When Bill Withers wrote “Lean on Me” in 1972, toying around on a small piano with only the phrase ‘lean on me’ to guide him, he never could have expected the song — about a rural man’s loneliness in ...

Can you believe it’s been 25 years since the release of Lean on Me? The story of principal Joe Clark (played by Morgan Freeman) reforming the troubled students of Fair Eastside High is still one of ...

Getting introduced as “The Young Men from the Bathroom” doesn’t sound like the world’s highest compliment, but when the bathroom in question was the one featured in Lean on Me, it changes the equation ...

Singer and songwriter Bill Withers has died. He's best known for songs including "Lean on Me" and "Ain't No Sunshine." Withers died Monday at the age of 81. Bill Withers, the sweet-voiced baritone ...