Niepowodzenie wczesnych singli "Nothing You Can Do" i "I Found A True Love" oraz rozpad The Valentinos zmusiły Womacka do zatrudnienia się w roli muzyka sesyjnego w należącym do Chipsa Momana American Recording Studio. Najciekawszym dokonaniem tego okresu była współpraca z Wilsonem Pickettem.Womack był autorem jego siedemnastu przebojów, m.in. "I'm In Love" i "I'm A Midnight Mover".
Działalność solową wznowił nagraniami dla wytwórni Keymen, Atlantic i Minit. Rhythm'n'bluesowymi szlagierami stały się tematy "It's Gonna Rain", "How I Miss You Baby" (oba z 1969 r.) i "More Than I Can Stand" (z 1970 r.). Pierwszy album The Womack Live,
był dość szablonową płytą, jednak stopniowo muzyk zaczął wzbogacać
repertuar o bardziej autorskie pomysły, w czym spory udział miał Sly Stone, któremu gitarzysta towarzyszył na longplayu A Riot Going On z 1971 r. Wpływ Stone'a dominował w tytułowym temacie z albumu Commimication, pierwszego ze zrealizowanych dla wytwórni United Artists.
Potwierdzeniem dojrzałości artysty był kolejny longplay Understanding, a także pochodzące z obu płyt rhythm'n'bluesowe singlowe przeboje "That's The Way I Feel About Cha". "Woman's Gotta Have It" i "Harry Hippie". Albumy Facts Of Life, Looking For A Love Again i I Don 't Know What The World Is Coming To łączyły tradycyjnie utwory autorskie z wersjami standardów innych wykonawców. Współpracę z United Artists zamknęła płyta Bobby Womack Goes Country And Western.
Późniejsze nagrania dla CBS i Aristy nic odbiegały stylistycznie od poprzednich. W 1981 r. piosenkarz podpisał kontrakt z małą niezależną wytwórnią Beverly Glen, dla której nagrał długogrającą płytę The Poet. Pochodzący z niej singel "If You Think You're Lonely Now" trafił znów na listy rhythm'n"bluesowych bestsellerów. Na albumie The Poet II z 1984 r. Womack wykonywał część utworów w duecie z Patti LaBelle ("Love Has Finally Come At Last").
W 1985 r. muzyk przeniósł się do MCA, debiutując w nowej wytwórni longplayem So Many Rivers. Długoletnią przyjaźń z The Rolling Stones (Womack był autorem ich pierwszego wielkiego przeboju "It's All Over Now" z 1964 r.) podkreślał udział piosenkarza w ich nowej wersji tematu "Harlem Shuffle".
Muzyk określający siebie mianem "ostatniego wokalisty soulowego" należy
z pewnością do najciekawszych wykonawców ekspresyjnej i emocjonalnej
czarnej muzyki.
Single
| Tytu³ | Wykonawca | Data wydania | UK | US | Wytwórnia [US] |
Komentarz |
| What Is This/What You Gonna Do (When Your Love Is Gone) | Bobby Womack | 03.1968 | - | - | Minit 32 037 | [Produced by Chips Moman][written by Bobby Womack][33[10].R&B Chart] |
| Fly Me to the Moon / Take Me | Bobby Womack | 08.1968 | - | 52[13] | Minit 32 048 | [Produced by Chips Moman][written by Bart Howard][16[14].R&B Chart] |
| California dreamin'/Baby, You Oughta Think It Over | Bobby Womack | 12.1968 | - | 43[9] | Minit 32 055 | [Produced by Chips Moman][written by John Phillips ][20[9].R&B Chart] |
| I Left My Heart in San Francisco / Love, The Time Is Now | Bobby Womack | 03.1969 | - | 119[3] | Minit 32 059 | [Produced by Chips Moman][written by Cory Cross][#19 hit for Tony Bennett in 1962][48[2].R&B; Chart] |
