Bill Withers
William Harrison "Bill" Withers, Jr. (born July 4, 1938) is an American singer-songwriter and musician who performed and recorded from 1970 until 1985. He recorded several major hits, including "Lean on Me", "Ain't No Sunshine", "Use Me", "Just the Two of Us", "Lovely Day", and "Grandma's Hands". Withers won three Grammy Awards and was nominated for four more. His life was the subject of the 2009 documentary film Still Bill. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2015.
Early life
Withers was born the youngest of six children in the small coal-mining town of Slab Fork, West Virginia. He was born with a stutter and has said he had a hard time fitting in. Raised in nearby Beckley, he was thirteen years old when his father died. Withers enlisted with the United States Navy at the age of 18 and served for nine years, during which time he got over his stutter and became interested in singing and writing songs. Discharged from the Navy in 1965, he relocated to Los Angeles in 1967 for a musical career. Withers worked as an assembler for several different companies, including Douglas Aircraft Corporation, while recording demo tapes with his own money, shopping them around and performing in clubs at night. When he debuted with the song "Ain't No Sunshine" he refused to resign from his job because of his belief that the music business was a fickle industry.
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ALBUMS
- +'Justments released: 2010
- Ain't No Sunshine: The Best Of released: 2008
- Mastercuts Gold: Best of Bill Withers released: 2007
- Lovely Day: The Very Best of Bill Withers released: 2005
- Just As I Am released: 2005
- Original Hits released: 2004
- Simply the Best released: 2004
- Just as I Am / Still Bill released: 2003
- The Ultimate Bill Withers Collection released: 2000
- The Best of Bill Withers: Lean on Me released: 2000
- The Best of: Lovely Day released: 1998
- Live at Carnegie Hall released: 1997
- Lean on Me: The Best of Bill Withers released: 1994
- Lovely Days released: 1989
- Watching You Watching Me released: 1985
- Bout Love released: 1978
- The Original released: 1977
- Menagerie released: 1977
- Naked & Warm released: 1976
- Making Music released: 1975
- Still Bill released: 1972
- Super Hits released:
- Gold Collection released:
- Ain't No Sunshine released:
- Bill Withers' Greatest Hits released:
Ain't No Sunshine: The Best Of
Released 2008- Ain't No Sunshine
- Harlem
- Grandma's Hands
- Do It Good
- Better Off Dead
- Sweet Wanomi
- Moanin' and Groanin'
- Everybody's Talkin'
- Lonely Town, Lonely Street
- Let Me in Your Life
- Who Is He? (And What Is He to You)
- Use Me
- Kissing My Love
- I Don't Know
- Another Day to Run
- I Don't Want You on My Mind
- Take It All in and Check It All Out
- Lean on Me
Lovely Day: The Very Best of Bill Withers
Released 2005- Lovely Day
- Use Me
- Just the Two of Us (feat. Grover Washington, JR.)
- Lean on Me
- Ain't No Sunshine
- I Don't Know
- Who Is He (and What Is He to You)?
- Harlem
- Kissing My Love
- Hello Like Before
- Let Me Be the One You Need
- Watching You, Watching Me
- In the Name of Love (feat. Ralph MacDonald)
- Tender Things
- Lonely Town, Lonely Street
- Grandma's Hands
- I Want to Spend the Night
- Lovely Night for Dancing
- I Wish You Well
- Lovely Day (Full Phatt remix)
Just as I Am / Still Bill
Released 2003- Harlem
- Ain't No Sunshine
- Grandma's Hands
- Sweet Wanomi
- Everbody's Talkin'
- Do It Good
- Hope She'll Be Happier
- Let It Be
- I'm Her Daddy
- In My Heart
- Moanin' and Groanin'
- Better Off Dead
- Lonely Town, Lonely Street
- Let Me in Your Life
- Who Is He (and What Is He to You)?
- Use Me
- Lean on Me
- Kissin' My Love
- I Don't Know
- Another Day to Run
- I Don't Want You on My Mind
- Take It All in and Check It All Out
- Better Days
- It's All Over Now (feat. Bobby Womack)
The Ultimate Bill Withers Collection
Released 2000- Who Is He (And What Is He to You)
- Ain't No Sunshine
- Lovely Day
- Just the Two of Us (feat. Grover Washington, Jr.)
- The Best You Can
- Grandma's Hands
- I'll Be With You
- Lonely Town / Lonely Street
- My Imagination
- Let Us Love
- Friend of Mine
- The Same Love That Made Me Laugh
- I Don't Want You on My Mind
- Make Love To Your Mind
- Hello Like Before
- I Want to Spend the Night
- Oh Yeah!
- All Because of You
The Best of Bill Withers: Lean on Me
Released 2000- Lovely Day
- I Want to Spend the Night
- Let Me Be the One You Need
- Hello Like Before
- Tender Things
- I Wish You Well
- Ain't No Sunshine
- Grandma's Hands
- The Same Love That Made Me Laugh
- Lean on Me
- Harlem
- Use Me
- Who Is He (And What Is He to You)?
- You Just Can't Smile It Away
- Just the Two of Us
- Steppin' Right Along
- You Try To Find a Love
- My Imagination
The Best of: Lovely Day
Released 1998- Lovely Day
- Just the Two of Us
- Use Me
- Kissing My Love
- Harlem
- Lonely Town, Lonely Street
- Ain't No Sunshine
- Who Is He
- Sweet Wanomi
- I Don't Want You on My Mind
- The Same Love That Made Me Laugh
- I Don't Know
- Grandma's Hands
- Better Off Dead
- Take It All in Check It All Out
- I Want to Spend the Night
- Hello Like Before
- Hope She'll Be Happier
- Lean on Me
Lean on Me: The Best of Bill Withers
Released 1994- Ain't No Sunshine
- Grandma's Hands
- Lean on Me
- Use Me
- Kissing My Love
- Who Is He? (And What Is He to You?)
- I Don't Want You on My Mind
- The Same Love That Made Me Laugh
- Hello Like Before
- Lovely Day
- Let Me Be the One You Need
- I Want to Spend the Night
- Steppin' Right Along
- Whatever Happens
- Watching You Watching Me
- Heart in Your Life
- You Try to Find a Love
- Just the Two of Us
Gold Collection
- Just the Two of Us
- Ain't No Sunshine (The Total Eclipse mix)
- I Want to Spend the Night
- The Best You Can
- Who Is He and What Is He to You
- Make Love to Your Mind
- Lovely Day (7'' Sunshine mix)
- It Ain't Because of Me Baby
- Oh Yeah!
- Use Me
- Lean on Me
- Kissing My Love
- All Because of You
- Love
- Harlem '89 (extended remix)
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You've Got The Stuff
by: Bill WithersIt's got something to do with the weather
That I'm feeling the way that I do
And It's got something to do with the time of my life
it's got something to do with you
It's got something to do with the feeling
That we get when we do what we do
And it's got something to do with your oop-shoo-be-do
And it's got something to do with you
You've got the stuff to pick me up
You've got the stuff to pick me up
You got the stuff, can't get enough
You've got the stuff to pick me up
Deep inside I don't want to hide my feelings
And I just gotta tell you that I love you
Got that little movement in your hip (so in love with you)
Got that lil pucker in your lip (don't know what to do)
Get that 'lil twinkle in your eye (that's the reason why)
Gonna find it hard to pass you by
It's got something to do with being peaceful
No regrets, just a memory or two
And it's got something to do with your oop-shoo-be-do
And it's got something to do with you
You've got the stuff to pick me up
You've got the stuff to pick me up
You got the stuff, can't get enough
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