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Early life. William Harrison Withers Jr., the youngest of six children, was born in the small coal mining town of Slab Fork, West Virginia, on July 4, 1938. He was the son of Mattie (née Galloway), a maid, and William Withers, a miner. Withers was of African-American and English descent. He developed a stutter as a child and later said he had a hard time fitting in. His parents divorced when ...
Apr 3, 2020 · “Bill was a mystical man,” Leo Sacks, who supervised the rerelease of Mr. Withers’s catalog for Sony Legacy Recordings, including a 2012 box that won a Grammy for best historical recording ...
Dec 23, 2020 · Bill Withers sang like a man who knew something. Born in Slab Fork, W.Va., he grew up during the years when Brown v. Board of Education was decided and Emmett Till was murdered.
Apr 3, 2020 · Bill Withers, a three-time GRAMMY-winning soul legend best known for the iconic classics "Ain't No Sunshine," "Lovely Day" and " Lean On Me ," has died due to heart complications, the Associated Press reports. According to a statement from his family, Withers died Monday (March 30) in Los Angeles. He was 81.
Apr 3, 2020 · 3 April 2020. Getty Images. Bill Withers, the acclaimed 1970s soul singer behind hits Ain't No Sunshine and Lean On Me has died from heart complications aged 81, his family said. The singer died ...
Apr 3, 2020 · Bill Withers is the closest thing black people have to a Bruce Springsteen.” Withers was born July 4th, 1938, and grew up in Slab Fork, West Virginia, in the final years of the Great Depression.
Apr 3, 2020 · Getty Images. Bill Withers, the acclaimed 1970s soul singer behind hits Ain't No Sunshine and Lean On Me has died from heart complications aged 81, his family said. The singer died on Monday in ...
Apr 3, 2020 · Bill Withers, whose soulful songs from the 1970s such as "Lean on Me" and "Ain't No Sunshine" became classics, has died from heart complications, his family said in a statement to The Associated ...
Withers’ father, a miner, died when Withers was 13. At 17, enlistment in the Navy was Bill’s ticket out. Withers arrived in Los Angeles in 1967. His self-financed demos on which Watts 103rd Street Band member Ray Jackson served as arranger and keyboardist, led Jackson to introduce him to Forrest Hamilton. Hamilton then introduced Withers to ...
Apr 3, 2020 · Bill Withers, the singer-songwriter whose soulful hits “Lean On Me,” Ain’t No Sunshine” and “Lovely Day” became part of the soundtrack for a generation, has died. He was 81. Withers ...
