It Happened 50 Years Ago: Bill Withers “Lean on Me”
Among Bill Withers‘ thirteen appearances on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, his biggest hit was his lone number one hit. Exactly 50 years ago, that song, “Lean on Me,” rose to the top of the chart...
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Daily Eighties Flashback: Grover Washington, Jr. & Bill Withers “Just the Two of Us”
Among Grover Washington, Jr.’s three appearances on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, his biggest hit was his lone Top 40 hit, “Just the Two of Us,” which also features Bill Withers. On this date in...
It Happened 50 Years Ago: Bill Withers “Ain’t No Sunshine”
Bill Withers made fourteen appearances on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, with six of those songs hitting the Top 40 and four reaching the Top 10. All three of those streaks began with “Ain’t No Sunshine,”...
Music to Help Us Get Through Everything Together: Bill Withers “Lovely Day”
Today’s song to help us get through everything together is Bill Withers‘ “Lovely Day.”
Music to Help Us Get Through Everything Together: Bill Withers “Lean on Me”
It’s hard to believe that tomorrow already marks three weeks since Bill Withers passed away. His “Lean on Me” is today’s song to help us get through everything together.
Bill Withers 1938-2020
News is circulating today that Bill Withers passed away on Monday at the age of 81. To honor Withers, let us know your favorite and/or most vivid memories involving his music. There are so...
DEF: Ralph MacDonald with Bill Withers “In the Name of Love”
Acclaimed songwriter and percussionist Ralph MacDonald made one appearance on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart as a lead artist. On this date in 1984, that song — “In the Name of Love,” which also features Bill...
Lean On Me
Exactly 40 years ago today, Bill Withers hit the top of Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart with the only number one hit of his career as “Lean On Me” ascended to the pinnacle position for the first...
