here Below2:17B4You're Gonna Hear From Me2:45B5Something Stirring In My Soul3:05B6On Broadway2:241966 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 35:27
A1A Whole Lotta Woman2:37A2Love Is a Hurtin’ Thing2:15A3So Hard to Laugh, So Easy to Cry3:16A4You’re the One2:35A5Don’t Explain2:53A6What Now My Love3:56B1Memory Lane / Old Man’s Memories (monologue)4:34B2It Was a Very Good Year / Growing Old Gracefully (monologue)3:09B3Old Folks2:16B4Autumn Leaves2:57B5On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever)2:36B6Breaking My Back (Instead of Using My Mind)2:231967 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 33:22
A1Yes, It Hurts (Doesn't It?)2:08A2Its an Uphill Climb to the Bottom2:52A3I Just Want to Make Love to You3:27A4You're Takin' My Bag3:11A5Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye2:32A6Dead End Street (Monologue)1:27A7Dead End Street2:10B1Twelfth of Never3:34B2Righteous Woman (Monologue)2:10B3I Want a Little Girl2:11B4Why (Do I Love You So)2:43B5I'll Take Time2:07B6You're Always on My Mind2:501967 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 34:45
A1The Little Drummer Boy2:59A2Good Time Christmas2:16A3Little Boy Dear3:52A4Christmas Is3:09A5Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas3:40A6Santa Claus Is Coming to Town2:52B1Merry Christmas, Baby2:37B2The Christmas Song4:30B3Christmas Will Really Be Christmas2:22B4What Are You Doing New Year's Eve3:07B5A Child With a Toy3:211968 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 41:01
A1Down Here on the Ground3:37A2I Want to Hear It From You2:56A3A Beautiful Friendship3:50A4Baby I Could Be So Good at Lovin' You2:30A5Soul Serenade2:25A6You're Good for Me3:15B1Lifetime3:33B2Lifetime Monologue2:44B3Ol' Man River9:05B4I'm Satisfied2:29B5One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)4:371968 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 33:02
A1The Letter2:33A2My Ancestors3:08A3For What It's Worth2:52A4Even When You Cry3:10A5Hang-Ups2:50A6Evil Woman2:33B1My Son2:39B2Feelin' Good4:40B3Encore3:08B4I'm Gonna Use What I Got (To Get What I Need)2:30B5Gotta Find a Way2:591968 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 38:31
A1On Broadway2:00A2Love Is a Hurtin' Thing2:27A3They Don't Give Medals (To Yesterday's Heroes)3:20A4Tobacco Road6:27A5In the Midnight Hour3:25A6Soul Serenade4:30B1Salute to Ray Charles6:55B2Hang on Sloopy5:39B3Goin' Out of My Head3:481969 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 34:48
A1I Love You, Yes I Do4:30A2It's You2:39A3I Wonder2:45A4I Want to Be Loved (But Only by You)2:51A5Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)2:38B1Your Good Thing (Is About to End)4:30B2When a Man Loves a Woman3:40B3Season of the Witch5:50B4Gentle on My Mind2:49B5Trying as Hard as I Can2:361969 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 26:38
A1I Can't Make It Alone2:51A2Chained and Bound2:14A3Give Me Your Love2:07A4Make the World Go Away2:01A5Your Good Thing (Is About to End)2:51B1When She Speaks2:41B2I Wonder Where Our Love Has Gone3:56B3Red Top2:03B4Just Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me)2:44B5Wee Baby Blues3:101970 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 32:43
A1All God's Children3:50A2Let's Burn Down the Cornfield3:00A3You've Made Me So Very Happy4:23A4When Someone Comes Along1:11A5A Whole Lotta Sunlight2:46A6Feelin' Alright2:59B1Mama Told Me Not to Come2:25B2Hurtin'3:40B3Yesterday's Dreams2:54B4How Can That Be3:09B5Will Someone Carry the Ball2:261970 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 27:10
A1Bring It On Home2:59A2Another Saturday Night2:20A3Can You Dig It0:35A4Take Me for What I Am2:39A5Win Your Love3:20B1Chain Gang2:10B2What Makes the Ending So Sad2:15B3Somebody Have Mercy6:50B4Coppin’ a Plea0:58B5Cool Train3:041971 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 31:26
A1A Natural Man3:40A2Everywhere I Go2:42A3I'm a King Bee2:17A4Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'4:30A5Got to Get You Into My Life2:45B1You Can't Hold On2:49B2When I Fall in Love5:00B3How Thoughtless I've Become2:58B4Till Love Touches Your Life2:57B5Got a Lotta Love1:481972 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 33:27
A1A Man of Value3:46A2The Politician3:13A3Where the Wind Blows Free2:35A4A Song for You3:36A5Goodbye's a Long, Long Time4:16B1Walk On In2:35B2Learning Cup2:43B3Too Much Living to Do3:06B4Fire and Rain3:04B5Evil4:331972 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 36:21
A1Believe in Me3:49A2Something2:50A3Watch What Happens3:42A4Sophisticated Lady4:08A5Golden Slumbers3:33B1His Song Shall Be Sung3:45B2No More3:20B3Here's That Rainy Day5:46B4Hallelujah for a Friend3:06B5I'm Waiting2:221974 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 35:56
A1You Don’t Miss Your Water3:50A2She’s Gone3:27A3Feel Like Makin’ Love3:44A4Now You’re Coming Back Michelle3:04A5A Smile Can’t Hide a Broken Heart2:02A6Hourglass2:25B1Let It Be Now3:45B2Got It Here to Give2:52B3Baby You Don’t Know How Good You Are2:55B4Keep the Faith3:17B5You’re a Lady4:351976 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks
A1Natural ManA2His Song Shall Be SungA3Got to Get You Into My LifeA4A Song for YouA5Love Is a Hurtin' ThingB1Tobacco Road (live)B2I'm a King BeeB3EvilB4Dead End Street MonologueB5Dead End Street (live)1976 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 38:41
A1You're the One5:22A2You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine4:29A3Time2:56A4Groovy People3:22A5Need You Forever4:39B1From Now On4:58B2Pure Imagination3:44B3This Song Will Last Forever5:09B4Let's Fall in Love Again4:02When You Hear Lou, You've Heard It All
1977 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 38:06
A1Lady Love4:05A2I Wish It Were Yesterday3:30A3One Life to Live3:56A4Dollar Green3:12A5Trade Winds3:51B1There Will Be Love4:22B2Unforgettable3:27B3That Would Do It for Me3:14B4If I Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda4:37B5Not the Staying Kind3:521977 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 36:57