| It's Gonna Rain/Thank You | Bobby Womack | 08.1969 | - | - | Minit 32 071 | [Produced by Chips Moman][written by B. Womack, D. Carter][43[3].R&B; Chart] |
| How I Miss You Baby / Tried and Convicted | Bobby Womack | 12.1969 | - | 93[2] | Minit 32 081 | [Produced by Chips Moman][written by Bobby Womack,Darryl Carter][14[8].R&B; Chart] |
| More Than I Can Stand / Arkansas State Prison | Bobby Womack | 04.1970 | - | 90[4] | Minit 32 093 | [Produced by Chips Moman][written by Bobby Womack,Darryl Carter][23[8].R&B; Chart] |
| I'm Gonna Forget About You/Don't Look Back | Bobby Womack | 08.1970 | - | - | Liberty 56186 | [Produced by Chips Moman][written by Sam Cooke][30[4].R&B; Chart] |
| The Preacher (Part 2) (Live) / More Than I Can Stand (Live) | Bobby Womack | 05.1971 | - | 111[4] | United Artists 50 773 | [Produced by Ed Wright, Bobby Womack][written by Bobby Womack, D. Patterson][30[5].R&B; Chart] |
| Breezin'/Azure Blue | Gabor Szabo And Bobby Womack | 09.1971 | - | - | Blue Thumb 200 | [Produced by Tommy LiPuma][written by B. Womack][43[6].R&B; Chart] |
| Communication/ Fire And Rain | (The Preacher) Bobby Womack And Peace | 09.1971 | - | - | United Artists 50816 | [Produced by Free Productions, Muscle Shoals Sound][written by B. Womack][40[3].R&B; Chart] |
| That's the Way I Feel About Cha / Come L'amore | Bobby Womack & Peace | 12.1971 | - | 27[13] | United Artists 50 847 | [written by Bobby Womack,Joe Hicks,John Grisby][Produced by Muscle Shoals][2[17].R&B; Chart] |
| Woman's Gotta Have It / If You Don't Want My Love | Bobby Womack | 05.1972 | - | 60[9] | United Artists 50 902 | [1[1][14].R&B; Chart][Produced by Bobby Womack][written by Linda Womack,Bobby Womack,Darryl Carter] |
| Harry Hippie/Sweet Caroline [Good times never seemed so good] | Bobby Womack & Peace | 12.1972 | - | 31[12] side B:51[9][08.72] | United Artists 50 946 | [gold-US][Produced by Bobby Womack,Joe Hicks,/Muscle Shoals][written by J. Ford][side B:written by Neil Diamond][side B:produced by Bobby Womack][A:8[13].R&B; Chart][B:16[11].R&B; Chart] |
| Across 110th Street / Hang on in There | Bobby Womack & Peace | 03.1973 | - | 56[6] | United Artists 196 | [tytułowa piosenka z filmu][Produced by Bobby Womack/Marshall Brevitz ][written by Johnson,Womack,Bobby Womack,J.J. Johnson][19[6].R&B; Chart] |
| Nobody Wants You When You're Down and Out / I'm Through Trying to Prove My Love to You | Bobby Womack | 06.1973 | - | 29[15] side B:101[10] | United Artists 255 | [Produced by Bobby Womack][A:written by J. Cox][B:written by B. Womack][A:2[14].R&B; Chart][B:80[7].R&B; Chart] |
| Lookin' for a Love / Let It All Hang Out | Bobby Womack | 02.1974 | - | 10[17] | United Artists 375 | [gold-US][Produced by Bobby Womack][written by J.W. Alexander,Z. Samuels][piosenka nagrana oryginalnie przez Valentinos w 1962r][1[3][17].R&B; Chart] |
| You're Welcome, Stop on By / I Don't Wanna Be Hurt Again By Ya Love | Bobby Womack | 08.1974 | - | 59[7] | United Artists 439 | [Produced by Bobby Womack][written by Bobby Womack,T. Thomas][5[15].R&B; Chart] |
| I Don't Know/Yes Jesus Loves Me | Bobby Womack | 10.1974 | - | - | United Artists 561 | [Produced by Bobby Womack][written by Bobby Womack][18[9].R&B; Chart] |
| Check It Out / Interlude No. 2 | Bobby Womack | 04.1975 | - | 91[3] | United Artists 621 | [Produced by Bobby Womack][written by Bobby Womack][6[13].R&B; Chart] |
