Artist: Bill Withers

Bill Withers
Real name
William Harrison Withers Jr.
Born
July 4, 1938
Country
United States
Comments
Soul inflected pop singer-songwriter and musician.

Performances

Originals

Title down Performer Release date Covered by
1 Ain't No Sunshine Bill Withers 1971 (94 artists)
Sampled by (2 artists)
2 Grandma's Hands Bill Withers 1971 (17 artists)
Sampled by Blackstreet feat. Dr. Dre
3 Harlem Bill Withers 1971 (2 artists)
4 Hello Like Before Bill Withers 1975 (2 artists)
5 Hope She'll Be Happier Bill Withers 1971 Trashmuseum
6 I Don't Know Bill Withers 1972 Hank Crawford
7 I Don't Want You on My Mind Bill Withers 1972 (2 artists)
8 I wish you well Bill Withers 1975 Carmen McRae
9 I'm Her Daddy Bill Withers 1971 Mario Biondi and the High Five Quintet
10 Just the Two of Us Grover Washington Jr. with Bill Withers June 1980 (15 artists)
Sampled by Will Smith
11 Kissing My Love Bill Withers 1972 (2 artists)
12 Lean On Me Bill Withers 1972 (37 artists)
13 Let Me in Your Life Bill Withers 1972 (6 artists)
14 Lonely Town, Lonely Street Bill Withers 1972 (2 artists)
15 Lovely Day Bill Withers 1977 (15 artists)
Sampled by (2 artists)
16 Rosie Bill Withers January 28, 2003 Sampled by Kanye West
17 Ruby Lee Bill Withers 1974 Joe Cocker
18 The Same Love That Made Me Laugh Bill Withers 1974 (9 artists)
19 Soul Shadows The Crusaders & Bill Withers March 1980 (3 artists)
20 Steppin' Right Along Bill Withers 1985 Rainer Baumann Band
21 Theme from "Man and Boy" ("Better Days") J.J. Johnson Featuring Bill Withers 1971 Lisa Miller
22 Use Me Bill Withers 1972 (24 artists)
Sampled by (2 artists)
23 Whatever Happens Bill Withers 1985 Vanessa Williams
24 Who Is He (And What Is He to You) Bill Withers 1972 (4 artists)
25 You Bill Withers 1974 (2 artists)

Covers

Title down Performer Release date Originally by
1 Everybody's Talkin' Bill Withers 1971 Fred Neil
2 In the Name of Love Ralph MacDonald with Bill Withers 1984
3 Let It Be Bill Withers 1971 The Beatles
4 Lovely Day Maroon 5 and Bill Withers April 18, 2006 Bill Withers

Songs written by

Original songs

Title down Written by Covered by
1 Ain't No Sunshine Bill Withers (94 artists)
2 Better Days Bill Withers, J.J. Johnson Lisa Miller
3 Grandma's Hands Bill Withers (17 artists)
4 Harlem Bill Withers (2 artists)
5 Hello Like Before Bill Withers, John E. Collins (2 artists)
6 Hope She'll Be Happier Bill Withers Trashmuseum
7 I Don't Know Bill Withers Hank Crawford
8 I Don't Want You on My Mind Bill Withers (2 artists)
9 I wish you well Bill Withers Carmen McRae
10 I'm Her Daddy Bill Withers Mario Biondi and the High Five Quintet
11 Just the Two of Us Bill Withers, Ralph MacDonald, William Salter (15 artists)
12 Kissing My Love Bill Withers (2 artists)
13 Lean On Me Bill Withers (37 artists)
14 Let Me in Your Life Bill Withers (6 artists)
15 Lonely Town, Lonely Street Bill Withers (2 artists)
16 Lovely Day Bill Withers, Skip Scarborough (15 artists)
17 Rosie Bill Withers
18 Ruby Lee Bill Withers, Melvin Dunlap Joe Cocker
19 Steppin' Right Along Bill Withers Rainer Baumann Band
20 The Same Love That Made Me Laugh Bill Withers (9 artists)
21 Use Me Bill Withers (24 artists)
22 Whatever Happens Bill Withers, Larry Carlton Vanessa Williams
23 Who Is He (And What Is He to You) Bill Withers, Stan McKenney (4 artists)
24 You Bill Withers (2 artists)

Adapted songs

Title down Written by Originals Covered by
1 In the Name of Love Bill Withers In the Name of Love

Releases

Audio album

Title down Performer Release date Label
1 +'Justments Bill Withers 1974 Sussex
2 Just as I Am Bill Withers 1971 Sussex
3 Making Music, Making Friends Bill Withers 1975
4 Menagerie Bill Withers 1977
5 Menagerie [2003 Reissue] Bill Withers January 28, 2003 Columbia
6 Still Bill Bill Withers 1972 Sussex
7 Watching You Watching Me Bill Withers 1985 Columbia

Performances also appear on

Title down Performer Release date Label
1 Hoot various artists April 18, 2006 Mailboat Records
2 In the Name of Love Ralph MacDonald 1984 Polydor
3 Man and Boy - Original Motion Picture Score J.J. Johnson 1971 Sussex
4 Rhapsody and Blues The Crusaders March 1980 MCA
5 Winelight Grover Washington Jr. June 1980 Elektra

Tributes

Title Performer Release date down Label
1 Ain't No Sunshine Al Jarreau 1983 Blue Moon

Forum topics

Topic Board Started by Replies Last message down
1 Lean On Me (Bill Withers) covered by Mud in 1976 Add songs Patrick 2 2009-10-30 22:16:24 GMT by hounddogman
2 Artist: Bill Withers (Bastien) / add. info Report Errors Stephan Koenig 1 2012-08-23 19:49:40 GMT by Bastien
3 Artists who have covered their songs Discussion Simon 14 2013-03-04 21:26:48 GMT by Bastien

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