As the Bill Withers Music Festival continues to expand its reach, the music — and legacy — of the Hall of Famer from Raleigh ...

In contrast, Withers recorded and produced Still Bill with members of his touring band. In addition, to “Lean on Me,” the album featured a second hit single, the funky “Use Me,” which ...

Bill Withers did things his own way during his career, which is why so many songs of his seemed to stand out from the soul/R&B norm. Case in point: His fantastic 1972 hit single "Use Me," a frank ...

Here, we honor the late Bill Withers by diving into his only No. 1 hit, ... After “Lean on Me” and “Use Me,” Withers added more classics to his repertoire throughout the rest of the ‘70s ...

Withers scores his first No. 1, first three top 10s and half a dozen total wins this week. Leading the way is “Lean on Me,” which opens atop the chart with over 28,000 sales, according to data ...

Bill Withers: Singer whose ... Withers thus purchased a cheap guitar, taught himself some chords and started writing songs. He moved to Los Angeles, ... Follow-up single “Use Me” ...

In 1972, Withers released his second album “Still Bill”. It’s first single, Lean On Me, went to No.1 and the album’s second single, Use Me, went to No.2.

Bill Withers was my first true idol. His debut album, Just As I Am, came out in May 1971, four months after I was born. When I first heard his songs, either on the radio or on my dad’s records ...

10 songs by singer Bill Withers that are often overlooked. ... On ‘Do It Good’, over a two-chord vamp, Withers acknowledges in a spoken interlude that when he first came into the studio, ...

Generations of listeners have celebrated the signature songs of the artist who died this week at 81. But Withers' greater catalog reveals a man who stuck to his beliefs in the face of the pop machine.

Bill Withers hit it big a little later than your average pop star. Withers was well into his 30s in 1971 when he debuted with the spare blues ballad “Ain’t No Sunshine.” CNN values your feedback ...