You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine – Lou Rawls | Top 40 Chart Performance, Story and Song Meaning
Chart Performance: Pop (#2) & R&B (#1 for 2 weeks); 1976
Story Behind The Song By Ed Osborne
Like Sam Cooke, who started out with the Soul Stirrers, Lou Rawls’ roots lay in gospel music, as a member of the legendary Pilgrim Travelers. Both Sam and Lou ultimately moved over to the secular side, where Lou backed up Sam on disc, most notably on 1962’s Bring It On Home To Me.
Four years later Lou was on his own winning streak, as he reached #1 R&B with Love Is A Hurtin’ Thing, and won a Best R&B Solo Vocal Performance Grammy in 1967 for Dead End Street.
Even though Lou won another Grammy award in 1971 for A Natural Man, he hadn’t had a big hit since Your Good Thing (Is About To End) two years earlier.
Finally, Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff offered Lou You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine; inspired by Kenny’s real-life divorce from Dee Dee Sharp.
Recorded live in the studio, Lou turned in a spot-on performance and – for the first time in his 16 year recording career – had a Top 10 single.
This content and all Song Meaning articles were created and written by Top 40 Contributing Editor Ed Osborne. © 2024 Ed Osborne. All Rights Reserved. In addition to these song meaning articles, Ed has written our “Year in Music 1960s-1990s” articles.
Produced by:
- Kenny Gamble
- Leon Huff
Lyrics Written by:
- Kenny Gamble
- Leon Huff
Awards:
- Nominated in the 1977 American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Song
Ed Osborne
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