Bobby Womack

Robert Dwayne "Bobby" Womack (March 4, 1944 – June 27, 2014) was an American singer-songwriter and musician.

Role in Gorillaz
Womack provided vocals for the tracks Stylo and Cloud of Unknowing from Gorillaz' third studio album Plastic Beach. Later he also provided vocals and guitar for the track Bobby in Phoenix from The Fall. Womack joined Gorillaz on the Escape to Plastic Beach World Tour in 2010.

Many tributes and callbacks to Bobby have been made in songs and live shows. During performances of Stylo and Cloud Of Unknowing, Bobby's face has appeared onscreen in remembrance.

Musical Career
An active recording artist since the early 1960s, when he started his career as the lead singer of his family musical group the Valentinos and as Sam Cooke's backing guitarist, Womack's career spanned more than 50 years, during which he played in the styles of R&B, soul, rock and roll, doo-wop, gospel, and country.

Womack wrote and originally recorded the Rolling Stones' first UK No. 1 hit, It's All Over Now and New Birth's I Can Understand It among other songs. As a singer he is most notable for the hits Lookin' For a Love, That's The Way I Feel About Cha, Woman's Gotta Have It, Harry Hippie, Across 110th Street and his 1980s hit If You Think You're Lonely Now.

Discography

 * Fly Me to the Moon (1969)
 * My Prescription (1970)
 * Communication (1971)
 * Understanding (1972)
 * Facts of Life (1973)
 * Lookin' for a Love Again (1974)
 * I Don't Know What the World Is Coming To (1975)
 * Safety Zone (1975)
 * BW Goes C&W (1976)
 * Home Is Where the Heart Is (1976)
 * Pieces (1978)
 * Roads of Life (1979)
 * The Poet (1981)
 * The Poet II (1984)
 * So Many Rivers (1985)
 * Someday We'll All Be Free (1985)
 * Womagic (1986)
 * The Last Soul Man (1987)
 * Save the Children (1989)
 * Resurrection (1994)
 * Back to My Roots (1999)
 * Traditions (1999)
 * The Bravest Man in the Universe (2012)

Trivia

 * Bobby Womack was the fifth collaborator of the Gorillaz to pass way.
 * Bobby Womack was originally supposed to appear at the beginning of the Stylo music video, but the scene was scrapped.