Bobby Womack

Robert Dwayne "Bobby" Womack (Cleveland, Ohio, March 4, 1944 - 27 June 2014) was an American singer who since the early sixties of the twentieth century was active. He began his active career as a singer in the band The Valentinos, which he formed together with family, and as a guitarist for Sam Cooke. Womacks career spans more than 50 years and his extensive repertoire includes styles like R & B, soul, rock and roll, Doo-Wop, gospel and country.

Womack was known 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 "If You Think you're Lonely Now". Together with his sister-in-law Shirley Womack he wrote it's All about Now, a song that the first number-one hit for The Rolling Stones would be.

In 2009, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. [1]

On 1 January 2013, it was announced that Womack is suffering from the Alzheimer's disease. He told this to The Sunitself. ' The doctor says there are signs of Alzheimer's, "says Womack. ' It's not old, but it will get worse. ' [source?]

Friday 27 June 2014 made record label XL Recordings known to Bobby Womack at the age of 70 had died. [2]



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[hide] *1 use in movies  ==Use in movies[ Edit] == Womacks cover from 1968 of California Dreamin' is prominently featured in the film Fish Tank by Andrea Arnold, in which the main character, Mia, and the dances for her audition to this used.
 * 2 discography
 * 2.1 Albums
 * 2.2 Singles
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Womacks "Across 110th Street" is in the opening and other moments in the film Jackie Brown by Quentin Tarantino used. It is used as a means of blaxploitation-show of the film to stress. Later it was also used in American Gangster by Ridley Scott. ==Discography<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===Albums<span class="mw-editsection" len="325" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Singles<span class="mw-editsection" len="326" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ===