Put together from various information on the internet by Carlos Gutierrez.

With credit noted for the information obtained form each accordingly.

"THE MAESTRO"

Barry White

THE MAN! US GUY'S FAVORITE WOMAN ROMANCE SEDUCING MUSIC MAKER.

& of course the Ladies Man

  R&B Great Barry White Dies at 58 (September 12, 1944 - July 4, 2003)

Barry White, the honey-voiced baritone known for his sultry, romantic songs, dies at a hospital in Los Angeles.

White, 58, had been in poor health for several years and died while awaiting a kidney transplant.

The soul singer became a star during the disco era, but had a resurgence in popularity in recent years.

He won two Grammies for his 1999 album, "Staying Power."

BARRY WHITE provided the soundtrack for many rolls across many water beds in the 1970s.

Tidbits; Though he was born in Galveston, Texas, he grew up in the high-crime areas of South Central Los Angeles, California, where he
joined a gang at the age of 10, and subsequently, at 17, was jailed for four months for theft of $30,000 worth of Cadillac tires.
After being jailed, 17-year-old White left gang life and began a musical career at the dawn of the 1960s in singing groups before going out on his
own in the middle of the decade. In 1969, he found his break backing up three talented female singers into a girl group called Love Unlimited.

 

 

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Lyrics to the following BARRY WHITE songs.

My first, my last, my everything

My first, my last, my everything
And the answer to all my dreams
You're my sun, my moon, my guiding star
My kind of wonderful, that's what you are
I know there's only, only one like you
There's no way they could have made two
You're all I'm living for
Your love I'll keep for evermore
You're the first, your the last, my everything

And with you I've found so many things
A love so new only you could bring
Can't you see it's you
You make me feel this way
You're like a fresh morning dew on a brand new day
I see so many ways that I
Can love you till the day I die
You're my reality, yet I'm lost in a-a-a a dream
You're the first, the last, my everything

I know there's only, only one like you
There's no way they could have made two
Girl you're my reality
But I'm lost in a-a-a a dream
You're the first, you're the last, my everything
 

Just the Way You are.

Don't go changing, to try and please me
You never let me down before
Don't imagine you're too familiar
And I don't see you anymore
I wouldn't leave you in times of trouble
We never could have come this far
I took the good times, I'll take the bad times
I'll take you just the way you are

Don't go trying some new fashion
Don't change the color of your hair
You always have my unspoken passion
Although I might not seem to care

I don't want clever conversation
I never want to work that hard
I just want someone that I can talk to
I want you just the way you are.

I need to know that you will always be
The same old someone that I knew
What will it take till you believe in me
The way that I believe in you.

I said I love you and that's forever
And this I promise from the heart
I could not love you any better
I love you just the way you are.
 

Never gonna give you up.

[Aahh]
[Ooh baby]
[Ooh baby]
Keep on
[My baby]
Keep on doing it
Right on [oh oh oh]
Right on doing it
[We get it together]
Baby keep on
[Oh We get it together baby]
Right on
Keep on doing it
[And I'll give you baby]
[All that I get]
Now my baby keep on
[I swear we get it together baby]
Keep on , keep on

Wherever, wherever girl I'll do it
Forever and ever, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I'll see you through it

I've got to keep you pleased in every way I can
Gonna give you all of me
As much as you can stand
Make love to you right now, that's all I want to do

I know you need it, girl, and you know
I need it, too
'Cause I found what the world is searching for
Here, right here, my dear
I don't have to look no more
And, oh, my babe, I hoped and I prayed for someone
Just like you to make me feel the way you do

Never, never gonna give you up
I'm never, ever gonna stop
Not the way I feel about you
Girl, I just can't live without you

I'm never ever gonna quit,
'Cause quitin' just ain't my schtick
I'm gonna stay right here with you
Do all the things you want me to

Whatever you want, girl, you got it,
And whatever you need,
I don't want to see you without it,

You've given me much more than words could ever say
And oh, my dear, I'll be right here until my dying day
I don't know just how to say all the things I feel
I just know that I love you so and it gives me such a thrill

