Bill Withers Use Me Lyrics

Biography

Bill Withers (born July 4, 1938 in Slab Fork, West Virginia) is an American singer-songwriter who performed and recorded from the late 1960s until the mid 1980s.

Bill's father died when he was thirteen. He joined the US Navy at seventeen, and stayed there for nine years, before he moved to Los Angeles in 1967. While in Los Angeles, he worked full-time in a Lockheed assembly plant in the day, recording demo tapes and performing in juke joints during the night. When he debuted on the music scene with "Ain't No Sunshine," he refused to give up his job at Lockheed because of his belief that the music business was a fickle industry and that he was still a novice compared to other working acts like The Temptations or Sammy Davis, Jr.

His first success was with the company Sussex Records in 1971 with his debut hit single Ain't No Sunshine on the album Just As I Am. He assembled a touring band made up of: drummer James Gadson, guitarist Bernoce Blackmon, keyboardist Ray Jackson, and bassist Melvin Dunlap.

His second album Still Bill also did well on the charts. It was recorded during a break in the "Just As I Am" tour and included the well-known single "Lean on Me," which went to #1 on the charts on July 8, 1972. His live album, "Bill Withers, Live at Carnegie Hall," released in 1973, was one of the best live albums to be released during the 1970s. Other popular songs he sings are "Use Me" and "Lovely Day," as well as "Just the Two of Us," which he performed with jazz saxophonist Grover Washington Jr.

His songs have been covered by many singers and rappers. Club Nouveau's 1986 cover of "Lean on Me," which is now often used in many churches, earned Withers his third Grammy as a songwriter. Ten years earlier, the British glam rock band Mud took the song to No. 7 in the UK pop charts. Grace Jones covered his song "Use Me."

album: "Just As I Am" (1971)

Harlem

Ain't No Sunshine

Grandma's Hands

Sweet Wanomi

Everybody's Talking

Do It Good

Hope She'll Be Happier

Let It Be

I'm Her Daddy

In My Heart

Moanin' And Groanin'

Better Off Dead

album: "Still Bill" (1972)

Lonely Town, Lonely Street

Let Me In Your Life

Who Is He (And What Is He To You)

Use Me

Kissing My Love

I Don't Know

Another Day To Run

I Don't Want You On My Mind

Take It All In And Check It All Out

Lean On Me

live album: "Live At Carnegie Hall" (1973)

Ain't No Sunshine

Better Off Dead

Cold Baloney

For My Friend

Friend Of Mine

Grandma's Hands

Harlem

Hope She'll Be Happier

I Can't Write Left Handed

Lean On Me

Let Me Into Your Life

Let Us Love

Lonely Town, Lonely Street

Use Me

World Keeps Going Around

album: "+ Justments" (1974)

Stories

Make A Smile For Me

The Same Love That Made Me Laugh

Railroad Man

Ruby Lee

You

Liza

Heartbreak Road

Can We Pretend

Green Grass

album: "Making Music, Making Friends" (1975)

Make Love To Your Mind

I Love You Dawn

Sometimes A Song

Paint Your Pretty Picture

I Wish You Well

Family Table

The Best You Can

Hello Like Before

Don't You Want To Stay?

She's Lonely

album: "Naked & Warm" (1976)

Close To Me

Naked And Warm

Where You Are

Dreams

If I Didn't Mean You Well

I'll Be With You

City Of The Angels

My Imagination

album: "Menagerie" (1977)

Lovely Day

I Want To Spend The Night

Lovely Night For Dancing

Then You Smile At Me

She Wants To (Get On Down)

It Ain't Because Of Me Baby

Tender Things

Wintertime

Let Me Be The One You Need

Rosie

album: "'Bout Love" (1978)

All Because Of You

Dedicated To You My Love

Look To Each Other For Love

Love Is

Memories Are That Way

You've Got The Stuff

Love

album: "Watching You, Watching Me" (1985)

Oh Yeah!

Something That Turns You On

Don't Make Me Wait

Heart In Your Life

Watching You Watching Me

We Could Be Sweet Lovers

You Just Can't Smile It Away

Steppin' Right Along

You Try To Find A Love

Whatever Happens

other songs:

Just The Two Of Us