Bill Withers
USA
Born: 04 July 1938
Years Active: 60, 70, 80, 90, 2000
Genres: R&B
Styles: Soul, R&B/Soul, Smooth Soul, Urban, Hip-Hop/Urban
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Songwriter/singer/guitarist Bill Withers is best remembered for the classic "Lean on Me" and his other million-selling singles "Ain't No Sunshine" and "Use Me," but he has a sizable cache of great songs to his credit. Al Jarreau recorded an entire CD of Withers' songs on Tribute to Bill Withers (Culture Press 1998). His popular radio-aired LP track from Still Bill, "Who Is He? (And What Is He to You?)," was a 1974 R&B hit for Creative Source. Born July 4, 1938, in Slab Fork, WV, Withers was the youngest of six children. His father died when he...
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