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The Womack Brothers - Somebody's Wrong 2:03 °° 02. The Womack Brothers - Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray 2:29 °° 03. The Valentinos - Lookin' For A Love 2:32 °° 04. The Valentinos - Darling, Come Back Home 2:29 °° 05. The Valentinos - I'll Make It Alright 2:14 °° 06. The Valentinos - I've Got A Girl 2:15 °° 07. The Valentinos - Tired Of Livin' In The Country (Single 2:45 °° Version) °° 08. The Valentinos - Don't Go Away 3:03 °° 09. The Valentinos - She's So Good To Me 2:32 °° 10. The Valentinos - Baby, Lots Of Luck 2:43 °° 11. The Valentinos - It's All Over Now 2:53 °° 12. The Valentinos - I've Got Love For You 2:30 °° 13. The Valentinos - Rock In The Cradle Of Love 2:47 °° 14. The Valentinos - Somewhere There's A Girl 2:18 °° 15. The Valentinos - Sugar Dumpling 2:44 °° 16. The Valentinos - Bitter Dreams 2:31 °° 17. The Valentinos - Everybody Wants To Fall In Love 2:25 °° 18. The Valentinos - Put Me Down Easy 2:55 °° 19. The Valentinos - To Show My Love 2:28 °° 20. The Valentinos - Shakin' This Way And That (Lassie) 2:47 °° 21. The Valentinos - Tired Of Livin' In The Country (Alternate 2:28 °° Version) °° 22. The Womack Brothers - Yield Not To Temptation 2:30 °° 23. The Womack Brothers - Somewhere There's A God 2:13 °° °° °° °° ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» °° º N O T E S º°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° °° ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß °° °° Recordings from 1961 to 1964. °° Tracks 8, 13, 15 and 18-21 are marked as previously unreleased. °° °° Friendly Womack Sr. dreamed of fathering five gospel-singing sons before °° Friendly Jr., Bobby, Harry, Curtis, and Cecil were conceived. When they °° arrived, the hard-working laborer/preacher groomed them to praise the °° Lord and audiences watched the Womack Brothers perform at churches with °° Bobby standing on a crate because he was so small. They lived in the East °° 85th & Quincy area, one of the roughest neighborhoods in Cleveland in the °° late '50s and early '60s; a dubious honor that housing projects claimed °° in the '70s and '80s. If not for a strict father, they could have °° succumbed to their tumultuous surroundings. They attended Quincy °° Elementary, Rawlings Jr. High, and East Technical High School and were °° regular guys with classmates and acquaintances. Friendly took his name °° seriously and you won't hear one bad word about him. He married a girl °° named Shirley before the recordings, worked at a furniture store on °° Euclid Avenue, and as security at Karamu House, a landmark African °° American theater that features live plays. °° °° They met Sam Cooke on a gospel tour with the Soul Stirrers in the °° mid-'50s. The brothers had a row with their father some years later for °° singing the devil's music and were thrown out of the house. Cooke had °° started SAR Records, discussions had begun for the brothers to sign, and °° there was no better time than right then. A call to Cooke in Los Angeles °° produced 3,000 dollars to wire as an advance on future royalties. They °° brought an old Cadillac and motored precariously to California to record °° for SAR Records, saying goodbye to 85th and Quincy and its cast of °° nefarious characters forever. °° °° Their first record was credited as the Womack Brothers in 1961. The two °° gospel sides "Somebody's Wrong" b/w "Yield Not to Temptation," pleased °° their father, but didn't sell many copies. For their second SAR release, °° they changed to the Valentinos and instead of singing about the Lord, °° they wailed about love, lust, and life. °° °° SAR stood for letters in Sam Cooke, J.W. Alexander, and Leroy Crume's °° names; Crume sang with the Soul Stirrers and like Alexander, Cooke's °° manager, had a stake in the company. SAR's roster included Johnny Taylor, °° Johnny Morrisette, the Sims Twins, and the Soul Stirrers. Housing for the °° Womacks' was initially at the Dunbar Hotel, where the characters exceeded °° the ones on Quincy Avenue. °° °° SAR issued "Looking for a Love" (March 1962); it became a popular rocker °° on urban radio, particularly in their hometown where many were stunned to °° hear Reverend Womack's sons singing rock & roll. They followed with "I'll °° Make It Alright" b/w "Darling Come Back Home," January 1963, both sides °° composed by Curtis Womack. "I'll Make It Alright" was a rousing gospel °° number with secular lyrics and "Darling..." was a loping beat ballad with °° Bobby's longing lead and a striking falsetto voice accenting the chorus. °° °° A third release, "She's So Good to Me" b/w "Baby Lots of Luck" (July °° 1963), sank without a whimper. The fourth single, "It's All Over Now," °° was released in August 1964 ands was more country-rock than soul and °° wasn't their most beloved R&B tune because you couldn't do any of the °° popular dances to it and if you did, you looked stupid. But lo and °° behold, the Rolling Stones redid the song and introduced it to millions; °° the J. Geils Band also updated "Looking for a Love." °° °° Their last SAR single surfaced in 1964, the same year Sam Cooke was °° killed at a motel. "Everybody Wants to Fall in Love" stiffed and SAR was °° wobbling. After Cooke's death, J.W. Alexander and Leroy Crume lost °° interest in the label, so in 1965, Barbara, Cooke's widow, dissolved the °° company. Bobby Womack married Barbara, some say too soon after Cooke's °° death, and started testing the solo waters. The Valentinos surfaced °° uncredited in 1965 on Bobby's Checker Records recording "I Found a True °° Love" b/w "A Lonesome Man." A year later, Chess released "What About Me" °° with Bobby on lead. A final Chess single, "Sweeter Than the Day Before," °° surfaced in October 1966 and has become a Northern soul favorite. Jubilee °° Records issued two singles, one in 1968 and another in 1969, but neither °° left a mark. Around the same time, Mary Wells signed with Jubilee too; °° she had also divorced Herman Griffin and married Cecil Womack. Before °° Jubilee, she recorded a few sides for Atco Records with Carl Davis °° producing and they developed a relationship that nearly led to marriage. °° °° Bobby's solo career was accelerating, plus he played on sessions and °° wrote songs for everybody from Gabor Szabo to Wilson Pickett, carving a °° career that should merit Hall of Fame consideration. When Cecil and Wells °° divorced, brother Curtis and Wells lived together for years but never °° married. Wells had kids by both Cecil and Curtis. In the '90s, the °° offspring formed a group called Wells that consisted of Cecil Womack Jr., °° Harry James Womack, Nicole Womack, and Stacy Womack. To complicate °° matters, Cecil married Linda Cooke, Sam Cooke's daughter, and the two °° performed and recorded as Womack & Womack. Harry was murdered in °° California, it's believed a popular Bobby Womack recording entitled °° "Harry Hippie" was a dig at his lethargic brother. Cecil's songwriting °° career took off with "Love T.K.O." for Teddy Pendergrass, "Your True °° Heart (A Shining Star)," for the O'Jays, songs for the Dramatics, and °° others. 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