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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.
The song was loosely based on Bobby's brother's carefree behavior and was originally recorded as a funny tribute to his brother, that turned tragic when Harry Womack was killed by his girlfriend during a fight in 1974. From then on until his death, Bobby Womack sung the song as a dedication to his fallen late brother. [1]
The Valentinos (also known as The Womack Brothers) was an American family R&B group from Cleveland, Ohio, best known for launching the careers of brothers Bobby Womack and Cecil Womack. Bobby went on to find greater fame as a solo artist while Cecil became successful as a member of the husband and wife duo of Womack & Womack with Linda Cooke .
Bobby Womack was JaRae's uncle. He married Cooke's widow months after Cooke's demise, which was controversial at the time. Her grandparents are Cecil and Linda Womack, Sam Cooke's daughter, of ...
By CHRIS TALBOTT Bobby Womack, a colorful and highly influential R&B singer-songwriter who influenced artists from the Rolling Stones to Damon Albarn, has died. He was 70. Womack's publicist Sonya ...
In the 2010 VH1 television special Say It Loud: A Celebration of Black Music in America, Smokey Robinson and Bobby Womack both paid tribute to Wilson. Smokey explained that "Jackie Wilson was the most dynamic singer and performer that I think I've ever seen."
Linda Womack (née Cooke) is the eldest child of Barbara Campbell and Sam Cooke, born on April 25, 1953. Her parents married in 1958. In December 1964, when she was 11 years old, her father was killed. Soon after, her mother married Cooke's protégé Bobby Womack on March 5, 1965. [2]
JaRae Womack, niece of Bobby Womack and granddaughter of Cecil Womack, stuns with her creative Amy Winehouse cover on 'The Voice' Season 24. (Greg Gayne/NBC) (Greg Gayne/NBC)