
Artist
Bill Withers
Bill Withers is a soul artist from Virginia, USA formed in 1970. 23 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Soul · Virginia, USA · Best soul albums
- 23
- Releases
- 1971–2023
- Active years
- 1970
- Formed

Artist
Bill Withers is a soul artist from Virginia, USA formed in 1970. 23 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Soul · Virginia, USA · Best soul albums

Most popular
Just As I Am
1971 · 12 tracks

The Essential Bill Withers
2013

Lean On Me - The Best Of Bill Withers
1995

Still Bill
1972

Menagerie
1977

+'Justments
1974

Watching You Watching Me
1985

Bout Love
1978

Naked & Warm
1976

Making Music
1975

The Ultimate Collection
2017
+'Justments... Expanded
2010

Collections
2008
Just as I Am / Still Bill
2003
The Best of Bill Withers: Lean on Me
2000
Ain't No Sunshine
1997
Bill Withers' Greatest Hits
1981
Live at Carnegie Hall
1973

Bill Withers Live At Carnegie Hall
1973
William Harrison "Bill" Withers, Jr. (born July 4, 1938 - † 30. März 2020 in Los Angeles) was an American singer-songwriter and musician who performed and recorded from 1970 until 1985. He recorded a number of hits such as "Lean on Me", "Ain't No Sunshine", "Use Me", "Just the Two of Us", "Lovely Day", and "Grandma's Hands". His life was the subject of the 2009 documentary film Still Bill. Withers was born the youngest of six children in the small coal-mining town of Slab Fork, West Virginia. Raised in nearby Beckley, West Virginia, Withers was thirteen years old when his father died. He enlisted with the United States Navy at age eighteen and served for nine years, during which time he 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 his job because of his belief that the music business was a fickle industry and that …