Singer Lou Rawls is being treated for lung cancer, and brain cancer. "Don't count me out, brother," Rawls said from his room at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. "There's been many people who have been diagnosed with this kind of thing, and they're still jumpin' and pumpin'."
The lung cancer was diagnosed a year ago and the brain cancer in May. Rawls, 70, has sold more than 40 million albums and won three Grammys during a career spanning more than four decades.
This photo was taken during the recording of Lou's album, Portait of the Blues, in 1992. He is pictured here with jazz legend Lionel Hampton, who performed on the record, and Billy Vera, who produced the album.
His voice has been described as "sweet as sugar, soft as velvet, strong as steel, smooth as butter." His hits include "Love Is a Hurtin' Thing," "Dead End Street" and "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine." He has also appeared on television shows and in movies, including "Leaving Las Vegas" and "Blues Brothers 2000."
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