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"Larry Nunes was a rack jobbler [middleman]", says White. "He was a bankroller and a boss, a Portuguese with monster power in the music business. He believed in Barry White. I'd take three bullets for Larry. He argued that my original vision--to have a girl group and an orchestra making my music--was limited. He said I was leaving out the best part--me. For months I wouldn't budge. I didn't want to sing. 'Barry', he said, 'grooves are in. And n one sings better over your own grooves than you'. Sure he was right. I went to work. Worked up 'I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More, Baby', 'I've Got So Much to Give' and an eight-minute version of Holland-Dozier-Holland's 'Standing in the Shadow of Love', a tribute to my masters. Now we were ready to launch Barry White. But the record company wouldn't put it out. Said it wouldn't sell. They couldn't hear it until someone slipped on a dub at a party Elton John was attending. Elton freaked. He wouldn't leave without that dub. Elton's opinion turned the label's opinion around, all in a day".

BARRY WHITE-1992





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