"Grandma's Hands" is a song written by Bill Withers

Bill Withers

William Harrison "Bill" Withers, Jr. is an American singer-songwriter and musician who performed and recorded from 1970 until 1985. Some of his best-known songs are "Lean on Me", "Ain't No Sunshine", "Use Me", "Just the Two of Us", "Lovely Day", and "Grandma's Hands"...

 about his own grandmother. It was included on his 1971 debut album Just as I Am

Just As I Am (Bill Withers album)

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, and was also released as a single, reaching number 18 on the Best Selling Soul Singles chart and 42 on the Billboard Hot 100

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The song has since been covered by many other artists, including Keb' Mo'

Keb' Mo'

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, Al Jarreau

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, Livingston Taylor

Livingston Taylor

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, The Staple Singers

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, Gladys Knight

Gladys Knight

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, Barbra Streisand

ButterFly (Barbra Streisand album)

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, Francine Bell, Will Downing

Will Downing

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, Take 6

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, Marti Pellow

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, Starsailor

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, Gil Scott-Heron

Gil Scott-Heron

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, Paddy Casey

Paddy Casey

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 in Today FM

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's Even Better Than The Real Thing and Ron Kenoly

Ron Kenoly

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. It is also sampled for the hook of Blackstreet

Blackstreet

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's "No Diggity

No Diggity

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" and "Shout

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" by Shout for England

Shout (Shout for England song)

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In 2007, well-known keyboardist Jeff Lorber

Jeff Lorber

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 covered the song from his album "He Had a Hat.".The song featured Eric Benét

Eric Benét

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 on vocals, Gerald Albright

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 and Tom Scott

Tom Scott (musician)

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on saxophones.