# Bobby Womack

Robert Dwayne Womack (Cleveland, Ohio, 4 de março de 1944 – Tarzana, Los Angeles, 27 de junho de 2014), mais conhecido por Bobby Womack, foi um cantor, compositor e músico estadunidense. Ativo desde o início dos anos 60, quando ele começou sua carreira como vocalista da banda de sua família chamado The Valentinos, e como um guitarrista que acompanhou Sam Cooke. A carreira de Womack foi desenvolvida durante mais de 40 anos e gerou um repertório em estilos como R&B, soul, doo-wop, country, funk. Entre suas composições mais famosas estão "It's All Over Now" (que tornou-se grande sucesso ao ser regravada pelos Rolling Stones), e "I Can Understand It", ambas gravadas em conjunto com o The Valentinos. Em sua carreira solo, seus hits mais famosos são "Lookin' For a Love", "That's The Way I Feel About Cha", "Woman's Gotta Have It", "Harry Hippie", "Across 110th Street", "If You Think You're Lonely Now" e "I Wish He Didn't Trust Me So Much".
Womack foi introduzido no Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, em 2009.

## Discografia
### Álbuns de Estúdio

| Álbum | Detalhes | Desempenho nas Paradas Musicais | Desempenho nas Paradas Musicais | Desempenho nas Paradas Musicais | Cópias Vendidas | Certificações |
| Álbum | Detalhes | Billboard 200 | Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums | UK Albums Chart | Cópias Vendidas | Certificações |
| Fly Me to the Moon | Lançamento: Janeiro de 1969 Gravadora/Selo: Minit | 174 | 34 | — | | |
| My Prescription | Lançamento: Fevereiro de 1970 Gravadora/Selo: Minit | — | 44 | — | | |
| Communication | Lançamento: 15 de Setembro de 1971 Gravadora/Selo: United Artists | 83 | 7 | — | | |
| Understanding | Lançamento: 30 de Maio de 1972 Gravadora/Selo: United Artists | 43 | 7 | — | | |
| Across 110th Street | Lançamento: 1972 Gravadora/Selo: United Artists | 50 | 6 | — | | |
| Facts of Life | Lançamento: 08 de Junho de 1973 Gravadora/Selo: United Artists | 37 | 6 | — | | |
| Lookin' for a Love Again | Lançamento: 11 de Janeiro de 1974 Gravadora/Selo: United Artists | 85 | 5 | — | | |
| I Don't Know What the World Is Coming To | Lançamento: 28 de Março de 1975 Gravadora/Selo: United Artists | 126 | 20 | — | | |
| Safety Zone | Lançamento: 27 de Outubro de 1975 Gravadora/Selo: United Artists | 147 | 40 | — | | |
| BW Goes C&W | Lançamento: 1976 Gravadora/Selo: United Artists | — | — | — | | |
| Home Is Where the Heart Is | Lançamento: 1976 Gravadora/Selo: Columbia | — | — | — | | |
| Pieces | Lançamento: 1978 Gravadora/Selo: Columbia | 205 | — | — | | |
| Roads of Life | Lançamento: 1979 Gravadora/Selo: Arista | 206 | 55 | — | | |
| The Poet | Lançamento: 1981 Gravadora/Selo: Beverly Glen | 29 | 1 | — | | |
| The Poet II | Lançamento: 1984 Gravadora/Selo: Beverly Glen | 60 | 5 | 31 | | |
| So Many Rivers | Lançamento: 1985 Gravadora/Selo: MCA | 66 | 5 | 28 | | |
| Someday We'll All Be Free | Lançamento: 1985 Gravadora/Selo: Beverly Glen | 207 | 59 | — | | |
| Womagic | Lançamento: 1986 Gravadora/Selo: MCA | — | 68 | — | | |
| The Last Soul Man | Lançamento: 1987 Gravadora/Selo: MCA | — | — | — | | |
| Save the Children | Lançamento: 1989 Gravadora/Selo: SOLAR | — | — | — | | |
| Soul Seduction Supreme | Lançamento: 1994 Gravadora/Selo: Castle | — | — | — | | |
| Resurrection | Lançamento: 16 de Agosto de 1994 Gravadora/Selo: Continuum | — | 91 | — | | |
| Back to My Roots | Lançamento: August 24, 1999 Gravadora/Selo: Capitol | — | — | — | | |
| Traditions | Lançamento: November 4, 1999 Gravadora/Selo: Capitol | — | — | — | | |
| Christmas Album | Lançamento: 2000 Gravadora/Selo: Indigo | — | — | — | | |
| The Bravest Man in the Universe | Lançamento: 08 de Junho de 2012 Gravadora/Selo: XL | 181 | 21 | 49 | | |
| The Best Is Yet to Come | Lançamento: TBA Gravadora/Selo: XL | — | — | — | | |

