Louis Allen "Lou" Rawls (born in Chicago, Illinois, USA on 1 December 1933 … Read Full Bio ↴Louis Allen "Lou" Rawls (born in Chicago, Illinois, USA on 1 December 1933 – 6 January 2006) was an American soul music, jazz, and blues singer. He was known for his smooth vocal style: Frank Sinatra once said that Rawls had "the classiest singing and silkiest chops in the singing game".Rawls released more than 70 albums[citation needed], sold more than 40 million records[citation needed], appeared as an actor in motion pictures and on television, and voiced-over many cartoons. He had been called "The Funkiest Man Alive".
Lou Rawls, who learned of gospel music through his grandmother in Chicago, became a successful singer, primarily from the 1950s through the 1980s. He was a high school classmate of music giant Sam Cooke, and they sang together in the Teenage Kings of Harmony, a '50s gospel group.
After graduating from Chicago's Dunbar Vocational High School, he sang briefly with Cooke in the Teenage Kings of Harmony, a local gospel group, and then with the Holy Wonders. In 1951, Rawls replaced Cooke in the Highway QC's after Cooke departed to join The Soul Stirrers in Los Angeles. Rawls was soon recruited by the Chosen Gospel Singers and himself moved to Los Angeles, where he subsequently joined the Pilgrim Travelers
After graduating from Chicago's Dunbar Vocational Career Academy, Rawls enlisted in the U.S. Army as a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division. He left the "All-Americans" three years later as a sergeant, and hooked up with The Pilgrim Travelers as he traveled to Los Angeles. In 1958, while touring the South with the Travelers and Sam Cooke, Rawls was in a serious car crash. Rawls was pronounced dead before arriving at the hospital, where he stayed in a coma for five and a half days. It took him months to regain his memory, and a year to fully recuperate. Rawls considered the event to be life-changing.
Alongside Dick Clark as master of ceremonies, Rawls was recovered enough by 1959 to be able to perform at the Hollywood Bowl. He was signed to Capitol Records in 1962, the same year he sang the soulful background vocals on the Sam Cooke recording of "Bring it on Home to Me." Rawls himself charted with a cover of the song in 1970 (with the title shortened to "Bring It On Home").
Rawls' first Capitol solo release was Stormy Monday (a.k.a. I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water), a jazz album. On August 21, 1966, he opened for The Beatles at Crosley Field in Cincinnati.
Though his 1966 album Live! went gold, Rawls would not have a star-making hit until he made a proper soul album, appropriately named Soulin', later that same year. The album contained his first R&B #1 single, "Love Is a Hurtin' Thing". In 1967 Rawls won his first Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance, for the single "Dead End Street."
In 1969, the singer was co-host of NBC's summer replacement series for the Dean Martin Show along with Martin's daughter, singer Gail Martin.
After leaving Capitol in 1971, Rawls joined MGM, at which juncture he released his Grammy-winning single "Natural Man." He had a brief stint with Bell Records in 1974, where he recorded a cover of Hall & Oates' "She's Gone." In 1976, Rawls signed with Philadelphia International Records, where he had his greatest album success with the million-selling All Things in Time. The album produced his most successful single, "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine", which topped the R&B and Adult Contemporary charts and went to number two on the pop side, becoming Rawls' only certified million-selling single in the process.
Subsequent albums, such as 1977's When You've Heard Lou, You've Heard It All yielded such hit singles as "Lady Love". Other releases in the 1970s included the classic album Sit Down And Talk To Me.
In 1982, Rawls received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
On the night of September 29, 1977, Rawls performed the national anthem of the United States prior to the Earnie Shavers-Muhammad Ali title fight at Madison Square Garden. He would be requested to sing the anthem many times over the next 28 years, and his final performance of it came on October 23, 2005. The crowd at that performance may not have known that Rawls was extremely ill with cancer, but he reportedly delivered an electrifying performance to kick off Game Two of the 2005 World Series between the Chicago White Sox and Houston Astros.
In 1980, Rawls began the "Lou Rawls Parade of Stars Telethon" which benefits 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 African-American students who have benefited from and/or graduated from one of the many historically black colleges and universities who receive support from the UNCF, along with musical performances from various recording artists in support of the UNCF's and Rawls' efforts. The event has raised over US$200 million in 27 shows for the fund through 2006.