| It's All Over Now/Git It | Bobby Womack | 07.1975 | - | - | United Artists 674 | [Produced by B. Womack, S. Womack][written by Bobby Womack][68[8].R&B; Chart] |
| Where There's A Will, There's A Way/Everything's Gonna Be Alright | Bobby Womack | 11.1975 | - | - | United Artists 735 | [Produced by David Rubinson And Friends, Inc.][written by Bobby Womack][13[12].R&B; Chart] |
| Daylight/Trust Me | Bobby Womack | 02.1976 | - | - | United Artists 763 | [Produced by David Rubinson And Friends, Inc.][written by B. Womack, H. Payne][5[13].R&B; Chart] |
| Home Is Where The Heart Is/We've Only Just Begun | Bobby Womack And Brotherhood | 11.1976 | - | - | Columbia 10437 | [Produced by Bobby Womack, The Muscle Shoals Sound Rhythm Section][written by P. Mitchell][43[10].R&B; Chart] |
| Standing In The Safety Zone/A Change Is Gonna Come | Bobby Womack And Brotherhood | 03.1977 | - | - | Columbia 10493 | [Produced by Bobby Womack, The Muscle Shoals Sound Rhythm Section][written by B. Womack, H. Payne][90[3].R&B; Chart] |
| Trust Your Heart/When Love Begins Friendship Ends | Bobby Womack | 02.1978 | - | - | Columbia 10672 | [Produced by Don Davis ][written by B. Womack, L. Ware, D. Davis][47[12].R&B; Chart] |
| How Could You Break My Heart/I Honestly Love You | Bobby Womack | 06.1979 | - | - | Arista 0421 | [Produced by Bobby Womack, Patrick Moten][written by B. Womack, P. Moten][40[11].R&B; Chart] |
| If You Think You're Lonely Now/Secrets | Bobby Womack | 03.1982 | - | 101[3] | Beverly Glen 2000 | [Produced by Bobby Womack][A:written by Bobby Womack, Jim Ford][B:written by Bobby Womack, Patrick Moten, Richard Griffin ][#17 hit for K-Ci Hailey in 1995][A:3[20].R&B; Chart][side B:55[8].R&B; Chart] |
| Where Do We Go From Here/Just My Imagination | Bobby Womack | 03.1982 | - | - | Beverly Glen Music 2001 | [Produced by Bobby Womack,James E. Gadson,Andrew Oldham][written by Bobby Womack, Jim Ford][26[11].R&B; Chart] |
| Tell Me Why/Throught The Eyes Of A Child | Bobby Womack | 06.1984 | 60[3] | - | Motown TMGT 1339 [UK] | [Produced by Bobby Womack,James E. Gadson,Andrew Oldham] |
| Love has finally come at last/American dream [Womack] | Bobby Womack and Patti LaBelle | 03.1984 | - | 88[5] | Beverly Glen 2012 | [Produced by Andrew Loog Oldham/James Gadson/Bobby Womack ][written by Patrick Moten/Bobby Womack ][3[17].R&B; Chart] |
| [No matter how high I get] I'll still be lookin' up to you/La Luz | Wilton Felder feat Bobby Womack and introducing Alltrinna Grayson | 01.1985 | 63[4] | 102[6] | MCA 52 467 | [Produced by Wilton Felder, Joe Sample, Leon Ndugu Chancler, Bobby Womack, James Gadson][written by B. Womack, P. Kisch][2[21].R&B; Chart] |
| Someday We'll All Be Free/I Wish I Had Someone To Go Home To | Bobby Womack | 05.1985 | - | - | Beverly Glen Music 2021 | [Produced by Bobby Womack, Patrick Moten, Otis Smith][written by Donnie Hathaway, Edward Howard][74[6].R&B; Chart] |
| I Wish He Didn't Trust Me So Much/Got To Be With You Tonight | Bobby Womack | 10.1985 | 64[2] | - | MCA 52 624 | [Produced by Bobby Womack,James E. Gadson][written by H. Payne , J. Eubanks, P. Luboff][2[17].R&B; Chart] |
