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LATE NIGHT DREAM Presents Bill Withers The Legacy 2 by David Lucarotti 320kbit/s

Bill Withers used to say " I write and sing about whatever I'm able to understand and feel. I feel that it is healthier to look out at the world through a window than through a mirror.

Otherwise, all you see is yourself and whatever is behind you"
Bill Withers was born on July 4, 1938 in the small coal-mining town of Slab Fork, West Virginia and was raised in the nearby town of Beckley.
In 1971 Bill released his debut album "Just As I Am." The song "Ain't No Sunshine" was a #3 R&B radio hit and won the Grammy Award for Best Rhythm & Blues Song.
Withers scored a massive smash in 1972 with the marvelously inspirational "Lean on Me," which reached #1 on the Billboard pop charts on July 8. "Use Me" was likewise successful; it peaked at #2 on the Billboard pop charts.
After parting with Sussex Records, Withers hooked up with Columbia Records in 1975. "Lovely Day" was a Top 30 Billboard pop hit in 1978.
"Just the Two of Us," Bill's terrific duet with Grover Washington, Jr., was a #2 Billboard pop hit in 1981 and won the Grammy Award for Best Rhythm & Blues Song.
He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2005 and the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame in 2007.

This is the Latenightdream.com Tribute Part Two dedicated to this so numerous BILL WITHERS covers that was made by legendary artists.
This is "Bill Withers, The Heritage"

01.Lee Ritenour feat. Zamajobe - Lovely Day
02.Anthony David - You Cant Just Smile It Away
03.Michael Bolton - Lean on Me
04.Sabrina Starke - Just the Two of Us
05.Jose James - Better Off Dead
06.Cold Blood - Kissing My Love
07.Michael Johnson - City Of The Angels
08.Anthony David - I Dont Know
09.Marlena Shaw - Paint Your Pretty Picture
10.Jose James - Who Is He
11.Diana Ross - The Same Love That Made Me Laugh
12.Anthony David - Hello Like Before
13.Fifth Dimension - Harlem
14.Gino Soccio - Love Is
15.Georgie Fame - If I Didn't Mean You Well
16.Joe Cocker - Ruby Lee
17.Freddy Cole - My Imagination
18.Ullanda McCullough - Watching You Watching Me
19.Barbra Streisand - Grandma's Hands
20.John Legend & The Roots - I Can't Write Left Handed
21.Beth Hart and Joe Bonamassa - For My Friend
22.Mick Jagger feat. Lenny Kravitz - Use Me
23.Pete Alderton - Ain't No Sunshine

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