Wow, this brings back some memories. They were music royalty in a way. Linda is Sam Cookes daughtet, and Cecil was Bobby Womacks younver brother. He wrote, produced, sang and played guitar and bass. Incredibly talented and influential in the 80s and 90s. Please try their song "Love Wars". Very powerful and quite the vibe.
A timeless masterpiece (although an ‘80s tune it still bangs). Those vocals, bass strings & keys grip your soul…and it’s never letting ya go. Those are facts.
You MUST MUST listen to Bobby Womack who was Cecil Womack’s older brother. You can’t say you’ve taken a deep dive into soul until you’ve heard Bobby Womack. Start with “Across 110th Street” which was his biggest hit then get ready to get your heart ripped out with “If You Think You’re Lonely Now.
Hello from the UK .Great video. I love this song , it was my mum’s favourite. We had this song at her funeral, because my mum loved dancing. So I always think of my mum when I hear this song . X
A great husband and wife song writing and singing duo to check out is Ashford and Simpson. "Solid" was a huge hit and "It Seems to Hang On" also a hit.
Yes for Asford and Simpson. Other songs by them are Is it Still Good To You, By Way of Loves Express, Don't Cost You Nothing, Found a Cure, Happy Endings and Bougie Bougie to name a few.
It's great that you guys are react to Womack & Womack. They are the best the eighties had to offer... the song "Teardrops" is great... but the absolute highlight is their "Baby I'm Scared Of You", please react to that... Thank you
Music is such a powerful memory evoker. Me and my sister used to dance to this all the time - we used to get invited to parties as we were always the first up to dance . She passed away from Cancer 5 years ago. feel like we were dancing to this just yesterday. thanks for the great channel x
This was not their big US club hit. Their absolute banger was Baby, I'm Scared of You. DJ's would mix the drive over and over and people would lose their minds. I saw them perform in a club once. He was assured and assertive onstage. She was shy and sang in a sweet little voice. Both came from soul music royalty. His Brother is Bobby Womack, famous for marrying his mentor Sam Cooke's wife just 3 months after he was shot to death. Bobby Womack had several notable R&B hits in cluding: if You Think You're Lonely Now, Daylight, Looking for a Love, I can Understand It, later covered by soul band New Birth, I Feel a Groove Coming On❤ Linda Womack is the daughter of Sam Cooke. Gasp! Give Baby I'm Scared of You a listen. Then prepare to dance.
32 weeks in the Top 100. 19 weeks in the Top 20 Teardrops was number 1 for a week 13th Feb 1989. Number 2 for 4 weeks (2 weeks behind Kokomo) & (2 weeks behind I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) ) Great Top 20 week 13th Feb 1989 1/ Teardrops - Womack & Womack 2/ Kokomo - Beach Boys 3/ I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) Proclaimers 4/ Especially For You - Kylie & Jason 5/ You Got It - Roy Orbison 6/ Handle With Care - Travelling Wilburys 7/ Rock N Roll Music - Mental As Anything 8/ If I Could - 1927 9/ Orinoco Flow - Enya 10/ Tucker's Daughter - Ian Moss 11/ Kiss - Art Of Noise & Tom Jones 12/ Put A Little Love In Your Heart - Annie Lennox & Al Green 13/ She Makes My Day - Robert Palmer 14/ Angel Of Harlem - U2 15/ Two Hearts - Phil Collins 16/ The Only Way Is Up - Yazz & The Plastic Population 17/ Every Rose Has It's Thorn - Poison 18/ Orange Crush - REM 19/ I Need Your Love - Transvision Vamp 20/ Don't Need Love - Johnny Diesel & The Injectors
I have been waiting so long for somebody, anybody to react to this song! I am a Gen-Xer who heard this song way back in (I think) 1987 and loved it. It wasn't a huge hit (it totally should have been) so it was gone pretty quick. Discovered it again thanks to online streaming radio. Great song.
There aren't even words to describe what this song makes me feel. It's just something truely unique. Classics like this are like fine wine They just get better with age. When this tune came on, everyone used to hit the dance floor 💃💃
I'm 75 years old and am not very mobile and can only ever manage one dance if I go to a wedding/party, but my grandkids know how much I love this song and they always request it and dance to it with me.
