Bill Withers discography

The discography of American singer-songwriter and musician Bill Withers (1938–2020). It consists of eight studio albums, one live album, 10 compilation albums and 34 singles.

Bill Withers discography
Withers in 1976.
Studio albums8
Live albums1
Compilation albums10
Singles34

Albums

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Studio albums

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Bill Withers studio albums
Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
US
[1]
US
R&B

[2]
CAN
[3]
UK
[4]
Just as I Am 39 9 37
Still Bill
  • Released: May 1972
  • Label: Sussex Records
  • Formats: CD, digital download
4 1 71
+'Justments
  • Released: 1974
  • Label: Sussex Records
  • Formats: CD, digital download
67 7
Making Music 81 7
Naked & Warm
  • Released: 1976
  • Label: Columbia Records
  • Formats: CD, digital download
169 41
Menagerie
  • Released: December 1977
  • Label: Columbia Records
  • Formats: CD, digital download
39 16 55 27
'Bout Love
  • Released: 1979
  • Label: Columbia Records
  • Formats: CD, digital download
134 50
Watching You, Watching Me
  • Released: 1985
  • Label: Columbia Records
  • Formats: CD, digital download
143 42 60
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

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Bill Withers live albums
Title Details Peak chart positions
US
[1]
US
R&B

[2]
UK
[4]
Live at Carnegie Hall
  • Released: 1973
  • Label: Sussex Records
  • Formats: CD, digital download
63 6 80

Compilation albums

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Bill Withers compilation albums
Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
US
[1]
US
R&B

[2]
UK
[4]
The Best of Bill Withers
  • Released: 1975
  • Label: Sussex Records
  • Formats: CD, digital download
182 33
The Best of Bill Withers
  • Released: 1980
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Bill Withers' Greatest Hits
  • Released: 1981
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: CD, digital download
183 58 90
Lean on Me: The Best of Bill Withers 131
The Best of Bill Withers: Lovely Day
  • Released: 1998
  • Label: Sony Music
  • Formats: CD, digital download
The Best of Bill Withers: Lean on Me
  • Released: 2000
  • Label: Legacy Recordings
  • Formats: CD, digital download
The Ultimate Bill Withers Collection (2CD)
Lovely Day: The Very Best of Bill Withers
  • Released: 2005
  • Label: Sony Music Entertainment
  • Formats: CD, digital download
35
Ain't No Sunshine: The Best of Bill Withers
  • Released: 2008
  • Label: Music Club Deluxe
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Playlist: The Very Best of Bill Withers
  • Released: 2009
  • Label: Sussex, Columbia, Legacy
  • Formats: CD, digital download
The Essential Bill Withers
  • Released: August 20, 2013
  • Label: Columbia, Legacy
  • Formats: CD, digital download
The Ultimate Collection
  • Released: 2017
  • Label: Columbia, Legacy
  • Formats: CD, digital download
10
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Singles

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Bill Withers singles
Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
Album
US
[9]
US
R&B

[10]
US
A/C

[11]
AUS
[12]
BEL
(FL)

[13]
CAN
[3]
FRA
[14]
NL
[15]
NZ
[16]
UK
[4]
1967 "Three Nights and a Morning"[A] Non-album single
1971 "Harlem"[B] Just as I Am
"Ain't No Sunshine"[C] 3 6 2 17 17 9 73 19 40[D]
"Grandma's Hands"[E] 42 18 16 37
1972 "Lean on Me"[F] 1 1 4 24 20 18 Still Bill
"Use Me"[G] 2 2 14 33
"Let Us Love"[H] 47 17 33 75 Non-album single
1973 "Kissing My Love"[I] 31 12 65 Still Bill
"Friend of Mine"[J] 80 25 Bill Withers Live at Carnegie Hall
1974 "The Same Love That Made Me Laugh"[K] 50 10 39 +'Justments
"You"[L] 15
"Heartbreak Road"[M] 89 13
1975 "It's All Over Now"[N]
(with Bobby Womack)
68 Non-album single
"Harlem"[O] Just as I Am
"Make Love to Your Mind"[P] 76 10 Making Music
1976 "I Wish You Well"[Q] 54
"Hello Like Before"[R]
"If I Didn't Mean You Well"[S] 74 Naked & Warm
1977 "Close to Me"[T] 88
"Lovely Day"[U] 30 6 25 23 24 29 7 Menagerie
1978 "Lovely Night for Dancing"[V] 75
1979 "Don't It Make It Better"[W] 30 'Bout Love
"You Got the Stuff" -- Part 1[X] 85
1981 "Just the Two of Us"[Y]
(by Grover Washington Jr. featuring Bill Withers)
2 3 2 31 16 10 16 24 34 Bill Withers' Greatest Hits
"U.S.A."[Z] 83 Non-album singles
1984 "In the Name of Love"[AA]
(with Ralph MacDonald)
58 13 6 48 95
1985 "Oh Yeah!"[AB] 106 22 40 60 Watching You Watching Me
"Something That Turns You On"[AC] 46
1987 "Lovely Day"[AD] (re-release) 92 Menagerie
1988 "Lovely Day"[AE] (Sunshine mix) 8 12 4 Lovely Days (UK release only)
"Ain't No Sunshine"[AF] (The Total Eclipse mix) 33 26 82
1990 "Harlem"[AG] (Street mix) 98
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or were not released.

