The National Museum of African American Music (NMAAM) posted this tweet:

Happy birthday to the late @billwithers. Tell us your favorite Bill Withers song in the comments. #NMAAM #OneNationUnderAGroove pic.twitter.com/QYKNk8R3av

— the NMAAM (@theNMAAM) July 4, 2020

Here’s how I responded:

Bill Withers would have cemented his legacy with Lean on Me alone. I’m not a fan of John Legend or Stevie Wonder, but this video gave me the tingles.

And here’s Lean on Me as performed by Bill Withers on the TV series Rollin’ on the River:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iw6HeeuvTWo

And the shaggy guy introducing Bill Withers? That’s the late Kenny Rogers (d. March 20, 2020)