He wrote a pair of late ’60s hits for Wilson Pickett, I’m In Love and I’m a Midnight Mover. He was one of the last people to see Janis Joplin alive, having spent the day in her Los Angeles hotel room before she was found dead of a heroin overdose in 1970. (He had been working on Trust Me for her album Pearl, which was posthumously released in 1971.)
He also wrote the instrumental Breezin’ (later a major hit for George Benson) with jazz guitarist Gabor Szabo. He and Patti LaBelle had a 1984 hit, Love Has Finally Come at Last, and he was featured on Wilton Felder’s 1985 hit (No Matter How High I Get) I’ll Still Be Lookin’ Up to You.
He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2009.
“He had a style that nobody else could ever capture,” says soul and gospel singer Candi Staton, who had known Womack since she was 13, in a statement. “I loved him and I will miss him so so very much.”
Contributing: Brian Mansfield and The Associated Press
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