Other appearances

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Other recordings by Bill Withers
Year Title Album Artist Reference(s)
1971 "Theme From "Man And Boy" ("Better Days")" Soundtrack for Man and Boy J.J. Johnson [22]
1980 "Just the Two of Us" Winelight Grover Washington Jr. [23]
1982 "Apple Pie" Dreams in Stone Michel Berger [24][25]
2011 "Use Me" (live November 4, 1972) The Best of Soul Train Live various [26][27]

References

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Notes

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  1. ^ B-side: "What I'll Do"
  2. ^ B-side: "Moanin' and Groanin'"
  3. ^ B-side: "Harlem"
  4. ^ The original version of "Ain't No Sunshine" did not chart on the UK Singles Chart until 2009, 38 years after its release.
  5. ^ B-side: "Sweet Wanomi"
  6. ^ B-side: "Better Off Dead" (from Just as I Am)
  7. ^ B-side: "Let Me in Your Life"
  8. ^ B-side: "The Gift of Giving"
  9. ^ B-side: "I Don't Know"
  10. ^ B-side: "Lonely Town, Lonely Street"
  11. ^ B-side: "Make a Smile for Me"
  12. ^ B-side: "Stories"
  13. ^ B-side: "Ruby Lee"
  14. ^ B-side by Bobby Womack: "Doing It My Way"
  15. ^ B-side: "Who Is He (and What Is He to You)" (from Still Bill)
  16. ^ B-side: "I Love You Dawn"
  17. ^ B-side: "She's Lonely"
  18. ^ B-side: "Family Table"
  19. ^ B-side: "My Imagination"
  20. ^ B-side: "I'll Be with You"
  21. ^ B-side: "It Ain't Because of Me Baby"
  22. ^ B-side: "I Want to Spend the Night"
  23. ^ B-side: "Love Is"
  24. ^ B-side: Part 2
  25. ^ B-side: B-side by Grover Washington Jr.: "Make Me a Memory"
  26. ^ B-side: "Paint Your Pretty Picture" (from Making Music)
  27. ^ B-side: B-side by Ralph MacDonald: "Play Pen"
  28. ^ B-side: "Just Like the First Time" (Non-album track)
  29. ^ B-side: "You Try to Find a Love"
  30. ^ B-side: "Oh Yeah" (from Watching You Watching Me)
  31. ^ B-side: "Lovely Day" (Original version from Menagerie)
  32. ^ B-side: "Ain't No Sunshine" (Original version from Just as I Am)
  33. ^ B-side: "Harlem" (Original version from Just as I Am)

Sources

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  1. ^ a b c "Bill Withers – Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Bill Withers – Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums". Billboard. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
  3. ^ a b "CAN Charts > Bill Withers". RPM. Archived from the original on August 9, 2013. Retrieved January 19, 2012.
  4. ^ a b c d "UK Charts > Bill Withers". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g "Bill Withers". riaa.com. Recording Industry Association of America.
  6. ^ "Bill Withers: Greatest Hits". bpi.co.uk. BPI.
  7. ^ "Bill Withers: The Best Of - Lovely Day". bpi.co.uk. BPI.
  8. ^ "Bill Withers: The Ultimate Collection". bpi.co.uk. BPI.
  9. ^ "Bill Withers – Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
  10. ^ "Bill Withers – Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Billboard. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
  11. ^ "Bill Withers – Adult Contemporary". Billboard. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
  12. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 342. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  13. ^ "Discografie Bill Withers". ultratop.be/nl. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
  14. ^ "Discographie Bill Withers". lescharts.com. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
  15. ^ "Discografie Bill Withers". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
  16. ^ "Discography Bill Withers". charts.org.nz. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
  17. ^ a b c "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2020 Singles". ARIA. 2020. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
  18. ^ "Bill Withers: Ain't No Sunshine". bpi.co.uk. BPI.
  19. ^ "Bill Withers: Lean on Me". bpi.co.uk. BPI.
  20. ^ "Bill Withers: Lovely Day". bpi.co.uk. BPI. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  21. ^ "British certifications – Grover Washington Jr/Withers – Just the Two of Us". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  22. ^ "J.J. Johnson – Man And Boy (Original Motion Picture Score)". Discogs. Retrieved June 5, 2023.
  23. ^ "Winelight – Grover Washington Jr. – Awards – AllMusic". AllMusic.
  24. ^ "Dreams in Stone - Michel Berger - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved June 5, 2023.
  25. ^ "Michel Berger - Dreams In Stone". Discogs. Retrieved June 5, 2023.
  26. ^ The Best of Soul Train Live at AllMusic
  27. ^ The Best of Soul Train Live (booklet). Time Life. 2011.