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Bobby Womack
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Cleveland, United States (1944 – present)
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 “What Is This” (his first chart hit), “It’s Gonna Rain” and “More Than I Can Stand,” all of which featured his elegant, understated rhythm-guitar work and his impassioned vocals. During this period he became known as a songwriter, contributing many songs to the repertoire of Wilson Pickett; these include “I’m in Love” and “I’m a Midnight Mover.”
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 “What Is This” (his first chart hit), “It’s Gonna Rain” and “More Than I Can Stand,” all of which featured his elegant, understated rhythm-guitar work and his impassioned vocals. During this period he became known as a songwriter, contributing many songs to the repertoire of Wilson Pickett; these include “I’m in Love” and “I’m a Midnight Mover.”
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Across 110th Street is a perfect intro for Jackie Brown. :)
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♥♥♥ Across 110th Street ♥♥♥ [2]
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♥♥♥ Across 110th Street ♥♥♥
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greene1994 wrote:
anyone who liked his stuff with gorillaz should really check out his solo work. across 110th street is fantastic
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Shrataz wrote:
"Across 110th Street" is something who makes my heart dance :))
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JanuszLesPaul wrote:
Thanks for Tarantino and Albarn for reminding THIS MAN to the world!
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Супер.
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barryvs wrote:
Nobody Wants You When You're Down and Out is fantastic. Just showing Womack some deserved love.
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SuperCoolBros wrote:
cloud of unknowing is amazing though, and his solo stuff
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SuperCoolBros wrote:
yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
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DZRTsurfer88 wrote:
one of the ~GREAT1s~
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ilsonowl wrote:
the dopest ... Tarantino knows it ... Albarn knows it ... y'all know it !!!
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itasar wrote:
best dude
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MTBlues107 wrote:
greatest of all time
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ABS0818 wrote:
didn't know he was a fellow Clevelander! :) love his music
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TrixRabbi wrote:
So much better than just Stylo.
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Ytse_Ham wrote:
fits in perfectly with gorillaz
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liniker_guns wrote:
Stylo and Cloud Of Unknowing
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SimonaMC wrote:
If You Think You're Lonely Now - AMAZING SONGGGG
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Bobby Womack album Someday We'll All Be Free released!
15 Jun 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/bobbywomack
Bobby Womack's 1985 album Someday We'll All Be Free, re-released digitally on June 15, 2010 has not been legitimately available for more than ten years and is considered a coda of sorts to Womack’s e. …
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