The Resume

(July 4, 1938-March 30, 2020)
Albums include 'Just As I Am,' 'Still Bill,' 'Live At Carnegie Hall' and 'Making Music, Making Friends'
Recorded 'Ain't No Sunshine,' 'Lean On Me,' 'Use Me' and 'Just The Two Of Us'

Why he might be annoying:

He assembled toilet seats for a major airline company prior to landing his first record deal.
He left his first record label for Columbia Records after an extensive legal battle.
He successfully sued the owner of the domain name billwithers.com for trademark violation (2001).
Mike Myers and Verne Troyer parodied his song 'Just The Two Of Us' in the movie 'The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999).'

Why he might not be annoying:

His songs have been covered by artists such as Will Smith, Al Jarreau, the Staple Singers, Club Nouveau and DMX.
He served nine years in the United States Navy.
He performed at the legendary 'Rumble in the Jungle' boxing match between Muhammad Ali & George Foreman.
He won two NAACP Image Awards (1972).
He won three Grammy Awards, including Best R & B Song of the Year twice (1971 & 1981).
His father died when he was 13.

Credit: D

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Belters
• Born on the 4th of July (Ranked: 1938)
• D's Profiles [Series 01]
• Falsettos
• His and Hers
• I Attended Clarence Avant’s Hollywood Walk of Fame Ceremony [October 7, 2016]
• I Collaborated with Cornel West
• I Covered a Bill Withers Song
• I Covered Bill Withers’ 'Lean on Me’
• I Died in 2020 (Ranked: 81)
• I Performed on American Bandstand [R-Z]
• I Sing About Imagination
• I Sing About New York
• Look at Me, Oh!
• Me First and the Gimme Gimmes Covered My Song
• Men With High Voices
• Midnight Special Performers [L-Z]
• My Name is U.S. Currency
• My Song Hit #1 on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart [1970s] (Ranked: 1972)
• My Song Hit #1 on Billboard's US Singles Chart [1970's] (Ranked: 1972)
• My Song is on Rhino's 'Have a Nice Decade: The 70's Pop Culture Box'
• My Song is on Rhino's 'Like Omigod! The 80's Pop Culture Box'
• My Song Was Covered on Glee
• My Song was Inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame (Ranked: 1999)
• My Song was Inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame (Ranked: 2007)
• Oops, I Recorded a Disco Song
• Profiles 13501-13750 (Ranked: 13729)
• Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Members (Ranked: 2015)
• Rolling Stone’s 200 Greatest Singers of All Time [101-200] (Ranked: 106)
• Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - 301-400 [2020] (Ranked: 333)
• Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - 301-400 [2020] (Ranked: 304)
• Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time - 201-300 [Performers] (Ranked: 205)
• Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time - 201-300 [Performers] (Ranked: 280)
• Saturday Night Live Musical Guests [1975-79] (Ranked: 1975)
• Tops of the Pops [UK] Guest Performers
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 20200330)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 25 Votes: 4.00% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 37 Votes: 2.70% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 128 Votes: 44.53% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 88 Votes: 43.18% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 83 Votes: 46.99% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 38 Votes: 42.11% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 28 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 9 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 27 Votes: 18.52% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 44 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 51 Votes: 35.29% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 100 Votes: 49.00% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 46 Votes: 47.83% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 66 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 75 Votes: 38.67% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 66 Votes: 34.85% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 175 Votes: 44.00% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 274 Votes: 43.43% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 411 Votes: 43.07% Annoying