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"Use Me" is a song, composed and originally recorded by Bill Withers. ... James Gadson – drums, percussion; Charts. Weekly charts. Chart (1972) Peak
James Edward Gadson (born June 17, 1939) is an American drummer and session musician. Beginning his career in the late 1960s, Gadson has since become one of the most-recorded drummers in the history of R&B . [ 1 ]
Reviewing in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), Robert Christgau wrote: "Hearing Withers urge the audience on, as drummer James Gadson and pianist-arranger Ray Jackson drive their crack combo, really wipes out the man's MOR aura—nobody else in the music combines hard rhythms and warm sensuality so knowingly.
Commercially, Still Bill produced two hit singles: "Lean on Me" (number one on both the Billboard pop and R&B charts in mid 1972) and "Use Me" (number two on the same charts later that year). [4] On September 7, 1972, the album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), having recorded at least 500,000 copies ...
+'Justments (pronounced: add justments) is the third studio album by American soul singer-songwriter and producer Bill Withers, released in 1974 by Sussex Records.It contains the hit single, "The Same Love That Made Me Laugh" (US #50, Canada #39), which charted during the spring of 1974.
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The Essential Bill Withers is a 34-track anthology of American recording artist Bill Withers.First released on August 20, 2013, it features all of Withers' notable singles, along with other highlights from the singer's albums for the Sussex and Columbia labels, from his debut Just as I Am (1971) through his final album Watching You, Watching Me (1985), and including "Ain't No Sunshine", "Lean ...
It features drummer Steve Jordan on 9 of the albums tracks whilst James Gadson played on the remaining three. That's the Way It Should Be is the final album to feature bassist Donald "Duck" Dunn before his death in 2012 and also the most recent album the band has released (as of 2012, the group dissolved).