Saturday, June 28, 2014

My Favorite Bobby Womack Song Not Mentioned in Any of These Obituaries



Bobby Womack, Royalty of the Soul Era, Dies at 70.  (The New York Times, 6/27/2014)

Bobby Womack, soul singer and song writer, dies at 70.  (Los Angeles Times, 6/27/2014)

Soul poet Bobby Womack is dead at 70.  (Chicago Tribune, 6/28/2014)

AllMusic:  Lookin' for a Love Again.

No argument here.   "You're Welcome, Stop on By" was the second single. As with most of this soulman's numbers, this one has that irresistible, percolating rhythm augmented by Womack's wailing delivery. 

Lookin' for a Love Again made its debut on the  Billboard Top 200 Albums chart on February 9, 1974.  It peaked at #85, powered by the single "Lookin' for a Love", which reached the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100.

"You're Welcome, Stop on By", the second single from the album Lookin' for a Love Again, made its debut on the Billboard Hot 100 on July 6, 1974 -- inauspiciously, at #97.  It never gained any momentum and peaked at #57, spending a short 7 weeks on the chart.  The song deserved much better.

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