Walrus of Love

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He had further international success with "Let the Music Play", "You See the Trouble With Me", "Baby, We'd Better Try to Get it Together", "Don't Make Me Wait Too Long" and a cover version of Billy Joel's "Just The Way You Are". "It was a beautiful time," White said. Find sources: "Barry White"– news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( August 2022) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) After receiving a letter from a student at his former school, Quarry Bank High School for Boys, about how literature classes there were analysing the Beatles' songs, Lennon wrote "I Am the Walrus" to confuse those who tried to interpret it. There have nevertheless been many attempts to understand the meaning of the lyrics. [37] [38] In March 1976 Fowler won the local award. A worthy winner and an excellent ambassador for the town. 1976 saw the death of the Hero of Alamein, Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery

Of course, it's all too easy to dismiss White as nothing more than an enormous Cupid, or a well-fed Romeo, especially because he himself colluded in that impression. In his 1999 autobiography, Love Unlimited: Insights on Life and Love, he claimed that at age 14, he was already acting as a marriage counsellor to neighbourhood couples. And by the time his great run of 70s hits ended, he occupied a niche of his own making: the Love Guru, the Walrus of Love. The persona was so ripe for parody it inspired Lenny Henry's Theophilus P Wildebeest creation which satirised White's supposed affinity with the cheesy side of romance.Lewisohn, Mark (1988). The Beatles Recording Sessions. New York City: Harmony Books. ISBN 0-517-57066-1. The walrus refers to Lewis Carroll's poem " The Walrus and the Carpenter" (from the book Through the Looking-Glass). [4] Lennon later expressed dismay upon belatedly realising that the walrus was a villain in the poem. [5] During the 1990s, the rediscovery of 1970s music worked to his advantage, and Barry White was revered once more as a disco love god and a major influence on the likes of Jazzy B and Lisa Stansfield, with whom he recorded a duet in 1992.

White became his church's organist at age 10; a year later, he made his recording debut playing piano on Jesse Belvin's doo-wop hit Goodnight My Love (Pleasant Dreams). White also sang in his church choir, but was not always the ideal choirboy. In his teens, he was caught stealing tires and was sent to a juvenile prison for four months. His incarceration proved to be a turning point. He switched from gangs to vocal groups.Bobby Bennett and Sarah Smith, The Ultimate Soul Music Trivia Book: 501 Questions and Answers about Motown, Rhythm & Blues, and More, Secaucus, NJ: Carol Pub. Group, c. 1998. Reed, Rex (March 1968). "Entertainment (The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour)" (PDF). HiFi/Stereo Review. p.117. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 November 2021 . Retrieved 6 April 2020. If I see a lady, I walk over to her and say what I'm feeling. 'I like the way you look, baby. I would love to get to know you better.'" https://www.youtube.com/watch?fbclid=IwAR1vlswjA1MUUnPoZvP9PnPKEF15BMc-7kPP5mRHfpts1q5HmeNPm1WeZTk&v=KoFZ0te77ik&feature=youtu.be Later, in the library, he spoke about his plans for the future, to keep on touring - "and making people happy" - and of taking a break at Christmas to "enjoy my lady".

The same year's Stone Gon' went top 20 and the following year's Can't Get Enough went all the way to number one. It's why people are rebelling - there's a lot of things in the idea of free music. Some artists have been treated fairly, but they are the ones who have demanded it through sales of records and having the right attorneys," he said. Cash Box Top 100 12/23/67". tropicalglen.com. Archived from the original on 9 March 2021 . Retrieved 20 May 2020.

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He had his first solo hit in 1973 - I'm Going to Love You Just a Little Bit More, Baby - and this set the tone for more than 30 years of hits, including Never Never Gonna Give You Up, Babe and Sho' You Right. MacDonald, Ian (2005). Revolution in the Head: The Beatles' Records and the Sixties (2nd rev. edn) . Chicago Review Press. ISBN 978-1-55652-733-3. Jelbert, Steve (July 5, 2003). "Barry White, the Walrus of Love, dies aged 58". The Independent. Independent Digital News & Media Ltd. The Independent . Retrieved November 5, 2020. Deezen, Eddie (2012). "Who was the walrus? Analyzing the strangest Beatle's song" . Retrieved 9 July 2017.

After six years, White left 20th Century in 1979 to launch his own label, Unlimited Gold, with CBS/Columbia Records. a b Old, Pete. "Barry White Discography". Barry White Unlimited FanClub . Retrieved March 16, 2012. Between 1973 and 1977, White issued two albums a year, both under his own name and with the Love Unlimited Orchestra. But, by 1976, the formula had become stale. After Your Sweetness Is My Weakness reached number two in the American R&B charts in 1978, his success faded. He issued no new music between 1983 and 1987, though in 1990 he had an r&b number one hit, participating on Quincy Jones's The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite).White has often been credited with playing piano, at age 11, on Jesse Belvin's 1956 hit single, " Goodnight My Love". [8] [9] However, in a 1995 interview with the Boston Herald, White denied writing or arranging the song. He believed the story was an exaggeration by journalists. While White and Belvin lived in the same neighborhood, Belvin was 12 years older than White.