A1See You When I Git There4:29A2Spring Again4:28A3Early Morning Love5:43A4Some Folks Never Learn3:33B1Some Day You'll Be Old3:42B2Secret Tears4:11B3We Understand Each Other4:19B4It's Our Anniversary Today3:45B5All the Way2:471979 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 37:42
A1Time Will Take Care of Everything4:36A2What’s the Matter With the World?5:55A3Tomorrow (From the Musical “Annie”)4:00A4We Keep Getting Closer to Being Further Apart4:14B1Bark, Bite (Fight All Night)4:31B2Let Me Be Good to You5:24B3Lover’s Holiday5:21B4Sweet Tender Nights3:411979 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 37:34
A1One Day Soon You'll Need Me4:41A2Heartaches (Just When You Think You're Loved)4:44A3Ain't That Loving You (For More Reasons Than One)4:38A4When You Get Home4:52B1Sit Down and Talk to Me4:59B2You're My Blessing4:22B3Old Times4:27B4You Are4:511980 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 35:13
A1Did You Ever Love a Woman3:30A2Cottage for Sale4:00A3Be Anything (But Be Mine)3:45A4You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’5:19B1I Go Crazy3:45B2Think3:30B3Hoochie Coochie Man7:50B4Baby What You Want Me to Do3:341982 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 41:34
A1(Will You) Kiss Me One More Time4:53A2Let Me Show You How4:28A3Ain't That Love, Baby4:38A4While The Rain Comes Down5:33B1Now Is The Time For Love3:41B2Watch Your Back4:30B3It's Too Late (To Say Goodbye)4:27B4Back To You3:29B5This Love5:551983 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 34:11
A1Upside Down3:34A2The Wind Beneath My Wings3:53A3If You’re Gonna Love Me2:36A4A Couple More Years3:44A5The One I Sing My Love Songs To3:27B1You Can’t Take It With You3:11B2When the Night Comes2:57B3Midnight Sunshine3:12B4That’s When the Magic Begins3:12B5I Been Him4:251984 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 44:00
A1All Time Lover4:36A2In The Middle Of The Night4:18A3Close Company4:46A4Pretty Eyes4:22A5When We Were Young3:35B1Ready Or Not?4:30B2Forever I Do (The Wedding Song)4:45B3The Lady In My Life4:45B4Say It Again3:38B5Sunshine (When Are You Coming My Way)4:451986 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 36:17
A1Change Your Mind4:41A2Are You With Me4:11A3Love All Your Blues Away4:04A4Stop Me From Starting This Feeling4:38A5Learn to Love Again4:16B1Willow Weep for Me4:09B2We’ll Be Together Again4:21B3The Way You Look Tonight2:24B4It Never Entered My Mind3:331987 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 46:59
A1Family Reunion5:26A2I Wish You Belonged to Me4:51A3Two Happy Hearts5:02A4Jealous Lover4:16A5Today's the Day4:28B1It's a Tough Job (But Somebody's Got to Do It)3:58B2When Love Walked in the Door (Hurt Walked Out the Other)3:46B3Who Loves You Baby4:05B4Fine With Me5:19B5Unchained Melondy5:481989 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 37:47
1At Last3:402Two Years of Torture2:503Fine Brown Frame3:054Good Intentions3:125That’s Where It’s At3:156If I Were a Magician3:037You Can’t Go Home5:338Room With a View3:599After the Lights Go Down Low2:3610She’s no. Lady3:0011Oh, What a Nite3:341990 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 54:43
1It's Supposed to Be Fun5:172Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood3:373All Around the World3:214Good Morning Blues4:025Moonglows3:006Any Day Now3:427This Bitter Earth5:578If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody3:169One More Time3:2710You're the One3:3811(I Wonder) Where Our Love Has Gone4:0412But I Do3:4913Good Night My Love4:2314The Last Night of the World3:101993 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 29:35
1For What It's Worth2:472Evil Woman2:313Feelin' Good4:314Even When You Cry2:585The Letter2:346My Ancestors3:067Gotta Find A Way2:438Hang Ups2:509I'm Gonna Use What I Got2:3210Encore3:031993 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 39:51
1Christmas Is the Time2:422God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen2:583Silver Bells2:354The First Noel2:405Sleigh ride2:176I'll Be Home for Christmas2:447O Holy Night3:548Joy to the World2:509Winter Wonderland2:3710O Come All Ye Faithful2:4111Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas2:2812The Christmas Song3:3113Silent Night2:2114We Wish You a Merry Christmas2:0015Auld Lang Syne1:331995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 29:39
1Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas3:422Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town2:573Merry Christmas, Baby2:364Christmas Will Really Be Christmas2:275What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve3:106The Christmas Song4:317A Child With a Toy3:258The Little Drummer Boy3:009Little Boy Dear3:51Brotherman! - Lou Rawls Sings the Hits
1998 · studio album
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Tracklist · 19 tracks · 1:00:45
1For What It's Worth2:562Feeling Alright2:553Mama Told Me Not to Come2:284Give Me Your Love2:105On Broadway2:276Girl From Ipanema3:497Down Here on the Ground3:378You Made Me So Very Happy4:279Season of the Witch5:5110Dead End Street3:5911When Love Goes Wrong2:3512I Can't Make It Alone3:0213The Letter2:3414Love Is a Hurting Thing2:1315Your Good Thing (Is About to End)2:5316You're Good for Me3:1317One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)4:2318Soul Serenade2:2619(How Do I Say) I Don't Love You Anymore2:472000 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 31:10
1Christmas Is3:102Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town2:573The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You)4:304Christmas Will Really Be Christmas2:275Merry Christmas Baby2:366What Are You Doing New Year's Eve3:107A Child With A Toy3:268Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas3:439The Little Drummer Boy3:0010Good Time Christmas2:112001 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 35:44
1The Little Drummer Boy3:002Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas3:403Merry Christmas, Baby2:354Christmas Is3:145God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen3:006Santa Clasue Is Comin’ to Town2:577O Holy Night3:568The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You)3:329The First Noel2:4310Christmas Will Really Be Christmas2:2611What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?3:0812Auld Lang Syne1:332003 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 43:59
