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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 ...
Official YouTube channel for Bill Withers. Few singers have possessed a baritone as rich and comforting as that of Bill Withers. Even smaller in number are the songwriters who have shared the West ...
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 · 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 ...
Based on the iconic Bill Withers song “Grandma’s Hands”, Freedom Three Publishing, in collaboration with the Withers Family, is thrilled to release a new children’s Book.
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 ...
