Lou Pride

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George Louis Pride (born May 24, 1944 (according to other information: 1950 ) in North Chicago , † June 5, 2012 in Chicago ) was an American blues and soul singer.

Life

Pride was born on May 24, 1944 in North Chicago. Like many other soul and blues singers, he had his roots in gospel. He attended the First Baptist Church of the Baptist minister Edward Coles, the father of Nat King Cole . After seeing a performance by the blues guitarist and singer BB King with his mother , he wanted to become a blues singer. At first, not much happened. He toured German television programs with The Karls for two years . After his return he finally formed a duet with a singer called JLC. The two somehow had the charm of Sam & Dave and got along so well that they married and settled in El Paso, Texas .

In the early 1970s, Pride released his first single, I'm Com'n Home in the Morn'n , entitled I'm Not Thru With You on the B-side. More singles followed with the titles Look Out on Love , We're Only Fooling Ourselves , You've Got to Work for Love , and Been Such a Long Time . In 1979, while living in Albuquerque , Pride recorded his first album, Very Special . It was reissued on Black Gold Records in 1988 under the name Gone Bad For A Very Special Reason . Two years later, he recorded the album Gone Bad Again with Curtis Mayfield in 1990 . The CD Twisting The Knife was released in 1997 on the Ichiban Records label and the album I Won't Give Up on the Icehouse label in 2000 . His best known work Words Of Caution was released in 2002 on Severn Records. The albums Words Of Caution (2002) and Keep On Believing (2005) followed under this label . In addition, his earlier songs were released in 2003 with the album The Memphis / El Paso Sessions 1970-1973 .

Pride died on June 5, 2012. The release of his last studio album Ain't No More Love in this House , the recordings of which Pride had finished shortly before, had been announced by his record company Severn Records for autumn 2012, but so far (June 2013) not detectable.

Discography

Albums

  • 1979: Very Special reissued as Gone Bad For A Very Special Reason in 1988
  • 1988: Gone Bad For Very Special Reason
  • 1990: Gone Bad Again
  • 1996: Love At Last
  • 1997: Twisting The Knife
  • 2000: I Won't Give Up
  • 2002: Words Of Caution
  • 2003: The Memphis / El Paso Sessions 1970–1973
  • 2005: Keep On Believing
  • 2013: Ain't no More Love in This House

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Illinois General Assembly Senate Resolution , November 29, 2012, accessed June 17, 2013
  2. ↑ Chicago singer Lou Pride 'was naturally soul blues'. Chicago Sun-Times June 7, 2012, accessed June 14, 2013
  3. ↑ Lou Pride 1944-2012 ( Memento of the original from August 28, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Severn Records News June 6, 2012, accessed June 17, 2013 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.severnrecords.com
  4. ↑ a b c d e Lou Pride at Soul Blues Music, accessed June 17, 2013
  5. ↑ Lou Pride ( Memento of the original from September 10, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at Severn Records @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.severnrecords.com

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personal data
SURNAME Pride, Lou
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pride, George Louis (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American blues and soul singer
DATE OF BIRTH May 24, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH North Chicago
DATE OF DEATH 5th June 2012
Place of death Chicago