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It's All Over Now. " It's All Over Now " is a song written by Bobby Womack and his sister-in-law Shirley Womack. [1] It was first released by The Valentinos, featuring Bobby Womack, in 1964. The Rolling Stones heard it on its release and quickly recorded a cover version, which became their first number-one hit in the United Kingdom, in July 1964.
The Valentinos (also known as The Womack Brothers) 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.
Robert Dwayne Womack (/ ˈ w oʊ m æ k /; March 4, 1944 – June 27, 2014) was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist.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.
Occupation (s) Singer, musician, instrumentalist. Instrument (s) Vocals, bass. Years active. 1952–1974. Labels. Pennant, SAR, Chess, Jubilee, Clean. Harris "Harry" Womack (June 25, 1945 – March 9, 1974) was an American singer and musician, most notable for his tenure as a member of the family R&B quintet The Valentinos.
The Valentinos had hit records with "Lookin' for a Love" and "It's All Over Now", the latter being covered by the Rolling Stones. Cooke's death at an L.A. motel in December 1964, had dramatic consequences for the Womack Brothers as SAR folded and Bobby Womack, who was now married to Sam Cooke's widow, Barbara, left the group for a solo career.
The Valentinos had a hit record with "Lookin' for a Love," selling two million copies, later becoming a no. 39 U.S. hit for the J. Geils Band in 1971. [2] They toured with James Brown and scored another crossover hit with " It's All Over Now ", a song which subsequently reached no. 1 in the UK when covered by The Rolling Stones in 1964. [ 3 ]
Compilation albums. 1975: Greatest Hits (United Artists) – US No. 142, R&B No. 30. 1975: I Can Understand It (United Artists) – same tracks as on Greatest Hits. 1986: Check it Out (Stateside) – UK SSL 6013. 1993: Midnight Mover – The Bobby Womack Collection (EMI USA) 1998: Red Hot + Rhapsody. 1999: Traditions (The Right Stuff/Capitol/EMI)
Rolling Stone. [2] Storyteller – The Complete Anthology: 1964–1990, often referred to as The Storyteller Anthology or simply Storyteller is a 4-disc compilation released by Rod Stewart in 1989 by Warner Bros. Records and contains 65 tracks, five of which had never before been released.