Facts of Life: The Soul of Bobby Womack is a Grammy

Grammy Award

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-nominated tribute album

Tribute album

A tribute album is a recorded collection of cover versions of songs or instrumental compositions. Its concept may be either various artists making a tribute to a single artist, a single artist making a tribute to various artists, or a single artist making a tribute to another single artist.There...

 dedicated to Bobby Womack

Bobby Womack

Robert Dwayne "Bobby" Womack is an American singer-songwriter and musician. An active recording artist since the early 1960s where 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 has spanned more than 40...

. It was recorded By Soul

Soul music

Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...

 singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

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 Calvin Richardson

Calvin Richardson

Calvin Richardson is an American R&B and soul singer-songwriter. In 1999 he released his debut solo album Country Boy.-Background:...

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In 2009, Richardson was chosen to record the album to coincide with Womack's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

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. It peaked at #30 on the US R&B chart

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Track listing

1. Across 110th Street

Across 110th Street

Across 110th Street is a 1972 American crime-drama film starring Anthony Quinn, Yaphet Kotto, and Anthony Franciosa, and directed by Barry Shear...

 3:54 (Bobby Womack)
2. You're Welcome, Stop On By 3:55 (Bobby Womack/Truman Thomas)
3. Harry Hippie

Harry Hippie

"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, that became a top ten R&B hit for Womack when issued as a single in 1973 reaching number eight on the chart....

 4:03 (Jim Ford

Jim Ford

Jim Ford was an American singer-songwriter originally from Johnson County, Kentucky. After living in New Orleans, Ford moved to Los Angeles, and finally settled in Fort Bragg, CA. His music is a mixture of soul, country and folk. His songs have been recorded by numerous artists, including Aretha...

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4. Woman Got To Have It 3:49 (Darryl Carter/Linda Cooke/Bobby Womack)
5. American Dream

American Dream

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 4:35 (Bobby Womack/Jim Ford)
6. Daylight

Daylight

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 3:23 (Harold Payne/Bobby Womack)
7. That's The Way I Feel About 'Cha 4:47 (John Grisby/Joseph Hicks/Bobby Womack)
8. Love Has Finally Come At Last

Love Has Finally Come at Last

"Love Has Finally Come at Last" is a song composed by Bobby Womack and recorded by Womack and singer Patti LaBelle, released on Womack's Poet II, in 1984, released on Beverly Glen Records....

 (featuring Ann Nesby

Ann Nesby

Ann Nesby is an American R&B, gospel, and dance music singer and actress. She is the former lead singer of Sounds of Blackness; a songwriter with credits including hits sung by Patti Labelle and Gladys Knight; plus she co-starred in the 2003 romance musical The Fighting Temptations with Cuba...

) 5:17 (Patrick Moten

Patrick Moten

Patrick Moten was an American musician and songwriter, who co-wrote Bobby Womack's "If You Think You're Lonely Now"...

/Bobby Womack)
9. I Can Understand It

I Can Understand It

"I Can Understand It" is a soul classic written and originally recorded by rhythm and blues musician Bobby Womack and turned into a top ten R&B hit by funk group New Birth in 1973. Womack originally recorded the song for his top ten album, Understanding, which was released in late 1972. His...

 4:47 (Bobby Womack)
10. I'm Through Trying To Prove My Love To You 4:16 (Bobby Womack)
11. Fact Of Life/He'll Be There When The Sun Goes Down 5:43 (Bobby Womack)