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ALBUMLovely Day (Austin Millz Remix) - SingleBill Withers & Austin Millz
Albums by Bill Withers
ALBUMWatching You Watching MeBill Withers
ALBUM'Bout LoveBill Withers
ALBUMMenagerieBill Withers
ALBUMNaked & WarmBill Withers
ALBUMMaking MusicBill Withers
ALBUM+ 'JustmentsBill Withers
ALBUMStill BillBill Withers
Bill Withers's Popular Music Videos
Just The Two Of Us (feat. Bill Withers) [Lyric Video]
Grover Washington, Jr.
Use Me (Old Grey Whistle Test, 1972)
Bill Withers
Oh Yeah!
Bill Withers
Ain't No Sunshine (Old Grey Whistle Test, 1972)
Bill Withers
Lean On Me (Live in Chicago, 1972)
Bill Withers
Ain't No Sunshine (BBC In Concert, May 11, 1974)
Bill Withers
Use Me (BBC In Concert, May 11, 1974)
Bill Withers
Ain't No Sunshine (It's Lulu, 1973)
Bill Withers
Let Me In Your Life (BBC In Concert, May 11, 1974)
Bill Withers
Lean On Me (BBC In Concert, May 11, 1974)
Bill Withers
Artist Playlists
Bill Withers Essentials
The introspective soul singer spins tales of lovely days and lonely nights.
Inspired by Bill Withers
Throwback soul and piano ballads that reflect his warm glow.
Bill Withers: Deep Cuts
His rich catalog includes jazz fusion and a Bobby Womack duet.
Artist Biography
Singer-songwriter Bill Withers took soul music in a radically introspective direction in the early '70s, reviving the world-weary storytelling of the blues and embracing the autobiographical intimacy of folk rock. Already shaped by a lifetime of racial injustice and emotional upheaval by the time he first entered the studio in his early thirties, the West Virginia-born Withers applied hard-won, humanistic wisdom to sketches of striving city dwellers ("Harlem"), estranged fathers ("I'm Her Daddy"), and anguished alcoholics ("Better Off Dead”) with a voice that could soothe or scald. Bringing that same maturity to soul's greatest subject, Withers could revel in the small moments that make love feel sublime ("Lovely Day”), capture the devastation of a relationship’s regrets ("Ain't No Sunshine”), and offer inspiration while reaching out to a friend in need (“Lean on Me”). While he passed away on March 30, 2020, Withers left an undeniable stamp on socially conscious, intimately personal R&B singer-songwriters like Anthony Hamilton and D'Angelo, freeing them to mine life's deepest pleasures and darkest pains while finding poetry in day-to-day struggle.
Hometown
Slab Fork, WV, United States
Genre
R&B/Soul