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Who Is He (And What Is He to You)?

Bill Withers
Track 3 on Still Bill 

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Ray Jackson, Melvin Dunlap &
Take a look at that face. That doesn’t look like the kind of guy who expects to lose his girlfriend – that looks like one chill, good-lookin' brother. So if Bill’s… Read More 
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Take a look at that face. That doesn’t look like the kind of guy who expects to lose his girlfriend – that looks like one chill, good-lookin' brother. So if Bill’s suspicious, Bill has his reasons.

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What did Bill Withers say about "Who Is He (And What Is He to You)?"?
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Jackie Scipio, a secretary at Sussex Records, called me one day and said, “Some guy named Stan McKenny, a disc jockey from Glasgo, Kentucky, sent some lyrics you might want to listen to” and she read the words to “Who Is He (And What Is He To You)?” over the phone.

— Bill Withers, Bill on Bill (Still Bill liner notes), 2002

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Still Bill (1972)
  1. 1.
    Lonely Town, Lonely Street
  2. 2.
    Let Me in Your Life
  3. 3.
    Who Is He (And What Is He to You)?
  4. 4.
    Use Me
  5. 5.
    Lean on Me
  6. 6.
    Kissing My Love
  7. 7.
    I Don’t Know
  8. 8.
    Another Day to Run
  9. 9.
    I Don’t Want You on My Mind
  10. 10.
    Take It All In and Check It All Out
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May 1972
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