Bobby Womack
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| Informação geral | |
| Nome completo | Robert Dwayne Womack |
| Nascimento | 4 de março de 1944 |
| Local de nascimento | Cleveland, Ohio |
| Morte | 27 de junho de 2014 (70 anos) |
| Local de morte | Tarzana, Los Angeles |
| Gênero(s) | |
| Ocupação(ões) | Cantor, compositor |
| Instrumento(s) | Voz, guitarra |
| Período em atividade | 1952–2014 |
| Afiliação(ões) | The Valentinos |
Robert Dwayne Womack (Cleveland, Ohio, 4 de março de 1944 – Tarzana, Los Angeles, 27 de junho de 2014[1]), 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.[2] 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.[3][4]
Discografia[editar | editar código-fonte]
Álbuns de Estúdio[editar | editar código-fonte]
| Álbum | Detalhes | Desempenho nas Paradas Musicais | Cópias Vendidas | Certificações | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Billboard 200 |
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums |
 UK Albums Chart | ||||
| Fly Me to the Moon |
|
174 | 34 | — | ||
| My Prescription |
|
— | 44 | — | ||
| Communication |
|
83 | 7 | — | ||
| Understanding |
|
43 | 7 | — | ||
| Across 110th Street |
|
50 | 6 | — | ||
| Facts of Life |
|
37 | 6 | — | ||
| Lookin' for a Love Again |
|
85 | 5 | — | ||
| I Don't Know What the World Is Coming To |
|
126 | 20 | — | ||
| Safety Zone |
|
147 | 40 | — | ||
| BW Goes C&W |
|
— | — | — | ||
| Home Is Where the Heart Is |
|
— | — | — | ||
| Pieces |
|
205 | — | — | ||
| Roads of Life |
|
206 | 55 | — | ||
| The Poet |
|
29 | 1 | — | ||
| The Poet II |
|
60 | 5 | 31 | ||
| So Many Rivers |
|
66 | 5 | 28 | ||
| Someday We'll All Be Free |
|
207 | 59 | — | ||
| Womagic |
|
— | 68 | — | ||
| The Last Soul Man |
|
— | — | — | ||
| Save the Children |
|
— | — | — | ||
| Soul Seduction Supreme |
|
— | — | — | ||
| Resurrection |
|
— | 91 | — | ||
| Back to My Roots |
|
— | — | — | ||
| Traditions |
|
— | — | — | ||
| Christmas Album |
|
— | — | — | ||
| The Bravest Man in the Universe |
|
181 | 21 | 49 | ||
| The Best Is Yet to Come |
|
— | — | — | ||
Ao Vivo[editar | editar código-fonte]
| Álbum | Detalhes | Desempenho nas Paradas Musicais | Cópias Vendidas | Certificações | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Billboard 200 |
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums | ||||
| Your Navy Presents Bobby Womack |
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- | - | ||
| The Womack "Live" |
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188 | 13 | ||
| Soul Sensation Live |
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— | — | ||
Coletâneas[editar | editar código-fonte]
- 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)[5]
- 2004: Fly Me to the Moon/My Prescription on one CD ($tateside/EMI Records)[5]
- 2004: Understanding/Communication ($tateside/EMI Records)[5]
- 2004: Womack Live/The Safety Zone ($tateside/EMI Records)[5]
- 2004: Lookin' For A Love Again/BW Goes CW ($tateside/EMI Records)[5]
- 2004: Facts of Life/I Don't Know What the World Is Coming To ($tateside/EMI Records)[5]
- 2013: Everything's Gonna Be Alright: The American Singles 1967-76 (Charly Records)
- 2014: Icon (Capitol/UMe/Universal)
Singles[editar | editar código-fonte]
| Ano | Single (Lado-A, Lado-B) Ambos os lados do mesmo álbum, exceto onde indicado |
Desempenho | Álbum | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Billboard Hot 100 |
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs |
UK Singles Chart | |||
| 1965 | "Nothing You Can Do" b/w "Get It While You Can" |
– | – | – | Non-album tracks |
