| Back to My Roots | ||||
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| Released | August 24, 1999 | |||
| Recorded | 1999 | |||
| Genre | Gospel | |||
| Length | 60:11 | |||
| Label | The Right Stuff, Capitol, EMI Records | |||
| Producer | Bobby Womack | |||
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| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |  [2] |
Back to My Roots is the 21st studio album by American singer-songwriter Bobby Womack. The album was released on August 24, 1999, by The Right Stuff Records and Capitol Records. [3]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Opening Narration" | 1:17 | |
| 2. | "Rug" | 5:14 | |
| 3. | "Stand by Me" | Sam Cooke, J. W. Alexander, Junior Walker | 2:39 |
| 4. | "Oh Happy Day" | Johann Freylinghausen, Philip Doddridge, Edward F. Rimbault | 7:04 |
| 5. | "Jesus Be a Fence Around Me" | 3:16 | |
| 6. | "What a Friend We Have in Jesus" | Joseph M. Scriven, Charles C. Converse | 3:18 |
| 7. | "Where There's a Will There's a Way" | 3:33 | |
| 8. | "I'm Coming Home" | 3:24 | |
| 9. | "It Is Well" | 4:46 | |
| 10. | "Motherless Child" | Traditional | 5:19 |
| 11. | "Bridge over Troubled Water" | Paul Simon | 4:17 |
| 12. | "Looking Back" | 3:26 | |
| 13. | "Ease My Troubled Mind" | 5:13 | |
| 14. | "Nearer My God to Thee" | 4:55 | |
| 15. | "Cousin Henry" | 5:44 | |
| 16. | "A Hundred Pounds of Clay" | Bobby Elgin, Luther Dixon, Eddie Snyder | 4:09 |
| 17. | "Amen/This Little Light of Mine/Closing Narration" | 3:39 |
Robert Dwayne Womack was an American singer, musician and songwriter. Starting in the early 1950s as the lead singer of his family musical group the Valentinos and as Sam Cooke's backing guitarist, Womack's career spanned more than 60 years and multiple styles, including R&B, jazz, soul, rock and roll, doo-wop, and gospel.
Patrick Lawrence Moten was an American musician, songwriter, producer, and arranger. He primarily performed on piano and organ. Moten was best known as the musical director for Bobby Womack and Gerald Albright. He also produced Anita Baker's debut album The Songtress.
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Linda Womack, now known as Zeriiya Zekkariyas, is an American singer and songwriter. She is the daughter of soul singer Sam Cooke. She later had a successful career as half of the duo Womack & Womack with her husband Cecil Womack.
The One and Only is a studio album by American country music artist Waylon Jennings, released in 1967 on RCA Camden. It peaked at #19 on the Billboard country albums chart.
There's More Where That Came From is the sixth studio album by American country music artist Lee Ann Womack, released in 2005. It received numerous awards and critical acclaim and was also Womack's highest selling album since 2000's I Hope You Dance. The album was Womack's return to a traditional country music style, producing three charting singles between 2004 and 2006: "I May Hate Myself in the Morning", "He Oughta Know That by Now" and "Twenty Years and Two Husbands Ago", which peaked at numbers 10, 22, and 32, respectively, on the Hot Country Songs charts. Womack's ex-husband, Jason Sellers, sang background vocals on "I May Hate Myself in the Morning".
Calvin Richardson is an American R&B and soul singer-songwriter. In 1999, he released his debut solo album Country Boy.
Womack & Womack was the singing and songwriting partnership of married American musicians Linda Womack and Cecil Womack. The duo were successful as songwriters for other artists and had several international hits as a singing duo in the 1980s and 1990s. Later recordings with other members of their family were credited to The House of Zekkariyas.