1Come Fly With Me3:062Nice 'N' Easy2:563All the Way3:544Learnin' The Blues3:315That's Life3:376The Lady Is a Tramp4:137Summer Wind2:458You Make Me Feel So Young2:589The Second Time Around3:2410My Kind of Town/Chicago3:2311In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning2:3612They Can't Take That Away From Me3:0313One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)4:332004 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 53:02
1I Don't Feel No Ways Tired4:352Oh Happy Day5:003How Great Thou Art3:124Peace in the Valley4:185Blessed Assurance2:146Jesus Be A Fence All Around Me3:057Nearer My God to Thee3:268He's Got the Whole World in Hi2:169Amazing Grace2:4710That's Heaven to Me2:5611Just A Closer Walk with Thee4:2512Amen2:3513His Eyes Are on the Sparrow3:3314Thank God for Standing by Me2:3715People Get Ready3:0116You've Got to Move3:02The Soul Stirring Gospel Sounds Of The Pilgrim Travelers Featuring Lou Rawls
2005 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 41:11
1Did You Stop To Pray This Morning2:562Motherless Child3:063Sweet Chariot2:264That's Heaven To Me2:575Poor Pilgrim Of Sorrow2:276Walking In The Light Of The Lord2:407If He Holds Your Hand3:258Stand By Me Father3:009Wade In The Water2:4910Jesus, Be A Fence Around Me2:2511Didn't It Rain?2:4012Please Let Me Be The First To Know2:4513Count On Me2:1914Trust Me2:4815'Til The Last Leaf Shall Fall2:282005 · studio album
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Tracklist · 20 tracks · 57:14
1Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas2:302Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town2:573The Christmas Song4:364Winter Wonderland2:375Christmas Is the Time2:436Silent Night2:237O Holy Night3:558Sleigh Ride2:199Silver Bells2:3610Christmas Will Really Be Christmas2:2611Little Boy Dear3:5512Auld Lang Syne1:3613God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen2:5814I'll Be Home for Christmas2:4515Joy to the World2:5216O Come All Ye Faithful2:4317The First Noel2:4018A Child With a Toy3:2519We Wish You a Merry Christmas2:0120Christmas Is...3:17Black and Blue and Tobacco Road
2006 · studio album
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Tracklist · 24 tracks · 1:16:33
1Roll 'em Pete1:532I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water3:353How Long, How Long Blues2:314Everyday (I Have the Blues)4:225St. James Infirmary4:426(What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue3:307Gloomy Sunday3:078Kansas City2:129Goin' To Chicago Blues2:5310Trouble in Mind3:5211World of Trouble3:1112Six Cold Feet of Ground3:0213Strange Fruit3:2814Tobacco Road4:0115Cotton Fields2:1016Rockin' Chair1:5717Stormy Weather3:0218Ol' Man River3:4919Blues for a Four-String Guitar3:3020St. Louis Blues2:2821Georgia on My Mind3:1922Sentimental Journey3:1923Summertime3:3424When It's Sleepy Time Down South3:06— · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 29:37
1I'm Gonna Use What I Got (Holiday)2:322Hang Ups2:503The Letter2:344Evil Woman2:315Feelin' Good4:306My Ancestors3:067Even When You Cry2:598For What It's Worth2:489Gotta Find a Way2:4310Encore3:04
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| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
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| 1965 | Capitol Single ReleaseSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 10 tracksA1My Heart Won’t Believe It A2Poison Ivy A3Then I’ll Start Believing in You A4In the Back of Your Mind A5Three O’Clock in the Morning B1Nothing Really Feels the Same B2Sixteen Tons B3Hicktown B4Yodel, Sweet Molly B5You’re Looking for an Angel | Compilation | 10 May 1965 | |
| 1966 | Live!Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 12 tracks · 47:07A1Stormy Monday3:21 A2South Side Blues2:43 A3Tobacco Road5:14 A4St. James Infirmary4:11 A5The Shadow of Your Smile4:41 A6I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water2:41 B1Goin' to Chicago Blues2:43 B2In the Evening (When the Sun Goes Down)6:15 B3The Girl From Ipanema3:50 B4I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)3:29 B5Street Corner Hustler's Blues3:42 B6World of Trouble4:17 | Live | 1966 | |
| 1970 | In PersonSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 8 tracks · 48:191Rumpelstiltskin11:46 2I’d Rather Drink Muddy Water5:02 3Save Your Love for Me4:45 4The Scene2:20 5Somewhere5:35 6The Scavenger10:03 7Sweet Emma5:16 8Zorba3:32 | Live | 1970 | |
| 1973 | The Soul of Nigger Charley (original Soundtrack album)Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 11 tracks · 38:21A1Main Title: Charley3:20 A2Main Theme to Water Tower3:14 A3A Lonely Summer (Love Theme)3:32 A4Can You Dig It? (Working Music)4:34 A5Sometime Day3:35 B1The Lonely Summer2:57 B2Train's Comin'2:58 B3Lord, It's a Long Time Comin'3:19 B4Fiesta2:59 B5Sandoval3:34 B6Morning Comes Around4:19 | Soundtrack | 1973 | |
| 1978 | Lou Rawls LiveSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 19 tracks · 1:24:13Disc 1 A1Overture (You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine)3:28 A2Groovy People2:53 A3Stay Awhile With Me4:00 A4Charge Card Blues Medley: Stormy Monday / In the Evening When the Sun Goes Down / Bye Bye Blackbird10:09 B1Pure Imagination2:50 B2Dead End Street3:25 B3Tobacco Road2:02 B4Love Is a Hurtin’ Thing1:50 B5A Natural Man3:59 B6Lady Love3:45 Disc 2C1This Song Will Last Forever3:08 C2Tribute Medley: Sir Duke / Unforgettable / Mona Lisa / Lou’s Rap / Take the “A” Train / Sophisticated Lady / Dixieland Joe / Mack the Knife / Hello Dolly / This One’s for You22:05 D1See You When I Git There4:25 D2We Understand Each Other2:02 D3Early Morning Love2:59 D4When You Say Budweiser, You’ve Said It All0:41 D5Send In the Clowns5:15 D6You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine3:27 D7A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening1:50 | Live | 27 October 1978 | |
