Bobby Womack

Bobby Womack was born March 4 1944 in Cleveland, Ohio. As a youngster he and his brothers performed Gospel music throughout the mid-west. Bobby began performing Soul and R&B music in the late 1950's. He befriended Sam Cooke who was also a Gospel artist. Cooke invited Womack to join his rhythm and blues band as a back up guitarist in 1960. Womack accepted and dropped out of school to pursue his carreer. In 1962, Bobby's brothers joined him and Cooke forming a group called the Valentinos. They had a hit song called "It's All Over Now" which was picked up and performed by the Rolling Stones.
After the sudden death of Sam Cooke in 1964, Bobby and his brothers had a hard time making hit songs. Bobby went on as a solo artist and worked with artists like Ray Charles and Aretha Franklin. He became one of Wilson Pickett's favorite songwriters providing some of his best materials. In the late 60's and early 70's, Womack worked with the likes of Janis Joplin, the J. Geils Band, and Sly and the Family Stone. Some of his hit songs include "Daylight", "A Woman's Gotta Have It", "Fly Me to the Moon", "California Dreamin'" and "That's the Way I Feel About 'Cha".
Bobby Womack divorced his wife in 1970. His brother was murdered by a jealous girlfriend in 1974. Falling upon hard times he turned to drug use and took some time away from the music business. He bounced back in 1982 with a single called "If You Think You're Lonely Now". He also did a duet wit Mick Jagger called "Harlem Shuffle" in 1986. He continued to make music into the 1990's. He is truly a "Soul Man".