Barry White  

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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, numerous gold singles and platinum singles. All inclusive, record sales of White's music with singles, albums, are in excess of 50 million.

He created the Love Unlimited Orchestra, which included string and percussion players. Records featuring White's deep bass voice and suave delivery were used by couples wishing to create a romantic ambience, and indeed many of his fans in later years could boast that they had conceived children, or been conceived themselves, to the sound of a Barry White recording. 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 refer to him as the "Walrus of Love" (a moniker not appreciated by some fans). Barry was also know as "The Sultan of Smooth Soul."

See also

• I've Got So Much to Give (1973)
• Stone Gon' (1973)
• Can't Get Enough (1974)
• Just Another Way to Say I Love You (1975)
• Let the Music Play (1976)
• Is This Whatcha Wont? (1976)
• Barry White Sings for Someone You Love (1977)
• The Man (1978)
• The Message Is Love (1979)
• I Love to Sing the Songs I Sing (1979)
• Sheet Music (1980)
• Barry & Glodean (with Glodean White) (1981)
• Beware! (1981)
• Change (1982)
• Dedicated (1983)
• The Right Night & Barry White (1987)
• The Man Is Back! (1989)
• Put Me in Your Mix (1991)
• The Icon Is Love (1994)
• Staying Power (1999)

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• Barry White's Greatest Hits (1975)
• Barry White's Greatest Hits Vol. 2 (1977)
• Heart and Soul (1985)
• The Collection (1988)
• Just for You (1992)
• All-Time Greatest Hits (1994)
• The Ultimate Collection (2000)
• Love Songs (2003)
• The Millennium Collection: The Best of Barry White (2003)
• White Gold: The Very Best of Barry White (2005)
• Gold (2008)
• Number Ones (2009)
• Unlimited (2009)
• Icon (2010)

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• "Man Ain't Nothin"
• "All in the Run of a Day"
• "In the Ghetto"
• "I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby"
• "I've Got So Much to Give"
• "Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up"
• "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe"
• "You're the First, the Last, My Everything"
• "What Am I Gonna Do with You"
• "I'll Do for You Anything You Want Me To"
• "Let the Music Play"
• "You See the Trouble with Me"
• "Baby, We Better Try to Get It Together"
• "Don't Make Me Wait Too Long"
• "I'm Qualified to Satisfy You"
• "It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next to Me"
• "Playing Your Game, Baby"
• "Oh What a Night for Dancing"
• "Your Sweetness Is My Weakness"
• "Just the Way You Are"
• "Sha La La Means I Love You"
• "Any Fool Can See (You Were Meant for Me)"
• "It Ain't Love, Babe (Until You Give It)"
• "I Love to Sing the Songs I Sing"
• "How Did You Know It Was Me?"
• "Love Ain't Easy"
• "Sheet Music"
• "Love Makin' Music"
• "I Believe in Love"
• "Didn't We Make It Happen, Baby" (with Glodean White)
• "I Want You" (with Glodean White)
• "You're the Only One for Me" (with Glodean White)
• "Louie Louie"
• "Beware"
• "Change"
• "Passion"
• "America"
• "Don't Let Them Blow Your Mind"
• "Sho' You Right"
• "For Your Love (I'll Do Most Anything)"
• "Never, Never Gonna Give You Up" (Paul Hardcastle Remix)
• "Super Lover"
• "Follow That and See (Where It Leads Y'All)"
• "I Wanna Do It Good to Ya"
• "When Will I See You Again"
• "Put Me in Your Mix"
• "Dark and Lovely (You Over There)" (with Isaac Hayes)
• "Practice What You Preach"
• "Love Is the Icon"
• "Come On"
• "I Only Want to Be with You"
• "There It Is"
• "Staying Power"
• "The Longer We Make Love" (with Lisa Stansfield & Chaka Khan)
• "Let the Music Play" (Funkstar Deluxe Remixes)

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• "The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite)" (with Quincy Jones, Al B. Sure!, James Ingram, & El DeBarge)
• "All of Me" (with Big Daddy Kane)
• "Slow Jams" (with Quincy Jones, Babyface, Tamia, & Portrait)
• "In Your Wildest Dreams" (with Tina Turner)

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• Discography
• Love Unlimited
• The Love Unlimited Orchestra