Lean on Me: The Best of Bill Withers

Original Release Date:  August 9, 1994

Track Listing

• 1. Lovely Day
• 2. I Want to Spend the Night
• 3. Let Me Be the One You Need
• 4. Hello Like Before
• 5. Tender Things
• 6. I Wish You Well
• 7. Ain't No Sunshine
• 8. Grandma's Hands
• 9. The Same Love That Made Me Laugh
• 10. Lean on Me
• 11. Harlem
• 12. Use Me
• 13. Who Is He? (And What Is He to You?)
• 14. You Just Can't Smile It Away
• 15. Just the Two of Us
• 16. Steppin' Right Along
• 17. You Try to Find a Love
• 18. My Imagination

Credits

• Stephen Stills: Guitar
• Bill Withers: Guitar, Piano, Composer, Vocals, Clavinet, Producer, Compilation Producer
• Dorothy Ashby: Harp, Producer
• Ralph MacDonald: Percussion, Composer, Conga, Producer
• David T. Walker: Guitar (Electric)
• Jim Keltner: Drums
• Jerry Knight: Bass
• Steven Berkowitz: A&R
• Richard Alderson: Engineer
• Adam Block: Project Director
• Robbie Buchanan: Synthesizer Strings
• Dennis Budimir: Guitar (Acoustic)
• Keni Burke: Bass, Producer
• Ed Cherney: Engineer
• Michel Colombier: Producer
• Paulinho Da Costa: Percussion
• Denny Diante: Producer
• Melvin Dunlap: Bass, Producer
• Donald "Duck" Dunn: Bass
• Chris Ethridge: Bass
• Steve Gadd: Drums
• James Gadson: Drums, Producer
• Eric Gale: Guitar
• Mick Guzauski: Engineer
• Bill Halverson: Engineer
• Louis Johnson: Bass
• Booker T. Jones: Percussion, Arranger, Producer
• Russ Kunkel: Percussion, Conga, Drums
• Bill Lazerus: Engineer
• Edie Lehmann: Vocals (Background)
• Clarence McDonald: Arranger, Keyboards, Producer
• Kate Markowitz: Vocals (Background)
• Harvey Mason, Sr.: Drums
• Bob Merritt: Engineer
• Marcus Miller: Bass
• John Myles: String Arrangements
• Larry Nash: Keyboards, Producer, Rhythm Arrangements
• Joseph M. Palmaccio: Mastering
• Melvin "Wah Wah" Ragin: Guitar (Electric)
• Paul Riser: Horn Arrangements, String Arrangements
• William Salter: Composer
• Phil (Boogie) Schier: Engineer
• Keith Seppanen: Engineer
• John Snyder: Compilation Producer
• Grover Washington, Jr.: Saxophone, Producer
• Ernie Watts: Sax (Soprano), Soloist
• David Ritz: Liner Notes
• Al Jackson, Jr.: Drums
• David Nathan: Liner Notes
• Leo Sacks: Compilation Producer
• William Becton: Composer
• Tony Sellari: Art Direction
• Michael Ochs: Photography
• Howard Fritzson: Art Direction
• Vic Anesini: Digital Mastering
• Joy Gilbert Manfried: Project Director
• Patti Matheny: A&R
• Bill Eaton: Arranger, Conductor
• Raymond Jackson: Clarinet, Piano, Piano (Electric), Producer, String Arrangements
• M.B. Gordy III: Tambourine, Tom-Tom, Simmons Drums, Hi Hat