'Cause I found what this world is searching for
Here, right here, my dear
I don't have to look no more
And all of my days I hoped and I prayed
For someone just like you
To make me feel the way you do

I never, never gonna give you up
I'm never, ever gonna stop
Stop the way I feel about you
Girl I just can't live without you

I'm never ever gonna quit,
'Cause quitin' just ain't my schtick
I'm gonna stay right here with you
Do all the things you want me to

Oh I never gonna give you up
I'm never, ever gonna stop
All the things I feel about you girl,
I just can't live without you

I'm never ever gonna quit,
'Cause quitin' just ain't my schtick
I'm gonna stay right here with you
Do all the things you want me to

Barry White RIP!

 

Barry Eugene Carter (a.k.a. Barry Lee) 12th September 1944, Galveston, Texas, U.S.A.

d. 4th July 2003, Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre, Los Angeles, U.S.A.

Barry White was born in Galveston, Texas, but raised in Los Angeles.

Barry's mother's name was Sadie Mae Carter, however, his father's surname was White.

He was involved in the local music community while still very young, playing piano on Jesse Belvin's hit 'Goodnight my Love' at the age of 11.

Barry recorded his first record when he was 16 with a group called the Upfronts.

The song was called 'Little Girl' on a local L.A. label called Lummtone Records.

Barry made several records during the early 60's, under his own name, as 'Barry Lee', and as a member of the Atlantics, the Majestics as well as the Upfronts.

Following on Barry worked for various independent labels around Los Angeles.

He was also a producer and road manager for Bob and Earl.

Barry took an A & R position with Bob Keene, the man who first recorded Sam Cooke.

He was hired for 40 dollars a week to do A.&.R for Keene's other labels, Mustang and Bronco.

Barry recorded a record for Bronco called 'All in the Run of a Day.'

One of the first groups he worked with was the Versatiles who later became the 5th Dimension.

Barry found a greater success as a backroom figure, guiding the careers of, among others, Felice Taylor, recording 'It May Be Winter Outside,' 'I'm Under the Influence of Love,' and 'I Feel Love Coming On', and Viola Wills ('Lost Without the Love of My Guy', Top 20 R & B).

In 1969, he put together Love Unlimited, a female vocal trio made up of Diana Taylor, Glodean James (his future wife) and her sister Linda.

He also founded the Love Unlimited Orchestra, a 40-piece ensemble to accompany himself and the singing trio, for which he conducted, composed and arranged.

Love Unlimited's success, in 1972, with 'Walkin' In The Rain With The One I Love', featuring his voice on the telephone, rejuvenated Barry's own career.

The hits followed including 'I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More', 'Never, Never Gonna Give You Up' (both 1973), 'Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe' and 'You're The First, The Last, My Everything' (both 1974) all of which proved popular in the U.K. and the U.S.A. alike.

Barry had a major hit in 1978 with Billy Joel's song 'Just The Way You Are'.

He later undertook several recordings with Glodean White before returning to the UK Top 20 in 1987 with 'Sho' You Right'.

Barry's achievements during the peak of his career, in securing gold and platinum discs for worldwide sales is impressive.

In 1990, he was a featured vocalist on the Quincy Jones project 'Back On The Block', contributing to the song 'The Secret Garden'.

Lisa Stansfield has often voiced her approval of Barry's work and in 1992, she and he re-recorded a version of Stansfield's hit 'All Around The World'.

In 1999, Barry returned with 'Staying Power' containing the popular 'Which Way Is Up'.

He, also, took a cameo role in the television series Ally McBeal, where his recordings were pivotal to many of the series storylines.

Barry's godson is the singer and songwriter Chuckii Booker.

In 2002, Barry was admitted into hospital and underwent kidney dialysis following kidney failure afrer suffering years of high blood pressure.

Barry had suffered two strokes, the latest of which occurred in May 2003.

Barry White, who had suffered kidney failure from years of high blood pressure, died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre, Los Angeles, around 9.30am local time, on the 4th of July 2003, said his manager Ned Shankman.

He was 58.

I would like to thank Chuckii Booker for the information regarding Barry's birthname.

