BARRY WHITE
Name: Barry White
Birth name: Barrence Eugene Carter
Born: 12 September 1944 Galveston, Texas
Died: 4 July 2003 Los Angeles, California
Barry Eugene White (born Barrence Eugene Carter, September 12, 1944 - July 4,
2003) was a Grammy Award winning American record producer, songwriter and singer
responsible for the creation of numerous hit soul and disco songs. He released
numerous gold and platinum albums, as well as numerous gold singles and platinum
singles. All inclusive albums (record sales of White's music with singles) are
in excess of 50 million.
Barry White was founder and maestro of the Love Unlimited Orchestra, that
featured a groundbreaking synthesis of strings and funk-based percussion. Barry
White became legendary as a chart-topping soul artist for the rich blend of bass
vocals and suave, passionate delivery said to have been an inspiration for
romance. Fans have boasted they conceived children or were conceived themselves
after romantic interludes to the sound of Barry White recordings.
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 body 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.
Name: Barry White
Birth name: Barrence Eugene Carter
Born: 12 September 1944 Galveston, Texas
Died: 4 July 2003 Los Angeles, California
Barry Eugene White (born Barrence Eugene Carter, September 12, 1944 - July 4,
2003) was a Grammy Award winning American record producer, songwriter and singer
responsible for the creation of numerous hit soul and disco songs. He released
numerous gold and platinum albums, as well as numerous gold singles and platinum
singles. All inclusive albums (record sales of White's music with singles) are
in excess of 50 million.
Barry White was founder and maestro of the Love Unlimited Orchestra, that
featured a groundbreaking synthesis of strings and funk-based percussion. Barry
White became legendary as a chart-topping soul artist for the rich blend of bass
vocals and suave, passionate delivery said to have been an inspiration for
romance. Fans have boasted they conceived children or were conceived themselves
after romantic interludes to the sound of Barry White recordings.
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 body 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.