### Ao Vivo

| Álbum | Detalhes | Desempenho nas Paradas Musicais | Desempenho nas Paradas Musicais | Cópias Vendidas | Certificações |
| Álbum | Detalhes | Billboard 200 | Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums | Cópias Vendidas | Certificações |
| Your Navy Presents Bobby Womack | Lançamento: 1968 Gravadora/Selo: United States Navy Recruitment | - | - | | |
| The Womack "Live" | Lançamento: 1970 Gravadora/Selo: United Artists | 188 | 13 | | |
| Soul Sensation Live | Lançamento: 1998 Gravadora/Selo: Sequel | — | — | | |

### Coletâneas

* 1975: Greatest Hits (United Artists) – US No. 142, R&B No. 30
* 1975: I Can Understand It (United Artists) – same tracks as on Greatest Hits
* 1986: Check it Out (Stateside) – UK SSL 6013
* 1993: Midnight Mover – The Bobby Womack Collection (EMI USA)
* 1998: Red Hot + Rhapsody
* 1999: Traditions (The Right Stuff/Capitol/EMI)
* 2003: Lookin' For a Love: The Best of 1968–1976 (Stateside Records)
* 2004: Fly Me to the Moon/My Prescription on one CD ($tateside/EMI Records)
* 2004: Understanding/Communication ($tateside/EMI Records)
* 2004: Womack Live/The Safety Zone ($tateside/EMI Records)
* 2004: Lookin' For A Love Again/BW Goes CW ($tateside/EMI Records)
* 2004: Facts of Life/I Don't Know What the World Is Coming To ($tateside/EMI Records)
* 2013: Everything's Gonna Be Alright: The American Singles 1967-76 (Charly Records)
* 2014: Icon (Capitol/UMe/Universal)

