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Bobby Womack
Acting

Bobby Womack
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1944-03-04,Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Gender
Male
Biography
Robert Dwayne Womack (born in Cleveland, Ohio, USA on March 4, 1944, died June 27, 2014), was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. Working in the soul and R&B genres, he achieved his greatest success in the 1970s and 1980s. Womack wrote and originally recorded The Rolling Stones' first UK No. 1 hit, "It's All Over Now" and New Birth's "I Can Understand It" among other songs. As a singer he is most notable for the hits "Lookin' For a Love", "That's The Way I Feel About Cha", "Woman's Gotta Have It", "Harry Hippie", "Across 110th Street" and his 1980s hit "If You Think You're Lonely Now". In 2009, Womack was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. After moving to the United Artists label in the early '70s, he released the album Communication, and on an album with guitarist Gabor Szabo introduced his song "Breezin'," which later became a hit for George Benson. He also became known for his interesting taste in cover versions, essaying Fred Neil's "Everybody's Talkin' " as well as "Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words)" and James Taylor's "Fire and Rain'" and "California Dreamin'." Perhaps his most well-known work from this period is as guitarist on Sly & the Family Stone's 1971 There's a Riot Goin' On. He continued to have hits into the '70s; these include "Lookin' for a Love" (a remake of his 1962 Valentinos single), "Across 110th Street," "Woman's Gotta Have It" (covered by James Taylor in 1976), "You're Welcome, Stop on By," and the masterful "Daylight." All are excellent examples of burnished yet gritty 1970s soul music, and reveal a pop-music sensibility akin to that of Marvin Gaye or Curtis Mayfield. Womack died on June 27, 2014 at age 70. He was cremated, and his ashes were inurned at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California, in The Great Mausoleum, Memorial Terrace, Memorial Terrace Columbarium.

Filmography

Classic Soul at the BBC

6

Classic Soul at the BBC
2007-04-05

Sam Cooke: Legend

7.2

Sam Cooke: Legend
2003-06-17

The Making of Sun City

9

The Making of Sun City
1985-01-23

8.3

Kings of Soul
2015-03-20

Gorillaz: Plastic Beach Live at La Musicale

0

Gorillaz: Plastic Beach Live at La Musicale
2010-11-24

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

4.3

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
1978-07-24

Montreux Jazz Festival 2013 - Remember Claude Nobs

0

Montreux Jazz Festival 2013 - Remember Claude Nobs
2019-07-12

The Making of Plastic Beach

0

The Making of Plastic Beach
2010-03-03

6

Stylo
2010-09-07

Gorillaz: House of Kong

0

Gorillaz: House of Kong
2025-08-08

SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)

6.9

SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
2025-01-23

Gorillaz: Live at Roundhouse in London

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Gorillaz: Live at Roundhouse in London
2010-05-20

The Midnight Special

7.8

The Midnight Special
1972-08-19

Soul Deep: The Story of Black Popular Music

7

Soul Deep: The Story of Black Popular Music
2005-05-07

New York Undercover

7.2

New York Undercover
1994-09-08

5.1

Sacrée Soirée
1987-09-02