Leaving their marks
Music | Bill Withers and Ellis Marsalis won't be forgotten
by Arsenio Orteza
Posted 5/07/20, 05:11 pm
Cardiovascular disease claimed the R&B singer-songwriter Bill Withers on March 30. He was 81.
Of the 29 singles that Withers released between 1967 and 1985, only six reached the Top 40. Four of those, however—“Ain’t No Sunshine,” “Lean on Me,” “Use Me,” and “Just the Two of Us”—left such an impression that even now their opening bars fan emotional flames.