Barrence Eugene Carter was born on September 12, 1944
in Galveston, Texas and grew up in South Los Angeles
before changing his name to Barry White and beginning
acareer as a song writer, record producer and
singer with multiple pop and R&B hits.
 
His Love Unlimited vocal group entered the Hit Parade in
1972 with “Walkin’ In The Rain With The One I Love.” 
A year later as a solo artist Barry White landed in the top five of
the Hit Parade with “I’m Gonna Love You Just A Little Bit More Baby”
and followed with a top ten hit, “Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up.” 
Barry’s Love Unlimited Orchestra topped the charts in 1974 with
“Love’s Theme” with a solo #1 hit “Can’t Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe.”
“You’re The First, The Last, My Everything” went gold in 1975 as did
“What Am I Gonna Do With You”.  In 1977 another solo effort,
“It’s Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next to Me” also was a top five hit.
 
Responsible for sales of an estimated 50 million records, Grammy
Award winner Barry White died in 2003 at the age of 58. Cremated, his
ashes were scattered in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California.
 
Visit Barry’s website here.