What's Said:
> Soul singer, whose best work stands amongst those of Black music's singer / songwriters
> 23 Albums released
> "Lookin' for a Love" (#1 National R&B Charts – Top Ten Pop Charts) 'Woman's Gotta Have It' (#1 National R&B Charts), 'That's The Way I Feel About Cha' (#2 National R&B Charts), 'If You Think You're a a Lonely Now' (#3 National R&B Charts), "You're Welcome, Stop On By" (#5 National R&B Charts), 'Harry Hippie' (#8 National R&B Charts) and many other chart busters!
> Co-penned soul classic 'Inherit The Wind'
> Bobby's more recent work proclaims him as 'the last Soul singer”
> Helped pioneer a lean, minimalist approach similar to guitar that of Curtis Mayfield, and was an early influence on the young Jimi Hendrix
> His songs have been recorded by numerous artists in the realms of both R&B and rock, and the best of them rank as all-time classics
> "It's All Over Now," covered by the Rolling Stones and became the Stones' first U.K. number one
> One of Wilson Pickett's favorite songwriters, contributing the R&B Top Ten hits "I'm in Love" and "I'm a Midnight Mover"
> Hit with a string of inventively reimagined pop covers -- "Fly Me to the Moon," " California Dreamin'," and "I Left My Heart in San Franci eimagined pop sco ," the former two of which reached the R&B Top 20
> He contributed the ballad "Trust Me" to Janis Joplin's masterpiece Pearl
> Penned "Breezin'" which became a smash for George Benson
> His song “Across 110th Street ” featured in the Quentin Tarantino film Jackie Brown
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