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Bill Withers
William Harrison "Bill" Withers, Jr. (born July 4, 1938) is an American singer-songwriter and musician who performed and recorded from 1970 until 1985. He recorded several major hits, including "Lean on Me", "Ain't No Sunshine", "Use Me", "Just the Two of Us", "Lovely Day", and "Grandma's Hands". Withers won three Grammy Awards and was nominated for four more. His life was the subject of the 2009 documentary film ''Still Bill''.〔 He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2015.〔
==Early life==
Withers was born the youngest of six children in the small coal-mining town of Slab Fork, West Virginia.〔Ben Sisario, ("Bill Withers: Still Himself, but He’ll Allow the Attention," ) ''New York Times'', September 18, 2015.〕 He was born with a stutter and has said he had a hard time fitting in.〔 Raised in nearby Beckley, West Virginia, he was thirteen years old when his father died.〔 Withers enlisted with the United States Navy at the age of 18 and served for nine years, during which time he got over his stutter and became interested in singing and writing songs. Discharged from the Navy in 1965, he relocated to Los Angeles in 1967 for a musical career.〔 Withers worked as an assembler for several different companies, including Douglas Aircraft Corporation, while recording demo tapes with his own money, shopping them around and performing in clubs at night. When he debuted with the song "Ain't No Sunshine" he refused to resign from his job because of his belief that the music business was a fickle industry.〔
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