Soul singer Bobby Womack has died at the age of 70.

The legendary singer, who passed away on Friday (June 27), was in the process of recording his next album for XL Recordings, titled The Best Is Yet To Come.

With a career spanning seven decades, Womack first began as a member of Curtis Womack and the Womack Brothers, with siblings Curtis, Harry, Cecil and Friendly Jr. The group was signed by Sam Cooke to SAR Records in 1960, before ...