| Sons Of Rawls, Gaye Locked In Lawsuit | |
The son of the late legendary singer Lou Rawls is suing the son of the late Marvin Gaye in Los Angeles over a dog attack that left him injured in 2005.TMZ.com, reported Saturday that the suit, filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court, alleges that in January, 2005, plaintiff Lou Rawls, Jr. was "bit, clawed and physically and mentally injured" by the four large dogs belonging to Marvin Gaye III.According to the suit, Rawls was visiting Gaye's home at the time of the alleged attack. Rawls claims he suffered "pain, injury, loss of blood, tearing of flesh, multiple dog-bite wounds, fear of disease and other injuries and loss."No specific damage amounts were mentioned in the lawsuit.Marvin Pentz Gaye III is a record producer who controls his father's estate. | |
| | Music world lost Rawls, Pickett, others in 2006 | | LOU RAWLS
Velvet-voiced singer and longtime community activist
Lou Rawls, 72, January 6 in Los Angeles. His trademark song "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine," was released in 1976 and exemplifies the classic "Philadelphia Sound." Rawls recorded 52 albums in a career that spanned nearly five decades and won Grammy Awards for hits "Your Good Thing (Is About to End)," "Natural Man" and "Lady Love." He also played a major role in United Negro College Fund telethons in the '80s that raised more than $200 million and appeared in 18 movies and 16 TV series.
WILSON PICKETT
Soul/R&B legend Wilson Pickett, 64, January 19 in Virginia. In 1965, Pickett signed a solo deal with Atlantic, scoring a No. 21 pop hit with "In the Midnight Hour," which he co-wrote with legendary sessions musician Steve Cropper. A slew of late '60s R&B/soul hits followed, five of which reached No. 1 on The Billboard R&B charts. Pickett was a 1991 inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. His last studio album, "It's Harder Now," (1999) won W.C. Handy Awards for soul/blues album of the year and comeback album of the year, and Pickett himself was named soul/blues male artist of the year.
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