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, Ashanti, and many others. His final television performance occurred during the 2005-2006 edition of the telethon, honoring Stevie Wonder in September 2005, just months before entering the hospital and after having been diagnosed with cancer earlier in the year. This program, aired in January, 2006, contains his final public television performance, where he performed two classics, "You Are the Sunshine of My Life," and a final ode to Frank Sinatra with, "It Was A Very Good Year."
At the time of Rawls' death, news and UNCF figures noted the significance of Rawls' final performance, "It Was a Very Good Year." The song is a retrospective of one's life and its lyrics include, "When I was seventeen, it was a very good year. It was a very good year for small town girls and soft summer nights...And now those days grow short, it is the autumn of years, and now I think about life as vintage wine from fine old kegs, from the brim to the dregs, it pours sweet and clear, it was a very good year."
Rawls appeared in a segment of the first season of Sesame Street, to sing the alphabet. He dismissed the concept of using cue cards for the performance, but reversed such decision when he forgot the order of the letters.
Throughout Rawls' singing career, he had the opportunity to appear in many films, television shows, and commercials. He can be seen in such films as Leaving Las Vegas, Blues Brothers 2000, and Angel, Angel, Down We Go. He had a supporting role in the Baywatch spin-off, Baywatch Nights. He also appeared in the western television series, Big Valley, (starring legend Barbara Stanwyck, along with Lee Majors and Linda Evans) where he played a hired hand. Here, he delivered the memorial line: "Ain't a horse that can't be rode; ain't a man that can't be throwed".
Rawls lent his rich baritone voice to many cartoons, including Hey Arnold! as the voice of Harvey The Mailman, Garfield, and The Proud Family. For many of the Film Roman Garfield specials, Rawls would often compose songs for them, which he would then sing usually doing a duet with Desiree Goyette. He also was famously in American sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel Air.
For many years, he was a spokesperson for the Colonial Penn Life Insurance Company. He was also a spokesman for Budweiser, helping promote the brand on radio and TV to African-American markets much as Ed McMahon did for the white audience. Budweiser was a key sponsor for the Rawls telethon and UNCF.
Rawls was also a regular guest host on "Jazz Central", a program aired on the BET Jazz cable channel.
He appears as "Dr. Rawls" in a dream on an episode My Wife and Kids, where he breaks into a parody version of "You'll Never Find", which a frightened Damon Wayans is afraid of having a colonoscopy the following day. Rawls uses the scope as a microphone in the scene. Rawls appears as a commentator in the second half of the unrated commentary of Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy.
Rawls was also a guest star during the second season of The Muppet Show. He also made a brief appearance on the series finale of Martin. (The show's character Tommy is excited to see Lou Rawls at Nipsey's and mentioned that his favorite song is "Natural Man." Lou replied that he received a letter from a female claiming that she and her boyfriend broke up because of the song. This eludes to the episode where Tommy and Pam decide to move in together, but winded up fighting and ultimately breaking up because Tommy played the song "Natural Man" so much that it drove Pam crazy.)
The following is a list of Lou Rawls singles that made the top 50 on the Billboard Hot 100. His first Hot 100 entry was "Three O'Clock in the Morning" in 1965, and his final was "Wind Beneath My Wings" in 1983. In addition to those two, nine other singles peaked at positions below the top 50 on the Hot 100, and additional singles reached the R&B, Adult Contemporary and Bubbling Under charts.
* "Love Is a Hurtin' Thing" - 1966, #13 (also #1 R&B)
* "Dead End Street" - 1967, #29
* "Show Business" - 1967, #45
* "Your Good Thing (Is About to End)" - 1969, #18
* "A Natural Man" - 1971, #17
* "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine" - 1976, #2 (also #1 R&B and #1 Adult Contemporary); certified Gold for sales of one million copies
* "Lady Love" - 1978, #24
Lou Rawls, who learned of gospel music through his grandmother in Chicago, became a successful singer, primarily from the 1950s through the 1980s. He was a high school classmate of music giant Sam Cooke, and they sang together in the Teenage Kings of Harmony, a '50s gospel group.
