Friday evening, XL recording label confirmed that legendary funk & soul artist Bobby Womack passed away at the age of 70. Details inside, plus his likely epic material that was on deck...
"If You Think You're Lonely Now" legendary singer Bobby Womack has passed away at the age of 70, as confirmed by his label, XL recordings. The rep says the cause of death is uncertain at this time.
Bobby began his career in the family group, Curtis Womack and the Womack Brothers with his siblings Curtis, Harry, Cecil and Friendly Jr. Fellow legendary singer Sam Cooke also signed to the group to his own label SAR Records. But the group, then called the Valentinos, disbanded after Sam Cooke died, SAR Records was disbanded, and Bobby married Sam's widow, Barbara Campbell.
The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer played guitar on some legendary albums of folks like Aretha Franklin. And, according to Miss Info, he was gearing up to release music with his umpteen Grammy award winner labelmte Adele. Miss Info revealed:
rest in peace to the legendary #BobbyWomack. That voice! And he was just dropping new music w/ Adele n The xx's label XL Recordings.
— Missinfo (@Missinfo) June 28, 2014
One of Cleveland's finest's legendary tracks, remade later by K-Ci & JoJo:
