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Bill Withers (born July 4 1938 in Slab Fork, West Virginia|Slab Fork, West Virginia) is an United States|American singer-songwriter who performed and recorded from the late 1960s until the mid 1980s. Some of his best-known songs are "Ain't No Sunshine," "Use Me (Withers)|Use Me," "Lovely Day," "Lean on Me (song)|Lean on Me", "Grandma's Hands" and "Just the Two of Us (song)|Just the Two of Us".

Early life
Bill Withers was born the youngest of nine children in the small coal-mining town of Slab Fork, West Virginia. Raised in nearby Beckley, West Virginia, he was thirteen when his father died. He joined the United States Navy at seventeen and served for nine years, during which time he became interested in singing. He began writing songs to fill a need for lyrics that expressed what he felt. Following his discharge from the Navy in 1965, he moved to Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles in 1967 to pursue a career in music.<ref>{{cite interview |last=Withers |first=Bill |subject=Bill Withers |subjectlink=Bill Withers |interviewer=Tony Cox |title=Songwriter Bill Withers and a Career Cut Short |type= |url=http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7236327 |format= |program=''News & Notes'' |callsign=National Public Radio |city= |date=2007-02-07 |year= |month= |accessdate=2007-05-21 </ref>

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