Bobby Womack Was FURIOUS the Rolling Stones Took His Song. Sam Cooke Wasn't.

In July 1964, at the SAR Records office in Los Angeles, a furious twenty-year-old Bobby Womack demanded to know why the Rolling Stones were topping the UK charts with "It's All Over Now" — the song he'd written for his own family group, the Valentinos. Sam Cooke, the label's owner, wasn't angry at all. What he told Womack that afternoon about the difference between owning a record and owning a song would shape the rest of Womack's career, and the royalty check that followed it changed how he saw every song he ever wrote again. Images are AI-assisted historical recreations. #SamCooke #BobbyWomack #SoulMusic