After graduating from Chicago's Dunbar Vocational High School, he sang briefly with Cooke in the Teenage Kings of Harmony, a local gospel group, and then with the Holy Wonders. In 1951, Rawls replaced Cooke in the Highway QC's after Cooke departed to join The Soul Stirrers in Los Angeles. Rawls was soon recruited by the Chosen Gospel Singers and himself moved to Los Angeles, where he subsequently joined the Pilgrim Travelers
After graduating from Chicago's Dunbar Vocational Career Academy, Rawls enlisted in the U.S. Army as a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division. He left the "All-Americans" three years later as a sergeant, and hooked up with The Pilgrim Travelers as he traveled to Los Angeles. In 1958, while touring the South with the Travelers and Sam Cooke, Rawls was in a serious car crash. Rawls was pronounced dead before arriving at the hospital, where he stayed in a coma for five and a half days. It took him months to regain his memory, and a year to fully recuperate. Rawls considered the event to be life-changing.
Alongside Dick Clark as master of ceremonies, Rawls was recovered enough by 1959 to be able to perform at the Hollywood Bowl. He was signed to Capitol Records in 1962, the same year he sang the soulful background vocals on the Sam Cooke recording of "Bring it on Home to Me." Rawls himself charted with a cover of the song in 1970 (with the title shortened to "Bring It On Home").
Rawls' first Capitol solo release was Stormy Monday (a.k.a. I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water), a jazz album. On August 21, 1966, he opened for The Beatles at Crosley Field in Cincinnati.
Though his 1966 album Live! went gold, Rawls would not have a star-making hit until he made a proper soul album, appropriately named Soulin', later that same year. The album contained his first R&B #1 single, "Love Is a Hurtin' Thing". In 1967 Rawls won his first Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance, for the single "Dead End Street."
In 1969, the singer was co-host of NBC's summer replacement series for the Dean Martin Show along with Martin's daughter, singer Gail Martin.
After leaving Capitol in 1971, Rawls joined MGM, at which juncture he released his Grammy-winning single "Natural Man." He had a brief stint with Bell Records in 1974, where he recorded a cover of Hall & Oates' "She's Gone." In 1976, Rawls signed with Philadelphia International Records, where he had his greatest album success with the million-selling All Things in Time. The album produced his most successful single, "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine", which topped the R&B and Adult Contemporary charts and went to number two on the pop side, becoming Rawls' only certified million-selling single in the process.
Subsequent albums, such as 1977's When You've Heard Lou, You've Heard It All yielded such hit singles as "Lady Love". Other releases in the 1970s included the classic album Sit Down And Talk To Me.
In 1982, Rawls received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
On the night of September 29, 1977, Rawls performed the national anthem of the United States prior to the Earnie Shavers-Muhammad Ali title fight at Madison Square Garden. He would be requested to sing the anthem many times over the next 28 years, and his final performance of it came on October 23, 2005. The crowd at that performance may not have known that Rawls was extremely ill with cancer, but he reportedly delivered an electrifying performance to kick off Game Two of the 2005 World Series between the Chicago White Sox and Houston Astros.
In 1980, Rawls began the "Lou Rawls Parade of Stars Telethon" which benefits 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 African-American students who have benefited from and/or graduated from one of the many historically black colleges and universities who receive support from the UNCF, along with musical performances from various recording artists in support of the UNCF's and Rawls' efforts. The event has raised over US$200 million in 27 shows for the fund through 2006.
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, Ashanti, and many others. His final television performance occurred during the 2005-2006 edition of the telethon, honoring Stevie Wonder in September 2005, just months before entering the hospital and after having been diagnosed with cancer earlier in the year. This program, aired in January, 2006, contains his final public television performance, where he performed two classics, "You Are the Sunshine of My Life," and a final ode to Frank Sinatra with, "It Was A Very Good Year."
At the time of Rawls' death, news and UNCF figures noted the significance of Rawls' final performance, "It Was a Very Good Year." The song is a retrospective of one's life and its lyrics include, "When I was seventeen, it was a very good year. It was a very good year for small town girls and soft summer nights...And now those days grow short, it is the autumn of years, and now I think about life as vintage wine from fine old kegs, from the brim to the dregs, it pours sweet and clear, it was a very good year."
