Bill Withers

Bill Withers wrote plainspoken, deeply human soul — “Ain’t No Sunshine,” “Lean on Me,” “Use Me,” “Lovely Day,” “Grandma’s Hands” — much of it on the short-lived Sussex label, whose 1975 collapse shadows the rights picture across these pages. He famously refused to quit his airplane-parts factory job even after the hits landed. These are the Withers entries in the catalogue.