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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.
[9] In 2009, Albarn contacted Womack during the recording sessions for the Gorillaz album, Plastic Beach. Albarn wanted to work with Womack due to him loving Womack's voice, comparing it to the voices of Curtis Mayfield and Marvin Gaye. [10] GinaRe convinced him to collaborate with Gorillaz, stating that it would be a good way to return to music.
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Bobby Womack at Roskilde Festival 2010. The single was released in February 1973 on the United Artists label. Credited to Bobby Womack and Peace, who had a hit previously with "Harry Hippie", [1] [2] it was composed by B. Womack and J. J. Johnson. Its B-side was "Hang On In There", composed by B. Womack. [3]
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).
Winehouse gave one of her greatest live performances at Glastonbury in 2007, on her last tour with backing band The Dap-Kings, who’d played on Back to Black. She returned a year later to perform ...
Roads of Life is the twelfth studio album by American musician Bobby Womack. It was released in 1979 by Arista Records. It was dedicated to his late son Truth Womack (January 27, 1978 – June 2, 1978). The album was Bobby Womack's only album for Arista Records. It reached number 55 on the Top Soul Albums charts.