Linda Womack also known as Zeriiya Zekkariyas, is an American singer and songwriter.

Womack is the daughter of Sam Cooke

Sam Cooke

Samuel Cook, , better known under the stage name Sam Cooke, was an American gospel, R&B, soul, and pop singer, songwriter, and entrepreneur. He is considered to be one of the pioneers and founders of soul music. He is commonly known as the King of Soul for his distinctive vocal abilities and...

, and with her husband Cecil Womack

Cecil Womack

In 1983, under the name of Womack & Womack, Cecil and Linda released a successful album, Love Wars, and continued to make albums until 1993. Their song "Love Wars" was covered by The Beautiful South for the 1990 compilation Rubáiyát. Their most successful single was "Teardrops" in 1988.-Albums:*...

 has had a successful recording career under the name Womack & Womack. Their first album Love Wars

Love Wars

Love Wars is the 1983 debut album by musical duo Womack & Womack. The album, described by Chris Rizik of Soul Tracks as "a critical favorite", charted at #34 on the Billboard "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums" chart...

proved a critical hit on the Elektra label. "Baby I'm Scared of You" was a Top 40 R&B single. Other albums included Radio M.U.S.I.C. Man (Elektra 1985), Starbright (Manhattan EMI 1986), Conscience (Island 1988) and Family Spirit on Arista

Arista Records

Arista was an American record label. It was a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment and operated under the RCA Music Group. The label was founded in 1974 by Clive Davis, who formerly worked for CBS Records...

/RCA

RCA

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 in 1991. The 1993 album Transformed Into The House Of Zekkariyas was their last as Womack & Womack.

Womack, in partnership with Cecil, gained renown as a songwriter of 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...

 songs in the late seventies and eighties, with "Love TKO", recorded by Teddy Pendergrass

Teddy Pendergrass

Theodore DeReese "Teddy" Pendergrass was an American R&B/soul singer and songwriter. Pendergrass first rose to fame as lead singer of Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes in the 1970s before a successful solo career at the end of the decade...

; "Love Bankrupt", released by Patti LaBelle

Patti LaBelle

Patricia Louise Holte-Edwards , better known under the stage name, Patti LaBelle, is a Grammy Award winning American singer, author and actress who has spent over 50 years in the music industry...

; and the ballad "New Day" by soul singer and jazz guitarist, George Benson

George Benson

George Benson is a ten Grammy Award winning American musician, whose production career began at the age of twenty-one as a jazz guitarist....

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In the 1990s, Womack moved to Africa with her family and now records with her seven children as The House of Zekkariyas. Their album Sub Conscience was released in 2002.

External links

• Zekkariyas Enlightenment Kingdom Official site
• Review/Rock; Womacks:Songs of Life, The New York Times
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