Rawls appeared in a segment of the first season of Sesame Street, to sing the alphabet. He dismissed the concept of using cue cards for the performance, but reversed such decision when he forgot the order of the letters.
Throughout Rawls' singing career, he had the opportunity to appear in many films, television shows, and commercials. He can be seen in such films as Leaving Las Vegas, Blues Brothers 2000, and Angel, Angel, Down We Go. He had a supporting role in the Baywatch spin-off, Baywatch Nights. He also appeared in the western television series, Big Valley, (starring legend Barbara Stanwyck, along with Lee Majors and Linda Evans) where he played a hired hand. Here, he delivered the memorial line: "Ain't a horse that can't be rode; ain't a man that can't be throwed".
Rawls lent his rich baritone voice to many cartoons, including Hey Arnold! as the voice of Harvey The Mailman, Garfield, and The Proud Family. For many of the Film Roman Garfield specials, Rawls would often compose songs for them, which he would then sing usually doing a duet with Desiree Goyette. He also was famously in American sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel Air.
For many years, he was a spokesperson for the Colonial Penn Life Insurance Company. He was also a spokesman for Budweiser, helping promote the brand on radio and TV to African-American markets much as Ed McMahon did for the white audience. Budweiser was a key sponsor for the Rawls telethon and UNCF.
Rawls was also a regular guest host on "Jazz Central", a program aired on the BET Jazz cable channel.
He appears as "Dr. Rawls" in a dream on an episode My Wife and Kids, where he breaks into a parody version of "You'll Never Find", which a frightened Damon Wayans is afraid of having a colonoscopy the following day. Rawls uses the scope as a microphone in the scene. Rawls appears as a commentator in the second half of the unrated commentary of Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy.
Rawls was also a guest star during the second season of The Muppet Show. He also made a brief appearance on the series finale of Martin. (The show's character Tommy is excited to see Lou Rawls at Nipsey's and mentioned that his favorite song is "Natural Man." Lou replied that he received a letter from a female claiming that she and her boyfriend broke up because of the song. This eludes to the episode where Tommy and Pam decide to move in together, but winded up fighting and ultimately breaking up because Tommy played the song "Natural Man" so much that it drove Pam crazy.)
The following is a list of Lou Rawls singles that made the top 50 on the Billboard Hot 100. His first Hot 100 entry was "Three O'Clock in the Morning" in 1965, and his final was "Wind Beneath My Wings" in 1983. In addition to those two, nine other singles peaked at positions below the top 50 on the Hot 100, and additional singles reached the R&B, Adult Contemporary and Bubbling Under charts.
* "Love Is a Hurtin' Thing" - 1966, #13 (also #1 R&B)
* "Dead End Street" - 1967, #29
* "Show Business" - 1967, #45
* "Your Good Thing (Is About to End)" - 1969, #18
* "A Natural Man" - 1971, #17
* "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine" - 1976, #2 (also #1 R&B and #1 Adult Contemporary); certified Gold for sales of one million copies
* "Lady Love" - 1978, #24
My Babe
Lou Rawls Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'My Babe' by these artists:
A.G. Weinberger My baby don't stand no cheatin', my babe Oh yeah she…
Albert King My baby don't stand no cheating, my babe No, my baby…
Barry The Remains Well, my babe, don't stand no teasin', my babe Oh…
Barry & The Remains Well, my babe, don't stand no teasin', my babe Oh…
Bia Freitas My babe likes Basquiat He’s happy when I smile And…
Billy Boy Arnold My baby don′t stand no cheatin', my babe Oh no she…
Blues & Brothers I'm talkin' 'bout my baby, not your baby Say my babe,…
Bo Diddley My baby don't stand no cheatin', my babe Oh yeah she…
Bo Diddley Muddy Waters Little Walter My baby don't stand no cheatin', my babe Oh yeah she…
Bob and the Bearcats My baby don't stand no cheatin', my babe Oh yeah she…
Bob E. Rock In time You'll find The way You're mine So fine My babe Seei…