Bobby Womack was a huge star ! I didn’t know he had a brother that was singer ! Don’t forget the song …. No matter how high I get I’ll still be looking up to you !
Linda Womack is 69 now and daughter of Sam Cook. Shes changed her name. Her husband cecil passed away of unknown causes in south africa in 2013 aged 65😮
Another great reaction Jay and Amber. You should check out "Baby, I'm Scared of You" and "Love Wars" by them, you should also check out 'Ashford and Simpson' who were a husband and wife group, tracks by them to check out are "It Seems to Hang On", "Flashback" and "Solid".
Says a lot about the US music industry in the early 80's that this wasn't more popular in it's home country. It was huge in the UK and is on rotation on the retro radio stations here.. Well worth checking out 'Love Wars' from the same period, which was a bit more US airwave friendly.
Bobby Womack is the artist you should be doing reviews on ! Songs… If you think you’re lonely now , and No matter how high I get I’ll still be Looking up to you !
Yes that was her husband the producer he's Bobby Womack's brother. She's Sam Cook's daughter. I discovered them a couple years ago on you tube live in concert. My husband and I have been hooked since lol
I really like hearing songs that come from your now global audience. This was not huge in the States but was huge elsewhere. This was a classic club beat track that still makes your toes tapping. ✌️
I just cannot believe that this song by Womack & Womack only has 1.7 K likes in June 2024! There’s no way you can not move to this song! It is one of the best ever! Come on! You gotta like it!
Whenever I hear the start of this song I'm reminded of being at a high school ball in late 1988 and watching a dancefloor FILL with people (parents as well as students) when it started playing.
Such a great beat! 🙌🏾 I’m not sure where else to request this, so in honour of the queen of rock I would love you to react to Tina Turner’s live performance at Wembley in 2000, doing Nutbush, Proud Mary, Better Be Good To Me, The Best, What’s love Got To do With It. Her concert in 1990, Barcelona is also out of this world!
Aah this brings back memories, great song. A steady beat and a good lyrical melody, that's all it has... and all it needs! The vibe they capture just go straight to the "enjoyment center" in our brains, it forces you to relax but also move, forget about the world for a few minutes. To me it is an art to make music like this, removing all "noise" and just giving the essentials that directly connect to our souls.
This song was quite popular back then, and for some reason, it is often played nowadays on the youth radio station here. For Amber: if you want to see more music videos recorded in a studio: Champaign "How 'Bout Us" and Tom Browne "Funkin' for Jamaica".
I love this song. I must of lived on the moon for a while because I have never heard that song before and I can’t understand why I wouldn’t except for the moon part 😂
As SOON as I saw this thumbnail come up in my feed....... I HAD to click..... this song was 'the shit'.... when I was 18/19 years old.... brings back so many memories of the club in NSW Australia that I used to go to when I was 18/19 years old, in the 1980's........ it was the song I danced to with a guy who went on to be a good/bad relationship, but I still have really fond memories..... Damn he could move lmao...... I wonder where he is now and if he also remembers when he hears this song.... :D xx
You guys should react to the live version of their song "Missing persons' bureau." Because Cecil led the performance as a giant congregation, with him as the priest and the audience as his church. So glorious to see how good he was. He later changed his name to Zekkariyas. And the band itself was now called The House of Zekkariyas. He and Linda moved to South Africa, where they lived until he died in 2013 at the age of 65.
I suggest you try Ultra Nate singing her hit, Free. It was released in 1997 and was a hit worldwide but not so much in the US, even though she's American.
I know Womack and Womack, but not this song, I like it though! I do know their big R&B hit, "Baby I'm Scared of You", and you hear them both singing and their chemistry flowing! In this he's the producer off to the side.
Don't forget the great husband and wife teams Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. (53 years strong and still going ) also Captain & Tenielle though that ended in divorce.
