Bill Withers Fan? Download His Music and Other Artists Through BPL’s Freegal Music

You can download music from artists like Bill Withers from BPL's Freegal Music database at www.cobpl.org.

America lost another musical icon as Grammy Award winning singer Bill Withers died this week at age 81.

 Did you know you can download digital versions of Withers songs and those of many other artists from Freegal Music on the Birmingham Public Library’s website?

See link to Bill Withers songs at this link https://bham.freegalmusic.com/search-page/Bill%2520Withers 

To access a huge variety of songs on BPL’s Freegal Music link, click on http://www.cobpl.org/virtual/databases/ and in the database link type “Freegal Music.”

Withers’ family issued a statement to the Associated Press today, Friday, April 3, announcing the three-time Grammy winner died of heart complications.

Withers is best known for his soul hits from the 1970s, including “Lovely Day”, “Use Me” and “AIn’t No Sunshine.”

His biggest hit was the 1972 classic “Lean on Me”, which hit No. 1 on both the Hot 100 and R&B charts.

The song has been a source of strength by those suffering during the current coronavirus pandemic. In a video that has gone viral, members of Baptist Memorial Hospital’s operating room staff in Memphis, Tenn. sang “Lean on Me” while making sure that their front-line colleagues are well-equipped daily with care packages that include N95 protective masks decorated with a handwritten Bible verse on the front. 

See link to the video here https://www.westernjournal.com/hospital-staff-sings-lean-prepares-masks-nurses-fighting-covid-19-viral-video/