Bobby Womack

Robert Dwayne Womack born in Cleveland Ohio USA on March 4 1944 died June 27 2014 was an American singersongwriter and guitarist Working in the soul and RB genres he achieved his greatest success in the 1970s and 1980s Womack wrote and originally recorded The Rolling Stones first UK No 1 hit Its All Over Now and New Births I Can Understand It among other songs As a singer he is most notable for the hits Lookin For a Love Thats The Way I Feel About Cha Womans Gotta Have It Harry Hippie Across 110th Street and his 1980s hit If You Think Youre 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 Neils Everybodys Talkin as well as Fly Me to the Moon In Other Words and James Taylors Fire and Rain and California Dreamin Perhaps his most wellknown work from this period is as guitarist on Sly the Family Stones 1971 Theres 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 Womans Gotta Have It covered by James Taylor in 1976 Youre Welcome Stop on By and the masterful Daylight All are excellent examples of burnished yet gritty 1970s soul music and reveal a popmusic 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