LEAN ON ME

Created on 20/03/2002
Latest update on 01/07/2022

Artist: Bill Withers
Author: Bill Withers
Label: Sussex
Year: 1972

N°1 R&B & US.

Covers:

1972:

Persuasions

1972:

Denise LaSalle

1973:

Clara Ward

1976:

Mud

1976:

Aretha Franklin [who covered both Lean On Me's]

1981:

Barbara Dickson

1987:

Club Nouveau [n°1 US, n°2 R&B]

1987:

Thelma Houston & Winans [in film Lean On Me, where Sandra Reeves brings a second version]

1993:

Al Green

1994:

Michael Bolton

2001:

Westlife [sample in Queen Of My Heart]

2013:

Sabrina Starke [title track of tribute cd The Songs Of Bill Withers]

2018:

José James

2022:

Keb' Mo'

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