| 1982 | Here Comes GarfieldSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 19 tracks · 26:09A1Here Comes Garfield1:39 A2Dialogue0:30 A3Move Me2:08 A4Dialogue0:03 A5Foolin' Around2:48 A6Dialogue1:25 A7'Long About Midnight2:25 A8Dialogue0:35 A9Big Fat Hairy Deal2:17 B1Dialogue0:05 B2Up On A Fence3:13 B3Dialogue0:56 B4Life Is Just A Roller Coaster Ride2:08 B5Dialogue0:14 B6So Long Old Friend1:46 B7Dialogue0:14 B8Together Again2:28 B9Dialogue0:07 B10Here Comes Garfield (Reprise)1:08 | Soundtrack | 1982 | |
| 1984 | ClassicsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 9 tracks · 36:37A1You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine4:31 A2Sit Down and Talk to Me4:56 A3See You When I Get There4:29 A4Let Me Be Good to You5:28 B1Groovy People3:23 B2Lady Love4:04 B3I Go Crazy3:54 B4Natural Man2:41 B5One Life to Live3:11 | Compilation | 1984 | |
| 1986 | Love Is A Hurtin' Thing & Other FavoritesSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 9 tracksA1Love Is A Hurtin' Thing A2On Broadway A3Dead End Street A4Stormy Monday A5I Just Want To Make Love To You B1Tobacco Road B2Trouble Down Here Below B3God Bless The Child B4It Was A Very Good Year | Compilation | 1986 | |
| 1988 | The Best of Lou RawlsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 11 tracks · 32:311Love Is a Hurtin’ Thing2:15 2Southside Blues (monologue)2:43 3Tobacco Road5:11 4It Was a Very Good Year3:03 5Dead End Street (monologue)1:40 6Dead End Street2:19 7Street Corner Hustler’s Blues (monologue)3:40 8World of Trouble3:25 9Three O’Clock in the Morning2:52 10Trouble Down Here Below2:15 11My Ancestors3:08 | Compilation | 1988 | |
| 1989 | The CollectionSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 16 tracks · 1:07:231You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine4:28 2Lady Love3:59 3Groovy People3:20 4There Will Be Love4:20 5Time Will Take Care of Everything4:37 6Unforgettable3:25 7Time2:55 8Tomorrow4:01 9See You When I Get There4:25 10If I Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda4:32 11The Lady in My Life4:46 12This Song Will Last Forever5:08 13Some Day You’ll Be Old3:38 14Not the Staying Kind3:50 15You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling5:18 16Let’s Clean Up the Getto4:41 | Compilation | 1989 | |
| 1990 | Love SongsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 12 tracks · 35:441Gentle on My Mind2:48 2What Now My Love3:56 3Autumn Leaves2:58 4Love Is a Hurtin' Thing2:15 5You've Made Me So Very Happy4:28 6Yesterday2:56 7(Now and Then There's) A Fool Such as I2:15 8Georgia on My Mind3:21 9On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever)2:38 10Make the World Go Away2:02 11The Twelfth of Never3:48 12Cold Cold Heart2:19 | Compilation | 1990 | |
| 1990 | Greatest HitsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 12 tracks · 41:071Natural Man3:44 2Love Is a Hurtin' Thing2:21 3Your Good Thing (Is About to End)4:29 4Dead End Street (monologue)3:42 5Dead End Street3:37 6On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever)2:39 7Three O'Clock in the Morning2:57 8South Side Blues (monologue)2:43 9Tobacco Road5:20 10What Now My Love3:59 11Georgia on My Mind3:23 12A Fool Such as I2:13 | Compilation | 1990 | |
| 1991 | In the HeartSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 18 tracks · 1:03:311A Natural Man3:37 2Oh, What a Beautiful Woman4:31 3Got to Get You Into My Life2:44 4A Man of Value3:42 5Walk On In2:29 6I'm Waiting2:22 7His Song Shall Be Sung3:46 8Learning Cup2:37 9How Thoughtless I've Become2:54 10Believe in Me3:45 11Sophisticated Lady4:09 12Here's That Rainy Day5:47 13A Song for You3:36 14Evil4:22 15Love Is a Hurtin' Thing3:35 16Down Here on the Ground3:06 17Something2:45 18Golden Slumbers3:44 | Compilation | 1991 | |
| 1992 | Portrait of the BluesSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 15 tracks · 50:471I Just Want to Make Love to You3:10 2A Lover's Question3:04 3Person to Person2:43 4Since I Met You Baby2:45 5I'm Still in Love With You4:31 6Snap Your Fingers3:12 7Baby, What You Want Me to Do?2:48 8Suffering With the Blues3:16 9Hide nor Hair2:58 10Chains of Love4:25 11My Babe3:18 12I Ain't Got Nothin' but the Blues3:26 13Save Your Love for Me2:37 14Saturday Night Fish Fry5:01 15Sweet Slumber3:33 | Compilation | 1992 | |
| 1992 | Greatest HitsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 15 tracks · 56:271Lady Love3:40 2See You When I Get There4:26 3You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine3:33 4Groovy People3:20 5One Live to Live3:12 6Let Me Be Good to You3:29 7Sit Down and Talk to Me3:17 8You're My Blessing4:24 9Unforgettable3:25 10Lover's Holyday3:50 11Natural Man3:37 12Bark, Bite (Fight All Night)4:30 13Sweet Tender Nights3:40 14Time Will Take Care of Everything4:39 15Did You Ever Love a Woman3:25 | Compilation | 1992 | |
| 1992 | Greatest Hits In ConcertSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 25 tracks · 1:20:12Disc 1 1Overture3:28 2Groovy People2:53 3Stay A While4:00 4Charge Card Blues10:08 5Pure Imagination2:50 6Dead End Street3:25 7Tobacco Road2:02 8Love Is A Hurtin' Thing1:50 9Natural Man3:59 10Lady Love3:45 Disc 21This Song3:07 2Unforgettable4:19 3Mona Lisa2:35 4Lou's Rap0:35 5"A" Train1:00 6Sophisticated Lady2:38 7Dixie Land1:46 8Armstrong3:19 9This One's For You2:35 10See You When I Get There4:25 11We Understand Each Other2:02 12Early Morning Love2:59 13Send In The Clowns5:15 14You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine3:27 15This Was A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening1:50 | Live | 1992 | |
| 1992 | The Legendary Lou RawlsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 17 tracks · 1:12:271I’d Rather Drink Muddy Water3:08 2World of Trouble7:22 3Tobacco Road7:59 4Willow Weep for Me5:59 5(They Call It) Stormy Monday3:46 6God Bless the Child4:30 7For You My Love3:18 8Dead End Street4:01 9Your Good Thing (Is About to End)2:54 10Love Is a Hurtin’ Thing2:14 11You Can’t Go Home No More5:33 12At Last3:39 13Fine Brown Frame3:05 14Room With a View3:59 15Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood3:38 16All Around the World3:21 17Good Morning Blues4:01 | Compilation | 25 February 1992 | |
