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Bill Withers

Bill Withers is a person from the US, active from 1938.

Person US 1938–2020 soul pop soul funk

TOTAL PLAYS

1,673

SONGS PLAYED

121

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2005-02-26 03:42 · 6 Music — "Kissing My Love"

LAST PLAYED

2 months ago · 6 Music — "Kissing My Love"

BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026

200 150 100 50 0

'05 '08 '11 '14 '17 '20 '23 '26

◦ WHERE

By station

Radio 2 959 57%

6 Music 558 33%

1Xtra 87 5%

Radio 1 69 4%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 05:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 Lovely Day 508 2026-05-16

2 Ain't No Sunshine 195 2026-05-05

3 Use Me 187 2026-05-09

4 Lean on Me 161 2026-05-17

5 Grandma's Hands 120 2026-01-11

6 Who Is He (And What Is He to You) 100 2025-09-22

7 Harlem 58 2026-05-10

8 Kissing My Love 34 2026-05-23

9 I Can't Write Left Handed 26 2025-10-25

10 Who Is He and What Is He to You 26 2025-04-27

11 Lean On Me 23 2011-09-27

12 Ain't No Sunshine (Lido Remix) 18 2016-02-17

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-23 19:00 Kissing My Love 6 Music

2026-05-17 06:37 Lean on Me Radio 2

2026-05-16 06:46 Lovely Day 1Xtra

2026-05-11 07:52 Lovely Day Radio 2

2026-05-10 23:42 Harlem 6 Music

2026-05-10 12:44 Harlem 6 Music

2026-05-09 10:25 Use Me 6 Music

2026-05-05 18:57 Ain't No Sunshine Radio 2

2026-05-02 00:16 Lovely Day Radio 2

2026-04-26 15:56 Lovely Day Radio 2

2026-04-24 16:57 Lovely Day Radio 2

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

121 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

1960 What ? (Henrik Schwarz Edit —

2 2012-09-02 ▶

Ain't No Sunshine —

195 2026-05-05 ▶

Ain't No Sunshine (Lido Remix) —

18 2016-02-17 ▶

Ain't No Sunshine (Live At Carnegie Hall, 6 Oct 1972) —

1 2017-05-20 ▶

Ain't No Sunshine (Live) —

1 2025-06-01 ▶

Ain't No Sunshine (Old Grey Whistle Live) —

1 2014-10-11 ▶

Aint No Sunshine (live) —

1 2021-02-27 ▶

Aint No Sunshine (Tuner Stevenson Remix) —

3 2014-06-11 ▶

Ain’t No Sunshine (Lido Remix) —

3 2014-10-18 ▶

Can We Pretend —

13 2025-04-24 ▶

City Of Angels —

1 2012-04-15 ▶

City of the Angels —

1 2024-06-01 ▶

Do It Good —

3 2023-12-05 ▶

Don't You Want to Stay? —

2 2026-02-25 ▶

Everybody's Talkin' —

1 2018-03-11 ▶

For My Friend —

1 2010-06-13 ▶

Friend Of Mine (Live At Carnegie Hall) —

2 2023-05-13 ▶

Grandma's Hands —

120 2026-01-11 ▶

Grandma's Hands (Live at Carnagie Hall, New York, October 1972) —

1 2022-06-16 ▶

Grandma's Hands (Live at Carnegie Hall) —

8 2022-01-23 ▶

Grandma's Hands (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY - October 1972) —

