bill withers
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Watch: These Soulful R&B Artists Pay Tribute to Bill Withers and Amplify Organizations Supporting COVID-19 Frontline Workers
What happens when you combine a soulful tribute to the late Bill Withers with the current need to amplify frontline workers during the COVID-19 crisis? Well, you get the feel-good rendition called, We Still With Bill: A Soulful Artists Video Tribute To Bill Withers. “This is dedicated to all frontline workers. Because of you, there…
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Stevie Wonder and Bill Withers Planned on Collaborating Before Withers' Death
The music world is still mourning the loss of the incomparable Bill Withers. The soul singer passed away March 30 from heart complications at the age of 81. In a statement, the “Ain’t No Sunshine” musician’s family said: “As private a life as he lived close to intimate family and friends, his music forever belongs…
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Ain't No Sunshine: Bill Withers Dead at 81
This one hurts. Bill Withers, whose soul-stirring catalog provided the soundtrack to generations of black households, has died from heart complications. He was 81. In a heartfelt statement, his family expressed their grief at his loss. “We are devastated by the loss of our beloved, devoted husband and father. A solitary man with a heart-driven…
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Watch This 16-Year-Old Sing the Hell Out of ‘Ain’t No Sunshine’ on Showtime at the Apollo
You ever see a young person—I’m talking children and teenagers—sing something so knowingly and soulfully that you wonder what they experienced in a past life to give them that much feeling? There are young people who can take a song our mamas and daddies used to play over and over again on a Saturday morning…