Great song one of many from Womack & Womack think I was in love with Linda Womack in the 80s such a beautiful woman and a great singer don’t tell Cecil 😂
This was on the radio in the delivery room at Simpson's Meternity Hospital, Edinburgh, 31 years ago when I became a Dad for the first time, so it will always be my favourite, even though I liked Love Wars more, until this happened.
In 1998 there was a remix of this done by a UK group by the name of Lovestation. It was a huge 'Garage' track (a brit music genre well worth looking into). Other songs in the same style worth checking out would be MJ Cole - Sincere and the Sugababes version of 'Flowers' (a cover of a group named Sweet Female Attitude) Its deff a very smooth genre and it'd open up an entire new rabbit-hole to go down 🤣
damn, I missed this one last night - I've got this on 12" in storage somewhere in my parents attic... Not listened to it for too many years, thanks for the reminder!
Cecil Womack is the brother of Bobby Womack & Linda Womack is Sam Cooke’s Daughter.
This was a huge hit in Australia when it was released back in the late 80's. Great song great video.
Wow, this brings back some memories. They were music royalty in a way. Linda is Sam Cookes daughtet, and Cecil was Bobby Womacks younver brother. He wrote, produced, sang and played guitar and bass. Incredibly talented and influential in the 80s and 90s. Please try their song "Love Wars". Very powerful and quite the vibe.
So happy you said it.
That's mindblowing thanks for the info. WOW
No he did not play bass, his other brother named, Harry, had played bass.
A timeless masterpiece (although an ‘80s tune it still bangs). Those vocals, bass strings & keys grip your soul…and it’s never letting ya go. Those are facts.
You MUST MUST listen to Bobby Womack who was Cecil Womack’s older brother. You can’t say you’ve taken a deep dive into soul until you’ve heard Bobby Womack. Start with “Across 110th Street” which was his biggest hit then get ready to get your heart ripped out with “If You Think You’re Lonely Now.
You left out his biggest hit ….
No matter how high I get I’ll still be looking up to you !
This song was huge in Australia, it was everywhere at the time
Hello from the UK .Great video. I love this song , it was my mum’s favourite. We had this song at her funeral, because my mum loved dancing. So I always think of my mum when I hear this song . X
A great husband and wife song writing and singing duo to check out is Ashford and Simpson. "Solid" was a huge hit and "It Seems to Hang On" also a hit.
YES!!!!!!!!!
Yes for Asford and Simpson. Other songs by them are Is it Still Good To You, By Way of Loves Express, Don't Cost You Nothing, Found a Cure, Happy Endings and Bougie Bougie to name a few.
This was the song playing when I walked into a nightclub for the first time.
It's great that you guys are react to Womack & Womack. They are the best the eighties had to offer... the song "Teardrops" is great... but the absolute highlight is their "Baby I'm Scared Of You", please react to that... Thank you
Music is such a powerful memory evoker. Me and my sister used to dance to this all the time - we used to get invited to parties as we were always the first up to dance . She passed away from Cancer 5 years ago. feel like we were dancing to this just yesterday. thanks for the great channel x
I believe Linda Womack was the daughter of Sam Cooke
Yes... interesting Wikipedia read
This was not their big US club hit. Their absolute banger was Baby, I'm Scared of You. DJ's would mix the drive over and over and people would lose their minds. I saw them perform in a club once. He was assured and assertive onstage. She was shy and sang in a sweet little voice. Both came from soul music royalty. His Brother is Bobby Womack, famous for marrying his mentor Sam Cooke's wife just 3 months after he was shot to death. Bobby Womack had several notable R&B hits in cluding: if You Think You're Lonely Now, Daylight, Looking for a Love, I can Understand It, later covered by soul band New Birth, I Feel a Groove Coming On❤ Linda Womack is the daughter of Sam Cooke. Gasp!
Give Baby I'm Scared of You a listen. Then prepare to dance.
Was a very popular song here in Australia. In the charts when I was in high school.
32 weeks in the Top 100. 19 weeks in the Top 20
Teardrops was number 1 for a week 13th Feb 1989.