 

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Sexiest lyric:: "I don't wanna see no clothes / I don't wanna see no panties / And take off that brassiere, my dear"

 

 

 

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Practice what you preach Video. 

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Hung Up In Your Love



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My first, my last, my everything. Live concert.

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Barry White's Orchestra, Love's Theme

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In 1977, Barry White resumed his Caribbean South American tour after being released from house arrest in
Santo Domingo following a dispute with the promoters of the concert he gave in the Dominican Republic capitol.
White and his entourage had been held under armed guard  at their hotel for almost 48 hours before a series of
phone calls involving the US Consulate and other high officials gained their release.
The incident began during a party at a club following the Miss Universe contest.
The sound system malfunctioned and White cut his performance short, with apologies to the 1,000 patrons.
The irate manager of the club blamed White for the faulty sound system and demanded $50,000 compensation.
An armed guard was placed at White's hotel suite until the controversy was resolved.
Barry White and his entourage were eventually permitted to board a jet for Buenos Aires to continue the tour.

Other images and information.

 

The Interview 1988 PEOPLE 

Barry White Interview 1988 People via Noolmusic.com


August 13, 2006 Singer Barry White performs at the opening ceremony for AIDS 2006, the 16th International AIDS conference in Toronto, .


More Information.

The Man: His Music

Barry Eugene White was born on 12 September 1944, in Galveston, Texas, the eldest of two children. His birth at Galveston was entirely due to his mother visiting relatives and extending her stay there.  Back home in California, he was raised in Watts, Los Angeles, along with his brother Darryl who was born thirteen months later.

Darryl was to be murdered in a meaningless Gangland killing on 5 December 1983 which devastated Barry who later remarked "Believe me, life is very cheap in that world.  It's crazy, but he only died over two dollars."   As children the two brothers doted on each other and were best friends; indeed their mutual nickname 'Burly' was a slip of the tongue as the infants tried to say 'Buddy'.

They were brought up by their mother, actress Sadie Marie Carter, who appeared in the 1931 movie "Trader Horn”. She and their Father Melvin A. White, never married and didn't live together as such.  Barry recalled, "When I started school, my Father saw my birth certificate and noticed my Mother's surname on it.  Well, he just scribbled out 'Carter' and wrote in his own, 'White'."

Brought up in a musical household, Barry remembered being taught to harmonise by his Mother at the age of four.  "Mama was singing 'Silent Night' and I sang the counterline; that's when music came into focus.  I was fine-tuned; I stayed glued to the phonogram when Mama played her records; symphonies, sonatas, melodies soaring through me.   Darryl loved fighting but I loved violins.  I was drawn to the mystery of sound.  Even though Mama taught piano, I never learnt to read or write music.”

Seduced by the sound of Mama playing "Moonlight Sonata” on a used upright she paid $50 for, Barry recalled "It was so beautiful watching that Taurus Queen play that piano.  She tried to teach me the scales but I told her I wanted to learn it my way.  One of the greatest gifts she gave me was when she said 'Okay"".

Barry sang in his Baptist Church Choir, played the organ and soon went on to arrange their music.  He played piano on “Goodnight My Love” by Jesse Belvin at the age of eleven and was paid $55 for the session.  Later, as an early teenager, his trademark voice became apparent.  "It changed when I was 14', he said  later, 'I woke, up and spoke to my Mom and the whole of my chest vibrated.  She was in shock!" he laughed.

As well as his Mother, radio played a great part in the Maestro's early life and he built up quite a record collection by burgling people's houses to satiate his appetite for music.  "I only stole the good ones!" Barry mischievously remarked on television in 1993.

Early Years

Convinced that music would be his life Barry left school at the age of fifteen, “I quit High School on my birthday; it was my senior year and I didn't see the point. I was ready to make music."   But first he had to tame the rebellious streak which would later engulf Darryl's life, getting into trouble with the law and serving seven months at Juvenile Hall for stealing $30,000 worth of Dual 90 Cadillac tyres.   The dehumanising side of this experience affected him deeply, and he explained “While I was in jail, I came to grips with owning up to my mistakes and made up my mind to never hand my freedom over to anyone else again in my life."

