Barry White

Barry White (Galveston, 12 september 1944 – Los Angeles, 4 juli 2003) was een Amerikaanse soul- en disco-zanger en -producer. Zowel solo als met het door hem gedirigeerde Love Unlimited Orchestra scoorde hij diverse hits.

Barry White werd als Barry Eugene Carter geboren in Galveston, Texas, en groeide op in Los Angeles. Op 10-jarige leeftijd werd hij lid van een 'gang', en op de leeftijd van zestien werd hij veroordeeld tot vier maanden gevangenis wegens diefstal van Cadillac-autobanden ter waarde van $30.000.

Eind jaren zestig begon Whites muziekcarrière, aanvankelijk nog slechts als producer. Zijn grootste succes was het opzetten van Love Unlimited, een damesgroep met drie leden, waaronder zijn latere vrouw Glodean James, waarvoor hij de klassieker Walkin' in the Rain (With the One I Love) schreef.

White had een aantal liedjes geschreven, en zocht een mannelijke vocalist om deze op te nemen. Uiteindelijk liet hij zich overhalen dit zelf te doen, wat leidde tot het succesvolle album "I've Got So Much to Give" met de hit I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby.

Zijn volgende succes was de oprichting van het Love Unlimited Orchestra. Tegen alle verwachtingen in, werd het volledig instrumentale Love's Theme een grote hit.

White behaalde zijn grootste successen in de jaren '70, in de periode van de disco, maar ook later heeft hij nog diverse hits gehad.

Tijdens een verblijf in het ziekenhuis, waar hij herstelde van de gevolgen van een beroerte, overleed White aan een nierziekte.