Number 2 for 4 weeks (2 weeks behind Kokomo) & (2 weeks behind I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) )
Great Top 20 week 13th Feb 1989
1/ Teardrops - Womack & Womack
2/ Kokomo - Beach Boys
3/ I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) Proclaimers
4/ Especially For You - Kylie & Jason
5/ You Got It - Roy Orbison
6/ Handle With Care - Travelling Wilburys
7/ Rock N Roll Music - Mental As Anything
8/ If I Could - 1927
9/ Orinoco Flow - Enya
10/ Tucker's Daughter - Ian Moss
11/ Kiss - Art Of Noise & Tom Jones
12/ Put A Little Love In Your Heart - Annie Lennox & Al Green
13/ She Makes My Day - Robert Palmer
14/ Angel Of Harlem - U2
15/ Two Hearts - Phil Collins
16/ The Only Way Is Up - Yazz & The Plastic Population
17/ Every Rose Has It's Thorn - Poison
18/ Orange Crush - REM
19/ I Need Your Love - Transvision Vamp
20/ Don't Need Love - Johnny Diesel & The Injectors
@@ivorb8835 WoW! You just ripped me back to when I was 30 years old remembering every one of those songs like it was yesterday.
@@brianross4057 Every now and again, it is good to take a walk down memory lane.
It's great exercise
I love Womack and Womack because they are different. Their music doesn’t just fit a particular style.
When this was popular was flying often to Sydney where it was HUGE!! Danced my ass off in the late 80s to this Monster……..
Wow an 80s group that I totally had no idea of their existence. Thank you RS.
Me either and I'm a product of the 80s. Seems they hit it big everywhere but in the US.
I have been waiting so long for somebody, anybody to react to this song! I am a Gen-Xer who heard this song way back in (I think) 1987 and loved it. It wasn't a huge hit (it totally should have been) so it was gone pretty quick. Discovered it again thanks to online streaming radio. Great song.
Her name is Linda Womack Sam Cooke's daughter
Such a classic I remember this song being played all over the radio here in Australia throughout the 90s. Love it 🎉
The singer, the backing singers and the song touch me every time, I will never tire of hearing Womack and Womack’s “Teardrops”, l love it
There aren't even words to describe what this song makes me feel. It's just something truely unique. Classics like this are like fine wine They just get better with age. When this tune came on, everyone used to hit the dance floor 💃💃
I'm 75 years old and am not very mobile and can only ever manage one dance if I go to a wedding/party, but my grandkids know how much I love this song and they always request it and dance to it with me.
I remember Bobby Womack (Womack's older brother) who I think was a bigger star. "If you think you're lonely now," is a classic.
Don't forget the great Bobby Womack song "Across 110th Street" which was included in numerous movies.
Bobby Womack was a huge star ! I didn’t know he had a brother that was singer ! Don’t forget the song …. No matter how high I get I’ll still be looking up to you !
Linda Womack is 69 now and daughter of Sam Cook. Shes changed her name. Her husband cecil passed away of unknown causes in south africa in 2013 aged 65😮
What a voice Linda had! 'Love Wars' was another hit of theirs worth a listen.
Captain & Tenille husband and wife duo "Love will keep us together." Captain plays the piano.
Lead singer is the daughter of Sam Cooke
Oh I loved this song back in the 80s and still love it today when I stumble upon it every few years. ❤
Another great reaction Jay and Amber. You should check out "Baby, I'm Scared of You" and "Love Wars" by them, you should also check out 'Ashford and Simpson' who were a husband and wife group, tracks by them to check out are "It Seems to Hang On", "Flashback" and "Solid".
I can put that song on repeat indefinitely. What a classic!
Says a lot about the US music industry in the early 80's that this wasn't more popular in it's home country. It was huge in the UK and is on rotation on the retro radio stations here.. Well worth checking out 'Love Wars' from the same period, which was a bit more US airwave friendly.
Should give Bobby Womack and Across 110th Street a listen. Iconic early 70's soul
Bobby Womack is the artist you should be doing
reviews on ! Songs… If you think you’re lonely now , and No matter how high I get I’ll still be Looking up to you !
When you think of relationships in music, think of Pat Benatar and Niel Giraldo. Married 41 years!!