Understanding is the fourth studio album by American musician Bobby Womack. The album was released on March 30, 1972, by United Artists Records. Womack recorded Understanding in Memphis, Tennessee at American Sound Studio and in Muscle Shoals Sound Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. At Muscle Shoals, he utilized top session players, including drummer Roger Hawkins, guitarists Jimmy Johnson and Tippy Armstrong, bassist David Hood and keyboardist Barry Beckett.
Communication is the third studio album by American musician Bobby Womack. The album was released on September 15, 1971, by United Artists Records. It reached No. 5 on the Billboard R&B chart and No. 20 on the Billboard Jazz Chart in 1972. It included the hit single, "That's The Way I Feel About Cha", which charted at No. 2 on the Billboard R&B Singles chart and No. 27 on the Billboard pop chart. The album became Womack's breakthrough spawning the hit single "That's The Way I Feel About Cha" and a favorite Womack album track, "(If You Don't Want My Love) Give It Back", which Womack recorded three times after the original, the first remake, a slower acoustic version, was issued on the soundtrack of the film, Across 110th Street, and an instrumental by J. J. Johnson's band. The fourth time Womack recorded it was with Rolling Stones singer and musician Ron Wood. Womack recorded his own versions of James Taylor's "Fire and Rain", Ray Stevens' "Everything Is Beautiful" and featured a spoken word monologue in his cover of the Burt Bacharach and Hal David standard, "(They Long To Be) Close to You".
"Woman's Gotta Have It" is a song written by Darryl Carter, Bobby Womack and Linda Womack. The song was recorded at American Sound Studio in Memphis, Tennessee.
"Harry Hippie" is a 1972 song written by Jim Ford, who wrote it for singer Bobby Womack as a dedication to his brother, bass guitarist Harry Womack.
"Finding My Way Back Home" is a song written by Chris Stapleton and Craig Wiseman, and recorded American country music artist Lee Ann Womack. It was released as single in August 2006 and was produced by Byron Gallimore. The song would later becoming a charting country single. Despite the single's release, the song did not appear on an official album and Womack would later leave her record label.
"I May Hate Myself in the Morning" is a song written by Odie Blackmon, and recorded by American country music artist Lee Ann Womack. It was released in October 2004 as the lead-off single from her album There's More Where That Came From. The song was a Top 10 hit on both the U.S. and Canadian country charts.
The Valentinos was an American family R&B group from Cleveland, Ohio, best known for launching the careers of brothers Bobby Womack and Cecil Womack. Bobby went on to find greater fame as a solo artist while Cecil became successful as a member of the husband and wife duo of Womack & Womack with Linda Cooke. The group was well known for R&B hits such as the original versions of "Lookin' for a Love", notably covered by the J. Geils Band and later a solo hit for Bobby Womack, and "It's All Over Now", covered by the Rolling Stones.
Roads of Life is the twelfth studio album by American musician Bobby Womack. It was released in 1979 by Arista Records. It was dedicated to his late son Truth Womack. The album was Bobby Womack's only album for Arista Records. It reached number 55 on the Top Soul Albums charts.
The Bravest Man in the Universe is the twenty-seventh and final studio album by the American soul artist Bobby Womack. Released on June 12, 2012, it was his first studio album since 2000 and his first album of original material since 1994's Resurrection. It was produced by Damon Albarn and Richard Russell and released on the UK-based XL Recordings label. The Bravest Man in the Universe is the final album to be released in Womack's lifetime, as The Best Is Yet to Come will be released posthumously.
My Prescription is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Bobby Womack. The album was released in February 1970, by Minit Records. It was arranged by Bobby Womack, Glen Spreen and Mike Leech. The cover photography was by Herb Kravitz.
I Don't Know What the World Is Coming To is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Bobby Womack. The album was released on March 28, 1975, by United Artists Records. The album debuted at number 126 on the Billboard 200.
Save the Children is a studio album by American singer-songwriter Bobby Womack. The album was released in 1989, by SOLAR Records. Womack stated that it was influenced by Marvin Gaye's What's Going On.
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