When some of Barry's school-friends formed the R & B group The Upfronts in 1960, he sang Bass (“Although I never wanted to be a singer"), and wrote songs.  Soon after touring the L.A. club scene with the Upfronts, he sung and recorded with the Atlantics and the Five Du-Tones.

By now spellbound with the magic of the recording studio, Barry learnt his craft as engineer, producer and all-round musician, and was soon able to play every instrument presented to him, with the exception of strings and horns.  His first taste of success came in 1963 and his involvement with Bob and Earl on "Harlem Shuffle”, during the sessions of which he met arranger Gene Page.

At this time Barry was married to his childhood sweetheart, with four children and eager to make a living to support his family.  The marriage was not to last and ended in divorce in 1965 (when Barry was 21) after a six year romance.  A publishing deal with Downey Music in 1966 led to a single "Man Ain't Nothin'' flipped with "I Don't Need It" under the name 'Lee Barry' although the composer and arranger credit is Barry White.  This was to be the first ever Barry White solo release.

He was contracted to produce an album for Danny Wagner ‘The Kindred Soul Of Danny Wagner' (Imperial) in 1966, featuring Barry White singing backgrounds on a rework of “Harlem Shuffle” and lead vocals on “My Buddy” which has appeared on lots of early-material CDs ever since.   Around the same time, he became A & R (Artist and Repertoire) man for the Mustang/Bronco labels and was commissioned to produce several acts including four Viola Wills and three Felice Taylor singles in 1966/67.  Viola would not hit the charts until 1979 (with "'Gonna Get Along Without You Now"), but Barry took Felice into the US Billboard charts with “It May Be Winter Outside” (later revived by Love Unlimited) and the UK charts with "I Feel Love Comin' On", both in 1967.

At that time, Barry was also licensing productions to UNI records, with two Lori Hampton 45s to his credit.  Motown aficionados will be interested that he produced the legendary Brenda Holloway, under the assumed name Brendetta Davis, on the single “Until You Are Gone” c/w “I Can't Make It Without Him” on Liberty records in 1968. However, we have been informed that Brendetta en Brenda are two different singers (although we belive they knew each other). It is true to say that Brenda Holloway was a long-standing favourite of Barry's and in fact later appeared as a backing vocalist on the most of his A. & M. albums.  

Just as it seemed Barry was on the verge of success at Mustang/Bronco, the label folded in 1969 and he went back to the drawing board, surfacing to write a song for the Hanna-Barbera TV series ‘The Banana Splits' in 1969.  The tune “Doin' The Banana Split” – not nearly as bad as the title  sounded - appeared on the show and this lucrative move kept Barry's finances afloat.  In 1970 he released “Little Girl” flipped with a raw R. & B. cover of Elvis's "In The Ghetto" under the pseudonym Gene West.

Also in 1970, he wrote and produced the first recording of the classic “Your Sweetness Is Your Weakness” for Jackie Lee on UNI.  Barry's connection with Jackie Lee lasted over a decade, as Jackie also recorded as Earl Nelson (of Bob & Earl) and Jay Dee on the Barry White-produced 1974 album ‘Come On In Love'.

Back in 1968, while sitting in on a Motown recording session with Gene Page producing, Barry met three backing singers and wanted to know whether he could work with them, as he "just knew the girls had got what it takes.”  The singers were Glodean James, her sister Linda, and cousin Diane Taylor... Love Unlimited.   By 1969 he started work and rehearsed them for over two years and in 1971 met Russ Regan of UNI records who eventually signed Love Unlimited to the label. 

In the spring of 1972 they unleashed the first single, "Walkin' In The Rain With The One I Love”, during which Barry's trademark deep-voiced talkover is heard for the first time.  This became a worldwide smash, reaching Top Twenty status in both the US and UK.

Within months of that smash and its hit album ‘From A Girl's Point Of View…' (the first by Love Unlimited), Russ Regan was head-hunted by the newly reactivated 20th Century records, and Russ encouraged Barry to move across with him and take Love Unlimited to the new label.  