| 1994 | The Philly YearsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 32 tracks · 2:09:39Disc 1 1You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine3:34 2Groovy People3:19 3This Song Will Last Forever5:10 4Pure Imagination3:44 5See You When I Git There4:27 6Early Morning Love5:38 7Secret Tears4:11 8Some Day You'll Be Old3:40 9Some Folks Never Learn3:30 10Lady Love3:39 11One Life to Live3:12 12Unforgettable3:25 13Natural Man3:52 14Dead End Street3:25 15Love Is a Hurtin' Thing1:52 16Lovely Way to Spend an Evening1:53 Disc 21There Will Be Love4:19 2Let Me Be Good to You5:26 3Bark, Bite4:31 4Lover's Holiday3:51 5Sweet Tender Nights3:41 6Time Will Take Care of Everything4:39 7Sit Down and Talk to Me3:17 8Ain't That Loving You4:39 9You're My Blessing4:23 10Old Times4:27 11Heartaches4:43 12I Go Crazy3:57 13Did You Ever Love a Woman3:26 14Think3:57 15Hoochie Coochie Man6:30 16You've Lost That Loving Feeling5:22 | Compilation | 1994 | |
| 1994 | For You My LoveSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 14 tracks · 43:591For You My Love3:17 2If I Had My Life to Live Over2:48 3Nobody but Me2:49 4Whispering Grass2:44 5Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You2:18 6If It's the Last Thing I Do2:49 7Blues for the Weepers3:49 8That's Your Red Wagon2:42 9Just Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me)2:47 10It's You2:43 11I Love You, Yes I Do4:09 12I Wonder2:41 13Wee Baby Blues4:26 14I Wonder Where Our Love Has Gone3:57 | Compilation | 1994 | |
| 1995 | Love SongsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 18 tracks · 1:15:361You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine4:29 2Spring Again4:26 3Early Morning Love5:39 4Lady Love4:02 5If I Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda4:33 6Willow Weep for Me4:10 7(Will You) Kiss Me One More Time4:54 8Wind Beneath My Wings3:56 9When the Night Comes2:57 10Midnight Sunshine3:14 11We'll Be Together Again4:22 12In the Middle of the Night4:21 13Close Company4:50 14Forever I Do (The Wedding Song)4:45 15The Lady in My Life4:46 16The Way You Look Tonight2:25 17Learn to Love Again4:18 18It Never Entered My Mind3:29 | Compilation | 1995 | |
| 1995 | Great Gentlemen of Song: Spotlight on Lou RawlsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 18 tracks · 1:04:011Nobody But Me2:48 2Street of Dreams3:00 3God Bless the Child4:29 4Rockin' Chair1:56 5St. James Infirmary4:44 6I Wonder Where Our Love Has Gone3:58 7Blues for the Weepers3:49 8Stormy Weather3:02 9Willow Weep for Me6:03 10Don't Explain3:08 11Georgia on My Mind3:20 12'Tain't Nobody's Biz-ness If I Do2:44 13When It's Sleepy Time Down South3:05 14Just Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me)2:46 15How Long, How Long Blues4:22 16Summertime3:33 17If It's the Last Thing I Do2:49 18One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)4:25 | Compilation | 1995 | |
| 1995 | Soul MenSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 16 tracks · 56:061Ain’t No Sunshine2:04 2Lean on Me4:00 3Use Me3:32 4Kissing My Love3:42 5Grandma’s Hands2:03 6You5:15 7Lonely Town, Lonely Street3:34 8The Same Love That Made Me Laugh3:15 9Sad Song2:37 10Trying as Hard as I Can2:35 11I Love You, Yes I Do4:11 12Season of the Witch5:52 13I Wonder2:42 14I Want to Be Loved2:55 15Your Good Thing Is About to End4:06 16When a Man Loves a Woman3:43 | Compilation | 8 February 1995 | |
| 1997 | BalladsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 12 tracks · 47:191At Last3:39 2I Wonder Where Our Love Has Gone4:04 3If I Were a Magician3:04 4I'm Still in Love With You4:32 5Sweet Slumber3:35 6Good Morning Blues4:03 7This Bitter Earth5:55 8Save Your Love for Me2:38 9One More Time3:27 10Chains of Love4:25 11Oh, What a Nite3:35 12Good Night My Love4:22 | Compilation | 1997 | |
| 1997 | UnforgettableSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 10 tracks · 38:361Lady Love4:07 2Stay a While With Me3:45 3Groovy People2:47 4Medley: Dead and Street / Tobacco Road / Love I a Hurtin’ Thing / A Natural Man7:28 5Let Me Be Good to You3:48 6Tomorrow3:37 7Unforgettable1:59 8Send In the Clowns4:32 9You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine4:00 10These Are the Songs I Sing2:33 | Compilation | 1997 | |
| 1998 | The Best of Lou Rawls: The Classic Philadelphia RecordingsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 16 tracks · 1:02:151You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine3:37 2Lady Love4:02 3See You When I Get There3:09 4From Now On4:58 5Groovy People3:20 6Sit Down and Talk to Me3:17 7Trade Winds3:49 8Let Me Be Good to You5:27 9Bark, Bite (Fight All Night)4:29 10Dollar Green3:11 11I Wish It Were Yesterday3:30 12I Wish You Belonged to Me4:54 13One Life to Live3:12 14Love Is a Hurtin' Thing (live)1:55 15Dead End Street (live)3:25 16Tobacco Road (live)6:00 | Compilation | 1998 | |
| 1999 | Let Me Be Good to You / Lou Rawls LiveSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 25 tracks · 2:06:05Disc 1 1Time Will Take Care of Everything4:40 2What’s the Matter With the World?5:58 3Tomorrow (from the musical “Annie”)4:02 4We Keep Getting Closer to Being Further Apart4:14 5Bark, Bite (Fight All Night)4:31 6Let Me Be Good to You5:29 7Lover’s Holiday5:24 8Sweet Tender Nights3:43 9Overture (You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine)3:25 10Groovy People3:17 11Stay Awhile With Me3:41 12Charge Card Blues Medley10:09 Disc 21Pure Imagination2:52 2Hits Medley11:19 3Lady Love3:48 4This Song Will Last Forever3:11 5Tribute Medley16:17 6This One’s for You2:38 7See You When I Get There4:27 8We Understand Each Other / Early Morning Love5:04 9When You Say Budweiser, You’ve Said It All0:43 10Send In the Clowns5:17 11You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine3:26 12A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening1:56 13Run Jesse Run6:34 | Compilation | 9 April 1999 | |