### Singles

| Ano | Single (Lado-A, Lado-B) Ambos os lados do mesmo álbum, exceto onde indicado | Desempenho | Desempenho | Desempenho | Álbum |
| Ano | Single (Lado-A, Lado-B) Ambos os lados do mesmo álbum, exceto onde indicado | Billboard Hot 100 | Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs | UK Singles Chart | Álbum |
| 1965 | "Nothing You Can Do" b/w "Get It While You Can" | – | – | – | Non-album tracks |
| 1965 | "I Found A True Love" b/w "A Lonesome Man" | – | – | – | Non-album tracks |
| 1966 | "What Is This" b/w "I Wonder" | – | – | – | Non-album tracks |
| 1967 | "Find Me Somebody" b/w "How Does It Feel" | – | – | – | Non-album tracks |
| 1967 | "Baby, I Can't Stand It" b/w "Trust Me" | – | – | – | Non-album tracks |
| 1967 | "Broadway Walk" b/w "Somebody Special" (from Fly Me To The Moon) | – | – | – | Non-album tracks |
| 1968 | "What Is This" b/w "What You Gonna Do (When Your Love Is Gone)" (Non-album track) | – | 33 | – | Fly Me To The Moon |
| 1968 | "Fly Me To The Moon" b/w "Take Me" | 52 | 16 | – | Fly Me To The Moon |
| 1968 | "California Dreamin'" b/w "Baby, You Oughta Think It Over" | 43 | 20 | – | Fly Me To The Moon |
| 1969 | "I Left My Heart In San Francisco" ?b/w "Love, The Time Is Now" (from Fly Me To The Moon) | – | 48 | – | My Prescription |
| 1969 | "It's Gonna Rain" b/w "Thank You" | – | 43 | – | My Prescription |
| 1969 | "How I Miss You Baby" b/w "Tried and Convicted" | 94 | 13 | – | My Prescription |
| 1970 | "More Than I Can Stand" b/w "Arkansas State Prison" | 90 | 23 | – | My Prescription |
| 1970 | "I'm Gonna Forget About You" b/w "Don't Look Back" | – | 30 | – | My Prescription |
| 1970 | "Everybody's Talkin'" b/w "Something" | – | – | – | The Womack "Live" |
| 1971 | "Breezin'" b/w "Azure Blue" Both sides with Gábor Szabó | – | 43 | – | High Contrast (Gábor Szabó's album) |
| 1971 | "The Preacher"—Part 2 / "More Than I Can Stand" b/w Part 1 | – | 30 | – | The Womack "Live" |
| 1971 | "Communication" b/w "Fire and Rain" | – | 40 | – | Communication |
| 1972 | "That's The Way I Feel About Cha" b/w "Come L'Amore" | 27 | 2 | – | Communication |
| 1972 | "Woman's Gotta Have It" b/w "(If You Don't Want My Love) Give It Back" (from Communication) | 60 | 1 | – | Understanding |
| 1972 | "Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed So Good)" / | 51 | 16 | – | Understanding |
| 1973 | "Harry Hippie" | 31 | 8 | – | Understanding |
| 1973 | "Across 110th Street" b/w "Hang On In There" | 56 | 19 | – | Across 110th Street |
| 1973 | "Nobody Wants You When You're Down and Out" | 29 | 2 | – | Facts Of Life |
| 1973 | "I'm Through Trying To Prove My Love To You" | – | 80 | – | Facts Of Life |
| 1974 | "Lookin' For A Love" (solo re-recording) b/w "Let It Hang Out" | 10 | 1 | – | Lookin' For A Love Again |
| 1974 | "You're Welcome, Stop On By" b/w "I Don't Want To Be Hurt By Ya Love Again" | 59 | 5 | – | Lookin' For A Love Again |
| 1974 | "I Don't Know" b/w "Yes Jesus Loves Me" | – | – | – | I Don't Know What The World Is Coming To |
| 1975 | "Check It Out" b/w "Interlude #2" | 91 | 6 | – | I Don't Know What The World Is Coming To |
| 1975 | "It's All Over Now" b/w "Git It" | – | 68 | – | I Don't Know What The World Is Coming To |
| 1975 | "Where There's A Will, There's A Way" b/w "Everything's Gonna Be Alright" | – | 13 | – | Safety Zone |
| 1976 | "Daylight" b/w "Trust Me" | – | 5 | – | Safety Zone |
| 1977 | "Home Is Where the Heart Is" b/w "We've Only Just Begun" | – | 43 | – | Home Is Where The Heart Is |
| 1977 | "Standing In The Safety Zone" b/w "A Change Is Gonna Come" | – | – | – | Home Is Where The Heart Is |
| 1978 | "Wind It Up" b/w "Stop Before We Start" | – | – | – | Pieces |
| 1978 | "Trust Your Heart" b/w "When Love Begins Friendship Ends" | – | 47 | – | Pieces |
| 1979 | "How Could You Break My Heart" b/w "I Honestly Love You" | – | 40 | – | Roads Of Life |
| 1981 | "Secrets" / | – | 55 | – | The Poet |
| 1982 | "If You Think You're Lonely Now" | – | 3 | – | The Poet |
| 1982 | "Where Do We Go From Here" b/w "Just My Imagination" | – | 26 | – | The Poet |
| 1984 | "It Takes A Lot Of Strength To Say Goodbye" (with Patti Gravadora/Selole) b/w "Who's Foolin' Who" | – | 76 | – | The Poet II |
| 1984 | "Love Has Finally Come At Last" (with Patti Gravadora/Selole) b/w "American Dream" | 88 | 3 | – | The Poet II |
| 1984 | "Tell Me Why" b/w "Through The Eyes Of A Child" (with Patti Gravadora/Selole) | – | 54 | 60 | The Poet II |
| 1985 | "Someday We'll All Be Free" b/w "I Wish I Had Someone To Go Home To" | – | 74 | – | Someday We'll All Be Free |
| 1985 | "I Wish He Didn't Trust Me So Much" b/w "Got To Be With You Tonight" | – | 2 | 64 | So Many Rivers |
| 1985 | "Let Me Kiss It Where It Hurts" b/w "Check It Out" | – | 50 | – | So Many Rivers |
| 1985 | "I'm So Proud" (with Cecil Womack) b/w "Searching For My Love" | – | – | – | Someday We'll All Be Free |
| 1986 | "Gypsy Woman" b/w "Whatever Happened To The Times?" | – | – | – | So Many Rivers |
| 1986 | "(I Wanna) Make Love To You" b/w "Whatever Happened To The Times?" (from So Many Rivers) | – | 57 | – | Womagic |
| 1987 | "How Could You Break My Heart" b/w "Give It Up" UK-only release | – | – | – | Roads Of Life |
| 1987 | "So The Story Goes" b/w "The Liam McCoy" Both sides with Living In A Box | 81 | – | 34 | Non-album tracks |
| 1987 | "Living In A Box" b/w "I Can't Stay Mad" (from Womagic) | – | – | 70 | The Last Soul Man |
| 1988 | "Outside Myself" b/w "A Woman Likes To Hear That" | – | – | – | The Last Soul Man |
| 1989 | "Priorities" b/w Instrumental version of B-side | – | – | – | Save The Children |
| 1989 | "Save The Children" b/w Instrumental version of A-side | – | 83 | – | Save The Children |
| 1991 | "I Wish I'd Never Met You" (with Mica Paris) Featured on "If I Love U 2 Nite" CD single by Mica Paris | – | – | – | Non-album tracks |
| 1993 | "I'm Back For More" (with Lulu) CD single with four different mixes | – | – | 27 | Non-album tracks |
| 1995 | "It's A Man's Man's Man's World" (with Jeanie Tracy) CD single with seven different mixes | – | – | 73 | Non-album tracks |
| 2004 | "California Dreamin'" (re-release) 2. "Lookin' For A Love" 3. Holding On To My Baby's Love (Non-album track) CD single | – | – | 59 | The Preacher |
| 2012 | "Please Forgive My Heart" CD single with two different mixes | – | – | – | The Bravest Man In The Universe |