Barry began looking for a male vocalist to record his own songs, and indeed had demoed several songs to launch this new artist.  Everyone who heard these demos urged Barry to release them himself.  Eventually, he was persuaded to sign with 20th Century as a solo artist.  The first sessions resulted in his debut Gold album ‘I've Got So Much To Give' and the lead single, “I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More, Baby", which became the fastest-selling single in 20th Century's history.

The Maestro with the "Love Unlimited Orchestra" Singers.

The next triumph came with the second Love Unlimited album, 1973's ‘Under the Influence Of...'  From its day of release US radio DJs flipped over “Love's Theme”, the instrumental piece which opened the album, and demanded its release as a single.   Now, credited to The Love Unlimited Orchestra, the track smashed its way to Number One on the US chart, and reached the Top 10 in 25 countries around the world.   Simultaneously, both Barry's second album, ‘Stone Gon'' and the single “Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up”, made the Top 20 on both sides of the Atlantic, with the LP making his British album chart breakthrough.

         

On the back of “Love's Theme”, the second Love Unlimited album soared to No. 2 on the Billboard Albums Pop chart, and as such the trio became the first female group ever to chart that high with a regular album.   Through Love Unlimited, Barry finally got due recognition for some overlooked classics, “It May Be Winter Outside” and “Under The Influence Of Love”, which both reached the Billboard Hot 100.  The backing track to Smoke's 1971 single “Oh Love (Well We Finally Made It)” (MoSoul) was employed on the same album to create the definitive version of the tune.   Barry revisited this song himself on his ‘Can't Get Enough' album, the only instance of Barry and Love Unlimited recording the same song.

         

Now among the elite of hit-makers throughout the world, it was time for the Orchestra to do a full album, and the Gold-selling ‘Rhapsody In White' in 1974 was the result; Barry's growling introductions becoming a trademark and providing the blueprint for many classic albums.  Following the low-key ‘Together Brothers' soundtrack, Barry was to reach the dizziest heights in September 1974 with the release of his third solo album, 'Can't Get Enough', and the lead-off single “Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe”.  Both reached the top of the American charts and the UK Top 10.   The follow-up single, "You're The First, The Last, My Everything”, became a Number One in the UK and many European countries, and became his anthem in concerts.

He married Glodean James of Love Unlimited in October 1974 and they became the hippest couple in showbiz.  Pictures of Glodean's four-inch nails accompanied most of their press stories when Barry, Love Unlimited and the Orchestra came to the UK in 1975 on a triumphant world tour. 

White Gold

The years 1973-75 were a bumper period for Barry White music.  His sound was all over the radio and the burgeoning ‘Disco' scene.  In addition to his own, Love Unlimited and the Orchestra releases at that time, he produced one-off albums for many other artists.  These are Tom Brock ‘I Love You More And More' (20th Century), Jay Dee ‘Come On In Love' (Warner Bros.), Evan Pace ‘Face To Face' (Blue Thumb), Gene Page ‘Hot City' (Atlantic), Gloria Scott ‘What Am I Gonna Do?' (Casablanca), Westwing ‘Westwing' (20th Century) and White Heat ‘White Heat' (RCA), all of which are highly collectable today.

Between 1973 and 1979 Barry White, Love Unlimited and the Love Unlimited Orchestra released 20 albums on 20th Century records, almost all of which achieved at least Gold status in America.  He sold $16 million worth of records in 1974 alone and the New York Times reported that Barry was responsible by some for the so called ‘Baby Boom' in the mid-Seventies, “Not me personally, but my music!" Barry teased.

Barry's long list of hits achieved classic status, with discs such as "Love's Theme”, "Can't Get Enough Of Your Love Babe", “Let The Music Play”, “What Am I Gonna Do With You", "It May Be Winter Outside", “You See The Trouble With Me”, "It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next To Me”, “Just The Way You Are” and “Don't Make Me Wait Too Long”, becoming a virtual soundtrack to the Seventies.

Yet this extraordinary success could not be maintained and in 1979 Barry sensed the tide was turning and set about building as much independence as the music business would allow by forming Unlimited Gold records.  He took the company for distribution to CBS, and intended the label to be a vehicle for himself, Love Unlimited, the Orchestra and newly signed talent.

