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Album: Still Bill
Review: Somehow, the man who brought us "Lean on Me," "Use Me" and "Ain't No Sunshine" isn't a universally revered musical figure. But Bill Withers is a giant, whether or not the rest of us remember. During a remarkable run that stretches roughly the same period as Stevie Wonder's legendary purple path, Withers was making deep, lived-in music that brought the best of Seventies soul together with the intim... ]]> New Release : The Best Smooth Jazz...Ever http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/billwithers/albums/album/7048542/the_best_smooth_jazzever http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/billwithers/albums/album/7048542/the_best_smooth_jazzever?source=billwithers_rssfeed Thu, 24 Feb 2005 08:00:57 PST Photo Artist: Bill Withers
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Written by: Withers
Produced by: Booker T. Jones
Released: July '71 on Sussex
Charts: 16 weeks
Top spot: No. 3

When thirty-one-year-old Withers recorded "Sunshine," his first chart hit, he was still working at a factory making toilet seats for 747s. Withers intended to write more lyrics for the part of the song where he repeats the phrase "I know" twenty-six times, but the other musicians told him to leave it. "I was this factory worker...

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Written by: Withers
Produced by: Withers
Released: June '72 on Sussex
Charts: 19 weeks
Top spot: No. 1

Growing up in the coal-mining town of Slab Fork, West Virginia, Withers learned a lot about helping neighbors when they needed you. He missed that human connection when he moved to L.A., where childhood memories of togetherness provided the inspiration for "Lean On Me."

Appears on: Lean On Me...

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Album: Still Bill
Review:

Bill Withers has a rough, unexceptional sort of voice and he sings like a truckdriver, banging out the hot numbers with a resonant holler or treating ballads with a warm, conversational ease. He has no time for pretty effects and this simple, straightforward approach–reflected in his lyrics as well as his singing–is clearly his most attractive quality. With no pretense to being "down to...

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Track: Ain't No Sunshine

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Track: Lean On Me

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Track: Lovely Day

Play View Bill Withers's page on Rhapsody ]]> Listen to track: You Just Can't Smile It Away http://play.rhapsody.com/billwithers/leanonmethebestofbillwithers/track-14?pcode=rs&cpath=rs http://play.rhapsody.com/billwithers/leanonmethebestofbillwithers/track-14?pcode=rs&cpath=rs&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=rhap_rs_feed Fri, 12 Dec 2003 10:28:24 PST Photo Album: Lean On Me: The Best Of Bill Withers
Track: You Just Can't Smile It Away

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Track: Use Me

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