Discografie

Singles

1967 - All In The Run of a Day/Don't Take Your Love From Me (Bronco 2056) (de eerste cd die Barry White onder eigen naam publiceerde)
1973 - I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More, Baby/Just A Little More Baby (20th Century TC 2018)
1973 - I've Got So Much To Give/(Instrumentaal) (20th Century TC 2042)
1973 - Bring Back My Yesterday (korte uitvoering)/(lange uitvoering) (UK Pye International 7N 25622)
1973 - Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up (korte uitvoering)/(lange uitvoering) (20th Century TC 2058) FIRST PRESSING
1974 - Honey Please Can't Ya See /(Instrumentaal) (20th Century TC 2077)
1974 - Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe/Just Not Enough (Instrumentaal bij A-kant)(20th Century TC 2120)
1974 - You'r The First, The Last, My Everything/More Than Anything, You're My Everything (Instrumentaal bij A-kant) (20th Century TC 2133)
1975 - What Am I Gonna Do With You? /What Am I Gonna Do With You Baby? (Instrumentaal bij A-kant) (20th Century TC 2177)
1975 - I'll Do For You Anything You Want Me To/Anything You Want Me To (Instrumentaal bij A-kant) (20th Century TC 2208)
1975 - Let The Music Play/(Instrumentaal) (20th Century TC 2265)
1976 - You See The Trouble With Me/ I'm So Blue And You Are Too (20th Century TC 2277)
1976 - Baby We Better Try And Get It Together/If You Know, Won't You Tell Me (20th Century TC 2298)
1976 - I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More Baby/I've Got So Much To Give (Heruitgave) (20th Century Remember Series TCR 4)
1976 - Never Never Gonna Give Ya Up/Honey Please Can't You See (Heruitgave) (20th Century Remember Series TCR 5)
1976 - Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe/You're The First, The Last, My Everything (Heruitgave) (20th Century Remember Series TCR 7)
1976 - Don't Make Me Wait Too Long/Can't You See It's You I Want (Instrumentaal bij A-kant) (20th Century TC 2309)
1977 - I'm Qualified To Satisfy You/(Instrumentaal) (20th Century TC 2328)
1977 - It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next To Me/I Never Thought I'd Fall In Love With You (20th Century 7” - TC 2350/12" - TCD 65)
1977 - Playing Your Game Baby/Of All The Guys In The World (20th Century TC 2361)
1978 - Oh What A Night For Dancing/You're So Good, You're Bad (20th Century TC 2365)
1978 - Your Sweetness Is My Weekness/It's Only Love Doing Its Thing (20th Century 7”-TC 2380; 12”-TCD-67)
1979 - Just The Way You Are/Now I'm Gonna Make Love To You (20th Century TC 2395)
1979 - I Love To Sing The Songs I Sing/Oh Me, Oh My (I'm Such A Lucky Guy) (20th Century 7" - TC 2416; 12" - TCD 88)
1979 - How Did You Know It Was Me?/Oh Me Oh My I'm Such A Lucky Guy (20th Century 7"-TC 2433; 12"-TCD 102)
1977 - Any Fool Can See (You Were Meant For Me)/You're The One I Need (Unlimited Gold ZS8 1401)
1979 - It Ain't Love, Babe (Until You Give It)/Hung Up In Your Love (Unlimited Gold 12"-4Z8 1403)
1979 - Love Ain't Easy/I Found Love (Unlimited Gold 7"-ZS8 1411)
1980 - Sheet Music/(Instrumentaal) (Unlimited Gold 7"-ZS8 1415)
1980 - Love Makin' Music/She's Everything To Me (Unlimited Gold 7"-ZS9 1418)
1980 - I Believe In Love/You're The One I Need (Unlimited Gold ZS8 1420)
1980 - Mi Nueva Cancion/Ella Es Todo Para Mi (Spaanse versies van "Love Makin' Music" en "She's Everything To Me") (Unlimited Gold 12"-4ZS 7005)
1981 - Didn't We Make It Happen Baby/Our Theme-Part 2 (Unlimited Gold ZS6 70064) (Duet met Glodean White)
1981 - I Want You/Our Theme-Part 1 (Unlimited Gold ZS6 02087) (Duet met Glodean White)
1982 - You're The Only One For Me/This Love (Unlimited Gold ZS5 02419) (Duet met Glodean White)
1981 - Louie Louie/Ghetto Letto (Unlimited Gold 7"-ZS5 02425; 12”- 4Z9 02429)
1981 - Beware/Tell Me Who Do You Love (Unlimited Gold 7"-ZS5 02580)
1982 - Change/I Like You, You Like Me (Unlimited Gold 7"-ZS5 02956; 12” - 4Z9 03051)
1982 - Passion/It's All About Love (Unlimited Gold 7"-ZS4 03379; 12” - 4Z9 03381)
1983 - America/Life (Unlimited Gold 7"-ZS4 03957; 12”-4Z9 03958)
1984 - Don't Let 'Em Blow Your Mind/Dreams (Unlimited Gold 7"-ZS4 04098; 12” 4Z9-04099)
198X - Sho' You Right (Remix)/You're What's On My Mind (A. & M. 7" – AM 2943)
1988 - For Your Love (I'll Do Most Anything)/Love Is In Your Eyes(A.& M. 7" AM 3000)
1988 - The Right Night (Remix)/There's A Place (Where Love Never Ends) (A. & M.)
1989 - Follow That And See (Where It Leads Y'all)/(Instrumentaal) (A.& M.)
1990 - I Wanna Do It Good To Ya (Remix)/(2nd Remix) (A. & M. 12" 18026)
1990 - Super Lover (Mother Load, Funk en Symphonische Remixen) (A. & M. 12"-SP 12317)
1990 - When Will I See You Again (See You Soon Edit)/Good Night My Love(A. & M. 7” 75021 1511 7)
1991 - All Of Me (Big Daddy Kane met Barry White) (Cold Chillin')
1992 - Put Me In Your Mix/I Wanna Do It Good To Ya (Remix) (A. & M.)
1992 - Dark And Lovely (You Over There)(Met Isaac Hayes) (A. & M. 732288273)
1995 - Practice What You Preach (Mixen)/Love Is The Icon (Mixen) (A. & M.)
1995 - Come On (Mixen) (A. & M.)
1995 - There It Is (Mixen)/Don't Let Go (A& 31458 1125 2)
1996 - Slow Jams (Mixes) (met Quincy Jones, SWV, Babyface en Portrait) (Qwest 17673)
1997 - It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next To Me (12"-versie)/ My Sweet Summer Suite (12"-versie) (door het Love Unlimited Orchestra) (Casablanca 874 133-1)
1999 - Staying Power/Excepts from The Longer We Make Love/Sometimes/Don't Play Games (Private Music Cassette Single 01005-81020-4)
1999 - Staying Power/Sometimes (Private Music CD Single 562 507-2)
2000 - Which Way Is Up (Radio edit)/(LP versie) (Private Music CD Single 562 548-2)
2003 - Playing Your Game Baby (Instrumentale versie van de single uit 1977, niet eerder uitgebracht) (US Jazz Funk 12” JF 002) (Op de andere kant staat een versie door Coke Escovedo, “I Wouldn't Change A Thing”)
2005 - White Gold: The Very Best Of

Albums

** = verkrijgbaar op cd

1973 - I'VE GOT SO MUCH TO GIVE (20th Century T 407) **
1973 - STONE GON' (20th Century T 423) **

