Lou Rawls, You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine | Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶

In the 63^rd edition of Throwback Vibez (2023), we recollect and reflect on “You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine” by Lou Rawls.

The vibes, the vibes, those Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶! Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 is a column that celebrates awesome songs from the past.  The records that grace this column are older, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that they’re ancient – no fossils 🦴! All genres of music are welcome. In the 63^rd edition of Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 (2023), we recollect and reflect on 🎵 “You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine”, performed by 🎙 Lou Rawls. 

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Back in the day, everything that songwriter/production team 🎼 ✍ 🎛 Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff touched turned into gold.  These Philly soul proponents are responsible for some of the very best R&B music of all-time.  In 1976, they linked up with the versatile, 🏆 Grammy-winning baritone, 🎙 Lou Rawls (1933 – 2006) for a timeless classic, 🎵 “You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine”. “You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine” appears as the second track off Rawls’ album, 💿 All Things In Time.  Silky smooth, natural, and totally unforced, “You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine” earned Rawls his sole top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. In fact, the record peaked at no. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, spending a total of 21 weeks on the chart.

The theme of the song is straightforward – pretty simple.  She will NOT find a better, more caring, more dedicated lover than Lou Rawls, PERIOD! “Whoa, I’m not braggin’ on myself, baby,” he asserts in the pre-chorus, “But I’m the one who loves you / And there’s no one else!” Throughout the verses, he reminds her of specifics she won’t find with someone other than himself.  In the second verse, he sings, “You’ll never find the rhythm, the rhyme / All the magic we shared, just us two.” The centerpiece, of course, is the chorus, where the key lyric is, “You’re gonna miss my lovin’.” A lush backdrop, memorable songwriting, and sophisticated, nuanced vocals make the gold-certified 🎵 “You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine” truly epic.  Furthermore, the parent album earned a platinum plaque 💪.

🎙 Lou Rawls • 💿 All Things In Time • 🏷 Sony Music Entertainment • 🗓 1976

Lou Rawls, “You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine”: Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 No. 63 (2023) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Sony Music Entertainment; John Alan Sperry, PIRO via  Pixabay]