Bill Withers died today. Not COVID 19, just heart problems. I am not old enough to really remember his heyday. Severally of his songs are so well known that you can’t escape them, like “Lean On Me” and “Just the Two of Us”, my personal favorite from the man however is “Ain’t No Sunshine.” I’d only ever heard a cover of it by Sting, which was pretty good and I liked it a lot...
...until I went to see Notting Hill and was utterly blown away by how much better the original version was.
They used it in the soundtrack and it turned a normal breakup montage into a heart-rending moment all on its own. Here's Bill Withers performing the song on YouTube.
Sad day without him.
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