1974 - NO LIMIT ON LOVE (Supremacy SUP 8002) (Oude opnamen van Mustang/Bronco, waarvan sommigen nog niet eerder uitgebracht. Op het album staan onder meer Felice Taylor en Lori Hampton)
1974 - CAN'T GET ENOUGH (20th Century T 444) **
1975 - JUST ANOTHER WAY TO SAY I LOVE YOU (20th Century T 466) **
1975 - GREATEST HITS (20th Century T 493) **
1976 - LET THE MUSIC PLAY (20th Century T 502) **
1976 - IS THIS WHATCHA WONT? (20th Century T 516) **
1977 - BARRY WHITE SINGS FOR SOMEONE YOU LOVE (20th Century T 543) **
1978 - BARRY WHITE THE MAN (20th Century T 571) **
1979 - THE MESSAGE IS LOVE (Unlimited Gold JZ 35763) **
1979 - I LOVE TO SING THE SONGS I SING (20th Century T 590) **
1980 - BARRY WHITE'S SHEET MUSIC (Unlimited Gold JZ 36208) **
1980 - THE BEST OF OUR LOVE ... (OUR BEST TO YOU) (Unlimited Gold Z2X 36957)
1981 - BARRY AND GLODEAN (Unlimited Gold FZ 37054) (met Glodean White) **
1981 - GREATEST HITS VOLUME 2 (20th Century T 599) **
1981 - BEWARE (Unlimited Gold FZ 37176) **
1982 - CHANGE (Unlimited Gold FZ 38048) **
1983 - DEDICATED (Unlimited Gold FZ 38711) **
1987 - THE RIGHT NIGHT AND BARRY WHITE (A. & M. SF 5154) **
1989 - BARRY WHITE THE MAN IS BACK (A. & M. 75021 5256) **
1991 - Put Me In Your Mix (A. & M. 75021 5377) **
1992 - BOX SET COMPILATION JUST FOR YOU (3-CD set met boekje en niet eerder uitgebrachte of zeldzame nummers) (Mercury 314 514 143-2) ** (later nog een keer uitgebracht met een bonus-CD van “Let The Music Play”-remixen in 2003)
1994 - THE ICON IS LOVE (A. & M. 31454 0115) **
1997 - BOSS SOUL: THE GENIUS OF BARRY WHITE (Bronco/Del-Fi DFCD 71255) ** (een compilatie van vroeg materiaal van Mustang/Bronco Barry White Productions)
1999 - STAYING POWER (Private Music 01005 82185 2) **
2000 - BARRY WHITE THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION (Universal Music 560 471-2) **

Love Unlimited Albums

** = Verkrijgbaar op cd

1972 - FROM A GIRL'S POINT OF VIEW... WE GIVE TO YOU LOVE UNLIMITED (UNI 73131) **
1973 - UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF.. LOVE UNLIMITED (20th Century T 414
1974 - IN HEAT (20th Century T 443)****
1977 - HE'S ALL I'VE GOT (Unlimited Gold U 101)**

LOVE IS BACK (Unlimited Gold JZ 36130) 1979 **

THE BEST OF LOVE UNLIMITED (Mercury 314 532 408-2) **

Love Unlimited Singles

WALKIN' IN THE RAIN WITH THE ONE I LOVE/I Should Have Known (UNI 55319) 1972
IS IT REALLY TRUE BOY-IS IT REALLY ME?/Another Chance (UNI 55342) 1972
ARE YOU SURE/No B-side advised (UNI 55349) 1972
FRAGILE-HANDLE WITH CARE/I'll Be Yours Forever More (MCA 40009) 1973
OH LOVE (WELL WE FINALLY MADE IT)/Yes We Finally Made It (Instrumental to A-side) (20th Century TC 2025) 1973
IT MAY BE WINTER OUTSIDE/Winter Again (Instrumental to A-side) (20th Century TC 2062) 1973
UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF LOVE/(Instrumental to A-side) (20th Century TC 2082) 1973
PEOPLE OF TOMORROW ARE THE CHILDREN OF TODAY/So Nice To Hear (20th Century TC 2110) 1974
I BELONG TO YOU/And Only You (Instrumental to A-side) (20th Century TC 2141) 1974
I'M UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF LOVE/I Belong To You (UK 20th Century BTC 2178) 1975
SHARE A LITTLE LOVE IN YOUR HEART/I Love You So Never Gonna Let You Go (20th Century TC 2183) 1975
UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF LOVE/I Belong To You (Re-issues) (20th Century Remember Series TCR 8) 1976
I DID IT FOR LOVE/(Instrumental to A-side) (Unlimited Gold UG 7001) 1976
HIGH STEPPIN' HIP DRESSIN' FELLA/(Instrumental to A-side) (Unlimited Gold 7"- ZS9 1409; 12"- 4Z8 1410) 1979
I'M SO GLAD THAT I'M A WOMAN/Gotta Be Where You Are (Unlimited Gold ZS9 1412) 1980
IF YOU WANT ME, SAY IT/When I'm In Your Arms, Everything's Okay (Unlimited Gold ZS9 1417) 1980

