Ain’t No Sunshine / Theme from “Man and Boy” (“Better Days”)

~ Recording by Grover Washington, Jr.

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.4Ain’t No Sunshine / Theme from “Man and Boy” (“Better Days”)8:30Grover Washington, Jr.Inner City BluesGrover Washington, Jr.Album
KuduKU-03
1.1Ain’t No Sunshine / Theme From Man and Boy ("Better Days")8:30Grover Washington, Jr.The Best OfGrover Washington, Jr.Album + Compilation
Kudu0063.033
1.4Ain’t No Sunshine8:38Grover Washington, Jr.Inner City BluesGrover Washington, Jr.Album
MotownWD72098
1.6Ain’t No Sunshine8:33Grover Washington, Jr.At His BestGrover Washington, Jr.Album + Compilation
MotownWD72366
1.4Ain’t No Sunshine / Theme from “Man and Boy” (“Better Days”)8:38Grover Washington, Jr.Inner City BluesGrover Washington, Jr.Album
MoJazz31453-0577-2
1.8Ain’t No Sunshine8:32Grover Washington, Jr.Blaxploitation, Volume 3: The PaybackVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Global TelevisionRADCD76
1.10Ain’t No Sunshine / Theme from ‘Man and Boy’ (‘Better Days’)8:34Grover Washington, Jr.Ultimate CollectionGrover Washington, Jr.Album + Compilation
  • US1999-11-16
Hip‐O Records601215388824
1.7Ain’t No Sunshine / Man and Boy8:34Grover Washington, Jr.The Best of Grover Washington, Jr.Grover Washington, Jr.Album + Compilation
  • GB2000-12-15
Motown
1.2Ain't No Sunshine / Theme From 'Man and Boy' ('Better Days')8:33Grover Washington, Jr.The Essential CollectionGrover Washington, Jr.Album + Compilation
  • GB2002-09-09
Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label)018 778-2
1.4Ain't No Sunshine / theme From "Man and Boy" ("Better Days")8:34Grover Washington, Jr.Inner City BluesGrover Washington, Jr.Album
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)0602517655089
1.3Ain’t No Sunshine8:32Grover Washington, Jr.Soulful SaxGrover Washington, Jr.Album + Compilation
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)06007 5341915
1.6Ain't No Sunshine8:33Grover Washington, Jr.At His BestGrover Washington, Jr.Album + Compilation
MotownMCD06126MD
1.8Ain't No Sunshine8:34Grover Washington, Jr.Blaxploitation 3: The PaybackVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
(unknown)
1.4Ain't No Sunshine / theme From "Man and Boy" ("Better Days")8:30Grover Washington, Jr.Inner City BluesGrover Washington, Jr.Album
Motown3746351892
1.7Ain't No Sunshine / Theme From "Man and Boy" ("Better Days")8:35Grover Washington, Jr.AnthologyGrover Washington, Jr.Album + Compilation
1.5Ain't No Sunshine8:33Grover Washington, Jr.The Best of Pop-Jazz SaxophoneGrover Washington, Jr.Album + Compilation

Relationships

engineer:Rudy van Gelder (in 1971-09)
producer:Creed Taylor
baritone saxophone:Don Ashworth (woodwind) (in 1971-09)
bass:Ron Carter (US jazz double-bassist) (in 1971-09)
cello:Maurice Brown (jazz cellist) (in 1971-09)
Charles McCracken (cellist) (in 1971-09)
Alan Shulman (cellist and composer) (in 1971-09)
Anthony Sophos (in 1971-09)
drums (drum set):Idris Muhammad (in 1971-09)
electric piano:Bob James (US jazz keyboardist, arranger and producer) (in 1971-09)
flugelhorn:Eugene Young (in 1971-09)
French horn:Thad Jones (in 1971-09)
organ:Richard Tee (in 1971-09)
percussion:Airto Moreira (percussionist) (in 1971-09)
saxophone:Grover Washington, Jr. (in 1971-09)
trombone:Wayne Andre (in 1971-09)
trumpet:Eugene Young (in 1971-09)
Thad Jones (in 1971-09)
violin:Julius Brand (in 1971-09)
Paul Gershman (in 1971-09)
Julius Held (in 1971-09)
Leo Kahn (in 1971-09)
Harry Katzman (in 1971-09)
Raoul Polikian (in 1971-09)
Max Pollikoff (in 1971-09)
Paul Winter (violin) (in 1971-09)
vocals:Hilda Harris (in 1971-09)
Marilyn Jackson (in 1971-09)
Maretha Stewart (in 1971-09)
Tasha Thomas (in 1971-09)
conductor:Bob James (US jazz keyboardist, arranger and producer) (in 1971-09)
arranger:Bob James (US jazz keyboardist, arranger and producer)
recorded at:Van Gelder Studio (Englewood Cliffs, July 20, 1959 –) in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, United States (in 1971-09)
mash-ups:Ain't No Sunshine in My Closet (Eminem vs. Grover Washington, Jr.) by Go Home Productions
recording of:Ain’t No Sunshine (in 1971-09: cover, medley)
Theme From “Man and Boy”: Better Days (in 1971-09: cover, instrumental, medley)

Related works

Ain’t No Sunshine

lyricist and composer:Bill Withers
publisher:EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher)
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
EMI Songs Ltd.
referred to in medleys:Vereinzelt Schauer (order: 3)
later translated versions:Allem Anschein nach bist Du’s (Ain’t No Sunshine)
Äs schiint kei Sunnu
is the basis for:No Sunshine
三千
arrangements:Ain’t No Content
music quoted in and lyrics quoted in:No Sunshine

Theme From “Man and Boy”: Better Days

writer:J.J. Johnson (jazz/bop trombonist/session leader)
Bill Withers