Amoeba Music

By Lee Hildebrand

          Crooning and rapping in a raspy bedroom bass-baritone over billowing orchestral cushions and meticulously crafted rhythm tracks, singer-songwriter-producer Barry White was the ultimate soul loveman of the 1970s. His sensuous songs treated male-female relationships with great sensitivity, and his fusion of symphonic sounds with Latin-tinged funk rhythms greatly influenced disco music, as well as the later British soul of Lisa Stansfield and Soul II Soul.

            As a vocalist, White had 14 Top Ten R&B hits, with six of them rising to the number one spot and one,... Read More

City Of Origin:

Galveston, Texas, United States

Genre:

Soul, Funk, Disco

Birthdate:

09/12/1944

Death date:

07/04/2003