### Como Convidado

| Ano | Título | Desempenho | Desempenho | Desempenho | Desempenho | Desempenho | Desempenho | Desempenho | Desempenho | Desempenho | Desempenho | Desempenho |
| Ano | Título | Billboard Hot 100 | Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs | ARIA Charts | Ö3 Austria Top 40 | Ultratop | GfK Entertainment | Irish Singles Chart | MegaCharts | Official New Zealand Music Chart | Swiss Hitparade | Billboard Hot 100 |
| 1962 | "Lookin' for a Love" (The Valentinos featuring Bobby Womack) | 72 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1964 | "It's All Over Now" (The Valentinos featuring Bobby Womack) | 94 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1985 | "(No Matter How High I Get) I'll Still Be Looking Up To You" (Wilton Felder featuring Bobby Womack and Altrinna Grayson) | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2010 | "STYLO" (Gorillaz featuring Mos Def & Bobby Womack) | — | — | 48 | 40 | 25 | 63 | — | 56 | — | 56 | 103 |

## Participações em Outros Projetos

| Year | Song | Other artists | Album |
| 2001 | "Get a Life" | Rae & Christian | Sleepwalking |
| 2001 | "Wake Up Everybody" | Rae & Christian | Sleepwalking |
| 2010 | "Cloud of Unknowing" | Gorillaz & Sinfonia ViVA | Plastic Beach |
| 2011 | "Bobby in Phoenix" | Gorillaz | The Fall |
| 2015 | "New Day Coming" | Rudimental | We the Generation |