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"Lean on Me" is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Bill Withers. It was released in April 1972 as the first single from his second album, Still Bill . It was a number one single on both the soul and Billboard Hot 100 charts, the latter chart for three weeks in July 1972. [ 2 ]
The original release had reached number 7 in the UK in early 1978, and the re-release climbed higher to number 4. [30] At the 30th Annual Grammy Awards in 1988, Withers won the Grammy for Best Rhythm and Blues Song as songwriter for the re-recording of "Lean on Me" by Club Nouveau. This was Withers' ninth Grammy nomination and third win. [10]
The group's name (French for "Club New") was changed from its original incarnation, "Jet Set", to capitalize on the breakup. The group was signed by Warner Bros. Records, on which Club Nouveau released its first three albums. Club Nouveau's go-go version of Bill Withers's song "Lean on Me" won a Grammy award for Best R&B Song in 1987. [3]
"Lean on Me" is a song by American gospel artist Kirk Franklin. Released in 1998, the song greatly helped ascend Kirk Franklin's album The Nu Nation Project. [1] The Nu Nation Project went on to top the Billboard Contemporary Christian Albums chart for 23 weeks and the Billboard Gospel Albums chart for 49 weeks, and brought Franklin his third Grammy.
Lean on Me is a 1989 American biographical drama film directed by John G. Avildsen, written by Michael Schiffer, and starring Morgan Freeman.It is based on the story of Joe Louis Clark, a real life inner city high school principal in Paterson, New Jersey, whose school is in danger of being placed into receivership of the New Jersey state government unless students improve their test scores on ...
Bruce Springsteen has shed light on his much-debated diet that keeps him “lean and mean” at 75.. The musician, whose classic albums include Born to Run, Nebraska and Born in the USA, is known ...
"Lean on Me", an Amazon Original remake of the above, by Old Dominion "Lean on Me" (Cheat Codes song), ... "Lean on Me", by the Housemartins from London 0 Hull 4, 1986
In the Oscar-season finale of The Envelope video podcast, we sit down with Colman Domingo, lead actor nominee for 'Sing Sing.'