Check out their jam Baby I’m Scared Of You.
That's the one I play.. great from beginning to end.
@@user-dz6fy6qv2l yes I love it.
Y'all must, must do Cecil's brother, Bobby Womack! He's an absolute giant of Soul, R&B!!
Road trip music!
i havent heard this in years.. what a great tune !!! a proper banger back in the day..
This is such a time & a place song. All over the radio & clubs.
Yes that was her husband the producer he's Bobby Womack's brother. She's Sam Cook's daughter. I discovered them a couple years ago on you tube live in concert. My husband and I have been hooked since lol
Classic tune! I’m so glad you covered this.
I really like hearing songs that come from your now global audience. This was not huge in the States but was huge elsewhere. This was a classic club beat track that still makes your toes tapping. ✌️
This was a huge hit in Australia and I do believe they toured here as well.
I was wondering. The only song I know from them is that Houdini song.
Was huge all over europe, top 10 in many countries I guess
Love this song ❤ driving to work with song
So do I, often. From France😉
Love this song. I also love the cover by Elton John and kd Lang!
Also watch their official music video "Baby, I'm Afraid of You" by Womack & Womack.😳
I just cannot believe that this song by Womack & Womack only has 1.7 K likes in June 2024! There’s no way you can not move to this song! It is one of the best ever! Come on! You gotta like it!
Totally agree
Great tune from way back….memories 👍
This song is SUCH a banger. It's worth checking out the cover of this track by Roosevelt. Super good twist on the original.
This is still an absolute dance floor classic! X
Who remembers "Before The Next Teardrop Falls"? by Freddy Fender - Classic guilty pleasure song.
The whole album is really good, I especially love Good Man Monologue. Everything on it has just got a 'different' sound.
Great song! The radios in the UK still play it very often!
Whenever I hear the start of this song I'm reminded of being at a high school ball in late 1988 and watching a dancefloor FILL with people (parents as well as students) when it started playing.
A house is not a home,live
Such a great beat! 🙌🏾
I’m not sure where else to request this, so in honour of the queen of rock I would love you to react to Tina Turner’s live performance at Wembley in 2000, doing Nutbush, Proud Mary, Better Be Good To Me, The Best, What’s love Got To do With It. Her concert in 1990, Barcelona is also out of this world!
Wife here..., Absolutely Loooove this vibe...!!..
That Bass Slappin' was Cool!!😎
Aah this brings back memories, great song.
A steady beat and a good lyrical melody, that's all it has... and all it needs!
The vibe they capture just go straight to the "enjoyment center" in our brains, it forces you to relax but also move, forget about the world for a few minutes.
To me it is an art to make music like this, removing all "noise" and just giving the essentials that directly connect to our souls.
I’m so glad you played this. I haven’t heard it in a minute but it brought me back to a very specific time and place ❤️
I'm from Australia so I know the song well but in the US it shockingly didn't chart at all! Explains why it wasn't heard from there
Keb Mo "Dirty Lowdown and Bad ", "Am I Wrong ", "She Just Wants to Dance ".
This song was quite popular back then, and for some reason, it is often played nowadays on the youth radio station here. For Amber: if you want to see more music videos recorded in a studio: Champaign "How 'Bout Us" and Tom Browne "Funkin' for Jamaica".
This always brings back great memories from the 80s
Ashford and Simpson Peaches and Herb
Love your work Squad. This is one of the greatest songs ever in my opinion - just vibing
I love this song. I must of lived on the moon for a while because I have never heard that song before and I can’t understand why I wouldn’t except for the moon part 😂
I’ve never heard it before.
I never heard it before either. I guess I'm getting old, because I thought I was going to here Bobby Womack
@@pattyduke3079 Nope. Not getting old. One of those bands that was a hit in other countries didn't get much airplay here.
Ah, London in the late 80s, this was everywhere. Such a vibe.
Jay & Amber, For a great instrumental, Billy Preston’s “Outa Space”!!! Billy plays several different keyboards on this very funky song!!!
I concur!
