The Essential Bill Withers

~ Release by Bill Withers (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Tracklist

1CD: Disc One
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1Better Days (Theme From Man and Boy)3:28
2Ain't No Sunshine
recording engineer:
Bill Halverson (in 1971) and Bill Lazarus (in 1971)
producer:
Booker T. Jones
mixer:
John Golden
acoustic guitar:
Stephen Stills (in 1971)
drums (drum set):
Al Jackson, Jr. (in 1971)
electric bass guitar:
Donald “Duck” Dunn (in 1971)
lead vocals:
Bill Withers (in 1971)
strings arranger:
Booker T. Jones
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS Inc. (in 1971) and Columbia Records (in 1972)
part of:
BILLIONS CLUB, Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 179), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 280) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 309)
recording of:
Ain’t No Sunshine (in 1971)
lyricist and composer:
Bill Withers
publisher:
EMI Music, EMI Music Publishing Ltd. and EMI Songs Ltd.
2:06
3Harlem
recording engineer:
Bill Halverson and Bill Lazarus
producer:
Booker T. Jones
mixer:
John Golden
vocals:
Bill Withers
arranger:
Booker T. Jones
recording of:
Harlem
lyricist and composer:
Bill Withers
publisher:
Interior Music Corp.
3:24
4Grandma's Hands
recording engineer:
Bill Halverson and Bill Lazarus
producer:
Booker T. Jones
mixer:
John Golden
electric guitar:
Stephen Stills
lead vocals:
Bill Withers
arranger:
Booker T. Jones
recording of:
Grandma’s Hands (in 1971)
lyricist and composer:
Bill Withers
publisher:
Interior Music Corp.
2:02
5Hope She'll Be Happier
recording engineer:
Bill Halverson and Bill Lazarus
producer:
Booker T. Jones
mixer:
John Golden
vocals:
Bill Withers
arranger:
Booker T. Jones
recording of:
Hope She'll Be Happier
lyricist and composer:
Bill Withers
publisher:
Songs of Universal, Inc.
3:50
6Better Off Dead
recording engineer:
Bill Halverson and Bill Lazarus
producer:
Booker T. Jones
mixer:
John Golden
vocals:
Bill Withers
arranger:
Booker T. Jones
recording of:
Better Off Dead
lyricist and composer:
Bill Withers
publisher:
Interior Music Corp.
2:16
7Lonely Town, Lonely Street
recording of:
Lonely Town, Lonely Street
lyricist and composer:
Bill Withers
publisher:
Interior Music Corp.
3:42
8Let Me in Your Life
recording of:
Let Me in Your Life
lyricist and composer:
Bill Withers
2:42
9Who Is He (And What Is He to You)?3:14
10Use Me3:43
11Friend of Mine (live)
recorded at:
Carnegie Hall in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1972-10-06)
live recording of:
Friend of Mine
lyricist and composer:
Bill Withers
4:30
12I Can't Write Left-Handed (live)6:47
13Lean on Me4:19
14Make a Smile for Me
3:17
15The Same Love That Made Me Laugh
recording of:
The Same Love That Made Me Laugh
lyricist and composer:
Bill Withers
publisher:
Interior Music Corp.
3:26
16Heartbreak Road
recording of:
Heartbreak Road
lyricist and composer:
Bill Withers
3:10
17Railroad Man
recording of:
Railroad Man
writer:
Melvin Dunlap and Bill Withers
6:28
2CD: Disc Two