For the Australian politician, see Bill Withers (politician). For the Welsh sportsman, see Bill Withers (snooker player). For other people with similar names, see William Withers (disambiguation).
Bill Withers
Withers in 1976
Background information
Birth name
William Harrison Withers Jr.
Born
(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[1]
Occupation(s)
Singer
songwriter
musician
record producer
Instrument(s)
Vocals
guitar
keyboards
Years active
1967–1985, 2004
Labels
Sussex
Columbia
Website
billwithers.com
Musical artist
William Harrison Withers Jr. (July 4, 1938 – March 30, 2020) was an American singer and songwriter. He had 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). Withers won three Grammy Awards and was nominated for six more.
His life was the subject of the 2009 documentary film Still Bill.[2] Withers was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2005 and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2015.[3][4] Two of his songs ("Ain't No Sunshine" and "Lean on Me") were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.[5]
^Bill Withers soul music BBC. Retrieved December 9, 2021
^Hale, Mike (January 26, 2010). "Still Bill (2009) A Singer Who Stopped His Showing Off". The New York Times.
^Greene, Andy (December 16, 2014). "Green Day, Lou Reed, Joan Jett, Ringo Starr Lead 2015 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame". Rolling Stone. Retrieved December 16, 2014.
^Genzlinger, Neil; Taylor, Derrick Bryson (April 3, 2020). "Bill Withers, Who Sang 'Lean on Me' and 'Ain't No Sunshine,' Dies at 81". The New York Times. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
^Grein, Paul (April 3, 2020). "Bill Withers Set This Grammy Record in 1988 -- And It Took More Than 25 Years to Break". Billboard. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
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