Lean on me

Το "Lean on Me" είναι τραγούδι που έγραψε και ηχογράφησε ο Μπιλ Γουίδερς, Αμερικανός τραγουδιστής και τραγουδοποιός. Το τραγούδι κυκλοφόρησε το 1972 στο δεύτερο άλμπουμ του "Still Bill" ως το πρώτο σίνγκλ.
Το Billboard το κατέταξε ως το Νο. 7 τραγούδι του 1972. Κατατάσσεται στο νούμερο 208 στη λίστα του Rolling Stone με τα "500 καλύτερα τραγούδια όλων των εποχών".

 Συγκρότημα
Μπιλ Γουίδερς – Πιάνο, Φωνητικά
Benorce Blackmon – Κιθάρα
Raymond Jackson – Ηλεκτρικό πιάνο, διασκευή εγχόρδων
Melvin Dunlap – Μπάσο
James Gadson – Τύμπανα

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 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lean_on_Me_(song)
 https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/billwithers/leanonme.html

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