Burke Solomon My baby don't stand no cheatin', my babe Oh yeah she…
Charles Travaux Blues my babe ruikt zo lekker als ze zweet my babe smaakt zo pi…
Chicago All Stars My baby don't stand no cheatin', my babe Oh yeah she…
Chuck Berry My babe don't stand no cheatin', my babe My babe, true…
Cliff Richard My baby don't stand no cheating, my babe No, my baby…
Cliff Richard & The Drifters My baby don't stand no cheating, my babe No, my baby…
Columbus Short My baby don't stand no cheatin', my babe Oh yeah, she…
Conway Twitty My baby don't stand no cheating, my Babe My baby don't…
Curtis Stigers My baby don't stand no cheatin', my babe Oh yeah she…
Dale Hawkins Well, my baby don't stand no cheatin', my babe Oh yeah…
Dion Well, my baby, don't stand no cheating, my babe Well, my…
Dixon My baby don't stand no cheatin', my babe Oh yeah she…
Dr Feelgood My babe, she don't stand no cheatin', my babe Oh…
Dr. Feelgood My babe, she don't stand no cheatin', my babe Oh…
Elsa Kopf In the early morning hours Someone saw you ´mong the blossom…
Elvis Presley Well, my babe don't stand no cheating, my babe Well, my…
Fabulous Thunderbirds My babe, my babe, my babe, my babe She's comin' back…
Foghat I'm talkin' 'bout my baby, not your baby Say my babe,…
G.G. Kettel My baby don't stand no cheatin', my babe Oh yeah she…
Hawkins Dale Well, my baby don't stand no cheatin', my babe Oh yeah…
Hubert Sumlin Willie Dixon & Sunnyland Slim My baby don't stand no cheatin', my babe Oh yeah she…
Jasmine Kara ooh no no noouh no when i was cruising by you nearly caught…
Jason Ricci My baby don't stand no cheatin', my babe Oh yeah she…
John Hammond Well, my baby don't stand no cheating, my babe Well, my…
John Mayall Well, my babe, don't stand no kissin', my babe Oh…
Johnny & The Panty Raiders My baby don't stand no cheatin', my babe Oh yeah she…
Jones Tom & Holland Jools Well, my babe, don't stand no kissin', My babe Oh…
Kaj Akinyede Pretty girl Haa, yee, yeah My babe I have been look up…
KITCHEN - Spoon What do you get when you add it up? Same walls…
Lightnin' Hopkins My baby, don't stand no cheatin', my babe Oh yeah, she…
Little Walter My baby don't stand no cheatin', my babe Oh yeah she…
Little Walter His Jukes My baby don't stand no cheatin', my babe Oh yeah she…
Little Walter & His Jukes My baby don't stand no cheatin', my babe Oh yeah she…
LIVING ROOM - Spoon What do you get when you add it up? Same walls…
Lutha I'm talkin' about my baby Not your baby Said my babe, She…
Martina McBride My baby don't stand no cheatin', my babe My baby don't…
Mickey Gilley Well, my baby don't stand no cheating, my babe Well, my…
Muddy Waters My baby don't stand no cheatin', my babe Oh yeah she…
Muddy Waters & Bo Diddley & Little Walter My baby don't stand no cheatin', my babe Oh yeah she…
Muddy Waters Bo Diddley Little Walter My baby don't stand no cheatin', my babe Oh yeah she…
Muddy Waters Little Walter & Bo Diddley My baby don't stand no cheatin', my babe Oh yeah she…
Nancy Wilson My baby don't stand no teasin', my babe Oh, no, he…
Rick Nelson Well, my babe, don't stand no kissin', my babe Oh yeah,…
Righteous Brothers (The) I'm talkin' 'bout my baby, not your baby Say my babe,…
Rock-Jerry In time You'll find The way You're mine So fine My babe Seei…
Ron Holden my babe, my babe, my babe, my babe is comin' back…
Ronnie Dove My babe, I got my babe And I won't lie babe Without…
Solomon Burke My baby don't stand no cheatin', my babe Oh yeah she…
Spoon What do you get when you add it up? Same walls…
Steve Miller Band My babe, she don't stand no cheatin', my babe Oh…
Stovepipe No. 4 You Make Me Feel, Feel So Good You're The Sunshine In…
The Animals My babe, she don't stand no cheatin', my babe My babe,…
The Animals & Sonny Boy Williamson My babe, she don't stand no cheatin', my babe My babe,…
The Animals Feat. Sonny Boy Williamson My babe, she don't stand no cheatin', my babe My babe,…
The Everly Brothers My babe, don't stand no cheating, my babe Oh yeah, don't…
The Fabulous Thunderbirds My babe, my babe, my babe, my babe She's comin' back…
The Kubes My babe don't stand no cheatin', my babe Oh no she…
The New Savages Well my babe, my babe she sang Well my babe,…
