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Barry White
(Sept 12, 1944-July 4, 2003)
(Sept 12, 1944-July 4, 2003)
Barry White (Artist & producer)
Barry White is best known for his pioneering works in the early days of Disco as a solo artist and with the Love Unlimited Orchestra. Songs included "You're the First, the Last, My Everything" and "It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next To Me." White passed away at the age of 58 from kidney failure from years of chronic high blood pressure.
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COMMENTS ON Barry White
Barry,you are a GOD as The Lick (MTV) said in their TV special.
I love you. Rest in peace or should I say LOVE in peace, wherever you are.
i real miss him he was a great artist with lots of good music
I have a five year old son who has requested Never Gonna Give You Up as well as other Great songs of Barrry White. Their is no other greater legacy than for music to stand in time thoughout generations. Thank You and Rest in Peace until we meet again.
man oh man he was the man, i mean i grew up in grant projects, in harlem, 3 blocks from the apollo theatre, so i definitely saw the man, i was lucky and blessed to see him and hear him, i still listen to his music after 30 years, no other will be like him and never will. he is now in the upper room, playing for the lord, cause the lord has all the time in the world to listen to bw's music, now barry simply got the best audience. so i am sure i'll see him up there, when the lord calls on me. hey barry, i will get u a hankerchief (smile). and bw thank you
I dedicated Barry's song "My first, my last, my everything" to my girl! Enough to say ...or? Barry's a GOD!
I love him so much, I grew up on his music. I introduced my kids to Barry White. To me he was also one of the musical Genius. He will definitely be missed.
RIP Barry White.
What a shock to the world when Barry passed. He left a hugh hole in the music industry and in the hearts of music lovers everywhere. Barry may be gone but never forgotten, just think of the number of babies that were made to his music. The man could make you week in the knees. Barry is the Man. I know he is now at peace in the secret garden.
Brent
There will never be anyone with a voice like Barry's. He is truly a legend. God bless your soul! Rest in peace!
Playin You're Game Barry , I guess I'll spank(dance) my way to sleep , i'm alone now I can listen to Barry all night , and remember as a boy when I first saw him on Soul Train . You Turned My whole World Around . Now , '' Love Unlimited will play amongst the stars '' ,,..I will miss you . Barry .
One of the greatest. He will always be in our hearts, mind and soul. He is very much missed.
I miss Barry White, very much!
I loved his musicianship and will cherish those songs produced and written by "The Maestro"!
R.I.P.
Barry White, you're like my Uncle, my role model, my teacher, my friend, my helper today in your music. So sad you're not here but you live in my heart, my mind and my soul and through my music. I'll miss you very much and make sure you're never forgotten. You're one-of-a-kind inspiration to me. May you RIP in the Heaven of God.
Go Way Back To The White Gold LP. Now THAT Is Classic Disco/Hustle Music.
Barry White......A True Legend.
BARRY I MISS YOU A LOT I REALLY LOVED THIS MAN MUSIC YOUR THE GREATEST
i loved the insrumental version of
"love unlimited" when you recorded it,
as the lord called you home, i will think of you always !
Barry White The Maestro; The first time I heard your music was at a christmas party at my dads friends House and his older son played "love Theme" WOW. I was hooked. Then came My 1st my last my everything, and the rest is history.
I was at your concert at Radio City Music in 1975 maybe 76 with the Love Unlimited Orch. all girls in pink chiffon dresses and Love Unlimited who I believe one of the girls was your wife. God Bless and I will "Never Ever Gonna give you Up.
What can one say about BARRY WHITE that hasn't been said or written. Not much I suppose. But I'll put in my fews cents as well.If you were to compare DISCO to the American fathers that started a revolution 223 years ago, BARRY WHITE would be the DISCO version of GEORGE WASHINGTON. He wasn't the guy who started it, but he ran it, and ran it well, the first years after it's birth. While not really the person responsible for the revolution, he was its figure-head, its leader.------ To put it in a way anyone with a brain can understand,in BARRY WHITE'S first two albums,every song on them , became a DISCO CLASSIC!! Those recordings found their way into every DISCO, and had everyone dancing on their Dance floors. But that wasn't enough, even prior to that success, he put out the LOVE UNLIMITED ORCHESTRA, and his "LOVE'S THEME" became their stairway to the top of the music charts, and forever into everyone's heart. For YEARS it was a staple on deejays turn-tables, in house parties, proms, Bar-Mitzvahs, Sweet fifteen parties. It was one of the most danced to songs of all time. Can you begin to imagine in how many weddings it was played? I got married in 1986 and it was played and it packed the floor!!! I still haven't gotten past the LOVE UNLIMITED ORCHESTRA or his first two albums!! How about IT'S ECSTASY, when you lay down next to me, or a very DISCO MY FIRST, MY LAST, MY EVERYTHING!! How many people got laid to his music, probably more than those that got laid to FRANK SINATRA. It goes way beyond his music, he was the figure head to the DISCO world for at least five years. He helped put DISCO on the map, not just here, but internationally! He was bigger in JAPAN then he was in the States. Hard to believe, not if you talk to a 50 year-old Japanese man. He sold more records per-capita there then any other country. He was a HUGE man in ways other than his size. And how about that VOICE he had. Was there one better? Not at that time, not in my Clubs! Bill Cosby had a hit record making fun of BARRY WHITE!!Do you remember, "RIGHT ON"? BARRY'S orchestration was un-matched, and the way these records were arranged was beyond belief. I know he had Gene Page, Tony Valor and others that helped him, but the name on the record said BARRY WHITE!!! I think I'll put on a BARRY WHITE SONG just for the hell of it. Does every deejay remember those words, PUT ON A BARRY WHITE SONG, or PUT ON SOME BARRY? Every one of you heard those words so often, you might have thought that it was part of your name. You know, there is one thing I am certain of, we really won't miss him too much, his MUSIC will always live on. BARRY WHITE will always live in our minds and hearts as well. WE LOVE YOU BARRY, and we CAN"T GET ENOUGH. GOD BLESS!!
No one will ever take the place of , be the "NEW " or even be the poor man's Barry White.
This brother had it all..
My personal favorite being "It's ECSTASY "When you lay down next to me".
You cant find a much better bassline or funkier groove if you try.
Barry opened his mouth and not only did soulful grooves emerge but magic as well.
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