Wednesday 3 February 2010

Todays Tune: Bobby Womack - Across 110th Street



Robert Dwayne "Bobby" Womack (born March 4, 1944) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. An active recording artist since the early 1960s where they started his career as the lead singer of his relatives musical group The Valentinos and as Sam Cooke's backing guitarist, Womack's career has spanned over 40 years and has spanned a repertoire in the styles of R&B, soul, rock and roll, doo-wop, gospel, and country.

As a songwriter, Womack is notable for penning and originally recording The Rolling Stones' first UK No. 1 hit, "It's All Over Now" and New Birth's "I Can Understand It" among other songs. As a singer they 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 hit "If You Think You are Lonely Now".

In the year 2009 Womack was inducted in to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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