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Bobby Caldwell (born August 15, 1951 in New York City) is an American singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who, despite a prolific musical output over his 30-year career, is still best known for his 1978 hit single “What You Won’t Do for Love.” While he has always maintained a devoted fan base in the United States, a more legendary status has been bestowed upon him in Japan.

Early life

Bobby Caldwell was born in Manhattan to Bob and Carolyn Franklin, the hosts of Suppertime, an early television variety show. Living in Memphis and, chiefly, Miami (which he has called an influential “dumping ground” for all kinds of music), he took up piano and guitar as a preteen. Forming his own band at 17, he took the group on the road, later recording an album entitled Kathmandu.

Caldwell’s first performances were more rock-oriented than the bulk of his career would indicate; early dates had him playing Jimi Hendrix and Cream covers in small clubs.

Recording career

Bobby Caldwell (What You Won’t Do for Love)

Bobby Caldwell was signed to legendary Miami label TK Records, home to many different kinds of musical acts: the pop-disco of KC & The Sunshine Band, the Latin-flavoured funk of Foxy, the down-home soul of George McCrae and his wife Gwen McCrae, and the futuristic, jazzy disco of Peter Brown and T-Connection.

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1	What You Won't Do for Love full track	389
2	Open Your Eyes full track	133
3	My Flame full track	69
4	Heart of Mine full track	37
5	Where Is Love full track	31
6	Special To Me full track	29
7	Jamaica full track	28
8	Coming Down From Love full track	22
8	Come To Me full track	22
10	Down For The Third Time full track	20
11	Beyond the Sea	16
12	Can't Say Goodbye full track	15
13	Real Thing full track	14
13	Love Won't Wait full track	14
15	Don't Lead Me On full track	13

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SymphonyOfLove wrote:
September 2009

White guy with soul music...Sometimes white men can jump too...

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vandervelde wrote:
July 2009

i just love his soundtrack song Educated Girl...this brings back great memories, why music isn't like that anymore...

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ramiroreguerin wrote:
July 2009

Bobby es fantastico ... lo conocí hace años con su vinyl de "what you won't do" .... un himno, les recomiendo all or nothing at all ...

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zz-eon wrote:
May 2009

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mariodemanuel wrote:
April 2009

bobby deserves more credit for his great talent!!

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homeboy5925 wrote:
April 2009

soulful white boy

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Linnabk wrote:
March 2009

Bobby , call me 319-377-3907,

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Linnabk wrote:
March 2009

Bob

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invocation88 wrote:
February 2009

bobby caldwell is WHITE?!? holy shshhss [2]

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amydmax wrote:
February 2009

Bobby is an all around amazing musician, songwriter and vocalist. I work with his saxophonist Patrick Lamb (check him out on Last fm), and it is a pleasure watching all of them perform.

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Shonbaby wrote:
January 2009

Very underrated singer. I love his song "Open your eyes".

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BananaJama wrote:
January 2009

Awesome! :)

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loser-alex wrote:
December 2008

Got his heart-shaped vinyl :) haha i was surprised when I found out he was white... They got soul too!

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Plaumtothashizz wrote:
October 2008

bobby caldwell is WHITE?!? holy shshhss

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bengtisak wrote:
September 2008

http://www.westcoast-music.com http://westcoast-aor.ning.com

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miplastics wrote:
August 2008

I'm stuck on Jazz

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lhart88 wrote:
August 2008

funny hair

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MsMaddik wrote:
July 2008

whoa

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givel wrote:
March 2008

Caldwell rebosa elegancia y clase en toda su carrera discografica, siendo un gran artista de culto dentro de la musica moderna.

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starkafka wrote:
March 2008

this Friday, i'll see him!! <3

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