I don’t envy anybody who decided to put out an album within the 12 months succeeding Brat Summer, Manning Fireworks Fall, and “Not Like Us” — especially considering that 2025, broadly speaking, did ...

A scant three years since the last Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, we are back at Van Cliburn Recital Hall at ...

honoring her with every note. Whether it's a community, like Bill Withers sings about in this song, or a mother figure, everyone needs someone to lean on. Raising kids isn't always smooth sailing ...

During a recent sold-out concert at the Ryman Auditorium, Chase Matthew called out his "momma and mamaw" to perform a gospel-inspired take on Bill Withers' "Lean on Me." The moment gave insight ...

In a 2004 interview with Songfacts, Withers revealed that he wrote the tune on a Wurlitzer piano ... Still Bill with members of his touring band. In addition, to “Lean on Me,” the album ...

Bill Withers’ lyrics are poetic but worded so simply, that there’s no doubt about what he wanted to say. One of his goals was to write lines that people would be able to understand and ...

Written by the band’s bassist John Deacon — who also provides those Wurlitzer piano notes ... By Me serve as anthemic monuments to childhood camaraderie. Lean On Me by Bill Withers ...

Here, we honor the late Bill Withers by diving into his only No. 1 hit, the timeless anthem “Lean on Me.” On Bill Withers’ groundbreaking debut album Just as I Am, there’s a short ...

Pretty soon, a chorus of thousands joined him in singing the late Bill Withers' beloved hit "Lean on Me." Sway says it sounded like heaven; it was breathtaking. Sponsor Message "It sounded like ...

Bill Withers’s cause of death has been revealed. The “Lean on Me” singer died on 30 March at the age of 81 after suffering a “cardiopulmonary arrest,” or an arrest resulting in absence of cardiac and ...

The cause of death for the acclaimed songwriter behind enduring hits like "Lovely Day," "Ain’t No Sunshine" and "Lean on Me," Bill Withers, has been revealed. The singer’s family previously ...

The cover also served as a tribute to the recently deceased Withers, as a note shown before the performance read, “To the late, great Bill Withers ... Watch the “Lean On Me” cover above ...