Lou Rawls

Rawls' superb Capitol sides were being ignored, so producer David Axelrod wisely chose to capture Lou's incendiary live show, resulting in his first No. 1 R&B smash and Top 5 pop LP. The standout track is "Tobacco Road," where Rawls' mesmerizing, darkly humorous and socially-charged spoken word intro melts into an incendiary vocal.