seven and later sang with local groups
through which he met future music stars SamCooke, who was nearly three years older than Rawls, and Curtis
Mayfield. After graduating from ... known as the Travelers). In
1958, while touring the South with the Travelers and SamCooke, Rawls was in a serious car crash. Rawls was
pronounced dead before arriving ... Records in 1962, the same year he sang the soulful background
vocals on the SamCooke recording of "Bring It On Home to Me" and "That's Where