The 1960s and early 1970s were a time for social reform in the United States. Popular folk singers such as Bill Withers made a difference in our lives by helping to shape general attitudes and by ...

Just As I Am's biggest hits, "Ain't No Sunshine" and "Grandma's Hands," spoke to universal experiences; with Still Bill, Withers did it again, delivering a stack of timeless classics topped by the ...

Bill Withers, the sweet-voiced baritone behind ... just 14 years after he became a star with his debut album, Just As I Am. The son of a West Virginia coal miner, William Harrison Withers, Jr ...

In his brief career, Bill Withers wrote some indelible hits ... Withers' released his first album, Just as I Am, in 1971. It success was led by the hit "Ain't No Sunshine" — no thanks, he ...

On Bill Withers’ groundbreaking debut album Just as I Am, there’s a short whimsical track called “Do It Good.” Halfway through, Withers recalls — in melodic spoken word — the advice ...

Legendary soul singer Bill Withers has died due to heart complications at 81 years old, according to the Associated Press. Withers’ debut album, Just As I Am, was released in 1971, and he ...

The album they recorded at that session, 1971’s Just As I Am, became an enormous hit and turned Withers into a star overnight. He followed it up with 1972’s Still Bill, which became an even ...

R&B singer-songwriter Bill Withers, whose belated career in music ... Withers debut album “Just As I Am” was released in May 1971; Withers is pictured on the cover holding a lunchbox in ...

Bill Withers, who wrote and sang a string of ... In 1971, signed to Sussex Records, he put out his first album, “Just As I Am,” with the legendary Booker T. Jones at the helm.

Just As I Am, produced by Booker T Jones, appear on Australian label Raven. That so little of Bill Withers' catalogue is available domestically is nothing short of scandalous; someone at Sony (who ...

I said, ‘You are, Bill.’ He was expecting some other vocalist to show up.” Mr. Withers was laid off from his factory job a few months before “Just as I Am” came out. After the album’s ...