LEAN ON ME | Bill Withers | Pre-Grade Piano

PIANO PERFORMER: William Binden (Liverpool, England, 2023) TITLE: Lean on Me ALBUM: Still Bill COMPOSER: Bill Withers ORIGIN: United States of America (U.S.A.) YEAR: 1972 PIANO ARRANGEMENT: David A. T. Ônaç ASSOCIATED MUSICIANS: Bill Withers, Club Nouveau, 2-4, Mary J. Blige, The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band, Hillary Clinton, Kate McKinnon, The Winans, Sandra Reaves-Phillips, Big Daddy Kane, Bryan Adams, Jann Arden, Justin Bieber, Michael Bublé, Fefe Dobson, Scott Helman, Shawn Hook, Avril Lavigne, Geddy Lee, Marie-Mai, Sarah McLachlan, Johnny Orlando, Josh Ramsay, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Tyler Shaw, Walk Off the Earth, Donovan Woods, Olivia Lunny. BOOK: ABRSM Pop Performer! Piano Grades Initial – 3 (ABRSM) KEY: C major TEMPO: 72 BPM GENRE: Soul, R&B, Pop LEVEL: Pre-Grade Higher, Debut Grade, Initial Grade EXAM SYLLABUS: Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM), Piano Initial Grade, 2025 & 2026, C:5 WIKIPEDIA: www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lean_on_Me_(song) "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 singles and the Billboard Hot 100; the latter chart for three weeks in July 1972. Billboard ranked it as the No. 7 song of 1972. It is ranked number 208 on Rolling Stone's list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Numerous other versions have been recorded, and it is one of only nine songs to have reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with versions recorded by two different artists.