The Remains Well, my babe, don't stand no teasin', my babe Oh…
The Righteous Brothers I'm talkin' 'bout my baby, not your baby Say my babe,…
The Spencer Davis Group We're talking about my baby, not you baby, say my…
Tom Jones & Jools Holland Well, my babe, don't stand no kissin', My babe Oh…
Tom Jones and Jools Holland Well, my babe, don't stand no kissin', My babe Oh…
Tom Jones/Jools Holland Well, my babe, don't stand no kissin', My babe Oh…
Tommy Castro I'm talkin' 'bout my baby, not your baby Say my babe,…
Troye Sivan My babe Don't stand on cheating my babe Oh yeah …
Walter Little My baby don't stand no cheatin', my babe Oh yeah she…
Whitehorse My baby don′t stand no cheatin', my babe Oh yeah, she…
Willie Dixon My baby don't stand no cheatin', my babe Oh yeah she…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Lou Rawls:
(They Call It) Stormy Monday They call it stormy Monday, but Tuesday's just as bad They…
(What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue Cold empty bed, springs hard as lead Pains in my head,…
A Beautiful Friendship This is the end of a beautiful friendship, It ended a…
A Child With A Toy Like a child I need love and tender care Like a child Need…
A Fool Such As I (Now and then there's a fool such as I) Pardon me,…
A Lovely Way To Spend an Evening Some like a night at the movies, some like a…
A Lover's Question Does she love me, with all her heart should I worry,…
A Natural Man You know, there was a time when If someone told you…
A Song For You I've been so many places In my life and time I've sung…
A Whole Lotta Woman I've got a rocking chair that rocks, a rubber ball…
Ain What makes me treat you the way I do Gee,…
Ain't That Love, Baby You build my hopes so high And then you let me…
Ain't That Loving You So you think I love you for just one thing To…
All Around The World Well, if I don't love you baby Grits ain't groceries, eggs…
All the Way When somebody loves you It's no good unless he loves you,…
Amazing Grace Amazing grace, how sweet the sound That saved a wretch like…
Amen Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen Sing it over Amen, amen, amen, …
another saturday night Another Saturday nigt and I ain't got nobody I have some…
Any Day Now Any day now I will hear you say Goodbye my love You'll…
At Last I was never spellbound by a starry sky What is there…
Auld Lang Syne Should auld acquaintance be forgot And never brought to mind…
Autum Leaves The falling leaves Drift by my window The falling leaves Of …
Autumn Leaves The falling leaves drift by the window The autumn leaves of…
Baby I Could Be So Good At Lovin' You Wanted to tell you, how I felt for so long Skip…
Baby What You Want Me To Do You got me runnin', got me hidin' Run round hidin' runnin'…
Be Anything Be a beggar, be a thief Be my sunshine or my…
Black an Blue Cold empty bed, springs hard as lead Pains in my head,…
Blue Skies Blue skies are 'round the corner Walk 'round the corner with…
Blues Is a Woman Blues is a woman, that woman I call my own Blues…
Breaking My Back I was born in a city the called the ′Windy…
Bring It Home If you ever change your mind About leavin', about leavin' me…
Bring It on Home If you ever change your mind About leavin', leavin' me behin…
Bring It on Home to Me If you ever change your mind About leavin', about leavin' me…
But I Do Ain't got the change of a nickel Ain't got no bounce…
C. C. Rider See see rider, see what you have done, Lord, Lord,…
Can You Dig It Can you understand me now? I'll get it through somehow You w…
Chain Gang I hear somethin' sayin' (Hooh! aah!) (hooh! aah!) (Hooh!…
Chains Of Love Chains of love Has tied my heart to you Chains of love Have…
Chicago I got the surprise, the surprise of my life I had…
Christmas Is Christmas is children who just can't go to sleep Christmas i…
Christmas Will Really Be Christmas Christmas will really be Christmas When folks are happy ever…
Come Fly With Me Come fly with me, let's fly, let's fly away If you…
Cotton Fields When I was a little bitty baby My mama would rock…
Dead End Street I was born in a city the called the 'Windy…
Dead End Street Parts 1 & 2 I was born in a city the called the Windy…
