Making Music is the fourth studio album by American R&B singer Bill Withers. It was also released in the UK as Making Friends. Making Music was released in 1975 and is Withers' first album on Columbia Records due to Sussex Records folding in July 1975. The album charted at number seven on the R&B album charts. The album was released in the UK by CBS under the title of 'Making Friends' also in 1975. All songs written by Bill Withers; except where noted. I Wish You Well" 3:57.
Bill Withers - Use Me (03:48, 320Kb/s). Bill Withers - Don't You Want to Stay? (04:04, 320Kb/s). Bill Withers - Family Table (03:13, 320Kb/s). Bill Withers - Railroad Man (06:28, 320Kb/s). Bill Withers - Make a Smile for Me (03:16, 320Kb/s). Bill Withers - Heartbreak Road (03:09, 320Kb/s). Bill Withers - Something That Turns You On (04:27, 320Kb/s). Listen online and stay in a good mood. Org Album: The Essential Bill Withers (2015).
Use Me was included on Bill Withers‘ 1972 album Still Bill. It was his second-biggest hit in the United States, eventually reaching No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song also peaked at No. 2 on the Soul chart for two weeks. Withers performed the song on Soul Train on November 4, 1972. Billboard ranked it as the No. 78 song for 1972. The song was certified Gold by the RIAA.
William Harrison Withers Jr. (born July 4, 1938) is an American singer-songwriter and musician who performed and recorded from 1970 until 1985. He recorded several major hits, including "Lean on Me", "Ain't No Sunshine", "Use Me", "Just the Two of Us", "Lovely Day", and "Grandma's Hands". Withers won three Grammy Awards and was nominated for four more. His life was the subject of the 2009 documentary film Still Bill. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2015.
Those who admire songs like "Lean on Me" and "Ain't No Sunshine" are advised to approach this best-of with caution; from the mid-'70s onward, Bill Withers forsook his folky singer/songwriter soul for more anonymous, slick MOR soul and urban contemporary. His early sound was far more distinctive, and his early-'70s Sussex albums are recommended alternatives to this compilation. Use Me. Bill Withers.
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The Bill Withers hit, "Use Me", which originally appeared on his 1972 album, Still Bill, reached on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and was Wither's second biggest in the USA. This funky soul groove, performed by drummer James Gadson, was originally played at 77-78 bpm, with straight sixteenth-notes on the HiHat and linear, quasi-paradiddle figures between the Snare (cross-stick) and Kick drum