From the beginning, Unlimited Gold failed to live up to its promise, as internal wrangling and executive politics sidelined Barry's dream.  Indeed, CBS in the UK declined to release a single from each of Barry's LPs ‘Beware!' ‘Change' and ‘Dedicated', which stifled album sales.  But all the other acts fared even worse.

         

Barry persisted with the label which went on to issue fourteen albums in total; five by Barry, a further album in a duet with Glodean, two by Love Unlimited, three by the Orchestra and one each by his singings Danny Pearson and Jimmie and Vella Cameron and a Greatest Hits compilation.

However, only Barry's albums registered any US sales, and mostly they could only edge into the top half of Billboard's Top 200 Albums.  But of the ten released in Europe, not one reached the UK charts and the label closed its doors in 1984 with hardly a murmur.

The mid-Eighties brought personal tragedy in the death of Diane Taylor of Love Unlimited after a long illness with cancer.  The group disbanded when she became too ill to tour although Glodean continued to appear on stage with Barry in his concerts.  Barry was also devastated by the death of brother Darryl and took these events as a sign to look at where his life was heading both personally and professionally.

After taking stock he soon became aware that hip-hop, rap and swingbeat were the new flavour.  With echoes of his days with Mustang/Bronco, Barry set about mastering the new technology as he learnt how to program drum machines and synthesisers, spending several days a week; sometimes twenty four hours a day buried deep inside the recording studio.  He later remarked "I was used to going into the studio with ten guys; now I had to learn how to go in there with one machine.  I was locked into one style of recording ... in the middle of my forties I had to shift my mind without losing my soul."

During his time away, Barry White's huge influence on music from the Seventies onwards became acknowledged by fellow artists and music critics alike.  His talking introductions were the forerunner to Rap; the full-length album versions of hit singles predated the 12" by several years; the instrumental B-sides - which he started in 1967 - became the blueprint to "Dub' mixes twenty-five years later; and his backing tracks would be sampled by acts as diverse as Mary J. Blige and Robbie Williams.

It was now time to relaunch his career and his return to recording came with a new A. & M. contract signed in 1987.  Straight away his hit-making days resumed with the UK Top 20 single "Sho' You Right" and the album "The Right Night and Barry White".  This was followed by a triumphant world tour in 1988 which tied-in with Barry's return to the UK Top 5 album charts.  'Barry White: The Collection' assembled many of his Seventies hits with the addition of "Sho' You Right” and the Paul Hardcastle Remix of "Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up".   This title has gone on to be the most durable compilation of any in UK chart history.

His reputation with the hip-hop audience soared through a one-off duet with Big Daddy Kane, “All Of Me”, which became a Gold American single.  Another triumph came with Barry's appearance on the Grammy-winning "The Secret Garden" from Quincy Jones' album ‘Back on the Block', which was also certified Gold. 1989 closed with the release of the acclaimed album 'Barry White: The Man Is Back!'

The Man Is Back

Barry blasted into the Nineties with his third A. & M. album, 1991's ‘Put Me In Your Mix', selling strongly is America, with the title single becoming his biggest R. & B. bit for a decade, peaking at #2 on the Billboard R & B chart.   Later that year, the duet with Isaac Hayes, "Dark and Lovely", also did well.

In 1992 Barry was on another hugely successful UK tour where he met long-time admirer Lisa Stansfield at the Hammersmith Odeon.  Shortly afterwards Barry sang "All Around The World" with Lisa on BBC-2s "Rapido" and reaction was such that they recorded it as a B-side to one of her hits.  Lisa remarked "one of my biggest heroes is Barry White” and had previously dedicated her "Affection' album to him.  She went on to have a hit with her own version of “Never, Never Gonna Give You Up” in 1997 and duetted with Barry again on his last album ‘Staying Power', on the song “The Longer We Make Love”.

Yet despite all this activity, in many ways this was a sad time for Barry, as old endings and new beginnings charted this phase of his life and career.  He separated from Glodean in 1988 although never divorced her.  He discreetly closed the door on that chapter of his life would never discuss their relationship, except to later invite people to listen to the song “Whatever We Had We Had” from 'The Icon is Love', and said "It's all there, if you really want to know".  He and Glodean remained good friends for the remainder of Barry's life.

