Bill Withers - July 4th 1938 - Mar 3th 2020 (R&B-Soul-Funk-Latin Jazz)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOZ-MySzAac

BILL WITHERS - Born on the 4th July and most definitely an independent man with 3 Grammys from a relatively short creative period in songwriting when he totally retired from the active artist side of music in 1985 and yet 35 years later his songs are still so beautifully entrenched in our consciousness around the world.

To write a song like "Lovely Day", that has never got tired and maybe will never lose its sheen of brilliance when we need a good start to the day.  It's up there as one of the greatest songs of all time.  The first song/record I ever bought was Michael Jackson's poignantly soulful cover of "Ain't No Sunshine" (the opening 4 bars drum loop intro was sampled on so many early Hip Hop records).  From Soul, Funk, Jazz, R&B and even Disco Dance music Bill Withers song's have warmly wrapped around us for a lifetime.

An incredible body of work from a one-off original. Thank you for your songs, long may they reign in our hearts..

Bill Withers - Harlem (Nicky Siano Gallery Classic - 7A - 114 R&B

Bill Withers - Harlem (Soul Purrfection Version - 7A - 114.R&B

Bill Withers - Just The Two Of Us (Original Mix - 4A - 96. R&B

Bill Withers - Lovely Day (Disco Purrfection Version - 9A - 98. R&B

Bill Withers - Railroad Man (Original Mix - 9A - 121. R&B

Bill Withers - Ruby Lee (Original Mix - 5A - 113. R&B

Bill Withers - Use Me (Original Mix - 9A - 77. R&B

Bill Withers - You Got the Stuff (Original Mix - 9A - 103. R&B

Creative Source - Who Is He And What Is He To You (Original Mix - 10A - 118. Funk R&B

Gladys Knight & The Pips - Who Is She And What Is She To You (Original Mix - 8A - 70. Funk Soul

Michael Jackson - Aint No Sunshine (Original Full Version with intro - 4A - 72 Soul R&B

Sivuca - Ain't No Sunshine (Latin Jazz Cover - 4A - 124 Vocal Latin Jazz

Complete Sussex & Columbia Album Masters
https://apple.co/2UZfOpj

A Rolling Stone story on Bill Withers  
https://bit.ly/2RclFX9

Bill Withers - Harlem (Nicky Siano Gallery Tune - 7A - 114 R&B