Robert Dwayne Womack (Cleveland, Ohio, 4 de março de 1944 – Tarzana, Los Angeles, 27 de junho de 2014), mais conhecido por Bobby Womack, foi um cantor, compositor e músico estadunidense. Ativo desde o início dos anos 60, quando ele começou sua carreira como vocalista da banda de sua família chamado The Valentinos, e como um guitarrista que acompanhou Sam Cooke. A carreira de Womack foi desenvolvida durante mais de 40 anos e gerou um repertório em estilos como R&B, soul, doo-wop, country, funk. Entre suas composições mais famosas estão "It's All Over Now" (que tornou-se grande sucesso ao ser regravada pelos Rolling Stones), e "I Can Understand It", ambas gravadas em conjunto com o The Valentinos. Em sua carreira solo, seus hits mais famosos são "Lookin' For a Love", "That's The Way I Feel About Cha", "Woman's Gotta Have It", "Harry Hippie", "Across 110th Street", "If You Think You're Lonely Now" e "I Wish He Didn't Trust Me So Much".
Womack foi introduzido no Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, em 2009.Run-D.M.C., Metallica nominated for Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Associated Press September 22, 2008
Discografia Álbuns de Estúdio Álbum Detalhes Desempenho nas Paradas Musicais Cópias Vendidas Certificações Billboard 200 Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums UK Albums Chart Fly Me to the Moon Lançamento: Janeiro de 1969 Gravadora/Selo: Minit 174 34 — My Prescription Lançamento: Fevereiro de 1970 Gravadora/Selo: Minit — 44 — Communication Lançamento: 15 de Setembro de 1971 Gravadora/Selo: United Artists 83 7 — Understanding Lançamento: 30 de Maio de 1972 Gravadora/Selo: United Artists 43 7 — Across 110th Street Lançamento: 1972 Gravadora/Selo: United Artists 50 6 — Facts of Life Lançamento: 08 de Junho de 1973 Gravadora/Selo: United Artists 37 6 — Lookin' for a Love Again Lançamento: 11 de Janeiro de 1974 Gravadora/Selo: United Artists 85 5 — I Don't Know What the World Is Coming To Lançamento: 28 de Março de 1975 Gravadora/Selo: United Artists 126 20 — Safety Zone Lançamento: 27 de Outubro de 1975 Gravadora/Selo: United Artists 147 40 — BW Goes C&W Lançamento: 1976 Gravadora/Selo: United Artists — — — Home Is Where the Heart Is Lançamento: 1976 Gravadora/Selo: Columbia — — — Pieces Lançamento: 1978 Gravadora/Selo: Columbia 205 — — Roads of Life Lançamento: 1979 Gravadora/Selo: Arista 206 55 — The Poet Lançamento: 1981 Gravadora/Selo: Beverly Glen 29 1 — The Poet II Lançamento: 1984 Gravadora/Selo: Beverly Glen 60 5 31 So Many Rivers Lançamento: 1985 Gravadora/Selo: MCA 66 5 28 Someday We'll All Be Free Lançamento: 1985 Gravadora/Selo: Beverly Glen 207 59 — Womagic Lançamento: 1986 Gravadora/Selo: MCA — 68 — The Last Soul Man Lançamento: 1987 Gravadora/Selo: MCA — — — Save the Children Lançamento: 1989 Gravadora/Selo: SOLAR — — — Soul Seduction Supreme Lançamento: 1994 Gravadora/Selo: Castle — — — Resurrection Lançamento: 16 de Agosto de 1994 Gravadora/Selo: Continuum — 91 — Back to My Roots Lançamento: August 24, 1999 Gravadora/Selo: Capitol — — — Traditions Lançamento: November 4, 1999 Gravadora/Selo: Capitol — — — Christmas Album Lançamento: 2000 Gravadora/Selo: Indigo — — — The Bravest Man in the Universe Lançamento: 08 de Junho de 2012 Gravadora/Selo: XL 181 21 49 The Best Is Yet to Come Lançamento: TBA Gravadora/Selo: XL — — —
