associated_acts death_date death_place years_active birth_place label name background birth_date genre article_title birth_name occupation
louis brooks 7 august 1990 nashville , tennessee 1955 & ndash ; 1973 pulaski , tennessee , united states excello of the blues , sur-speed , ref-o-ree , calvert , vee-jay , champion , home larry birdsong solo_singer 15 june 1934 r , gospel & b , blues , jazz , pop larry birdsong
 lawrence e. birdsong singer
larry birdsong

lawrence e. `` larry '' birdsong -lrb- june 15 , 1934 -- august 7 , 1990 -rrb- was an american r&b singer who recorded between the 1950s and 1970s .
his biggest hit was `` pleadin ' for love '' , which reached the `` billboard '' r&b chart in 1956 .