Further upheaval came following the 1993 earthquake that destroyed his L.A. home and R.I.S.E. studios, from where Barry moved to Las Vegas and then to Encino in California to subsequently live with his long-time companion Katherine Denton.

By 1994 Barry had sensed there was greater potential for his recordings, and embarked upon using outside producers for the first time.  However, it was important that he work with people sympathetic to his style and method of recording. Gerald Levert, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis had no difficulty augmenting Barry White and long-time collaborator Jack Perry.

The resulting album, 'The Icon Is Love', astonished observers with its sure-footed blend of modern and traditional, as the now-classic "Practice What You Preach” single became his first International Top 20 hit in over a decade and the album quickly amassed over four-million sales world-wide.

         

A new generation of listeners caught up with Barry's magic and he became much in-demand on TV shows and in interviews.   He appeared on the ‘Late Show with David Letterman' several times up to 1999 and starred as himself in episodes of the ‘Ally McBeal' and ‘The Simpsons'.  He also found time to write his autobiography, ‘Love Unlimited: Insights On Life & Love' with Marc Eliot.

For a while there was speculation that a new group Love U II, ‘a new Love Unlimited for the 90s', featuring Glodean and sister Linda James, would surface, although no recordings were issued and it's probably correct to say that nothing made it past the demo stage.

The late Nineties saw Barry sign a new recording deal with Private Music and in 1999 his final album, ‘Staying Power', was released.  Featuring Puff Daddy, Lisa Stansfield, and Chaka Khan, this Gold-selling album garnered Barry two Grammy Awards in 2000 (his first), for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance for the song "Staying Power" and Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance for the album ‘Staying Power'.

Sadly, Barry had been suffering from poor health for some time, and years of living with hypertension and diabetes took its toll, forcing him to cancel several dates of his last World Tour in 2000.  His health further deteriorated and he was hospitalised towards the end of 2002, suffering a stroke on 1 May 2003 from which point he was awaiting a kidney transplant.  Barry died on Friday 4 July 2003 at around 0930 PST at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre, the cause of death given as kidney failure, brought on from years of high blood pressure. 

At the time of Barry's death, he was preparing a "duets" album for release during 2003, that would have been a fitting legacy to a true Giant of Soul. However, to date, this material has never appeared.

Barry's musical heritage continues with his children who survive him, many of whom followed him into the business: LaNese, Denise, Nina, Shaherah, Barry Jr., Darryl, and his stepchildren, Bridget and Kevin.  He is also survived by Katherine Denton and her child she named Barriana. 

Let The Music Play Forever

A phenomenon spanning over four decades, the legendary Barry White carved a unique place in the hearts of music fans across the World.  His success was truly international, reflected by more than 100 Gold and 38 Platinum record awards. We will always share a little love in our hearts for Barry White: writer, arranger, producer and super smooth vocalist.   His influence on music has been awesome, and will continue to be so.

Exalted as ‘The Sultan of Soul', ‘The Man', and ‘The lcon of Love'  ... Barry White was and forever will be ...  

The Maestro 

CREDIT FOR THIS BIO TO; Ó Pete Old and BW Unlimited 2007

 

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Formed to be another version of the legendary Motown girl group The Supremes, the group would mold their talents with White for the next two years until the group and White were signed to contracts to 20th Century Fox Records. White produced, wrote and arranged the classic soul ballad, "Walking in the Rain (With The One I Love)". The song hit the Top 20 of the pop charts. The group would score more hits throughout the '70s and White eventually married the lead singer of the group - Glodean James. While working on a few demos for a male singer to sing, the record label suggested White step out in front of the mic and not so much in the background. White reluctantly agreed and the rest, as they say, is music history. His hits included "I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby" (1973), "Never, Never Gonna Give You Up" (1973), "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" (1974), "You're the First, the Last, My Everything" (1974), "What Am I Gonna Do With You" (1975), "Let the Music Play" (1976), "Your Sweetness is My Weakness" (1978), "Change" (1982), "Sho' You Right" (1987), and "Practice What You Preach" (1994), among others.

