Singer-songwriter and guitarist Bobby Womack was born on this day in 1944. His multi-decade career shapes many of the careers of others.

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You could hear the life and the living in Bobby Womack’s voice. He was the gospel-trained son of a preacher man, who climbed back from the depths of addiction, had career highs and lows and was a most ...

Singer-songwriter-musician Bobby Womack grew up in Cleveland, Ohio singing with his five brothers. Starting as the gospel group the Womack Brothers, they eventually changed their name to the ...

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Womack first found success as a member of his family's group The Valentinos, which turned from gospel music to more traditional R&B to find success in the 1960s. He later worked as Sam Cooke's ...

Legendary R&B singer Bobby Womack has died. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "ACROSS 110th STREET") BOBBY WOMACK: (Singing) I was the third brother of five doing whatever I had to do to survive. CORNISH: Womack ...