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Barry Eugene White was an American R&B, soul and disco singer, songwriter, actor, and record producer. A two-time Grammy Award winner known for his bass voice and romantic image, his greatest success came in the 1970s as a solo singer and with the Love Unlimited Orchestra, who made the #1 hit "Love's Theme" written by White. White's music contains elements of multiple different genres such as R&B,…
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entertainment · American R&B, soul and disco singer (1944–2003) · singer · singer-songwriter · bandleader · composer · conductor · record producer · actor · soul musician · musician · also Barry White, Barry Eugene White, Barry Eugene Carter, White
Born 12 September 1944 · Died 4 July 2003 · Q213647
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“My mother had never even told me she could play, but when I walked in the front door and heard her playing Beethoven, it was the most amazing thing, to this day, that I have ever experienced. It was so emotional that I had to play piano.”
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Rolling Stone ranked White at number 56 on its list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time
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His son Darryl White from his first marriage sued his estate, claiming he was cut off financially
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Sued White's estate after she stopped receiving money
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Which would have been White's 69th birthday, he was posthumously awarded the 2,506th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6914 Hollywood Boulevard in the category of recording
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Released album “Icon: Barry White”.
Released album “Barry White Unlimited”.
Released album “Number Ones”.
Released album “Triple Best Of”.
Released album “Gold”.
Released album “Forever Barry White”.
Released album “Barry White Collector’s Edition”.
Released album “I Found Love (the Ultimate Collection)”.
Released album “The Early Years”.
Released album “Gold: The Very Best”.
Released album “Una serata con…”.
White was posthumously inducted into the Dance Music Hall of Fame at a ceremony held in New York
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Released album “Your Love”.
Released album “The Golden Years”.
Released album “America”.
Released album “Under the Influence of Love”.
Released album “20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Barry White”.
Died 2003-07-04.
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Released album “Best of Barry White”.
Released album “Classic Barry White”.
Released album “Love Songs”.
His girlfriend Katherine Denton claimed her infant daughter Barriana was his biological child
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Released album “The Ultimate Gold Collection”.
Released album “Ultimate Collection”.
Released album “All Gold of the World”.
Released album “Sweet Lovesongs”.
Released album “Les légendes de la soul”.
Released album “Love Collection”.
Released album “Most Famous Hits: The Album”.
Released album “Legendarios”.
Released album “Staying Power”.
Released album “The Ultimate Collection”.
Released album “Best Of”.
Released album “His Very Best”.
Released album “Boss Soul: The Genius of Barry White”.
Released album “Music Unlimited”.
Released album “Barry White & Friends”.
Released album “The Very Best of”.
Released album “Let the Music Play”.
Released album “Cool Songs”.
Released album “Your Heart and Soul: The Love Album”.
Released album “Can’t Get Enough of Your Love: Best of Barry White”.
Released album “Back to Back: Their Greatest Hits”.
Released album “Come On in Love”.
White recorded the duet "In Your Wildest Dreams" with Tina Turner
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Released album “Endless Love: A Collection of Great Love Songs & Ballads”.
Released album “Your Heart and Soul”.
And he also portrayed the voice of a rabbit in a Good Seasons salad-dressing-mix commercial, singing a song called "You Can't Bottle Love"
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Released album “Best of Love”.
Released album “The Ballads”.
Released album “I'm Gonna Love You”.
Released album “The Icon Is Love”.
Released album “All-Time Greatest Hits”.
White released The Icon Is Love, which went to No
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Released album “The Maestro Hits”.
Released album “Anthology”.
Released album “Back to Back: The Best of Barry White & Lou Rawls”.
Released album “Love Forever”.
Released album “You're The First”.
Released album “I Found Love”.
Released album “Barry White Collection”.
Released album “Barry White Gold”.
Released album “Soul Seduction”.
Released album “In Love”.
Released album “Just for You”.
Released album “Best of 2 Super Artists on 1 Great Compact Disc”.
Released album “Put Me in Your Mix”.
With the album Put Me in Your Mix, which reached No
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Released album “I Love to Sing the Songs”.
Released album “Barry White’s Greatest Hits, Volume 2”.
Released album “Satin & Soul, Vol II”.
Released album “The Man Is Back!”.
Released album “Satin & Söul”.
Released album “Barry’s Gold”.
Released album “The Collection”.
But they were still legally married until White's death in 2003, although they lived separate lives
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Released album “The Right Night & Barry White”.
Released album “Dedicated”.
But continued to support White as a backing band
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Released album “Change”.
Released album “Barry & Glodean”.
Released album “Beware!”.
Released album “Barry White’s Sheet Music”.
Released album “The Best of Our Love”.
Released album “I Love to Sing the Songs I Sing”.
To launch his own label, Unlimited Gold, with CBS/Columbia Records
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Released album “The Message Is Love”.
Released album “The Man”.
“Your Sweetness Is My Weakness”
Released album “Barry White Sings for Someone You Love”.
“It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next to Me”
Released album “Is This Whatcha Wont?”.
Released album “Just Another Way to Say I Love You”.
Released album “Barry White’s Greatest Hits”.
Released album “Best Of Barry White, Love Unlimited & Love Unlimited Orchestra”.
Released album “Can’t Get Enough”.
Released album “No Limit on Love”.
White married singer Glodean James
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Made the first album of the Love Unlimited Orchestra, Rhapsody in White, containing "Love's Theme"
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Released album “Stone Gon’”.
Released album “I’ve Got So Much to Give”.
Released album “Grand Gala”.
Included the number one R&B and top ten pop hit "Never, Never Gonna Give You Up"
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Released a single with "Love's Theme" (written by him and played by the orchestra), which reached No
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White created The Love Unlimited Orchestra, a 40-piece orchestral group to be used originally as a backing band for the girl-group Love Unlimited
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White got his big break producing a girl group he had discovered called Love Unlimited
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White was signed by Forward Records of Los Angeles, a division of Transcontinental Entertainment Corporation, as a producer
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White produced "Feel Aw Right" by the Bel Cantos, released on the Downey label
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As part of the Upfronts before working for various small independent labels in Los Angeles
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Born 1944-09-12.
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