Did You Stop to Pray This Morning Did you stop to pray this morning As you started on…
Dollar Green Some people say I'm a no 'count. Others say I'm no…
Don Hush now don't explain I know you raise Cain I'm glad you're…
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood Baby, do you understand me now? Sometimes I feel a little…
Early Morning Love Early morning love, round about the time the sun comes up Ea…
Everday I Have the Blues Everyday, everyday I have the blues Everyday, everyday I hav…
Every Day I Have The Blues Everyday, everyday I have the blues Everyday, everyday I ha…
Everyday I Have the Blues Everyday, everyday I have the blues Everyday, everyday I hav…
Everything Must Change Everything must change Nothing stays the same Everyone must …
Evil You made a fool of me, But them broken dreams have…
Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa I keep …
Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song) Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa I keep s…
Fine And Mellow My man don't love me Treats me oh, so mean My man…
Fine Brown Frame Oh, he's got a fine brown frame I wonder what could…
For Wat It There's something happening here And what it is ain't exact…
For What It's Worth There's something happening here And what it is ain't exactl…
For You My Love For you, my love, I'd do most anything, For you, my…
Forever I Do I love you, yes I do, I want you, yes I…
From Now On From now on everything has changed And we will never be…
Gee Baby Ain What makes me treat you the way I do Gee,…
Gentle On My Mind It's knowing that your door is always open And your path…
Georgia On My Mind Georgia, hey Georgia, The whole day through Just an old swe…
Girl From Ipanema Tall and tan and young and lovely The girl from Ipanema…
Gloomy Sunday Sunday is gloomy, my hours are slumberless Dearest the shado…
God Bless the Child Them that's got shall get Them that's not shall lose So the…
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen God rest you merry gentlemen Let nothing you dismay Remember…
Goin Going to Chicago Sorry, I can't take you Going to Chicago …
Golden Slumbers Once there was a way to get back homeward Once there…
Good Day Sunshine Good day sunshine Good day sunshine Good day sunshine I…
Good Intentions I've seen a lot of things in life that words…
Good Morning Blues Good morning blues Blues how do you do Good morning blues Bl…
Good Night My Love Goodnight, my love Pleasant dreams, sleep tight, my love May…
Got To Get You Into My Life I was alone, I took a ride, I didn't know what…
Groovy People Groovy people I like to be around Groovy, groovy people I d…
Hang Ups Once I was a sentimental thing Throw my heart away each…
HANG-UPS Baby, you ain't with it And I know what's wrong with…
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas Have yourself a merry little Christmas Let your heart be lig…
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (Away Team Remix) Have yourself a merry little Christmas, Let your heart be li…
Here Comes Garfield Here comes the sun, here comes the sun, And I say…
His Song Shall Be Sung The King beneath the mountains, The King of carven stone, Th…
How Long Blues How long, how long, has that evenin' train been gone? How…
I Now you know me You know how proud I am And what…
I Ain What makes me treat you the way I do Gee,…
I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Bl Ain't got the change of a nickel Ain't got no bounce…
I Can Now you know me You know how proud I am And what…
I Coulda Woulda Shoulda Did you ever fall in love At the right time or…
I Fell In Love When I fall in love It will be forever Or I'll never…
I Got It Bad Though folks with good intentions Tell me to save my tears W…
I Just Want To Make Love To Yo I don't want you be no slave I don't want you…
I Love You Yes I Do I love you, yes I do, I want you, yes I…
I Want To Be Loved The spark in your eye sets my, soul on fire, Your…
I Want to Be Loved (But Only by You) I want to be loved, I want to be loved I…
I Want to Hear It From You If all our love is through If you found someone new Then…
I Wish It Were Yesterday Something just ain't right As I turn out of the light And…