| 1999 | Unmistakably Lou / When You Hear Lou, You've Heard It AllSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 19 tracks · 1:14:381See You When I Git There4:28 2Spring Again4:26 3Early Morning Love5:41 4Some Folks Never Learn3:31 5Someday You'll Be Old3:40 6Secret Tears4:09 7We Understand Each Other4:18 8It's Our Anniversary Today3:44 9All the Way2:46 10Lady Love4:03 11I Wish It Were Yesterday3:29 12One Life to Live3:55 13Dollar Green3:10 14Trade Winds3:49 15There Will Be Love4:21 16Unforgettable3:26 17That Would Do It for Me3:15 18I Coulda', Woulda', Shoulda'4:34 19Not the Staying Kind3:53 | Compilation | 14 June 1999 | |
| 2000 | AnthologySearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 33 tracks · 1:39:20Disc 1 1What Makes the Ending So Sad2:33 2Blues Is a Woman3:00 3Willow Weep for Me5:59 4Black and Blue3:04 5Kansas City2:13 6Tobacco Road4:01 7Stormy Monday (live)3:01 8St. James Infirmary (live)4:08 9I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water2:38 10Shadow of Your Smile4:41 11Street Corner Hustler's Blues (monologue)3:48 12World of Trouble (live)3:54 13Memory Lane2:19 14Old Man's Memories (monologue)2:12 15It Was a Very Good Year2:50 16A Whole Lotta Woman2:40 Disc 21Love Is a Hurtin' Thing2:14 2You Can Bring Me All Your Heartaches2:35 3Trouble Down Here Below2:18 4Dead End Street (Monologue)1:37 5Dead End Street2:22 6Show Business (Monologue)0:55 7Show Business2:35 8Scotch & Soda2:59 9My Ancestors3:09 10Hang Ups2:53 11You're Good for Me3:16 12Soul Serenade2:28 13Down Here on the Ground3:38 14Your Good Thing (Is About to End)2:53 15I Can't Make It Alone3:02 16You've Made Me So Very Happy4:27 17Bring It Home2:58 | Compilation | 6 June 2000 | |
| 2001 | Natural Man / Classic LouSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 15 tracks · 57:221A Natural Man3:41 2When I Fall In Love5:04 3I'm A King Bee2:19 4Got To Get You Into My Life2:48 5His Song Shall Be Sung3:57 6Watch What Happens3:44 7Sophisticated Lady4:11 8Walk On In2:38 9A Song For You3:41 10Evil4:37 11Morning Comes Around3:42 12Tobacco Road4:15 13Down Here On The Ground3:10 14Love Is A Hurtin' Thing3:23 15Introductions / Dead End Street6:12 | Compilation | 2001 | |
| 2002 | Finest CollectionSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 17 tracks · 56:291Chicago2:55 2On Broadway2:27 3Georgia on My Mind3:21 4One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)4:24 5Your Good Thing (Is About to End)2:53 6I Just Want to Make Love to You3:30 7Feeling Alright2:55 8The Girl From Ipanema3:49 9You've Made Me So Very Happy4:28 10God Bless the Child4:30 11If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody3:16 12Fa Fa Fa Fa (Sad Song)2:40 13When Love Goes Wrong2:36 14It Was a Very Good Year3:06 15Stormy Weather3:03 16When It's Sleep Time Down South3:05 17Summertime3:31 | Compilation | 2002 | |
| 2002 | Nobody But Lou / Lou Rawls and StringsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 22 tracks · 1:00:131Nobody but Me2:42 2Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall2:08 3Whispering Grass2:42 4Two Tickets West3:41 5It's Monday Every Day3:40 6The Power of Love2:30 7If I Had My Life to Live Over2:47 8For You My Love3:17 9If It's the Last Thing I Do2:47 10Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You2:18 11Blues for the Weepers3:48 12What'll I Do?2:25 13My Buddy2:34 14Du bist die Liebe2:40 15Margie2:51 16Now and Then There's a Fool Such as I2:12 17Three O'Clock in the Morning2:50 18Me and My Shadow2:26 19Cold, Cold Heart2:19 20I'll See You in My Dreams2:15 21Charmaine2:34 22Nothing Really Feels the Same2:47 | Compilation | 2002 | |
| 2004 | I Can't Make It Alone: The Axelrod YearsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 25 tracks · 1:16:121I Can't Make It Alone3:02 2Love Is a Hurting Thing2:13 3When She Speaks2:41 4(How Do I Say) I Don't Love You Anymore2:47 5Season of the Witch5:51 6Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa (Sad Song)2:39 7When Love Goes Wrong2:35 8Feeling Alright2:55 9You Made Me So Very Happy4:27 10Your Good Thing (Is About to End)2:53 11You're Good for Me3:12 12Dead End Street3:59 13Don't Explain3:08 14A Whole Lotta Woman2:40 15It's an Uphill Climb (To the Bottom)2:56 16For What It's Worth2:55 17Gentle on My Mind2:49 18All God's Children3:52 19How Can That Be3:14 20Bring It on Home to Me3:22 21Can You Dig It (Monologue)0:36 22Take Me for What I Am2:39 23Evil Woman2:36 24Soul Serenade2:26 25When a Man Loves a Woman3:45 | Compilation | 2004 | |
| 2005 | Love SongsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 18 tracks · 1:14:161Unforgettable3:26 2Ain't That Loving You4:41 3Early Morning Love5:41 4You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine4:28 5There Will Be Love4:21 6Lady Love4:00 7See You When I Git There4:28 8From Now On4:57 9You Are4:53 10Let's Fall in Love Again4:03 11At Last3:41 12Be Anything (But Be Mine)3:46 13If It's the Last Thing I Do2:50 14The Shadow of Your Smile (live)4:44 15Love Is a Hurtin' Thing2:15 16I Wish You Belonged to Me4:54 17I'm Still in Love With You4:31 18Save Your Love for Me2:37 | Compilation | 2005 | |
| 2005 | When You Hear Lou, You’ve Heard It All / Lou Rawls LiveSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 27 tracks · 2:04:35Disc 1 1Lady Love4:05 2I Wish It Were Yesterday3:30 3One Life to Live3:56 4Dollar Green3:12 5Trade Winds3:50 6There Will Be Love4:23 7Unforgettable3:28 8That Would Do It for Me3:16 9I Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda4:35 10Not the Staying Kind3:56 11Run Jesse Run6:34 Disc 21Overture (You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine)3:25 2Groovy People3:18 3Stay a While With Me3:35 4Charge Card Blues Medley: Stormy Monday Blues / In the Evening When the Sun Goes Down / Bye Bye Blackbird10:04 5Pure Imagination2:44 6Hits Medley: Dead End Street / Tobacco Road / Love Is a Hurtin’ Thing / A Natural Man11:13 7Lady Love3:42 8This Song Will Last Forever3:02 9Tribute Medley: Sir Duke / Unforgettable / Mona Lisa / Lou’s Rap / Take the “A” Train / Dixieland Joe / Mack the Knife / Hello Dolly!16:10 10This One’s for You2:25 11See You When I Git There4:16 12We Understand Each Other / Early Morning Love4:59 13When You Say Budweiser, You’ve Said It All0:42 14Send In the Clowns5:00 15You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine3:21 16A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening1:54 | Compilation | 31 January 2005 | |