Ao Vivo Álbum Detalhes Desempenho nas Paradas Musicais Cópias Vendidas Certificações Billboard 200 Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Your Navy Presents Bobby Womack Lançamento: 1968 Gravadora/Selo: United States Navy Recruitment - - The Womack "Live" Lançamento: 1970 Gravadora/Selo: United Artists 188 13 Soul Sensation Live Lançamento: 1998 Gravadora/Selo: Sequel — —
Coletâneas 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) 2003: Lookin' For a Love: The Best of 1968–1976 (Stateside Records) 2004: Fly Me to the Moon/My Prescription on one CD ($tateside/EMI Records) 2004: Understanding/Communication ($tateside/EMI Records) 2004: Womack Live/The Safety Zone ($tateside/EMI Records) 2004: Lookin' For A Love Again/BW Goes CW ($tateside/EMI Records) 2004: Facts of Life/I Don't Know What the World Is Coming To ($tateside/EMI Records) 2013: Everything's Gonna Be Alright: The American Singles 1967-76 (Charly Records) 2014: Icon (Capitol/UMe/Universal)
Singles Ano Single (Lado-A, Lado-B)Ambos os lados do mesmo álbum, exceto onde indicado Desempenho Álbum Billboard Hot 100 Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs UK Singles Chart 1965 "Nothing You Can Do"b/w "Get It While You Can" – – –Non-album tracks"I Found A True Love"b/w "A Lonesome Man" – – –1966 "What Is This"b/w "I Wonder" – – –1967 "Find Me Somebody"b/w "How Does It Feel" – – – "Baby, I Can't Stand It"b/w "Trust Me" – – – "Broadway Walk"b/w "Somebody Special" (from Fly Me To The Moon) – – – 1968 "What Is This"b/w "What You Gonna Do (When Your Love Is Gone)" (Non-album track) – 33 –Fly Me To The Moon "Fly Me To The Moon"b/w "Take Me" 52 16 – "California Dreamin'"b/w "Baby, You Oughta Think It Over" 43 20 – 1969 "I Left My Heart In San Francisco"?b/w "Love, The Time Is Now" (from Fly Me To The Moon) – 48 –My Prescription "It's Gonna Rain"b/w "Thank You" – 43 – "How I Miss You Baby"b/w "Tried and Convicted" 94 13 – 1970 "More Than I Can Stand"b/w "Arkansas State Prison" 90 23 – "I'm Gonna Forget About You"b/w "Don't Look Back" – 30 – "Everybody's Talkin'"b/w "Something" – – –The Womack "Live" 1971 "Breezin'"b/w "Azure Blue"Both sides with Gábor Szabó – 43 –High Contrast "The Preacher"—Part 2 / "More Than I Can Stand"b/w Part 1 – 30 –The Womack "Live" "Communication"b/w "Fire and Rain" – 40 –Communication 1972 "That's The Way I Feel About Cha"b/w "Come L'Amore" 27 2 – "Woman's Gotta Have It"b/w "(If You Don't Want My Love) Give It Back" (from Communication) 60 1 –Understanding "Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed So Good)" / 51 16 – 1973 "Harry Hippie" 31 8 – "Across 110th Street"b/w "Hang On In There" 56 19 –Across 110th Street "Nobody Wants You When You're Down and Out" 29 2 –Facts Of Life "I'm Through Trying To Prove My Love To You" – 80 – 1974 "Lookin' For A Love" (solo re-recording)b/w "Let It Hang Out" 10 1 –Lookin' For A Love Again "You're Welcome, Stop On By"b/w "I Don't Want To Be Hurt By Ya Love Again" 59 5 – "I Don't Know"b/w "Yes Jesus Loves Me" – – –I Don't Know What The World Is Coming To 1975 "Check It Out"b/w "Interlude #2" 91 6 – "It's All Over Now"b/w "Git It" – 68 – "Where There's A Will, There's A Way"b/w "Everything's Gonna Be Alright" – 13 –Safety Zone1976 "Daylight"b/w "Trust Me" – 5 –1977 "Home Is Where the Heart Is"b/w "We've Only Just Begun" – 43 –Home Is Where The Heart Is "Standing In The Safety Zone"b/w "A Change Is Gonna Come" – – –1978 "Wind It Up"b/w "Stop Before We Start" – – –Pieces "Trust Your Heart"b/w "When