1 2023-06-06 ▶

Grandma's Hands (Live on The BBC Old Grey Whistle Test) —

1 2020-12-26 ▶

Grandma's Hands (Live) —

4 2026-04-08 ▶

Grandma's Hands/World Keeps Going Around/Let Us Love —

2 2020-12-30 ▶

Grandma's House —

1 2013-06-23 ▶

Green Grass —

1 2013-07-28 ▶

Harlem —

58 2026-05-10 ▶

Harlem (CMAN Edit) —

1 2020-08-08 ▶

Harlem (Original Version) —

3 2019-03-15 ▶

Harlem (Summer Night in Harlem) —

1 2012-09-23 ▶

Harlem/Cold Baloney —

1 2013-12-21 ▶

Harlem/Cold Baloney (Live at Carnegie Hall, 1973) —

1 2011-07-23 ▶

Harlem/Cold Baloney (Live) —

1 2019-05-26 ▶

Heart in Your Life —

2 2025-06-21 ▶

Heartbreak Road —

6 2022-04-10 ▶

Hello Like Before —

2 2014-05-11 ▶

Hope She'll Be Happier —

7 2021-09-05 ▶

I Can't Write Left Handed —

26 2025-10-25 ▶

I Can't Write Left Handed (Live) —

1 2013-09-19 ▶

I Can't Write Left-Handed (Live At Carnegie Hall) —

1 2020-04-26 ▶

I Don't Know —

9 2024-10-02 ▶

I Want to Spend the Night —

2 2024-10-10 ▶

I'm Her Daddy —

2 2025-06-15 ▶

If I Didn't Mean You Well —

1 2016-05-14 ▶

In My Heart —

1 2023-06-04 ▶

It Ain't Because of Me Baby —

3 2025-10-27 ▶

It Ain't Because Of Me Baby —

4 2011-10-19 ▶

Just the Two of Us —

2 2018-05-19 ▶

Kissing My Love —

34 2026-05-23 ▶

Kissing My Love (Dj XS Edit) —

1 2020-05-16 ▶

Kissing My Love (DJXS Remix) —

1 2025-12-28 ▶

Kissing My Love (Sonic Funk Foundry Afro Rework) —

2 2020-05-14 ▶

Lean on Me —

161 2026-05-17 ▶

Lean On Me —

23 2011-09-27 ▶

Lean On Me (live at Carnegie Hall) —

1 2009-05-20 ▶

Lean On Me (long intro) —

1 2023-04-29 ▶

Let It Be —

3 2023-04-30 ▶

Let Me in Your Life —

2 2023-09-02 ▶

Live At Carnegie Hall (AOTW Montage) —

1 2009-05-20 ▶

Lonely Town Lonely Street —

1 2016-06-17 ▶

Lonely Town, Lonely Street —

1 2024-09-21 ▶

Love Is —

3 2024-04-03 ▶

Lovely Day —

508 2026-05-16 ▶

Lovely Day '88 —

1 2020-11-13 ▶

Lovely Day (7 Sunshine Mix) —

2 2017-09-21 ▶

Lovely Day (7" Sunshine Mix) —

1 2025-06-21 ▶

Lovely Day (7" Sunshine Remix) —

1 2011-09-17 ▶

Lovely Day (edit) —

1 2024-08-10 ▶

Lovely Day (K2 Edit) —

1 2016-01-01 ▶

Lovely Day (Karizma 2008 Edit) —

1 2020-04-11 ▶

Lovely Day (Karizma K2 Edit) —

1 2020-04-03 ▶

Lovely Day (LNTG Mix) —

3 2020-07-18 ▶

Lovely Day (LNTG Remix) —

3 2022-06-04 ▶

Lovely Day (Studio Rio Version) —

6 2024-12-07 ▶

Lovely Day (Sunshine mix) —

1 2019-04-19 ▶

Lovley Day (Karizma K2 Edit) —

1 2020-10-16 ▶

Make a Smile for Me —

4 2026-04-12 ▶

Make Love to Your Mind —

1 2018-02-11 ▶

Memories Are That Way —

5 2019-11-09 ▶

Oh Yeah —

1 2012-05-19 ▶

Oh Yeah! —

3 2026-03-21 ▶

Paint Your Little Picture —

1 2017-09-15 ▶

Paint Your Pretty Picture —

1 2017-09-15 ▶

Railroad Man —

2 2024-01-24 ▶

Railroad Man (Ashley Beedle Re-edit) —

1 2015-01-03 ▶

Rosie —

1 2020-04-06 ▶

Ruby Lee —

2 2024-01-29 ▶

Running Away —

1 2023-11-09 ▶

She Wants to (Get on Down) —

1 2015-07-24 ▶

She Wants to Get Down —

1 2017-11-19 ▶

Sometimes A Song —

5 2018-06-02 ▶

Steppin' Right Along —

2 2012-11-17 ▶

Summer Night in Harlem —

4 2022-07-23 ▶

Summer Night In Harlem (The Fantasy Re-edit) —

1 2014-03-21 ▶

Take It All In (Chuggin Edits) —

2 2019-09-07 ▶

The Best You Can —

1 2016-08-14 ▶

The Gift of Giving —

2 2020-12-25 ▶

The Same Love That Made Me Laugh (Has Made Me Cry) —

2 2020-06-27 ▶

Use Me —

187 2026-05-09 ▶

Use Me (In Concert 50, 1973) —

1 2020-11-02 ▶

Use Me (Live) —

1 2020-04-12 ▶

Use Me (Rhythm Scholar Mo' Funk Remix) —

1 2020-04-06 ▶

Use Me (Wonderlove Extended Edit) —

1 2024-07-06 ▶

Use Me (Wonderlove's Extended Edit) —

1 2024-07-13 ▶

Use Me Up, Kissing My Love —

1 2026-04-08 ▶

When I'm Kissing My Love —

1 2013-01-20 ▶

Who Is He (And What Is He to You) —

100 2025-09-22 ▶

Who Is He (And What Is He to You)? —

4 2026-04-08 ▶

Who Is He (Henrik Schwarz Edit) —

2 2013-07-05 ▶

Who Is He (Henrik Schwarz Mix) —

1 2013-01-25 ▶

Who Is He (Tss Tss Remix) —

1 2022-11-04 ▶

Who Is He (What Is He 2 U) (DJ A-L Re-Drum) —

1 2025-05-08 ▶

Who Is He and What Is He to You —

26 2025-04-27 ▶

Who Is He What Is He —

1 2014-01-18 ▶

Who Is He What Is He To You —

1 2015-04-29 ▶

Who Is He? (And What Is He To You?) —

1 2021-04-02 ▶

Who Is He? (Henrik Schwarz edit) —

1 2013-02-23 ▶

Wintertime —

2 2018-10-07 ▶

You Got the Stuff —

3 2021-05-01 ▶

You Got The Stuff (Khalab Edit) —

1 2020-12-26 ▶

You Got The Stuff (SLY Edit) —

1 2023-03-18 ▶