| 2005 | All Things in Time / Unmistakably LouSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 18 tracks · 1:15:411You're the One5:22 2You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine4:29 3Time2:58 4Groovy People3:23 5Need You Forever4:36 6From Now On4:59 7Pure Imagination3:44 8This Song Will Last Forever5:09 9Let's Fall in Love All Over Again4:04 10See You When I Git There4:29 11Spring Again4:28 12Early Morning Love5:43 13Some Folks Never Learn3:33 14Some Day You'll Be Old3:42 15Secret Tears4:11 16We Understand Each Other4:19 17It's Our Anniversary Today3:45 18All the Way2:47 | Compilation | 27 July 2005 | |
| 2005 | Groovy People: The Best of Lou RawlsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 20 tracks · 1:14:291You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine3:37 2Groovy People3:20 3See You When I Git There3:09 4Lady Love4:02 5One Life to Live3:13 6Let Me Be Good to You5:27 7Sit Down and Talk to Me3:17 8I Go Crazy3:54 9I Wish You Belonged to Me4:54 10From Now On4:58 11Trade Winds3:49 12Bark, Bite (Fight All Night)4:29 13I Wish It Were Yesterday3:30 14Dollar Green3:11 15Love Is a Hurtin' Thing (live)1:56 16Dead End Street (live)3:25 17Tobacco Road (live)2:06 18This Song Will Last Forever3:08 19There Will Be Love4:22 20Ain't That Loving You4:42 | Compilation | 1 August 2005 | |
| 2006 | ChristmasSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 14 tracks · 46:401Santa Claus Is Coming To Town3:19 2Jingle Bell Rock3:07 3Hark The Herald Angels Sing2:54 4The Christmas Song4:58 5Joy To The World4:01 6Winter Wonderland2:37 7Deck The Halls3:22 8Jingle Bells3:12 9Oh Come All Ye Faithful2:51 10Silent Night3:07 11Christmas Is The Time3:12 12Auld Lang Syne4:57 13We Wish You A Merry Christmas3:26 14Lou Rawls' Christmas Story1:37 | Compilation | 2006 | |
| 2006 | The Very Best Of Lou RawlsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 21 tracks · 1:18:401Dead End Street4:01 2Love Is a Hurtin' Thing2:15 3Trouble Down Here Below2:19 4Natural Man3:41 5Your Good Thing (Is About to End)4:27 6Street Corner Hustler's Blues / World of Trouble (live)7:27 7I Can't Make It Alone3:02 8You Can Bring Me All Your Heartaches2:36 9You've Made Me So Very Happy (single)3:01 10On Broadway2:27 11Righteous Woman / I Wanna Little Girl4:25 12Breaking My Back (Instead of Using My Mind)2:23 13Shadow of Your Smile (live)4:45 14Bring It on Home3:00 15Show Business3:31 16Down Here on the Ground3:38 17Lady Love4:00 18See You When I Git There4:28 19Groovy People3:20 20Let Me Be Good to You5:27 21You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine4:27 | Compilation | 2006 | |
| 2006 | Merry Christmas, BabySearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 20 tracks1Merry Christmas, Baby 2Santa Claus Is Coming To Town 3Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas 4The Little Drummer Boy 5A Child With A Toy 6Good Time Christmas 7The Christmas Song 8What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? 9Christmas Will Really Be Christmas 10Christmas Is 11Little Boy Dear 12Silent Night 13I'll Be Home For Christmas 14God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen 15Sleigh Ride 16The First Noel 17Silver Bells 18Jingle Bells 19Oh Come All Ye Faithful 20Auld Lang Syne | Compilation | 1 January 2006 | |
| 2006 | The Best of Lou Rawls: The Capitol Jazz & Blues SessionsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 20 tracks · 1:12:521Motherless Child3:16 2God Bless the Child4:29 3Nobody but Me2:48 4Blues for the Weepers3:49 5Goin' to Chicago Blues2:53 6How Long How Long Blues4:22 7Southside Blues - Tobacco Road7:58 8Something Stirring in My Soul3:07 9Georgia on My Mind3:19 10So Hard to Laugh So Easy to Cry3:18 11Old Folks2:19 12Somebody Have Mercy6:50 13Why Do I Love You So2:46 14Street of Dreams2:57 15I Wonder2:40 16Let's Burn Down the Cornfield3:03 17One for My Baby One More for the Road4:26 18Mean Old World2:24 19Long Gone Blues2:30 20Fine and Mellow3:38 | Compilation | 3 April 2006 | |
| 2007 | The Essential Lou RawlsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 33 tracks · 2:14:22Disc 1 1You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine4:28 2Groovy People3:19 3A Natural Man3:39 4Love Is a Hurtin' Thing2:20 5Early Morning Love5:39 6Spring Again4:25 7See You When I Git There4:26 8This Song Will Last Forever5:06 9Let's Fall in Love All Over Again4:01 10Time2:53 11We Understand Each Other4:16 12I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water3:34 13(What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue3:29 14Dead End Street4:01 15Tobacco Road4:01 16All the Way2:41 Disc 21Lady Love4:05 2One Life to Live3:53 3There Will Be Love4:21 4I Wish It Were Yesterday3:27 5Not the Staying Kind3:52 6If I Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda4:32 7Let Me Be Good to You5:26 8Sit Down and Talk to Me4:54 9Ain't That Loving You (For More Reasons Than One)4:39 10You Are4:51 11Be Anything (But Be Mine)3:43 12She's Gone3:30 13I Can't Make It Alone3:00 14How Long, How Long Blues4:21 15Your Good Thing (Is About to End)4:42 16Show Business3:30 17You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine (live)5:18 | Compilation | 6 November 2007 | |
| 2014 | Lou Rawls - The Very Best OfSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 18 tracks · 1:17:211You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine4:26 2Groovy People3:19 3Lady Love4:03 4See You When I Git There4:25 5Need You Forever4:37 6One Life to Live3:53 7There Will Be Love4:21 8Let Me Be Good to You (12” Version)5:26 9If I Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda4:32 10Sit Down and Talk to Me4:53 11Ain’t That Loving You (For More Reasons Than One)4:39 12Not the Staying Kind3:52 13She’s Gone3:29 14Wind Beneath My Wings (Single Version)3:53 15That Would Do It for Me3:24 16This Song Will Last Forever5:05 17Be Anything (But Be Mine)3:44 18You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine / A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening (Live)5:20 | Compilation | 2 May 2014 | |
