{"id":564148,"date":"2023-03-15T19:49:30","date_gmt":"2023-03-15T16:49:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/heavily-sampled-singer-songwriter-bobby-caldwell-dies-at-71\/"},"modified":"2023-03-15T19:49:30","modified_gmt":"2023-03-15T16:49:30","slug":"heavily-sampled-singer-songwriter-bobby-caldwell-dies-at-71","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/heavily-sampled-singer-songwriter-bobby-caldwell-dies-at-71\/","title":{"rendered":"#Heavily sampled singer-songwriter Bobby Caldwell dies at 71"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3f97d509cb5\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span 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class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/heavily-sampled-singer-songwriter-bobby-caldwell-dies-at-71\/#%E2%80%9CHeavily_sampled_singer-songwriter_Bobby_Caldwell_dies_at_71%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Heavily sampled singer-songwriter Bobby Caldwell dies at 71&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/heavily-sampled-singer-songwriter-bobby-caldwell-dies-at-71\/#Caldwell_penned_and_recorded_a_slew_of_R_B_hits_that_became_templates_for_a_number_of_hip-hop_classics\" >Caldwell penned and recorded a slew of R&amp;B hits that became templates for a number of hip-hop classics.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CHeavily_sampled_singer-songwriter_Bobby_Caldwell_dies_at_71%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Heavily sampled singer-songwriter Bobby Caldwell dies at 71&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"deck\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Caldwell_penned_and_recorded_a_slew_of_R_B_hits_that_became_templates_for_a_number_of_hip-hop_classics\"><\/span>Caldwell penned and recorded a slew of R&amp;B hits that became templates for a number of hip-hop classics.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"content_blocks\">\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-243839\" class=\"content_block paragraph image triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_760,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-187418480_pslzvm\/soul-singer-bobby-caldwell-dies-at-71.jpg\" 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id=\"content_block-243845\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            Bobby Caldwell, a prolific singer-songwriter who recorded a steady string of R&amp;B hits starting in the 1970s, has died. His wife, Mary Caldwell, posted the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> on her husband\u2019s verified <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> account Wednesday afternoon. He was 71.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            \u201cBobby passed away here at home,\u201d Mrs. Caldwell wrote. \u201cI held him tight in my arms as he left us.  I am forever heartbroken.  Thanks to all of you for your many prayers over the years.  <\/p>\n<p>            \u201cHe had been \u2018FLOXED,\u2019\u201d she continued, referring to an adverse reaction to antibiotics Mr. Caldwell suffered in 2017, leading to a ruptured Achilles tendon and chronic neuropathy, according to a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2023\/03\/15\/bobby-caldwell-dead-dies-what-you-wont-do-for-love\/\">TMZ report<\/a>. \u201c[I]t took his health over the last 6 years and 2 months. Rest with God, my Love.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-243847\" class=\"content_block paragraph embed triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bobby passed away here at home. I held him tight in my arms as he left us. I am forever heartbroken. Thanks to all of you for your many prayers over the years. He had been &#8220;FLOXED,&#8221; it took his health over the last 6 years and 2 months. Rest with God, my Love. -Mary Caldwell<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bobby Caldwell (@bobbycaldwell) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bobbycaldwell\/status\/1636010808776749059?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 15, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-243851\" class=\"content_block paragraph video triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top: 56.25%;\">\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What You Won&#039;t Do for Love\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n9DmdAwUbxc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n \/\/trackYouTubeVideo('243851');\n<\/script><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-243846\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            Caldwell was born in New York City in 1951 and raised in Miami, Florida. He started playing music as a pre-teen and scored a gig as Little Richard\u2019s rhythm guitarist in the early \u201970s. He went solo a few years later, releasing his self-titled debut LP in 1978. It was a double-platinum success led by the single \u201cWhat You Won\u2019t Do for Love,\u201d which remains his biggest hit. Most notably sampled on Tupac\u2019s \u201cDo for Love,\u201d it\u2019s one of many songs he wrote that would go on to become foundations for hip-hop classics.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-243852\" class=\"content_block paragraph video triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top: 56.25%;\">\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Do For Love\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y2cWHiKaFjc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n \/\/trackYouTubeVideo('243852');\n<\/script><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-243854\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            Tunes from Caldwell\u2019s first two records proved to be particularly fertile ground for sampling in the \u201990s and early aughts: \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=G9Ds1ev9GeM\">My Flame<\/a>\u201d and \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oKfSPTUNWqw&amp;ab_channel=BobbyCaldwell-Topic\">Open Your Eyes<\/a>,\u201d for example, were flipped by <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/djclarkkent\/?hl=en\">Clark Kent<\/a> on Biggie\u2019s \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=d3vOeCkeCNA\">Sky\u2019s the Limit<\/a>\u201d and by J Dilla on Common\u2019s \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OjHX7jf-znA&amp;ab_channel=CommonVEVO\">The Light<\/a>,\u201d respectively. More recently, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whosampled.com\/sample\/728824\/Knxwledge-Freeallmynihgas-Bobby-Caldwell-Coming-Down-From-Love\/\">several of his songs<\/a> have been <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whosampled.com\/sample\/758603\/Knxwledge-Kindalike-Bobby-Caldwell-I-Don%27t-Want-to-Lose-Your-Love\/\">sampled<\/a> by NxWorries producer Knxwledge and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whosampled.com\/sample\/354649\/A%24AP-Rocky-Better-Things-Bobby-Caldwell-Carry-On\/\">popped up<\/a> on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whosampled.com\/sample\/635027\/Lil-Nas-X-Carry-On-Bobby-Caldwell-Carry-On\/\">tracks<\/a> by A$AP Rocky and Lil Nas X. Caldwell\u2019s knack for memorable melodies and the indelible imprint he left on hip-hop will keep his legacy alive long after his passing.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-243857\" class=\"content_block paragraph embed triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/playlist.megaphone.fm?p=TFI7834680816&amp;light=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"482\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n    <span><br \/>\n      By <span class=\"credit_name\">Raphael Helfand<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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