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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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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.

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Late in his life, White wished to be remembered as a good person who happened to be able to sing.

White's For music albums named Autobiography, see Greek eauton = self, bios = life and graphein = write) is a form of biography, the writing of a life story. The difference, of course, is point of view: an autobiography is from the viewpoint of its subject. Biographers generally rely on a wide variety of... autobiography, Barry White: Love Unlimited, was written with Marc Eliot and published by Broadway Books in 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. Events Kosovo War Shooting in Littleton, Colorado, United States, leaves several high school students dead. Y2K preparation was a major event in 1999 both in... 1999.

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Barry has also made a few appearances on The Simpsons. Clockwise from top left: Homer, Marge, Maggie, Santas Little Helper, Bart, Snowball II, and Lisa. The Simpsons is the longest-running animated television series and sitcom series in U.S. television history, with 16 seasons and 344 episodes since its debut on December 17, 1989. Highly satirical... The Simpsons.

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Discography

Love Unlimited & Love Unlimited Orchestra:

• 1972: From a Girl's Point of View We Give to You
• 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 is a slang phrase, associated with the counterculture, used to describe higher authority. This man does not usually refer to a specific individual as such, but instead to the government, leaders of large corporations and other authority figures; its meaning is pejorative. The Man is colloquially defined as... 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 (20-Jahre-Edition mit 3 CD?s)
• 1994: The Icon Is Love
• 1999: The Ultimate Collection
• 1999: Staying Power