Womack & Womack

Womack & Womack was an American pop music - duo , consisting of the couple Linda (* 1953) and Cecil Womack (* 25. September 1947 in Cleveland , Ohio ; † 1. February 2013 in South Africa ).

biography

Cecil Womack, younger brother of Bobby Womack , met his future wife Linda in 1961 when she was only eight years old. She is the daughter of Sam Cooke , who was then just Cecil and Bobby Womack and her brothers Curtis, Harry and Cedric as The Valentinos for his own label under the contract had taken. When Bobby Womack married Sam Cooke's widow Barbara, she became his stepdaughter and also had an affair with him.

Both her love story and her collaboration with Cecil Womack began in the early 1970s when he and Linda were hired as songwriters by the famous Philly soul label Philadelphia International Records . You wrote songs for The O'Jays , Patti LaBelle and Teddy Pendergrass , among others . After their marriage in 1979 they started to work on their own concept. The first result was the LP Love Wars (1984), which was particularly well received in England . Womack & Womack mixed traditional styles of black music culture such as gospel and rhythm 'n' blues with white adult contemporary pop. This was followed by the albums M. USC Man (1985) and Starbright (1986), with which they continuously refined their style. However, critics criticized the technical overproduction.

In 1988, Womack & Womack were able to release the LP Conscience (DE # 5, UK # 4), the hit singles Teardrops (DE # 2, UK # 3) and Celebrate the World (DE # 22, UK # 19), which was celebrated as a masterpiece celebrate greatest successes. In her native USA, however, her records were not very well received. In 1991 the album Family Spirit was released , which could not repeat the success of Conscience and was dismissed by some critics as "unimaginative glossy pop".

In 1993 the album Transformation to the House of Zekkariyas was released ; Linda and Cecil had previously given themselves the Nigerian names Zeriiya and Zek (kariyas). Womack & Womack released other records under the names The House of Zekkariyas , Poetry in Motion and Zek . The duo later settled in Africa .

Discography

Albums

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	R&B
1984	Love Wars Elektra 60293	-	-	-	UK45 (13 weeks) UK	R&B34 (26 weeks) R&B	First published: February 1984 Producer: Stewart Levine
1985	Radio MUSC Man Elektra 60406	-	-	-	UK56 (2 weeks) UK	R&B51 (6 weeks) R&B	First published: June 1985 Producers: Cecil Womack, Linda Womack
1988	Conscience Island 90915	DE5 gold (33 weeks)DE	AT8 (10 weeks) AT	CH5 gold (12 weeks)CH	UK4th platinum (37 weeks)UK	R&B74 (7 weeks) R&B	First published: August 1988 Producers: Chris Blackwell , Cecil Womack, Linda Womack
1991	Family Spirit BMG 3072	DE42 (8 weeks) DE	-	CH38 (1 week) CH	-	-	First published: April 1991 Producers: Cecil Womack, Linda Womack

More albums

• 1986: Starbright
• 1993: Transformation to the House of Zekkariyas
• 2001: Ejyptsian Queen ( Thoz feat. EQ )
• 2001: Sub Conscience (as Zek)
• 2007: Circular Motion: Everybody Back on the Dance Floor (as Zek)

Compilations

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	R&B
1985	The Artists Volume III (Soundtrack) Street Sounds 3	-	-	-	UK87 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: September 30, 1985 with The O'Jays , Kleeer and SOS Band

More compilations

• 1993: Tear Drops
• 2004: Strange & Funny: The Best of 1984-1993
• 2015: Love Wars & Radio MUSC Man (2 CDs)

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	R&B	Dance
1984	TKO Love Wars	-	-	-	-	R&B87 (3 weeks) R&B	-	First published: January 1984 Authors: Cecil Womack, Linda Womack, Eddie Noble Original: Teddy Pendergrass - Love TKO , 1980
	Love Wars Love Wars	-	-	-	UK14 (11 weeks) UK	-	-	First publication: September 1983 Authors: Cecil Womack, Linda Womack
	Baby I'm Scared of You Love Wars	-	-	-	UK72 (3 weeks) UK	R&B25 (15 weeks) R&B	Dance4 (11 weeks) Dance	First published: April 1984 Authors: Cecil Womack, Linda Womack
1985	Strange and Funny Radio MUSC Man	-	-	-	-	R&B44 (10 weeks) R&B	-	First published: June 1985 Authors: Cecil Womack, Linda Womack
1986	Soul Love / Soul Man Starbright	-	-	-	UK58 (8 weeks) UK	-	-	First published: November 1986 Authors: Cecil Womack, Linda Womack
1988	Teardrops Conscience	DE2 gold (20 weeks)DE	AT4 (12 weeks) AT	CH2 (15 weeks) CH	UK3 silver (18 weeks)UK	-	-	First published: June 1988 Authors: Cecil Womack, Linda Womack
	Life's Just a Ballgame Conscience	DE30 (9 weeks) DE	-	-	UK32 (6 weeks) UK	-	-	First published: October 1988 Authors: Cecil Womack, Linda Womack
1989	Celebrate the World Conscience	DE22 (12 weeks) DE	AT15 (6 weeks) AT	-	UK19 (8 weeks) UK	-	-	First published: February 13, 1989 Authors: Cecil Womack, Linda Womack
	MPB (Missin 'Persons Bureau) Conscience	-	-	-	UK92 (2 weeks) UK	-	-	First published: July 1989 Authors: Cecil Womack, Linda Womack
1991	Uptown family spirit	DE43 (11 weeks) DE	-	-	UK79 (2 weeks) UK	-	-	First published: March 1991 Authors: Cecil Womack, Linda Womack
1994	Secret Star Transformation to the House of Zekkariyas	-	-	-	UK46 (2 weeks) UK	-	-	First published: February 1994 The House of Zekkariyas aka Womack & Womack Authors: Cecil Womack, Linda Womack

More singles

• 1983: Express Myself (Remix)
• 1985: Eyes
• 1988: Conscious of My Conscience
• 1989: Good Man Monologue
• 1990: Take It Easy (as Poetry in Motion)
• 1991: My Dear (The Letter)
• 1992: Alimony
• 1993: Passion & Pain (Womack and Womack Transformation to the House of Zekkariyas)
• 1997: Be Thankful (Happy Holiday) (as The House of Zekkariyas)
• 2009: Soul Clap Edits (with Stevie Wonder )

Video albums

• 1988: Teardrops (VHS)
• 1989: Celebrate the World - Live in Concert (VHS)

Awards for music sales

Golden record

•  Netherlands
  • 1988: for the album Conscience

Platinum record

•  Netherlands
  • 1988: for the single Teardrops

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Germany (BVMI)	-	2 × gold2	-	500,000	musikindustrie.de
Netherlands (NVPI)	-	gold1	platinum1	150,000	nvpi.nl
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	25,000	hitparade.ch
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver1	-	platinum1	550,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	silver1	4 × gold4th	2 × platinum2

swell

1. ↑ Cecil Womack Dies , accessed February 1, 2013
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK
3. ↑ ^{a b c} gold / platinum databases: DE CH UK
4. ^ Joel Whitburn : Top R&B Albums 1965–1998, ISBN 0-89820-134-9 .
5. ^ Joel Whitburn : Hot R&B Songs 1942–2010: 6th Edition, ISBN 978-0-89820-186-4 .
6. ^ Joel Whitburn : Hot Dance / Disco 1974-2003, ISBN 978-0-89820-156-7 .

Web links

• Womack & Womack at Allmusic (English)
• Womack & Womack at Discogs (English)
• The House of Zekkariyas at Discogs (English)
• Poetry in Motion at Discogs (English)