Subscribe to The St. Louis American‘s free weekly newsletter for critical stories, community voices, and insights that matter. Sign up Legendary singer Bobby Womack died today at the age of 70.

(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 whatever it is, it ...

Soul legend and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Bobby Womack pays no mind to the elements when it comes to his touring and performance schedule. "I'm used to the weather, travelling all my life," he said.

St. Louis-native Shirley Brown and Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Bobby Womack and Bobby “Blue” Bland headline the 8th Annual St. Louis Blues Festival at Chaifetz Arena at Saint Louis University on ...

A true R&B and soul legend, Bobby Womack died last week at the age of 70. Womack played African World Festival here in Milwaukee maybe 18 years ago. It was a hot muggy night, not unlike tonight. That ...

A soul giant who made Los Angeles his home was a man about town. By Harvey Kubernik To the people who knew Bobby Womack, or bought his records, heard his tunes covered over a seven-decade career, or ...

WOMACK, ROBERT DWAYNE "BOBBY" (4 March 1944 – 28 June 2014), was a prominent African-American whose musical career spanned six decades, creating 23 studio albums that garnered international acclaim, ...

Legendary R&B and soul singer Bobby Womack is known as much for his scandalous love life as he is for his catalog of hit songs. He shocked the music world when he married Barbara Cooke, the widow of ...

*The Womack Sisters are the offspring of Linda Cooke-Womack and Cecil Womack (Bobby Womack’s brother). Linda ultimately married Bobby’s brother, Cecil Womack, taking on the name Linda Cooke-Womack, ...

Late soul legend Bobby Womack‘s 1984 song “American Dream,” which uses part of Martin Luther King Jr‘s 1961 speech of the same name, feels as relevant now as it did 36 years ago. As this year’s Fourth ...