Love Begins Friendship Ends" – 47 –1979 "How Could You Break My Heart"b/w "I Honestly Love You" – 40 –Roads Of Life 1981 "Secrets" / – 55 –The Poet 1982 "If You Think You're Lonely Now" – 3 – "Where Do We Go From Here"b/w "Just My Imagination" – 26 – 1984 "It Takes A Lot Of Strength To Say Goodbye" (with Patti Gravadora/Selole)b/w "Who's Foolin' Who" – 76 –The Poet II "Love Has Finally Come At Last" (with Patti Gravadora/Selole)b/w "American Dream" 88 3 – "Tell Me Why"b/w "Through The Eyes Of A Child" (with Patti Gravadora/Selole) – 54 60 1985 "Someday We'll All Be Free"b/w "I Wish I Had Someone To Go Home To" – 74 –Someday We'll All Be Free "I Wish He Didn't Trust Me So Much"b/w "Got To Be With You Tonight" – 2 64So Many Rivers "Let Me Kiss It Where It Hurts"b/w "Check It Out" – 50 – "I'm So Proud" (with Cecil Womack)b/w "Searching For My Love" – – –Someday We'll All Be Free1986 "Gypsy Woman"b/w "Whatever Happened To The Times?" – – –So Many Rivers "(I Wanna) Make Love To You"b/w "Whatever Happened To The Times?" (from So Many Rivers) – 57 –Womagic 1987 "How Could You Break My Heart"b/w "Give It Up"UK-only release – – –Roads Of Life "So The Story Goes"b/w "The Liam McCoy"Both sides with Living In A Box 81 – 34Non-album tracks "Living In A Box"b/w "I Can't Stay Mad" (from Womagic) – – 70The Last Soul Man1988 "Outside Myself"b/w "A Woman Likes To Hear That" – – –1989 "Priorities"b/w Instrumental version of B-side – – –Save The Children "Save The Children"b/w Instrumental version of A-side – 83 –1991 "I Wish I'd Never Met You" (with Mica Paris)Featured on "If I Love U 2 Nite" CD single by Mica Paris – – –Non-album tracks1993 "I'm Back For More" (with Lulu)CD single with four different mixes – – 271995 "It's A Man's Man's Man's World" (with Jeanie Tracy)CD single with seven different mixes – – 732004 "California Dreamin'" (re-release)2. "Lookin' For A Love"3. Holding On To My Baby's Love (Non-album track)CD single – – 59The Preacher2012"Please Forgive My Heart"CD single with two different mixes – – –The Bravest Man In The Universe
Como Convidado Ano Título Desempenho Billboard Hot 100</center> Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs</center> ARIA ChartsPeak chart positions for singles in Australia: All except "On Melancholy Hill" and "Doncamatic": "On Melancholy Hill": "Doncamatic": Ö3 Austria Top 40 Ultratop GfK Entertainment Irish Singles Chart MegaCharts Official New Zealand Music Chart Swiss Hitparade Billboard Hot 100 1962 "Lookin' for a Love"(The Valentinos featuring Bobby Womack) 72 8 — — — — — — — — — 1964 "It's All Over Now"(The Valentinos featuring Bobby Womack) 94 21 — — — — — — — — — 1985 "(No Matter How High I Get) I'll Still Be Looking Up To You"(Wilton Felder featuring Bobby Womack and Altrinna Grayson) — 2 — — — — — — — — — 2010 "STYLO"(Gorillaz featuring Mos Def & Bobby Womack) — — 48 40 25 63 — 56 — 56 103
Participações em Outros Projetos Year Song Other artists Album 2001 "Get a Life" Rae & Christian Sleepwalking "Wake Up Everybody" 2010 "Cloud of Unknowing" Gorillaz & Sinfonia ViVA Plastic Beach 2011 "Bobby in Phoenix" Gorillaz The Fall 2015 "New Day Coming" RudimentalWe the Generation2026 "The Moon Cave" Gorillaz, Asha Puthli, Dave Joulecour, Jalen N'Gonda & Black ThoughtThe Mountain
Ligações externas
Biografia no Allmusic Bobby Womack: 'I can sing my ass off, better than I could before'
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