Lou Rawls - Dead End Street

[MegaYabes]

Ooooooooooh Yeeeeeeeeah  This Is Muuuuusiiiiiic

[Richardbr1000]

This is what brought me into Lou Rawls. I loved it.

[kingediii]

That is fcking Dom Deluise dancing in the background!

[TheJayblaze3]

He was childhood friends with Sam Cooke growing up in Chicago

[chrisart23]

what the hell is he talking about before he starts to sing?

can anybody write down for me?

thats damn to fast for my weak english skills!

[bluv6]

@chrisart23 He's talking about growing up poor in Chicago, where the weather is very cold and windy in the winter. It's so windy there that the winter wind has a name: "the hawk" (and that IS what a lot of folks in Chicago call it). Because they were living at the end of a dead end street, the wind hit his family's house directly. He left Chicago ("caught the first thing smoking"), went elsewhere and became successful, went back for his family, but they wanted to stay in Chicago.

[dakarlion1]

Probably Lou Rawls at his best.

[AbeVigodasPagoda]

When Nietzsche wrote "without music, life would be a mistake," I bet he was listening to this.

And yes I know that's impossible for a number of reasons, but dammit, you get where I'm coming from.

[DrMandarino]

This man couldn't get better!! and let's not forget contribution of the producer-arranger David Axelrod with that soul´funk-jazz sound so muc apperciated by the future hip hop samplers

[MrSuedehead72]

sublimissime!!!!!!!

[Zeph100]

Chase and status have used this sample on the track 'against all odds'

[Opqosite]

too sick

[Psychkam]

Now that's what you call ..."Swaga"  cooler than a polar bears toenails""""u don't want to freezzze in your sleep...Real stories Real intro's Music of today is BS that is classic shi****....Roots music ....

[hamletmiss]

Misheard Lyric - They say Chicago is a big bitch town. It is really "big rich town."

[widehaus]

Was there anyone more COOL than Lou ??

[TheHeidiGame]

Chicago winters....yikes! Makes you tough though!

[MrSandpebbles]

"West End " Ave ! :)) Hoods !! :))

[MusicalLyrica]

@MrSandpebbles I lived on "East End" Stony Island - Good memories Hawk & all

[BurgerShack92]

Notes To Self!

[DrMandarino]

superb!!!

[Djuskoni]

My fav!!!!

[salfordvillan]

man i wish I was one of the crowd doing the frug.What a guy.

[merseymain]

Thanks to Karl for linking this to me via Facebook. black man cool as ever

[notoriouslizw]

Is that Charo?

[bigbuse87]

One of Chicago's many contributions to Northern Soul, and you think he's just exaggerating about the weather.

[averypack13]

@bigbuse87 He's not exaggerating my brother. Ask anyone that lives there about the weather the last couple of weeks....lol.

[hard2have85]

good song

[souzzza]

LOUCURA!!! FUDIDO ELE!!!

[TONINICHELLE3]

ROYAL

[jorben866]

no tiene precio

[6motion6]

love the lyrics and the jazzy music accompanying the lyrics. I liked Lou Rawls more during this period of his career than with his later stuff, although I'll say his voice always remained good, it was just the type of stuff he sang

[ollieboogaloo]

this has gotta be the coolest thing on youtube. this guy for me is the deffinition of cool. i grew up on the mean streets of suburnaban lon and still get the message. LISTEN!

[6motion6]

I have the original 45 of this that I bought when i was around 14. This music video most definitely epitomizes Lou Rawls at the height of cool for recording this song

[applebum1962]

Lou should be renowned and acclaimed as an artist of all times. love you Lou!!!!!!

[lance007lance]

Nice. Can someone upload the clip of Lou Rawls singing when he appeared and episode of Mannix called Lifelines

Here is the info

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Lou Rawls as a singer involved in a dope pusher's murder---and now a target himself. Lou sings "His Song Shall Be Sung." Mannix: Mike Connors. Gloria: Ta-Tanisha. Lt. Dan Ives: Jack Ging. Juanita Logan: Florence St. Peter. Bolo: William Marshall.

[billybandol]

I too think that he is the best rapper.And the first.For example: Curtis Blow (a master)came decades later.

[funkyman315]

What about Gill Scott Heron

[billybandol]

You are right. I just heard "the bottle", amazing.

This music was critical and cool.

[funkyman315]

listen the revolution will not be televised and tell me

[Tampa0123456789]

Wow I allwayse will like loue. He just had class. Didnt need to showboat and carry all that bling. Just did his stuff.

[sammaghett]

America's greatest rapper bar none

[sammaghett]

America's greatest rapper

[thebert03]

Sorry, although not the first, Rudy Ray Moore set the standard.

[willstims2]

awesome

[player4playerkarl]

yeaahhhhhhhh buddy

[petranoid]

I have been trying to find this forever. Thanks for the upload!

[kpitt1204]

He really was mad cool for days!

[recordguy4321]

Aah my favorite Lou Rawls song of all time. The cat was just too hip at this point in his career. What a monologue and a great captivating riff. He also did a great version of this at Monterey Pop but havent seen any video of it yet. Just imagine him and Sam Cooke back in the Soul Stirrer days. Whew!