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Bobby Womack

1944 - 2014

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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. Womack was a prolific songwriter who wrote and originally recorded "It's All Over Now" with his brothers, the Valentinos (a song that later became the Rolling Stones' first UK number one hit) and New Birth's "I Can Understand It". 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 hits "If You Think You're Lonely Now" and "I Wish He Didn't Trust Me So Much". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bobby Womack is the 1,419th most popular singer (down from 1,251st in 2019), the 7,721st most popular biography from United States (down from 6,365th in 2019) and the 392nd most popular American Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Bobby Womack ranks 1,419 out of 4,381. Before him are Bobby Hebb, Inger Berggren, María Grever, Angie Stone, Cilla Black, and Anna von Mildenburg. After him are Zack de la Rocha, Elissa, Danièle Dupré, Richard Bona, Royce da 5'9", and Concha Piquer.

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Among people born in 1944, Bobby Womack ranks 518. Before him are Terry Jacks, Botho Strauß, Rita Mae Brown, Fatos Kongoli, Paul Keating, and Alan Woods. After him are Monty Alexander, Antti Tuuri, Ramiro Blacut, Valmir Louruz, Guity Novin, and Kay Ivey. Among people deceased in 2014, Bobby Womack ranks 351. Before him are Juanita Moore, Tony Crook, Ara Shiraz, Sid Caesar, Mary Stewart, and Tony Benn. After him are Billie Whitelaw, Cheo Feliciano, João Ubaldo Ribeiro, Sándor Rozsnyói, Bengt Eriksson, and Gyude Bryant.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bobby Womack ranks 7,723 out of 20,380. Before him are Michael Constantine (1927), Harvey Fierstein (1954), Henry Slocum (1862), Benjamin Orr (1947), Don McKenzie (1947), and Seth Godin (1960). After him are Jane Curtin (1947), Demetrious Johnson (1986), Seth Gilliam (1968), Zack de la Rocha (1970), Dana Vespoli (1972), and Richard Murphy (1931).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Bobby Womack ranks 392. Before him are Jimi Jamison (1951), Lyle Lovett (1957), David Johansen (1950), Gregg Rolie (1947), Bobby Hebb (1938), and Angie Stone (1965). After him are Zack de la Rocha (1970), Royce da 5'9" (1977), Kathleen Battle (1948), Anderson .Paak (1986), Alberta Hunter (1895), and Logic (1990).

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