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Robert Dwayne Womack (born in Cleveland, Ohio, USA on March 4, 1944), is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. Working in the soul and R&B genres, he achieved his greatest success in the 1970s and 1980s.
Taking after their father, who sang gospel music, Bobby Womack and his brothers formed their own group. Sam Cooke took an interest in the Womack Brothers, and they recorded for Cooke’s SAR record label in the early 1960s. Renamed the Valentinos, and encouraged by Cooke to go in a more secular and commercial direction, they scored a hit with Womack’s “It’s All Over Now” in 1964; the Rolling Stones’ version of the song became a major hit, earning Womack generous royalty payments.
Sam Cooke died in late 1964; Womack married Cooke’s widow, Barbara, a short time later, creating something of a scandal. Things became even more complicated when his younger brother, Cecil, married Cooke’s daughter, Linda. As a session guitarist, Womack worked at producer Chips Moman’s American Studios in Memphis, and played on recordings by Joe Tex and The Box Tops. Until this point, around 1967, he had had little success as a solo artist, but at American he began to record a string of classic soul-music singles including the 1968 R...
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Top 10 Bobby Womack Songs
Across 110th Street
California Dreamin'
Woman's Gotta Have It
Harry Hippie
Lookin' For A Love
Nobody Wants You When You're Down and Out
California Dreaming
If You Think You're Lonely Now
You're Welcome, Stop On By
Daylight
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Across 110th Street
The Poets
Fly Me To The Moon
The Poet
Check It Out - The Very Best Of
Understanding
The Very Best of Bobby Womack 1968-1975
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