My Take
Bobby Womack is one of those artists who existed in the connective tissue of American music for so long that it's almost impossible to overstate his influence. Growing up in Cleveland singing gospel with his brothers, then landing in Sam Cooke's orbit as a teenager — that alone would be a remarkable origin story. But Womack kept going, writing "It's All Over Now" before the Rolling Stones ever touched it, crafting deep soul cuts throughout the '70s, and then — against all odds — staging a genuine late-career comeback with Damon Albarn and Gorillaz on The Fall in 2011. His voice had this lived-in, broken-but-unbroken quality that got richer with age. The 2009 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction felt long overdue. He passed in 2014, and the soul world lost something that genuinely cannot be replicated.
Overview
Robert Dwayne Womack ( WOH-mak; March 4, 1944 – June 27, 2014) was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. Starting in the early 1950s as the lead singer of his family musical group the Valentinos and as Sam Cooke's backing guitarist, Womack's career spanned more than 60 years and multiple styles, including R&B, blues, doo-wop, gospel, funk, and soul.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Bobby Womack
- Name (Japanese)
- ボビー・ウーマック
- Reading
- ぼびー・うーまっく
- Born
- March 4, 1944 – June 27, 2014
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Monkey
- Origin
- Cleveland, Ohio, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- singer-songwriter / musician / songwriter / guitarist / record producer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 2009 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.