As SOON as I saw this thumbnail come up in my feed....... I HAD to click..... this song was 'the shit'.... when I was 18/19 years old.... brings back so many memories of the club in NSW Australia that I used to go to when I was 18/19 years old, in the 1980's........ it was the song I danced to with a guy who went on to be a good/bad relationship, but I still have really fond memories..... Damn he could move lmao...... I wonder where he is now and if he also remembers when he hears this song.... :D xx
The group recorded 10 albums from 1983 to 2004 Total legends
You guys should react to the live version of their song "Missing persons' bureau." Because Cecil led the performance as a giant congregation, with him as the priest and the audience as his church. So glorious to see how good he was.
He later changed his name to Zekkariyas. And the band itself was now called The House of Zekkariyas. He and Linda moved to South Africa, where they lived until he died in 2013 at the age of 65.
Ehhh.. I think the best song by them is "Baby, I'm Scared of You". That is the club banger!!
10 out of 10, now you opened this can of vibe,check out SOS Band, Cool Notes,Loose Ends....cheers
You must react to 'Street Life' by the Crusaders featuring Randy Carwford, perfection!!
Linda Womack is Sam Cooke’s daughter.
I love the way you guys have learnt the music talk / understanding since the early days of the channel .🔥👍
PS more INXS please 🇭🇲
I suggest you try Ultra Nate singing her hit, Free. It was released in 1997 and was a hit worldwide but not so much in the US, even though she's American.
I know Womack and Womack, but not this song, I like it though! I do know their big R&B hit, "Baby I'm Scared of You", and you hear them both singing and their chemistry flowing! In this he's the producer off to the side.
A lot of behind the scene drama in that Womack & Cooke camp! Their biggest hit was “I’m Scared of you”.
Everyone got up to this.
Great Song: Suggestion jamiroquai "canned Heat" virtual insanity , cosmic girl and dont give hate a chance.
You should also do Love Wars. Amazing song.
"Baby I'm Scared Of You" - another killer track by W&W
I was born in 1985 and this is one of them songs that’s brings me back to childhood makes me want laugh and cry all at the same time
Don't forget the great husband and wife teams Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. (53 years strong and still going ) also Captain & Tenielle though that ended in divorce.
there's a Elton John/k.d. lang cover that's *_definitely_* worth a listen! it was made directly for the dancefloor!!
The girls look like they're ready for a night out at the "Tech Noir" disco in The Terminator, love it, cracking song
Great song one of many from Womack & Womack think I was in love with Linda Womack in the 80s such a beautiful woman and a great singer don’t tell Cecil 😂
Oh yes, I forgot all about Ashford & Simpson "Solid". A fabulous song, and I think you'll both (well, you at least Amber) love it. ❤ 🎼🎙💃
This takes me back in time and makes me nostalgic
Another song if theirs that I really like is Baby I’m Scared of You. Really funky and fun.
This was on the radio in the delivery room at Simpson's Meternity Hospital, Edinburgh, 31 years ago when I became a Dad for the first time, so it will always be my favourite, even though I liked Love Wars more, until this happened.
Jay and amber it's time for some Gary Allen songs y'all will like him check out his music catalog lot's of great music 🎶 thank you
In 1998 there was a remix of this done by a UK group by the name of Lovestation. It was a huge 'Garage' track (a brit music genre well worth looking into). Other songs in the same style worth checking out would be MJ Cole - Sincere and the Sugababes version of 'Flowers' (a cover of a group named Sweet Female Attitude)
Its deff a very smooth genre and it'd open up an entire new rabbit-hole to go down 🤣
Oh wow ..I love this song ! Such great dance song and how cool is that woman omg
damn, I missed this one last night - I've got this on 12" in storage somewhere in my parents attic... Not listened to it for too many years, thanks for the reminder!
The Starland Vocal Band members were all husband & wife. Their most famous song "Afternoon Delight"
This is the second group you've done that was new to me. I love it!
Oh, I loved this when it came out. It stood alone, very cool.
This is my Jam it came out when I was a child but I discovered it as a teen. This song always makes me smile 😊
This is right up your alley guys!