Love Unlimited Orchestra Albums

- = verkrijgbaar op cd

RHAPSODY IN WHITE (20th Century T 433) 1974 op **
TOGETHER BROTHERS SOUNDTRACK (20th Century ST 101) 1974 **
WHITE GOLD (20th Century T 458) 1974 **
MUSIC MAESTRO PLEASE (20th Century T 480) 1975
MY SWEET SUMMER SUITE (20th Century T 517) 1976
MY MUSICAL BOUQUET (20th Century T 554) 1978
SUPER MOVIE THEMES-JUST A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT (20th Century T 582) 1979
LET 'EM DANCE (Unlimited Gold JZ 36131) 1981 **
WELCOME ABOARD (The Love Unlimited Orchestra Presents Mr Webster Lewis) (Unlimited Gold FZ 37425) 1981 ** Japan is niet meer leverbaar
RISE (Unlimited Gold FZ 38366) 1983 **
THE BEST OF BARRY WHITE'S LOVE UNLIMITED ORCHESTRA (Mercury 314 526 945-2) **

Love Unlimited Orchestra Singles

LOVE'S THEME/Sweet Moments (20th Century TC 2069) 1973
RHAPSODY IN WHITE/Barry's Theme (20th Century TC 2090) 1974
THEME FROM TOGETHER BROTHERS/Find The Man Brothers (20th Century TC 2107) 1974
BABY BLUES/What A Groove (20th Century TC 2145) 1974
SATIN SOUL/Just Living It Up (20th Century TC 2162) 1974
ALWAYS THINKING OF YOU/Satin Soul (UK 20th Century BTC 2168) 1975
FOREVER IN LOVE/Only You Can Make Me Blue (20th Century TC 2197) 1975
MIDNIGHT GROOVE/It's Only What I Feel (20th Century TC 2281) 1975
LOVE'S THEME/Satin Soul (Re-issues) (20th Century Remember Series TCR 6) 1976
MY SWEET SUMMER SUITE/Just Living It Up (20th Century TC 2301) 1976
THEME FROM KING KONG (Part 1)/(Part 2) (20th Century TC 2325) 1976
THEME FROM KING KONG/Blues Concerto (20th Century 12"-TCD 61) 1976
BRAZILIAN LOVE SONG/My Sweet Summer Suite (20th Century 7"-TC 2348; 12"-TCD 64) 1977
HEY LOOK AT ME I'M IN LOVE/Whisper Softly (20th Century TC 2364 7”) 1978
DON'T YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU/Hey Look At Me I'm In Love (UK 20th Century TC 2367 7”) 1978
DON'T YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU/Hey Look At Me I'm In Love (20th Century 12"-TCD 66) 1978
THEME FROM SHAFT/Theme From Superman (20th Century 7"-TC 2399; 12"-TCD 72) 1979
YOUNG AMERICA/Freeway Flyer (Unlimited Gold 7"-ZS8 1414; 12"-4Z8 1414) 1980
I WANNA BOOGIE AND WOOGIE WITH YOU/I'm In The Mood (Unlimited Gold 7"-ZS6 1421) 1980
VIENI QUA BELLA MI/Bayou (Unlimited Gold 7"-ZS6 1423) 1981
LIFT YOUR VOICE AND SAY/My Fantasies (Unlimited Gold 7"-ZS5 02135/12"-4Z8 02135) 1981
WELCOME ABOARD/Strange (Unlimited Gold 7"-ZS5 02478; 12”-4Z9-02479) 1981
NIGHT LIFE IN THE CITY/Wind (Unlimited Gold 7"-ZS5 02635; 12”-4Z9-02636) 1982
DO IT TO THE MUSIC ... PLEASE/Anna Lisa (Unlimited Gold 7"-ZS4 03580; 12"-4Z9 03582) 1983
MY LABORATORY (IS READY FOR YOU)/Goodbye Concerto (Unlimited Gold 7"-ZS4 03881; 12”-4Z9 03882) 1983

Trivia

Het instrumentale nummer Love's Theme werd als achtergrondmuziek gebruikt in de sketch De Geilneef (onderdeel van De Neven) van Kees van Kooten en Wim de Bie, welke voor het eerst op 28 april 1977 was te zien.
Het nummer "You're The First, The Last, My Everything" werd als "theme-song" gebruikt bij het karakter John Cage, uit de succesvolle televisieserie "Ally McBeal", die eind jaren negentig op de nederlandse televisie te zien was.

Diversen

Quincy Jones, Barry White, Al B. Sure!, James Ingram & El Debarge: The secret garden (Sweet seduction suite) (1990)
Barry White Website: http://members.chello.nl/p.klein6/