I remember being nine and listening to Lou Rawls sing You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine, on WLS radio in Chicago, and how I loved his voice! It was so suave and mesmerizing:
You'll never find as long as you live...the bitter regret quietly hiding behind that soft piano. The bass thumping along. The light percussion. The backup vocalists coming in at 0:45 on loves you. At 1:10, the piano hits a low note and the song curves dramatically into a pre-chorus, where Lou steps it up:
Oh I'm not bragging on myself, baby...the beat grooves, the singers move into the light, the music surges, and and!!...but this is only a tease. The music hits the brakes at 1:19 and Lou's voice cascades back down into the despair of the verses. Ah....
After another run through, the pre-chorus appears again at 2:02, and this time it stampedes into the singalong chorus at 2:12, where Lou and the backup singers pour it on:
You're gonna miss my loving. The horns pumping, the drums, bass, and backup singers all laying it down...love it at 3:58 when he sings when it gets real cold outside!! That's right, girl, you blew it! Similar breakup songs from point of strength include I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor and The Rain by Oren Juice Jones. What are some others?
In 1983, Lou recorded the promo ad for WGN TV. Watch that WGN video, and at 0:26 look how Lou makes that beckoning motion with his hands on welcome home. Love it. Lou Rawls was something special.
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