The Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance was awarded between 1968 and 2011. The award has had several minor name changes:
Ray Charles was the first recipient of the award. He won the award three times.
Stevie Wonder has most nominations in this category, with 16 nominations. He also has the most wins with seven.
Singer James Brown won the award in 1987.
Artist Prince won the award two times.
Lou Rawls
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Louis Allen Rawls was an American baritone singer. He released 61 albums, sold more than 40 million records, and had numerous charting singles, most notably the song "You'll Never Find Another Love Li
Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
…Year[I] Winner(s) Performance Nominees Ref. 1967 Ray Charles "Crying Time" "It's A Man's Man's Man's World" – James Brown "Love Is a Hurtin' Thing" – Lou Rawls "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" – Stevie Wonder "When a Man Loves a Woman" – Percy Sledge 1968 Lou Rawls "Dead End Street" "Funky Broadway" – Wilson…
Rawls in 1984
Rawls performing with Frank Gorshin in 1977
Rawls (right) at Baltimore's Inner Harbor (1980) being interviewed by local news anchor Curt Anderson, promoting the Lou Rawls Parade of Stars Telethon
Lou Rawls's outdoor mausoleum crypt at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)