Bill Withers discography
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| Bill Withers discography | |
|---|---|
 Withers in 1976. | |
| Studio albums | 8 |
| Live albums | 1 |
| Compilation albums | 10 |
| Singles | 34 |
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.
Albums
[edit]Studio albums
[edit]| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) | ||||||||||||||||
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| US [1] |
US R&B [2] |
CAN [3] |
UK [4] | ||||||||||||||||
| Just as I Am |
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39 | 9 | 37 | — | ||||||||||||||
| Still Bill |
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4 | 1 | 71 | — | ||||||||||||||
| +'Justments |
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67 | 7 | — | — | ||||||||||||||
| Making Music |
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81 | 7 | — | — | ||||||||||||||
| Naked & Warm |
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169 | 41 | — | — | ||||||||||||||
| Menagerie |
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39 | 16 | 55 | 27 | ||||||||||||||
| 'Bout Love |
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134 | 50 | — | — | ||||||||||||||
| Watching You, Watching Me |
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143 | 42 | — | 60 | ||||||||||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||||||
Live albums
[edit]| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [1] |
US R&B [2] |
UK [4] | ||
| Live at Carnegie Hall |
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63 | 6 | 80 |
Compilation albums
[edit]| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [1] |
US R&B [2] |
UK [4] | |||||||||||||||||
| The Best of Bill Withers |
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182 | 33 | — | |||||||||||||||
| The Best of Bill Withers |
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— | — | — | |||||||||||||||
| Bill Withers' Greatest Hits |
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183 | 58 | 90 | |||||||||||||||
| Lean on Me: The Best of Bill Withers |
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131 | — | — | |||||||||||||||
| The Best of Bill Withers: Lovely Day |
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— | — | — | |||||||||||||||
| The Best of Bill Withers: Lean on Me |
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— | — | — | |||||||||||||||
| The Ultimate Bill Withers Collection (2CD) |
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— | — | — | |||||||||||||||
| Lovely Day: The Very Best of Bill Withers |
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— | — | 35 | |||||||||||||||
| Ain't No Sunshine: The Best of Bill Withers |
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— | — | — | |||||||||||||||
| Playlist: The Very Best of Bill Withers |
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— | — | — | |||||||||||||||
| The Essential Bill Withers |
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— | — | — | |||||||||||||||
| The Ultimate Collection |
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— | — | 10 |
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| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||||||
Singles
[edit]| 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 | — | — | — | — |
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| "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 |
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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
[edit]| 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
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ B-side: "What I'll Do"
- ^ B-side: "Moanin' and Groanin'"
- ^ B-side: "Harlem"
- ^ The original version of "Ain't No Sunshine" did not chart on the UK Singles Chart until 2009, 38 years after its release.
- ^ B-side: "Sweet Wanomi"
- ^ B-side: "Better Off Dead" (from Just as I Am)
- ^ B-side: "Let Me in Your Life"
- ^ B-side: "The Gift of Giving"
- ^ B-side: "I Don't Know"
- ^ B-side: "Lonely Town, Lonely Street"
- ^ B-side: "Make a Smile for Me"
- ^ B-side: "Stories"
- ^ B-side: "Ruby Lee"
- ^ B-side by Bobby Womack: "Doing It My Way"
- ^ B-side: "Who Is He (and What Is He to You)" (from Still Bill)
- ^ B-side: "I Love You Dawn"
- ^ B-side: "She's Lonely"
- ^ B-side: "Family Table"
- ^ B-side: "My Imagination"
- ^ B-side: "I'll Be with You"
- ^ B-side: "It Ain't Because of Me Baby"
- ^ B-side: "I Want to Spend the Night"
- ^ B-side: "Love Is"
- ^ B-side: Part 2
- ^ B-side: B-side by Grover Washington Jr.: "Make Me a Memory"
- ^ B-side: "Paint Your Pretty Picture" (from Making Music)
- ^ B-side: B-side by Ralph MacDonald: "Play Pen"
- ^ B-side: "Just Like the First Time" (Non-album track)
- ^ B-side: "You Try to Find a Love"
- ^ B-side: "Oh Yeah" (from Watching You Watching Me)
- ^ B-side: "Lovely Day" (Original version from Menagerie)
- ^ B-side: "Ain't No Sunshine" (Original version from Just as I Am)
- ^ B-side: "Harlem" (Original version from Just as I Am)
Sources
[edit]- ^ a b c "Bill Withers – Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
- ^ a b c "Bill Withers – Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums". Billboard. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
- ^ a b "CAN Charts > Bill Withers". RPM. Archived from the original on August 9, 2013. Retrieved January 19, 2012.
- ^ a b c d "UK Charts > Bill Withers". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Bill Withers". riaa.com. Recording Industry Association of America.
- ^ "Bill Withers: Greatest Hits". bpi.co.uk. BPI.
- ^ "Bill Withers: The Best Of - Lovely Day". bpi.co.uk. BPI.
- ^ "Bill Withers: The Ultimate Collection". bpi.co.uk. BPI.
- ^ "Bill Withers – Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
- ^ "Bill Withers – Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Billboard. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
- ^ "Bill Withers – Adult Contemporary". Billboard. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Discografie Bill Withers". ultratop.be/nl. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
- ^ "Discographie Bill Withers". lescharts.com. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
- ^ "Discografie Bill Withers". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
- ^ "Discography Bill Withers". charts.org.nz. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
- ^ a b c "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2020 Singles". ARIA. 2020. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
- ^ "Bill Withers: Ain't No Sunshine". bpi.co.uk. BPI.
- ^ "Bill Withers: Lean on Me". bpi.co.uk. BPI.
- ^ "Bill Withers: Lovely Day". bpi.co.uk. BPI. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
- ^ "British certifications – Grover Washington Jr/Withers – Just the Two of Us". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
- ^ "J.J. Johnson – Man And Boy (Original Motion Picture Score)". Discogs. Retrieved June 5, 2023.
- ^ "Winelight – Grover Washington Jr. – Awards – AllMusic". AllMusic.
- ^ "Dreams in Stone - Michel Berger - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved June 5, 2023.
- ^ "Michel Berger - Dreams In Stone". Discogs. Retrieved June 5, 2023.
- ^ The Best of Soul Train Live at AllMusic
- ^ The Best of Soul Train Live (booklet). Time Life. 2011.