"And, I'll paint your pretty picture with a song" — Bill ... memory of Withers' music is actually a memory of my father. It was a rainy summer afternoon in the mid-1970s, and I know it was ...

Ow! In the disco days of the late ’70s, Withers kept it disarmingly real: “Then I look at you and the world’s all right with me … and I know it’s gonna be a lovely day.” Bill Withers ...

Bill Withers ... the 26 times he sang “I know,” beyond the span of a career. This folk-soul song will outlast us all. As a kid in Slab Fork, W.Va., Withers would go to church with his mother ...

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "LEAN ON ME") BILL WITHERS: (Singing) Sometimes in our lives, we all have pain. We all have sorrow. But if we are wise, we know that there's always tomorrow. Lean on me ...