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Bill Withers

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

1972 · via LL Cool J

Bill Withers’ 1972 recording of “Who Is He (And What Is He to You)?” is the earliest release on file. Bill Withers shares the writing credit with Stanley McKenny. Also recorded by Creative Source (released 1973), Alaia & Gallo feat. Kevin Haden (released 2016) and The Three Degrees (released 1975), among 59 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz. LL Cool J’s “Phenomenon” (1998) carries this song’s writers on its credit.

Bill Withers – Who Is He (And What Is He to You)?
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The writing credit on "Phenomenon" reaches back to a song Bill Withers co-wrote with Stanley McKenny and then sang himself. Play his version first, then listen for what LL built on top of it.

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Credited writers: Stanley McKenny and Bill Withers.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1972.

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LL Cool J’s “Phenomenon” (1998) carries this song’s writers on its credit, the mark of a cleared sample or an interpolation.

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59 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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