Louis Allen Rawls (1933 - 2006)

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Biography

Lou Rawls was a jazz and blues singer.

• American record producer, singer, composer and actor.
• Originated the Lou Rawls Parade of Stars Telethon which benefits the United Negro College Fund.

Louis Allen Rawls known as "Lou Rawls" was born on 1 Dec 1933 in Chicago. His parents were Virgil Rawls and Evelyn Allen, age 18, born in Tennessee.^{[1] [2]}

Early Life

In 1940 he was with his grandmother and aunt Esther (Queen Esther) Banks. In this household of three, in 1940, Esther Banks was the head. She was age 29 and widowed, born in Alabama, a shirt finisher in a laundry. Her mother Liza Rolls was age 68, widowed, born in Alabama. Esther's nephew Louis Rolls was age 6, born in Illinois.^[3]

Marriages

1. Nina Malek Inman
2. Lana Jean Taylor Married 2 Feb 1963

Louis (age 29) married Lana J Taylor (age 20) in 1963 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States.^[4]

Lou Rawls and Lana Jean Taylors children

1. Lauanna Rawls
2. Lou Rawls Jr
3. Kendra Rawls
4. Aiden Allen Rawls

Lou divorce Lana in February 1966 in Los Angeles City, California.^[5]

Death

Louis Allen Rawls, known to the world as "Lou Rawls", passed away on January 6 2006, in Los Angeles, California, United States, and was interred in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Los Angeles.^[6]

Research Notes

• Wikipedia says that he was raised by his grandmother.

In the 1940 US census its reads In the 1998 newspaper article it also shows raised by his grandmother. In the 2006 newspaper Ob it reads widow Nina at his side plus his children Louanna Rawls, Lou Rawls Jr, Kendra Smith and new-born Arden. Great article explains his childhood friend Sam Cooke collabrated on "Bring It on Home to Me". In My Heritage link below reads Lou was married 3 times.

Sources

1. ↑ "Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1949", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGCF-9C7P : Fri Mar 08 01:44:31 UTC 2024), Entry for Louis Allen and Evelyn Allen, 13 December 1933.
2. ↑ "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6KQW-CWSJ : 10 February 2023), Louis Rawls, .
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWT2-BK4 : 8 January 2021), Louis Rolls in household of Esther Banks, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 103-134, sheet 7A, line 17, family 237, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 925.
4. ↑ Marriage: "California Marriage Index, 1960-1985"
   FamilySearch Record: V6X7-WYY (accessed 22 March 2024)
   Louis Rawls (29) marriage to Lana J Taylor (20) in 1963 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States.
5. ↑ Divorce: "California Divorce Index, 1966-1984"
   citing Los Angeles City, California, Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento
   FamilySearch Record: VPRM-Y7N (accessed 22 March 2024)
   Lou Rawls divorce in Feb 1966 in Los Angeles City, California.
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/12907764/lou-allen-rawls : accessed 27 January 2022), memorial page for Lou Allen Rawls (1 Dec 1933–6 Jan 2006), Find A Grave: Memorial #12907764, citing Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA ; Maintained by Find a Grave.

See also:

• Wikipedia : Lou Rawls
• Wikidata: Item Q455821, en:Wikipedia
• 1998 Newspaper: "Newspapers.com"
  The South Bend Tribune (South Bend, Indiana) Wed, Oct 7, 1998, page 18
  Newspapers Clip: 143877981 This article's has reference to Lt Col Guilon Stewart Guilon '(1942) first African-American astronaut into space. He took Lou's Grammy Award album "Dead End Street" with the song "Wing Beneath My Wings" into space.

Guion Bluford 1st African-American astronaut

• 2006 Newspaper: "Newspapers.com"
  The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, New Mexico) Sat, Jan 7, 2006, page A002
  Newspapers Clip: 143878539 Ob for Lou. plus it added wife and children names.

• Death: "Biographical Summaries of Notable People"
  MyHeritage Record (accessed 22 March 2024)
  Lou Rawls death 6 Jan 2006 (born 1 Dec 1933) in Los Angeles.

• Book: Internet Archive Lou Rawls media sources from 1996-2006. Audio 388,movies 91 and lots more to watch and listen for FREE