Bobby Caldwell, a singer-songwriter, has died at the age of 71.

Bobby Caldwell, a singer-songwriter, has died at the age of 71.

Bobby Caldwell, the legendary singer and composer who created R&B songs such as Open Your Eyes and What You Won’t Do for Love, has away at the age of 71.
The singer had been suffering a lengthy illness, according to a statement released by his wife, Mary Caldwell. “Bobby died at home. I held him securely in my arms as he walked away from us. “Thank you for all of your prayers throughout the years,” she said on his verified Twitter account.
Caldwell was well-known for his deep voice and range, which he credited to the variety of his Miami, Florida, homeland. His hallmark song, What You Won’t Do for Love, charted quickly following its debut in 1978 and was sampled by Tupac Shakur in his posthumous 1998 smash Do For Love. Common, The Notorious BIG, and John Legend are among many who have sampled his work.
Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, who worked with Common on The Light and sampled Caldwell’s Open Your Eyes, paid homage to the late singer on Instagram with a long comment outlining a years-long game of telephone with him. “What a missed opportunity to meet a legend.” I like your ability and voice “He wrote something.
Caldwell was born in Manhattan in 1951 and raised in Miami, listening to Hispanic, Haitian, reggae, and R&B music as a child. He received his big break as a rhythm guitarist for Little Richard in the early 1970s, and in 1978, he signed with TK Records, a label known solely for black musicians.
Caldwell has composed music for other artists, such as Amy Grant and Peter Cetera’s The Next Time I Fall.
“Most of the wonderful people I’ve met in radio all express the same thing about music,” Caldwell said in a 2005 interview with NPR. “It’s like a universal language with no boundaries.”

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