Bobby Womack Musical artist

Robert Dwayne "Bobby" Womack (/ˈwoʊmæk/; March 4, 1944 – June 27, 2014) was an American singer-songwriter and musician. An active recording artist since the early 1960s, when he started his career as the lead singer of his family musical group the Valentinos and as Sam Cooke's backing guitarist, Womack's career spanned more than 50 years, during which he played in the styles of R&B, soul, rock and roll, doo-wop, gospel, and country.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".

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Birth date	March 04, 1944
Birth place	Cleveland

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Musical artist

Career started	1952
associated musical artist	Gorillaz Mary Wells Sam Cooke Patti LaBelle Womack & Womack The Valentinos Cecil Womack
Background	Solo singer
genre	Funk Jazz Rhythm and blues Rock and roll Rock music Soul music Gospel music Doo-wop Southern soul Soul blues
record label	Castle Communications Checker Records SAR Records Columbia Records MCA Records The Right Stuff Records United Artists Records XL Recordings Minit Records SOLAR Records