He had been ill with chronically high blood pressure for some time, which resulted in renal failure in the autumn of 2002. He suffered a stroke in May 2003, after which he was forced to retire from public life. He died in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in the West Hollywood area of Los Angeles at the age of only 58. His death was reported as being from renal failure. Late in his life, White wished to be remembered as a good person who happened to be able to sing. White's autobiography, ''Barry White: Love Unlimited'', was written with Marc Eliot and published by Broadway Books in 1999. Barry White's music was frequently showcased on the late-1990s television show ''Ally McBeal''; the show often used esoteric references to what was going on inside character's heads. In this case, John Cage (played by Peter MacNicol) would hear Barry White sing whenever he was sexually aroused. The use of his music on the show served to revitalize his career, and White eventually made a guest appearance in the show.

 

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He also won a whole new audience when his music was used in the hit television comedy series Ally McBeal, in which White once appeared.

'True master'

Don Cornelius, founder of US music TV show Soul Train, remembered White as "a true master".

"There was no match for Barry White. His music is just going to live forever, it's not limited to disco or soul or hip-hop or anything."

He said White's lyrics were directed toward his second wife, Glodean James.

"Love was a very important aspect of his life," Cornelius said.

"He wasn't just singing for your mate and your bedroom, he was singing and writing for his own bedroom."

Cornelius said when he visited White in hospital two months ago, the singer was almost completely incapacitated.

"The man really suffered, at times he was full of tubes. If it wasn't for the fact that he was
an abnormally strong man, he would've been gone a long time ago."

 

White's second wife Glodean was said to have inspired his lyrics

Sam Moore, of 1960s soul duo Sam and Dave said, "He didn't have to do like the average, jumping all over the stage.
He could just stand there with his big orchestra and he could just mesmerize."

Despite being unable to read or write music, White sold more than 100 million records.

He won belated recognition for his success in 2000 when he won his first two Grammys for best male and
tradition R&B vocal performance for the song Staying Power.

Ill-health

But his comeback was dogged by ill-health. A problem with chronic blood pressure led to him cancelling several live performances with
the group Earth, Wind and Fire in 1999, and he was admitted to hospital.

The following year, fans in Sydney said he looked unwell on stage during a show, and many booed him and demanded refunds.

White, who was brought up in Los Angeles' South Central area, was fond of telling how his
famous gravelly voice appeared overnight when he was 14.

"I woke up, and spoke to my mother, and scared us both to death," he said when he addressed the Oxford Union in 2000.

A spell in jail for stealing tires when he was a teenager convinced him to enter the music industry in
1960, inspired by the Elvis Presley song It's Now Or Never.

In 1983 his brother Darryl, who he called his "best friend", was shot and killed by a neighbor in a dispute over change from a $20 note.

 White maintained that if he had not entered the music industry, he may have suffered the same fate.

 

Barry White Discography: Album

Love Unlimited & Love Unlimited Orchestra:

1973: Under the Influence Of
1974: Rhapsody in White
1974: Together Brothers
1974: In Heat
1974: White Gold
1975: Music Maestro Please
1976: My Sweet Summer Suite
1977: He's All I've Got
1978: My Musical Bouquet
1979: Super Movie Themes, just a little bit different
1979: Love Is Back
1981: Let 'Em Dance!
1981: Welcome Aboard
1983: Rise

Barry White:
1973: I've Got So Much to Give
1973: Stone Gon'
1974: Can't Get Enough
1975: Just Another Way to Say I Love You
1976: Let the Music Play
1976: Is This Whatcha Want?
1977: Barry White Sings for Someone You Love
1978: The Man
1979: The Message Is Love
1979: I Love to Sing the Songs I Sing
1980: Sheet Music
1981: Barry & Glodean
1981: Beware!
1982: Change
1983: Dedica Ted
1987: The Right Night & Barry White
1989: The Man Is Back!
1991: Put Me In Your Mix
1992: Just For You
1994: The Icon Is Love
1999: The Ultimate Collection
1999: Staying Power

 

ONE of My TOP Personal Favorite Singer! May "Barry White" Rest in Peace.

 

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