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Bill Withers

1938 - 2020

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William Harrison Withers Jr. (July 4, 1938 – March 30, 2020) was an American singer and songwriter. He is known for having several hits over a career spanning 18 years, including "Ain't No Sunshine" (1971), "Grandma's Hands" (1971), "Use Me" (1972), "Lean on Me" (1972), "Lovely Day" (1977) and "Just the Two of Us" (1980) (recorded in collaboration with Grover Washington Jr.). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bill Withers has received more than 7,724,665 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Bill Withers is the 375th most popular singer (down from 287th in 2019), the 2,125th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,850th in 2019) and the 116th most popular American Singer.

Bill Withers is most famous for his song "Ain't No Sunshine" which was released in 1971.

Memorability Metrics

  • 7.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.34

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.88

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Bill Withers ranks 375 out of 4,381. Before him are Christa Ludwig, Albert Hammond, Steve Perry, Amr Diab, Arsen Dedić, and Ricky Nelson. After him are Anne-Marie David, Serge Reggiani, Ruslana, Pérez Prado, Jackie Jackson, and Gazebo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Bill Withers ranks 125. Before him are Rocco Granata, Manuel Santana, Nino Benvenuti, Arsen Dedić, Oscar Robertson, and Takehiko Kawanishi. After him are Vakhtang Kikabidze, Marien Ngouabi, Hermann Nitsch, Benjamin Mkapa, Yuri Temirkanov, and Anne Perry. Among people deceased in 2020, Bill Withers ranks 115. Before him are Michel Hidalgo, Claude Brasseur, Pascal Lissouba, Mory Kanté, John Horton Conway, and David Prowse. After him are Jack Charlton, Benjamin Mkapa, Daniel arap Moi, George Floyd, Ilija Petković, and Wilford Brimley.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bill Withers ranks 2,125 out of 20,380. Before him are Alex Borstein (1971), Joseph Greenberg (1915), Clair Cameron Patterson (1922), Cochise (1805), John Young (1930), and Ricky Nelson (1940). After him are Thomas Cech (1947), Jim Parsons (1973), Jennifer Beals (1963), John Cusack (1966), Walt Whitman Rostow (1916), and Andrea M. Ghez (1965).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Bill Withers ranks 116. Before him are Solomon Burke (1936), Pinetop Perkins (1913), Linda Ronstadt (1946), Toby Keith (1961), Steve Perry (1949), and Ricky Nelson (1940). After him are Jackie Jackson (1951), Jessye Norman (1945), Cissy Houston (1933), Selena Gomez (1992), Brenda Lee (1944), and Carly Simon (1945).

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