| 2021 | The Best of Lou RawlsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 10 tracks · 43:141You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine4:26 2Groovy People3:18 3Lady Love4:02 4See You When I Git There4:25 5One Life to Live3:53 6There Will Be Love4:20 7Let Me Be Good to You5:26 8Sit Down and Talk to Me4:53 9Not the Staying Kind3:52 10Ain’t That Loving You (For More Reasons Than One)4:39 | Compilation | 16 July 2021 | |
| — | Lady Love:Golden HitsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 20 tracks · 1:18:251Lady Love3:43 2Gentle on My Mind2:42 3Here Comes the Sun5:22 4Summertime3:17 5Singin' in the Rain2:48 6What a Wonderful World4:38 7Bye, Bye Blackbird3:48 8Baby, It's Cold Outside3:52 9Spring Can Really Hang Up the Most3:49 10Spring Again3:03 11Autumn Leaves4:18 12Everything Must Change4:46 13Blue Skies3:14 14Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer3:06 15Good Day Sunshine2:20 16Turn, Turn, Turn4:26 17Lady Love (alternative version)3:24 18Medley (concert recording)7:25 19Send in the Clowns (From "A Little Night Music") (concert recording)4:27 20You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine (concert recording)3:57 | Compilation | — | |
| — | Greatest HitsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 10 tracks · 39:361You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine4:27 2This Song Will Last Forever5:08 3Time Will Take Care of Everything4:39 4Show Business3:30 5You Can Bring Me All Your Heartaches2:34 6Tobacco Road5:17 7Love Is a Hurtin' Thing2:18 8See You When I Get There3:18 9Your Good Thing (Is About to End)4:27 10Dead End Street3:58 | Compilation | — | |
| — | Love Is a Hurtin' Thing: The Silk & Soul of Lou RawlsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 13 tracks · 42:281Red Top2:06 2Just Squeeze Me (but Don't Tease Me)2:45 3You're the One2:42 4Dead End Street, Parts 1 & 24:01 5Love Is a Hurtin' Thing2:20 6Bring It on Home3:21 7Another Saturday Night2:22 8Righteous Woman (monologue) / I Wanna Little Girl4:23 9Tobacco Road4:10 10How Long, How Long Blues4:21 11Your Good Thing (Is About to End)4:42 12I Wonder2:38 13A Whole Lotta Woman2:37 | Compilation | — | |
| — | In ConcertSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 13 tracks · 38:45A1Lady Love4:07 A2Stay a While With Me3:46 A3Groovy People2:49 A4Dead End Street0:52 A5Tobacco Road1:27 A6Love Is a Hurting Thing1:32 A7A Natural Man3:36 B1I Can Be Good to You3:50 B2Tomorrow3:39 B3Unforgettable2:00 B4Send in the Clowns4:33 B5You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine4:01 B6The Song I Sing2:33 | Live | — | |
| — | In ConcertSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 13 tracks · 38:45A1Lady Love4:07 A2Stay a While With Me3:46 A3Groovy People2:49 A4Dead End Street0:52 A5Tobacco Road1:27 A6Love Is a Hurting Thing1:32 A7A Natural Man3:36 B1I Can Be Good to You3:50 B2Tomorrow3:39 B3Unforgettable2:00 B4Send in the Clowns4:33 B5You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine4:01 B6The Song I Sing2:33 | Compilation | — |
Single · 1
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Lady Love / Send in the ClownsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 8:23ALady Love3:41 AASend in the Clowns4:42 | 1978 |
Other · 1
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Top 40: His Ultimate Top 40 CollectionSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 36 tracks · 2:36:291Fine Brown Frame3:05 1You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine4:30 2See You When I Git There4:26 2When the Night Comes2:58 3Close Company4:51 3Lady Love4:03 4Be Anything (But Be Mine)3:46 4Pure Imagination3:44 5Groovy People3:15 5You're My Blessing4:25 6Ain't That Loving You (For More Reasons Than One)4:42 6It Never Entered My Mind3:31 7At Last3:39 7There Will Be Love4:22 8If I Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda4:34 8You Can't Go Home5:34 9I Go Crazy3:54 9Sit Down and Talk to Me4:55 10Now Is the Time for Love3:42 10One Life to Live3:55 11Ain't That Love, Baby4:37 11Spring Again4:27 12Let Me Be Good to You5:27 12Wind Beneath My Wings3:57 13Early Morning Love5:40 13Will You Kiss Me One More Time4:52 14The Lady in My Life4:48 14This Song Will Last Forever5:08 15In the Middle of the Night4:22 15Some Day You'll Be Old3:38 16Time Will Take Care of Everything4:40 16Willow Weep for Me4:11 17Here Comes Garfield3:06 17She's Gone3:31 18A Natural Man3:35 18Let's Clean Up the Ghetto8:39 | Compilation | 2017 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Lou Rawls head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 28 | 89th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 96 | 97.8th |
| Studio albums | 46 | 99.2th |
| Awards recorded | 4 | 96.3th |
| Timeline events | 49 | 98.8th |
| Recording span (years) | 44 | 84.8th |
| Genres | 8 | 94.5th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | honorary degree from Spelman College | won | |
| 1993 | honorary degree from Spelman College | won | |
| — | star on Hollywood Walk of Fame | won | |
| — | star on Hollywood Walk of Fame | won |
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia International All Stars(band) | — | present | |
| The Louisiana Gator Boys(band) | — | present | |
| Lou Rawls Trio(band) | — | present | eponymous,original |
| The Highway Q.C.’s(band) | — | present | |
| The Browns All-Star Band(band) | — | present | |
| The Pilgrim Travelers(band) | — | present |
Where this record comes from
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https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c8bd802a-6e4a-41a4-95fa-2c1ee33f65a5discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c8bd802a-6e4a-41a4-95fa-2c1ee33f65a5core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q455821genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q455821seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Rawlsbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Rawls
Why this artist is in the database
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Tier rule: genre canon: soul
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Wikidata: Q455821 · MusicBrainz: c8bd802a-6e4a-41a4-95fa-2c1ee33f65a5
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