Bobby Womack picks up the phone ... “Chicago is old stomping grounds for me,” Womack says. “(‘Soul Train’ founder) Don Cornelius used to bring me in, when they were very fearful of ...

Bobby Womack, the revered “poet” of soul music ... his substantive songs won favor from tastemakers such as “Soul Train” host Don Cornelius, who used to book him for Chicago concerts ...

(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 was a voice of American soul music in the ...

By Harvey Kubernik To the people who knew Bobby Womack, or bought his ... s 100 Favorite Films Bobby was a soul survivor who spent plenty of time on a pain train that we thankfully didn’t ...

Bobby Womack, a prolific gospel-soul singer who also wrote songs recorded by the Rolling Stones, Janis Joplin, George Benson and others, died Friday. He was 70. A representative from his label ...

Soul singer Bobby Womack has died, his record company, XL Recordings, confirmed. The cause of death is currently unknown. The singer's career spanned seven decades, several notable collaborations ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) There’s something about Bobby Womack’s voice that hits you in the soul before you even realize what he’s saying. Maybe it’s the grit, maybe it’s the honesty—but ...

Bobby Womack, a charismatic soul singer who played guitar for Sam Cooke and wrote the Rolling Stones hit “It’s All Over Now” and the enduringly popular “Across 110th Street,” and who ...

NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM/AP) - Bobby Womack ... The soul singer cut a wide path through the music business as a performer and songwriter in his 50-year career. In 2009, Womack was inducted into ...

Bobby Womack, the legendary Cleveland-born soul singer, died Friday at the age of 70, Rolling Stone reported. The cause of death was unknown. Womack’s career took off in the early 1960s with the ...

He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2009. Womack’s career spanned more than 50 years, including stints as a recording artist in the early 1960s, as lead singer of his family ...