"What You Won't Do For Love" Singer Bobby Caldwell is Dead to Me

RIP. Not only is it a great song, but I love that video. Happy vibes.

His voice was so pure and so full of soul. You can close your eyes and just get lost in his sound.

A quintessential 70s vibe.

I don't know that I'd ever heard it, but I like it - even though he looks like he's trying to relieve himself when he sings.

He "battled illness" for several years.

^ That illness was chronic constipation

R3 This was a big hit in the late 1970s.

I think this song could be considered as one of the early Yacht Rock songs.

R6 Definitely a song that would be considered "yacht rock" today.

His voice was so beautiful and effortless.

Caldwell co-wrote "The Next Time I Fall" for Amy Grant and Peter Cetera

Michael McDonald is intolerable to my delicate ears, but Bobby's voice was buttah.

Up until a few years ago, I had assumed Bobby Caldwell was black. I'd never seen him perform and had only heard the song. I was shocked when I finally saw him. He's one of the few white guys who could really deliver a soulful sound. RIP.

Love this song and also thought he was black for YEARS. RIP, Bobby. Thanks for the great tune

Caldwell was a recent YouTube sensation for those who had no idea he was white.

I always thought he was black and never knew different until I read this! Fantastic song and great voice.

R13 I love this! Their reactions when they first see his face are priceless!

I love the guy who points out that there are no dancers in the videos, no backup singers - just Caldwell himself delivering that powerful blue-eyed soul.

Call me "Mary," but there are some singers whose voices are so beautiful that I'm moved to tears just listening to them. Every time I hear Caldwell sing this, I well up. He was phenomenal.

I'm another one who thought he was Black. In fact, I confused his voice with Grover Washington, Jr's.

Love love LOVE how the men reacting to this song then give over their bodies to start grooving on this tune.

R16 people were judged on the music then, not their looks or marketing.

Bobby Caldwell should have gotten some Grammy love for this song and his performance.

Apparently he had been flowing for years, and he was suffering from the after effects.

R19 Not true in the slightest. It benefitted record companies to have listeners assume Bobby was black. Soul was mostly a black market. The same marketing went on with Tina Marie and countless other acts.

Not flowing - FLOXING.

There's a category of antibiotics that can cause real damage to some people and Bobby was apparently one of them.

Sad that happened to him....it apparently really fucked his shit up over the last several years.

This was my favorite song from his first album...something about those kalimbas.

Totally loved this song when it first came out. Still do.

I love.that song too,I remember it well. R.I.P.❤🙏

R17, Grover Washington Jr played sax.

Bill Withers sang on that song.

Dionne Warwick did an uptempo version of the song to kick off her live show in 1981.

This was my intro to his music, years later I found whose beautiful voice was sampled on this song

Rest in Heaven 😢