| Let Me Kiss It Where It Hurts/Check It Out | Bobby Womack | 11.1985 | - | - | MCA 52 709 | [Produced by Bobby Womack,James E. Gadson][written by B. Womack][50[11].R&B; Chart] |
| (I Wanna) Make Love To You/Whatever Happened To The Times? | Bobby Womack | 11.1986 | - | - | MCA 52 955 | [Produced by Chips Moman, Bobby Womack][written by J. L. Williams][57[8].R&B; Chart] |
| Living In A Box/ I Can't Stay Mad | Bobby Womack | 11.1987 | 70[2] | - | MCA 53 190 | [Produced by Bobby Womack,Frank Hamilton III][written by M. Vere, S. Piggot] |
| Ain't Nothin Like The Lovin We Got/If This Is Goodbye | Shirley Brown With Bobby Womack | 11.1989 | - | - | Malaco 2157 | [Produced by Shirley Brown, Winston Stewart, Jim Stewart][written by B. Osborne, B. Lee Eager][46[13].R&B Chart] |
| Save The Children | Bobby Womack | 12.1989 | - | - | Solar 74 006 | [83[6].R&B Chart] |
| I'm Back For More | Lulu & Bobby Womack | 04.1993 | 27[5] | - | Dome 12DOME 1002 [UK] | [Produced by Errol Henry] |
| Tryin' To Get Over You | Bobby Womack feat. Ronald Isley | 12.1994 | - | - | Continuum 13 401 | [Produced by Bobby Womack,Andrew Oldman,James E. Gadson][94[3].R&B Chart] |
| It's A Man's Man's Man's World | Jeanie Tracy & Bobby Womack | 05.1995 | 73[2] | - | Pulse-8 12 LOSE 89 [UK] | [Produced by Band Of Gypsies ][written by Newcombe,Brown] |
| California Dreamin' | Bobby Womack | 06.2004 | 59[2] | - | EMI WOMACK 001 [UK] |
Albumy
| Tytu³ | Wykonawca | Data wydania | UK | US | Wytwórnia [US] |
Komentarz |
| Fly Me to the Moon | Bobby Womack | 12.1968 | - | 174[2] | Minit 24 014 | [Produced by Chips Moman] |
| The Womack Live | Bobby Womack | 04.1971 | - | 188[5] | Liberty 7645 | - |
| Communication | Bobby Womack | 12.1971 | - | 83[17] | United Artists 5539 | [Produced by Bobby Womack] |
| Understanding | Bobby Womack | 06.1972 | - | 43[48] | United Artists 5577 | [Produced by Bobby Womack] |
| Across 110th Street | Bobby Womack with J.J.Johnson | 01.1973 | - | 50[20] | United Artists 5225 | - |
| Facts of Life | Bobby Womack | 07.1973 | - | 37[21] | United Artists 043 | [produced by Bobby Womack] |
| Lookin' for a Love Again | Bobby Womack | 02.1974 | - | 85[19] | United Artists 199 | [produced by Bobby Womack] |
| Bobby Womack´s Greatest Hits | Bobby Womack | 12.1974 | - | 142[7] | United Artists 346 | - |
| I Don't Know What The World Is Coming To | Bobby Womack | 05.1975 | - | 126[4] | United Artists 353 | [produced by Bobby Womack] |
| Safety Zone | Bobby Womack & Peace | 01.1976 | - | 147[11] | United Artists 544 | [Produced by David Rubinson] |
| The Poet | Bobby Womack | 12.1981 | - | 29[23] | Beverly Glen 10 000 | [Produced by Bobby Womack] |
| The Poet ll | Bobby Womack | 04.1984 | 31[8] | 60[14] | Beverly Glen 10 003 | [Produced by Andrew Oldham , Bobby Womack , James E Gadson] |
| So Many Rivers | Bobby Womack | 09.1985 | 28[7] | 66[19] | MCA 5617 | [Produced by Bobby Womack , James Gadson] |
| Resurrection | Bobby Womack | 09.1994 | 87[1] | - | Continuum CDCTUM 8 | [Produced by Bobby Womack] |
| The Bravest Man in the Universe | Bobby Womack | 06.2012 | 49[4] | 181 | XL Recordings XLCD 561 | [produced by Damon Albarn,Kwes,Harold Payne,Richard Russell] |
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