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A multiple Grammy Award-winner known for his deep bass voice and romantic image, White's greatest success came in the 1970s with the Love Unlimited Orchestra, crafting many enduring hit soul and disco songs. Worldwide, White had many gold and platinum albums and singles, with combined sales of over 100 million, according to critics Ed Hogan and Wade Kergan.^[1] This article does not cite any references or sources. ... A basso (or bass) is a male singer who sings in the lowest vocal range of the human voice. ... For other uses, see Soul music (disambiguation). ... This article is about the music genre. ... This article is about the musical composition. ... “Golden record” redirects here. ...

Biography

Early life and career

White was born in Galveston, Texas^[2] and grew up in the high-crime areas of South Los Angeles, where he joined a gang at the age of 10. At 17, he was jailed for four months for stealing $30,000 worth of Cadillac tires. Galveston redirects here. ... For other uses, see Texas (disambiguation). ... South Los Angeles South Los Angeles is the official name for a large geographic and cultural portion lying to the southwest and southeast of downtown Los Angeles, California. ... For other uses, see Cadillac (disambiguation). ...

While in prison, White listened to Elvis Presley singing "It's Now or Never" on the radio, an experience he later credited with changing the course of his life.^[3] After his release, he 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. The marginal success he had to that point was as a songwriter; his songs were recorded by rock singer Bobby Fuller and TV bubblegum act The Banana Splits. He was also responsible in 1963 for arranging "Harlem Shuffle" for Bob & Earl, which became a hit in the UK in 1969. Elvis redirects here. ... O sole mio is a globally famous Neapolitan song written in 1898. ... Bobby Fuller on the single cover of I Fought the Law Bobby Fuller (October 22, 1942 – July 18, 1966) was an American rock singer and guitar player best known for his classic I Fought the Law. // Born in Baytown, Texas, Robert Gaston Fuller spent most of his youth in El... Bubblegum pop (also known as bubblegum rock, bubblegum music, or simply bubblegum) is a genre of pop music whose classical period ran from 1967 to 1972. ... The Banana Splits was a comedy variety television show in the United States during the 1960s starring several lifesize puppets. ... Harlem Shuffle (song) Harlem Shuffle (dance step) Categories: Disambiguation ... Bob and Earl were an American soul music singing duo in the 1960s, best known for recording the original version of Harlem Shuffle. ...

Success

In 1969, he got his break backing up a girl group called Love Unlimited. Formed in imitation of the legendary Motown girl group The Supremes, the group members honed their talents with White for the next two years until they all signed contracts with 20th Century Records. White produced, wrote and arranged the classic soul ballad "Walking in the Rain (With The One I Love)", which 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. The Supremes A Go-Go (1966) was the first album by a female group to reach the top position of the Billboard magazine pop albums chart in the United States. ... Motown Records, Inc. ... For other uses, see Supremes (disambiguation). ... Glodean White is an R&B singer who was married to legendary performer Barry White. ...

While working on a few demos for a male singer, the record label suggested White step out in front of the microphone, to which he reluctantly agreed. His first solo chart hit, 1973's "I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby", rose to #1 R&B and #3 Pop. That same year, the Love Unlimited Orchestra's recording of White's composition "Love's Theme" reached #1 Pop in 1974, one of only two instrumental recordings ever to do so. Some regard "Love's Theme" as the first disco hit ever. Loves Theme is an instrumental piece performed by the Love Unlimited Orchestra, which was conducted by Barry White in 1974. ... This article is about the music genre. ...

Other chart hits by White include "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), "It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next To Me" (1977), "Your Sweetness is My Weakness" (1978), and "Change" (1982). Never, Never Gonna Give You Up is a song by Barry White. ...

Considered handsome and deeply romantic by his many female fans and admired for the unique blend of soul and classical orchestral musical elements he created, White was often affectionately referred to as the "Maestro" or "The Man with the Velvet Voice". His portly physical stature led some in the popular press to make condescending jokes about his weight by referring to White as the "Walrus of Love," a moniker considered disrespectful by many fans. Barry White was also referred to as "The Sultan of Smooth Soul," but it was his role as brainchild of the funk-fueled, deep soul band, the Love Unlimited Orchestra, in which he was widely branded on several early albums as the group's Maestro, earning him the only documented nickname for which he and his musical colleagues were responsible. Look up Maestro, maestro in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Comebacks

Although White's success on the pop charts slowed down as the disco era came to an end, he maintained a loyal following throughout his career. In the 1990s, he mounted an effective comeback with the albums The Icon Is Love (1994), whose biggest hit, "Practice What You Preach" reached the top of the charts, and Staying Power (1999), for which he won 2 Grammy Awards. His music was often featured on the sitcom Ally Mcbeal and he appeared on the show twice. Grammy Award statuette The Grammy Awards, presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music Awards, the American Music... For the character, see Ally McBeal (character). ...

