Bill Withers
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Slab Fork WV, United States (July 4, 1938 – present)
Bill’s father died when he was thirteen. He joined the US Navy at seventeen, and stayed there for nine years, before he moved to Los Angeles in 1967. While in Los Angeles, he worked full-time in a Lockheed assembly plant in the day, making toilets for Boeing 747 airliners, then recorded demo tapes and performed in juke joints during the night. When he debuted on the music scene with “
His first success was with the company Sussex Records in 1971 with his debut hit single
His second album Still Bill also did well on the charts. It was recorded during a break in the “Just As I Am” tour and included the well-known single “
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A Review of STILL BILL by KEXP
18 May 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/billwitherslegacy
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