Why we need to lean on Bill Withers and his great music more than ever

Wonder paid tribute to the late soul singer

Stevie Wonder joined an all-star bill of performers for the broadcast of One World: Together at Home. He sang “Lean on Me,” the classic song by the late Bill Withers. He also performed his own song “Love’s in Need of Love Today.” Watch it below.

Stevie Wonder honored his late friend Bill Withers during the One World: Together at Home concert on Sunday (April 18). Withers died from heart complications on March 30 at age 81.The legendary Wonder, sitting at his home piano, told viewers: "During hardships like this, we have to lean on each other for help.

Bill Withers, who died of heart complications on March 30, leads Billboard's R&B Songwriters chart (dated April 18) for the first time, as two of his iconic hits debut on the Hot R&B Songs chart."Ain't No Sunshine," which he solely wrote, and "Lean on Me," which he co-wrote with Ray Jackson, debut at Nos. 6 and 7, respectively, on Hot R&B Songs.The tracks are concurrently the top-selling hits in the U.S., as "Lean on Me" takes over the No.

Glass Animals' Dave Bayley paid tribute to one of his musical heroes, Bill Withers, over the weekend by performing a cover of his seminal hit "Lean On Me."As the third episode of the English indie rock band's "Quarantine Covers" series, the frontman picked the fan's song request because, "He's one of my favorite songwriters of all time....

Neil Young, Willie Nelson, Angel Olsen, Margo Price, Jessie Reyez, Finneas, the Secret Sisters, Soccer Mommy, Norah Jones, Justin Moore, Jeff Tweedy and Kim Petras are some of the artists performing this weekend.

As all the late night shows have pivoted to remote broadcasts where the hosts are at home and the guests are also at home, last night’s Late Show With Stephen Colbert featured an at-home Colbert remotely interviewing Chance the Rapper and hosted a remote performance from musical guest Jim James. Chance discussed his Punk’d reboot, and the My Morning Jacket frontman covered “Lean on Me” by the late Bill Withers. Watch it happen below.

Most people don’t know him by name, but Dave Hampton is one of the music industry’s top-flight audio engineers. His clientele has included Prince, Herbie Hancock, Marcus Miller, RZA, M.I.A.

Legendary singer Bill Withers has passed away aged 81. 

Singer and songwriter Bill Withers passed away at 81, due to heart complications in Los Angeles. The family of the Lean On Me singer gave an official statement to Associated Press.

Bill Withers’ legendary catalog came at a price. In the 1970s and mid-’80s, he released several classic albums and some of the most beloved soul songs of all time, appeared on Soul Train, headlined Carnegie Hall, and then quit the industry. By his own estimate, his career only lasted eight years, and he was unhappy during it: “Nobody had my interest at heart. I felt like a pawn,” Withers said in a 2015 Rolling Stone profile. “I like being my own man.”

John Legend is mourning a longtime legend who had inspired him and many others in the music world, soul singer Bill Withers. The Grammy-wining artist, known for '70s hits such as "Lean on Me," "Ain't No Sunshine" and "Lovely Day," died at age 81 from heart complications on Monday in Los Angeles, multiple reports said on Friday.

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 died from heart complications, his family said in a statement to The Associated Press. He was 81.

Bill Withers, the former Navy man and commercial aircraft worker who became one of music’s most revered poet laureates, has died. The Grammy Award winner and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member died Monday (March 30) in Los Angeles from heart complications.

Bill Withers, the ‘70s soul singer behind classics like “Lean On Me” and “Ain’t No Sunshine,” died from heart complications in Los Angeles, according to a statement his family released to the Associated Press. Withers was 81.

Bill Withers, known for his iconic songs “Lean on Me” and “Lovely Day,” has died from heart complications at the age of 81.

Bill Withers, famous for hits such as Lovely Day, Ain't No Sunshine and Lean On Me has died aged 81.