| "I Found A True Love" b/w "A Lonesome Man" |
– | – | – | ||
| 1966 | "What Is This" b/w "I Wonder" |
– | – | – | |
| 1967 | "Find Me Somebody" b/w "How Does It Feel" |
– | – | – | |
| "Baby, I Can't Stand It" b/w "Trust Me" |
– | – | – | ||
| "Broadway Walk" b/w "Somebody Special" (from Fly Me To The Moon) |
– | – | – | ||
| 1968 | "What Is This" b/w "What You Gonna Do (When Your Love Is Gone)" (Non-album track) |
– | 33 | – | Fly Me To The Moon |
| "Fly Me To The Moon" b/w "Take Me" |
52 | 16 | – | ||
| "California Dreamin'" b/w "Baby, You Oughta Think It Over" |
43 | 20 | – | ||
| 1969 | "I Left My Heart In San Francisco" ?b/w "Love, The Time Is Now" (from Fly Me To The Moon) |
– | 48 | – | My Prescription |
| "It's Gonna Rain" b/w "Thank You" |
– | 43 | – | ||
| "How I Miss You Baby" b/w "Tried and Convicted" |
94 | 13 | – | ||
| 1970 | "More Than I Can Stand" b/w "Arkansas State Prison" |
90 | 23 | – | |
| "I'm Gonna Forget About You" b/w "Don't Look Back" |
– | 30 | – | ||
| "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) |
| "The Preacher"—Part 2 / "More Than I Can Stand" b/w Part 1 |
– | 30 | – | The Womack "Live" | |
| "Communication" b/w "Fire and Rain" |
– | 40 | – | Communication | |
| 1972 | "That's The Way I Feel About Cha" b/w "Come L'Amore" |
27 | 2 | – | |
| "Woman's Gotta Have It" b/w "(If You Don't Want My Love) Give It Back" (from Communication) |
60 | 1 | – | Understanding | |
| "Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed So Good)" / | 51 | 16 | – | ||
| 1973 | "Harry Hippie" | 31 | 8 | – | |
| "Across 110th Street" b/w "Hang On In There" |
56 | 19 | – | Across 110th Street | |
| "Nobody Wants You When You're Down and Out" | 29 | 2 | – | Facts Of Life | |
| "I'm Through Trying To Prove My Love To You" | – | 80 | – | ||
| 1974 | "Lookin' For A Love" (solo re-recording) b/w "Let It Hang Out" |
10 | 1 | – | Lookin' For A Love Again |
| "You're Welcome, Stop On By" b/w "I Don't Want To Be Hurt By Ya Love Again" |
59 | 5 | – | ||
| "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 | – | |
| "It's All Over Now" b/w "Git It" |
– | 68 | – | ||
| "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 | – | |
| 1977 | "Home Is Where the Heart Is" b/w "We've Only Just Begun" |
– | 43 | – | Home Is Where The Heart Is |
| "Standing In The Safety Zone" b/w "A Change Is Gonna Come" |
– | – | – | ||
| 1978 | "Wind It Up" b/w "Stop Before We Start" |
– | – | – | Pieces |
| "Trust Your Heart" b/w "When Love Begins Friendship Ends" |
– | 47 | – | ||
| 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 | – | |
| "Where Do We Go From Here" b/w "Just My Imagination" |
– | 26 | – | ||
| 1984 | "It Takes A Lot Of Strength To Say Goodbye" (with Patti Gravadora/Selole) b/w "Who's Foolin' Who" |
– | 76 | – | The Poet II |
| "Love Has Finally Come At Last" (with Patti Gravadora/Selole) b/w "American Dream" |
88 | 3 | – | ||
| "Tell Me Why" b/w "Through The Eyes Of A Child" (with Patti Gravadora/Selole) |
– | 54 | 60 | ||
| 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 |
| "I Wish He Didn't Trust Me So Much" b/w "Got To Be With You Tonight" |
– | 2 | 64 | So Many Rivers | |
| "Let Me Kiss It Where It Hurts" b/w "Check It Out" |
– | 50 | – | ||
| "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 |
| "(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 |
| "So The Story Goes" b/w "The Liam McCoy" Both sides with Living In A Box |
81 | – | 34 | Non-album tracks | |
| "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" |
– | – | – | |
| 1989 | "Priorities" b/w Instrumental version of B-side |
– | – | – | Save The Children |
