By Neil Genzlinger Bill Withers, a onetime Navy aircraft mechanic ... and often-covered songs of the 1970s, including “Lean on Me,” “Ain’t No Sunshine” and “Use Me,” died on Monday ...

Bill Withers, the soul legend who penned ... with the crowd joining in for “Lean on Me.” It would be his last concert. Smart real-estate investments and royalties from his old records meant ...

My Morning Jacket‘s Jim James appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Monday night to perform a tribute to Bill Withers (who ... best-known songs, “Lean on Me.” ...

AP Share Bill Withers, who wrote and sang a string of soulful songs in the 1970s that have stood the test of time, including “ Lean On Me, ” “Lovely Day” and “Ain’t No Sunshine,” has ...

Fortner's Fender Rhodes solo is a study in churchly soul, and Smith delivers the same magnetic presence he brought to a recent Tiny Desk Concert. "Lean On Me: José James Celebrates Bill Withers ...

Hundreds of people came together and sang “Lean on Me” on March 20. In the weeks before his death, Bill Withers’s song was there for people, just as he vowed in its iconic lyrics — and it ...

Offstage Bill Withers, the eternal hero of karaoke baritones, exhibits the same gift for aphorism and general soulfulness that informed hit songs like “Lean on Me” and “Ain’t No Sunshine.” ...

R&B singer-songwriter Bill ... Me” and the gospel-soul smash “Lean On Me,” which won a belated Grammy Award as best R&B song in 1987. While those songs are recognized today as classics ...