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"I see a world of beauty and perfection, and I strive through my music to spread that vision, to help make this planet we call home a better, more desirable place for us to love one another, to procreate, and to keep our spirits renewed." In his much anticipated memoir, Barry White, the international pop and R&B legend whose music has carried countless couples from first kisses to the walk down the aisle, takes his legendary singing voice from the airwaves to the page. With honesty, warmth, and his signature sensuality, White recounts his rough road to superstardom and shares his deepest feelings and wise philosophy. Born into the tough streets of South Central Los Angeles to a single mother...
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He’s an unambitious, video game–playing loafer—and he’s not going to let money change him . . . Barry White Jr. is a self-professed man-child, and he likes it that way. He’s also a content creator for a logistics firm. No one in his Welsh village really knows what that means—least of all Barry. To add a little spice to his life, Barry places bets here and there. Then, one day, he wins big and is burdened with a mammoth sum of money. But the harder Barry tries to get rid of his winnings, the more he seems to accumulate. It’s like a real-life game of Go for Broke! Then it dawns on him. Perhaps there’s a way of turning this windfall to his advantage—and letting him live the same kind of life he always has. Will this turn out to be the making of him? Can Barry White Jr. finally become Barry White In-His-Own-Right? This dazzling novel from popular British sportswriter Rob Harris is a charming, hilarious, and heartwarming black comedy for fans of Nick Spalding and Bella Mackie.
White Music is the first full-length biography of the music maestro, Barry White. Brought up by a single mother in a tough area of Los Angeles he displayed a musical talent whilst also being a young thug, terrorising the neighbourhood. His life changed forever when his voice broke at 14 and from that moment he began a 15-year struggle to the top. Along the way he went to prison, got married, fathered five children and got divorced. His solo career took off after he recorded an album called I've Got So Much To Give followed by Stone Gon' and Can't Get Enough. The albums made Barry White an international star and gave him the hit single that defined his life - You're The First, The Last, My Everything. He continued to perform around the world playing to huge audiences until his death in 2003 at the age of 58.
In this bestselling memoir the legendary Barry White recounts his rough road to superstardom and the lessons he's learned along the way. Born in the tough streets of South Central LA, Barry ran with street gangs, robbing, fighting and drinking, until he ended up in Juvenile Hall at 16. He decided then to pursue his dream of making music, and literally walked to Hollywood to make his fortune. The rest is history. In Love Unlimited Barry White also explores the many relationships that have inspired his legendary music, from his mother to his one true love, his children, and such luminaries as Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson, Muhammed Ali and Maxine Waters. And with honesty, warmth and his signature sensuality, he provides his own, inimitable, prescription for love.
The weekly source of African American political and entertainment news.
EBONY is the flagship magazine of Johnson Publishing. Founded in 1945 by John H. Johnson, it still maintains the highest global circulation of any African American-focused magazine.
The weekly source of African American political and entertainment news.
The weekly source of African American political and entertainment news.