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1975: Greatest Hits (United Artists) – US No. 142, R&B No. 30; 1975: I Can Understand It (United Artists) – same tracks as on Greatest Hits; 1986: Check it Out (Stateside) – UK SSL 6013; 1993: Midnight Mover – The Bobby Womack Collection (EMI USA) 1998: Red Hot + Rhapsody; 1999: Traditions (The Right Stuff/Capitol/EMI)
Robert Dwayne Womack (/ ˈ w oʊ m æ k /; March 4, 1944 – June 27, 2014) was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist.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, blues, doo-wop, gospel, funk, and soul.
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The idea for the song came from a marital situation that Darryl Carter knew of where the wife was about to "tip out" on an unresponsive husband. [1] Carter and Linda Womack (the daughter of Sam Cooke and one-time stepdaughter of Bobby who later married Bobby's brother, Cecil) originally wrote the song with Jackie Wilson in mind.
"It's All Over Now" is a song written by Bobby Womack and his sister-in-law Shirley Womack. [1] It was first released by The Valentinos, featuring Bobby Womack, in 1964. The Rolling Stones heard it on its release and quickly recorded a cover version, which became their first number one hit in the United Kingdom, in July 1964.
The song became one of Womack's final R&B chart-topping hits peaking at number-two on the chart. [2] Womack also shot his first-ever music video with the song which showed Womack singing the song live in a recording studio (the recorded version had different vocals).
Amy Winehouse’s recording career only lasted a decade and produced two albums, but the soulful North London vocalist had an immeasurable impact on popular music. Winehouse became a star in her ...
It was first recorded in December 1970 by the influential Hungarian jazz guitarist Gábor Szabó, in partnership with Womack himself. This version, produced by Tommy LiPuma , was included on Szabó's album High Contrast (1971) and was released as a single in April 1971 in the United States and in 1972 in the Netherlands, reaching No. 43 on the ...