Bill Withers
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1938-07-04
- Died
- 2020-03-30
- Works
- 9
Top works
- Lean on Me
- A letter to Sir Walter Scott, bart., exposing certain fundamental errors in his late Essay on planting, and containing observations on the pruning and thinning of woods, and maxims for profitable planting
- Conflict and Communication
- Resolving conflicts on the job
- The conflict and communication activity book
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Film & TV
Acting · Slab Fork, West Virginia, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia William Harrison "Bill" Withers, Jr. (July 4, 1938 - March 30, 2020) was an American singer-songwriter and musician who performed and recorded from 1970 until 1985. Some of his best-known songs are "Lean on Me", "Ain't No Sunshine", "Use Me", "Just the Two of Us", "Lovely Day", and "Grandma's Hands". Description above from the Wikipedia article Bill…
Known for
- The Groove Under the Groove2026
- Heartbreakers at the BBC — Self (archive footage)2023
- Nueva York: A Musical History of Latin New York — Self (archive footage)2021
- The Black Godfather — Self2019
- Mr. SOUL! — Self (archive footage)2018
- Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame: In Concert 2014-2017 — Self2018
- Kings of Soul — Self2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self2015
- Still Bill — Self2010
- Kenny Rogers and Friends — Self2010
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2,745,546
- Total plays
- 41,528,299
Tags
soulfunk70srhythm and bluesrnb
William Harrison Withers Jr. (July 4, 1938 – March 30, 2020) was an American singer and songwriter known for a series of influential hits during a career spanning 18 years. His best-known songs include "Ain't No Sunshine" (1971), "Grandma's Hands" (1971), "Use Me" (1972), "Lean on Me" (1972), "Lovely Day" (1977), and "Just the Two of Us" (1980), the latter recorded in collaboration with Grover Washington Jr. Withers won three Grammy Awards from nine nominations. <a href="https://www.last.fm/musi
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The ERA5 global reanalysis
· 2020 · cited 22,451x
- The diagnosis of dementia due to Alzheimer's disease: Recommendations from the National Institute on Aging‐Alzheimer's Association workgroups on diagnostic guidelines for Alzheimer's disease
· 2011 · cited 13,210x
- The diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer's disease: Recommendations from the National Institute on Aging‐Alzheimer's Association workgroups on diagnostic guidelines for Alzheimer's disease
· 2011 · cited 8,972x
- Genome-wide association study of 14,000 cases of seven common diseases and 3,000 shared controls
· 2007 · cited 7,904x
- Toward defining the preclinical stages of Alzheimer's disease: Recommendations from the National Institute on Aging‐Alzheimer's Association workgroups on diagnostic guidelines for Alzheimer's disease
· 2011 · cited 6,003x
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Key facts
- Born
- William Harrison Withers Jr. , ( 1938-07-04 ) July 4, 1938, Slab Fork, West Virginia , U.S.
- Died
- March 30, 2020 (2020-03-30) (aged 81), Los Angeles , California, U.S.
- Genres
- R&B soul
- Occupations
- Singer songwriter musician record producer
- Instruments
- Vocals guitar keyboards
- Years active
- 1967–1985 2004
- Labels
- Sussex Columbia
- Website
- billwithers .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Born
- 4 July 1938
- Died
- 30 March 2020
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Slab Fork
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Spouse
- Denise Nicholas
- Occupation
- guitarist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- rhythm and blues
Article
William Harrison Withers Jr. (July 4, 1938 – March 30, 2020) was an American soul and R&B singer and songwriter. Born in Slab Fork, West Virginia, and raised in Beckley, West Virginia, he is known for having several hits over a career spanning 18 years, including "Ain't No Sunshine" (1971), "Grandma's Hands" (1971), "Use Me" (1972), "Lean on Me" (1972), "Lovely Day" (1977) and "Just the Two of Us" (1980) (recorded in collaboration with Grover Washington Jr.). Withers won three Grammy Awards out of nine total nominations. He largely stopped performing and recording in the mid-1980s, citing burnout and conflicts with record company executives.
His life was the subject of the 2009 documentary film Still Bill. Withers was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2005, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2015 and the National Rhythm and Blues Hall of Fame in 2025. Two of his songs, "Ain't No Sunshine" and "Lean on Me", were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
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