Bobby Womack biography
Use in film
Womack's 1968 cover of "California Dreamin'" featured prominently in 2009 British film
Fish Tank by Andrea Arnold, where the main character Mia dances to it and uses it as her audition piece. The collection CD on which the song appears also plays a role, and is "The Best of Bobby Womack" (2008), on which "California Dreamin'" appears on track 17, as Mia requests at her audition.
Womack's "Across 110th Street" featured in the opening and elsewhere in the film Jackie Brown, directed by Quentin Tarantino. It is used to emphasise the blaxploitation tone of the film. It was used again in the Denzel Washington film, American Gangster, which depicted the actual circumstances described in the song. This song is also used for the closing credits of S2 E3 of TV Show How to Make It in America.
Studio albums
- 1968: Fly Me to the Moon (Minit) - US #174, R&B #34
- 1969: My Prescription (Minit) - R&B #44
- 1971: Communication (United Artists) - US #83, R&B #7, Jazz #20
- 1972: Understanding (United Artists) - US #43, R&B #7
- 1972: Across 110th Street (United Artists) - US #50, R&B #6
- 1973: Facts of Life (United Artists) - US #37, R&B #6
- 1974: Lookin' for a Love Again (United Artists) - US #85, R&B #5
- 1975: I Don't Know What the World Is Coming To (United Artists) - US #126, R&B #20
- 1976: Safety Zone (United Artists) - US #147, R&B #40
- 1975: I Can Understand It (United Artists) - same tracks as on Greatest Hits
- 1976: BW Goes C&W (United Artists)
- 1976: Home Is Where the Heart Is (Columbia)
- 1977: Pieces (Columbia) - US #205
- 1979: Roads Of Life (Arista) - US #206, R&B #55
- 1981: The Poet (Beverly Glen) - US #29, R&B #1
- 1984: The Poet II (Beverly Glen) - US #60, R&B #5, UK #31
- 1985: So Many Rivers (MCA) - US #66, R&B #5, UK #28
- 1985: Someday We'll All Be Free (Beverly Glen) - US #207, R&B #59
- 1986: Womagic (MCA) - R&B #68
- 1987: Last Soul Man (MCA)
- 1989: Save The Children (Solar)
- 1994: Soul Seduction Supreme (Castle)
- 1994: Resurrection (Continuum) - R&B #91
- 1999: Back to My Roots (Capitol) - Gospel #27
- 1999: Traditions (Capitol)
- 2000: Christmas Album (Indigo)
- 2012: The Bravest Man in the Universe (XL Recordings)
Live albums
- 1970: The Womack "Live" (United Artists) - US #188, R&B #13
- 1998: Soul Sensation Live (Sequel)
Compilation albums
- 1975: Greatest Hits (United Artists) - US #142, R&B #30
- 1986: Check it Out (Stateside) - UK SSL 6013
- 1998: Red Hot + Rhapsody
- 1999: Traditions (Capitol)
- 2003: Lookin' For a Love: The Best of 1968-1976 (Stateside Records)
- 2004: Fly Me To The Moon/My Prescription on one CD (Stateside Records)
- 2004: Understanding/Communication (Stateside Records)
- 2004: Womack Live/The Safety Zone (Stateside Records)
- 2004: Lookin' For A Love Again/BW Goes CW (Stateside Records)
- 2004: Facts of Life/I Don't Know What the World Is Coming To (Stateside Records)
As a featured artist
- 2001:Sleepwalking with Rae & Christian (Studio K7)
- 2010: Plastic Beach with Gorillaz (Parlophone)
- 2010: The Fall with Gorillaz (Parlophone)
Singles
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