Bobby Womack

Bobby Womack
Womack performing with Gorillaz in 2010
Womack performing with Gorillaz in 2010
Background information
Birth nameRobert Dwayne Womack
Born(1944-03-04)March 4, 1944
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
DiedJune 27, 2014(2014-06-27) (aged 70)
Tarzana, California, U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • musician
  • songwriter
  • record producer
Instrument(s)
  • Vocals
  • guitar
Years active1952–2014
Labels
WebsiteOfficial website
Bobby Womack's voice
from the BBC programme Front Row, December 26, 2012.[2]

Robert Dwayne Womack (/ˈwoʊmæk/; March 4, 1944 – June 27, 2014) was an American singer, musician and songwriter. Starting in the early 1950s as the lead singer of his family musical group the Valentinos and as Sam Cooke's backing guitarist, Womack's career spanned more than 60 years and multiple styles, including R&B, jazz, soul, rock and roll, doo-wop, and gospel.

Womack was a prolific songwriter who wrote and originally recorded, (with his brothers, the Valentinos), the Rolling Stones' first UK number one hit ("It's All Over Now") and New Birth's "I Can Understand It". As a singer, he is most notable for the hits "Lookin' for a Love", "That's the Way I Feel About Cha", "Woman's Gotta Have It", "Harry Hippie", "Across 110th Street", and his 1980s hits "If You Think You're Lonely Now" and "I Wish He Didn't Trust Me So Much".

In 2009, Womack was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

  1. ^ Smirke, Richard (December 9, 2011). "XL's Richard Russell on Adele, Six Grammy Noms, What's Next (Bobby Womack!)". Billboard.biz. Retrieved April 30, 2012.
  2. ^ "Bobby Womack". Front Row. December 26, 2012. BBC Radio 4. Retrieved January 18, 2014.