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

He had also sung the National Anthem at two previous World Series games: the 1982 World Series opener between the St. " In 1967 Rawls also performed at the first evening of the Monterey International Pop Music Festival. He appears as "Dr.

He was also known for his frequently used expression "Yeah buddy!" Rawls was also a three-time Grammy-winner all for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance. Rawls released more than 60 albums sold more than 40 million records appeared as an actor in motion pictures and on television and voiced-over many cartoons.