I Wonder Find your dreams come true And I wonder if you know What…
I Wonder Where Our Love Has Gone All I know is that I'm in love with you Even…
I'd Rather Drink Muddy Nwater Baby, we got to have a little talk I ought to…
I'm A King Bee Well I′m a king bee Buzzing around your hive Well I'm a…
I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town I′m gonna move, baby Way out on the outskirts of town Yeah,…
I'm Satisfied I'm satisfied, tickled too, old enough to marry you I'm sati…
I'm Still In Love With You I want to walk with you I'd like to talk to…
I'm Waiting One question what can't be done You tear me down with…
I've Got You Under Skin I've got you under my skin I've got you deep in…
If I Had My Life to Live Over As I review my life with you Since the days of…
If I Were A Magician If I were a musician I would play you sweet love…
If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody If you got to make a fool of somebody If you…
In My Heart There'll be no darkness tonight Lady our love will shine Jus…
In The Evening When your good gal done quit ya And the sun is…
In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning In the wee small hours of the morning, While the whole…
Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall Into each life some rain must fall But too much is…
It Now you know me You know how proud I am And what…
IT WAS A VERY GOOD YEAR When I was seventeen It was a very good year It was…
It's Been A Long Time Kiss me once, then kiss me twice Then kiss me once…
It's Our Anniversary Today tommorow will come and girl i can't wait it's our…
It's You Baby You're the one I love, yeah The queen of my heart The…
Its Been A Long Time Kiss me once, then kiss me twice Then kiss me once…
Ive Got You Under Skin I've got you under my skin I've got you deep in…
Jingle Bells Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock Jingle bells swin…
Joy To The World Jeremiah was a bullfrog Was a good friend of mine…
Just Squeeze Me Want you to know I go for your squeezin' Want you…
Kansas City I'm going to Kansas City, Kansas City here I come I'm…
Lady Love Lady love LOU RAWLS (V. Gray - S. Marshall) Lady love, your…
Let Let's burn down the cornfield Let's burn down the cornfield …
Let Me Be Good to You Why don't you let me be good to you Why…
Let Me Show You How You were broken when I found ya Girl I don't mind…
Let's Burn Down the Cornfield Let's burn down the cornfield Let's burn down the cornfield …
Let's Fall In Love All Over Again I′m down on my knees I'm beggin′ you, please Take me back,…
Lets Burn Down the Cornfield Let's burn down the cornfield Let's burn down the cornfield …
Lifetime Monologue I'll be the protector of your heart. The front lines of…
Little Boy Dear The day is ended little drummer boy Lights out was sounded…
Long Gone Blues Talk to me baby Tell me what's the matter now Tell me,…
Love Is a Hurtin For every little kiss there's a little teardrop For every si…
Love Is a Hurting Thing For every little kiss there's a little teardrop For every s…
Love Is A Hurtin` Thing For every little kiss there's a little teardrop For every si…
Love Love Love You'll never find, as long as you live Someone who loves…
Make The World Go Away Make the world go away Get it off my shoulder Say the…
Mean Old World Sometimes I get disgusted, yeah My mind goes up and down Som…
MEMORY LANE Boy, hand me down my walking cane Boy, hand me down…
Merry Christmas Merry, merry Christmas, baby Sure did treat me nice I said m…
Merry Christmas Baby (2006 Remaster) Merry Christmas, baby Sure do treat me nice Merry Christmas,…
Moonglows Sincerely, oh yes, sincerely 'Cause I love you so dearly Ple…
Motherless Child Sometimes I feel like a motherless child Sometimes I feel li…
MY ANCESTORS My ancestors were kings of old They ruled the world and…
Natural Man You know, there was a time when If someone told you…
Need You Forever Today we're friends Oh but tomorrow We could be lovers, ba…
Nice Let's take it nice and easy It's gonna be so easy For…
Nice 'n' Easy Let's take it nice and easy It's gonna be so easy For…
Nobody But Me I've got no chauffeur to chauffeur me I've got no…
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