Grammy-winning singer Lou Rawls dies of lung cancer at age 72.

Silken-voiced crooner Lou Rawls, whose career covered almost every form of black American music from gospel and blues to R&B, soul and jazz, died on Friday at age 72 after a battle with lung cancer, his spokesman said.

The pioneering crossover artist with silky voice and a four-octave range was known for such signature hits as "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine," "Lady Love" and "Love is a Hurtin' Thing." His 1960s "talking the song" style on some recordings was called pre-rap by critics.

He once said, "I've gone the full spectrum -- from gospel to blues to jazz to soul to pop and the public has accepted what I have done through it all. I think it means I have been doing something right at the right time."

Even Frank Sinatra was big fan and once said Rawls had "the classiest singing and silkiest chops in the singing game.". . . . . .Full Story