URI(s)
Variants
- Withers, Bill (Vocalist)
- Withers, William Harrison, Jr., 1938-2020
Identifies LC/NAF RWO
Identifies RWO
Birth Date
- 1938-07-04
Death Date
- 2020-03-30
Descriptor
- African American musicians
Birth Place
Occupation
- Occupation: Soul musicians
Occupation
- Occupation: Rhythm and blues musicians
Occupation
- Occupation: Composers
Occupation
- Occupation: Singers
Occupation
- Occupation: Guitarists
Associated Language
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Sources
- found: 'Bout love [SR] p1978:label (Bill Withers)
- found: New Grove dict. of Amer. mus.(Withers, Bill; b. July 4, 1938, Slab Fork, near Raleigh, WV; soul singer and songwriter)
- found: All music guide WWW site, Feb. 1, 2013(Bill Withers; b. William Harrison Withers, Jr., July 4, 1938, Slab Fork, WV; soul songwriter, singer, guitarist)
- found: New York times WWW site, April 3, 2020(obituary published April 3, 2020: Bill Withers; born William Harrison Withers, Jr., July 4, 1938, Slab Fork, West Virginia; died Monday [March 30, 2020] in Los Angeles; R&B singer and songwriter; composer of "Ain't no sunshine" and "Lean on me"; stopped recording and performing in 1985)
LC Classification
- PZ8.3.W759 (Stories in rhyme, English) -- Assigner: DLC
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Collection Membership(s)
Change Notes
- 1993-05-11: new
- 2025-08-04: revised
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