Death

White had been ill with chronically high blood pressure for some time, which resulted in kidney failure in the autumn of 2002. He suffered a stroke in May 2003, after which he was forced to retire from public life. On July 4, 2003, he died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles from renal failure.[1] White was cremated, and his ashes were scattered by his family off the California coast.[2] A sphygmomanometer, a device used for measuring arterial pressure. ... Renal failure is when the kidneys fail to function properly. ... For other uses, see Stroke (disambiguation). ... Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is a hospital located in Los Angeles, California. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... Cremation is the practice of disposing of a corpse by burning. ...

On September 20, 2004, he was posthumously inducted into the Dance Music Hall of Fame at a ceremony held in New York.[3] The Dance Music Hall of Fame was created in 2004 by music industry veteran Daniel Glass to honor the creators and innovators of dance music. ...

Musical style

White's recordings featured a distinctive sound that combined orchestral instrumentation (string section, woodwinds, horns, harpsichords, etc.) with a steady drumbeat and as many as five electric guitars. His arrangements were influential on the emerging sound of disco music in the early 1970s. For other uses, see Orchestra (disambiguation). ... The string section of an orchestra is the section containing bowed string instruments. ... A woodwind instrument is a musical instrument in which sound is produced by blowing through a mouthpiece against an edge or by a vibrating reed, and in which the pitch is varied by opening or closing holes in the body of the instrument. ... Image of a trumpet, foreground, a piccolo trumpet behind, and a flugelhorn in background. ... Harpsichord in the Flemish style A harpsichord is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. ... Two different electric guitars. ... In music, an arrangement refers either to a rewriting of a piece of existing music with additional new material or to a fleshing-out of a compositional sketch, such as a lead sheet. ...

A distinctive feature of White's music was the steamy spoken introductions and interludes that appeared in many of his songs. Perhaps the most notorious of these appeared in the track "Love Serenade (Part 1)", from his 1975 album Just Another Way to Say I Love You:

Take it off Deb. . . Baby, take it all off . . . I want you the way you came into the world . . . I don't wanna feel no clothes . . . I don't wanna see no panties . . . Take off that brassiere, my dear . . . Everybody's gone . . . We're gonna take the receiver off the phone . . . because baby, you and me, heh . . . this night, we're gonna get it on . . .

Acting

Over the course of his career White occasionally did work as a voice actor. He voiced the character Bear in the 1975 film Coonskin (and also played the character Sampson in the movie's live-action segments). He was featured in several episodes of The Simpsons including "Whacking Day", in which he used his deep bass voice played through speakers placed on the ground to attract snakes. He also did the voice of a rabbit in a Good Seasons salad dressing mix commercial, singing a song called You Can't Bottle Love.^{[citation needed]} White had been offered the chance to play the voice of Chef in the cartoon series South Park (who had been modeled after White), but declined; as a devout Christian, White was uncomfortable with South Park's often irreverent humor. The part was eventually played by Isaac Hayes. A voice actor (also a voice artist) is a person who provides voices for animated characters (including those in feature films, television series, animated shorts), voice-overs in radio and television commercials, audio dramas, dubbed foreign language films, video games, puppet shows, and amusement rides. ... The year 1975 in film involved some significant events. ... Coonskin is a 1975 film written and directed by Ralph Bakshi, about an African American rabbit, fox, and bear who rise to the top of the organized crime racket in Harlem, encountering corrupt law enforcement, con artists and the Mafia. ... Simpsons redirects here. ... Whacking Day is the 20th episode of The Simpsons fourth season. ... Jerome Chef McElroy was a recurring character on the Comedy Central series South Park. ... This article is about the TV series. ... For the American arctic explorer, see Isaac Israel Hayes Isaac Lee Hayes, Jr. ...

Discography

Albums

Love Unlimited & Love Unlimited Orchestra

Rhapsody in White was huge success for Love Unlimited Orchestra that rode along in the charts with Barry Whites single at the time of Im Gonna Love You Just a Little Bit More Barrys Theme Rhapsody in White Midnight and You I Feel Love Coming On Baby...

Barry White

The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. ... The Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart was established by Billboard magazine in 1984. ... The UK Albums Chart is a chart of the sales positions of albums in the United Kingdom. ... Stone Gon is a soul album by Barry White, released in 1973 (see 1973 in music). ... Cant Get Enough is soul legend Barry Whites third album. ... Let the Music Play is a 1976 album by Barry White. ... All-Time Greatest Hits is a compilation of Barry Whites finest songs. ... The Ultimate Collection is a retrospective 2-disc set of Barry Whites career, released in 1999. ...

Singles: US and UK chart placings

Love Unlimited

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Barry White

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See also

• Quiet storm
• Gerald Levert

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References

• Foto and single Barry White
• Фото и песни Барри Уайт