The church choir kid who made Bill Withers' 'Ain't No Sunshine' his own on American Idol.
For a quick sense of him, listen to 'Ain't No Sunshine' from the Idol stage. Then maybe 'My Girl' from the album, it's a different kind of warmth.
That 'Ain't No Sunshine' cover from 2010 is still the thing people mention first. It showed a teenager finding his voice in a soul classic, and it's why his name sticks around. The self-titled album in 2011 and songs like 'My Girl' and 'The Long And Winding Road' filled out the picture of a young singer working through the standards.
He was a church choir kid from Augusta, Georgia before American Idol season eight in 2010. After the show, he released that 2011 album and kept singing, with 'Angie' and 'Fly Me To The Moon' in his set.
Keep it compact: a lyric you come back to, a live memory, or the part of the catalog you would point someone toward first.
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