| "Save The Children" b/w Instrumental version of A-side |
– | 83 | – | ||
| 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 | |
| 1995 | "It's A Man's Man's Man's World" (with Jeanie Tracy) CD single with seven different mixes |
– | – | 73 | |
| 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[editar | editar código-fonte]
| Ano | Título | Desempenho | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billboard Hot 100
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Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
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 ARIA Charts[7] |
 Ö3 Austria Top 40 [8] |
 Ultratop [9] |
 GfK Entertainment [10] |
 Irish Singles Chart [11] |
 MegaCharts [12] |
 Official New Zealand Music Chart [13] |
 Swiss Hitparade [14] |
Billboard Hot 100 [15] | ||
| 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[editar | editar código-fonte]
| Year | Song | Other artists | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | "Get a Life" | Rae & Christian | Sleepwalking |
| "Wake Up Everybody" | |||
| 2010 | "Cloud of Unknowing" | Gorillaz & Sinfonia ViVA | Plastic Beach |
| 2011 | "Bobby in Phoenix" | Gorillaz | The Fall |
| 2015 | "New Day Coming" | Rudimental | We the Generation |
Referências
- ↑ «Cantor de soul Bobby Womack morre aos 70 anos». G1. Globo.com. 27 de junho de 2014. Consultado em 30 de junho de 2014
- ↑ «Bobby Womack» (em inglês). IMDb. Consultado em 30 de maio de 2014
- ↑ Run-D.M.C., Metallica nominated for Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Associated Press September 22, 2008
- ↑ «Bobby Womack» (em inglês). Discogs. Consultado em 29 de maio de 2014
- ↑ a b c d e f «Stateside Records». Statesiderecords.com. Consultado em 11 de novembro de 2012
- ↑ Strong, Martin C. (2000). The Great Rock Discography 5th ed. Edinburgh: Mojo Books. pp. 1078–1080. ISBN 1-84195-017-3
- ↑ Peak chart positions for singles in Australia:
- All except "On Melancholy Hill" and "Doncamatic": «Discography Gorillaz». australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Consultado em 3 de dezembro de 2013. Arquivado do original em 12 de dezembro de 2013
- "On Melancholy Hill": «The ARIA Report: Issue 1067 (Week Commencing 9 August 2010)» (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. p. 4. Consultado em 3 de dezembro de 2013
- "Doncamatic": «The ARIA Report: Issue 1083 (Week Commencing 29 November 2010)» (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. p. 2. Consultado em 3 de dezembro de 2013
- ↑ «Discographie Gorillaz». austriancharts.at (em alemão). Hung Medien. Consultado em 1 de dezembro de 2013. Arquivado do original em 6 de dezembro de 2013
- ↑ «Discografie Gorillaz». ultratop.be (em neerlandês). Hung Medien. Consultado em 1 de dezembro de 2013
- ↑ «Gorillaz (Single)». charts.de (em alemão). GfK Entertainment. Consultado em 3 de dezembro de 2013
- ↑ «Discography Gorillaz». irish-charts.com. Hung Medien. Consultado em 1 de dezembro de 2013
- ↑ «Discografie Gorillaz». dutchcharts.nl (em neerlandês). Hung Medien. Consultado em 3 de dezembro de 2013
- ↑ «Discography Gorillaz». charts.org.nz. Hung. Consultado em 1 de dezembro de 2013. Arquivado do original em 5 de dezembro de 2013
- ↑ «Gorillaz» (select "Charts" tab). swisscharts.com. Hung Medien. Consultado em 1 de dezembro de 2013
- ↑ «Gorillaz – Chart History: Hot 100». Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Consultado em 3 de dezembro de 2013
Ligações externas[editar | editar código-fonte]
- Sítio oficial (em inglês)
- Biografia no Allmusic
- Bobby Womack: 'I can sing my ass off, better than I could before'
