WE LOST THE ICON OF LOVE...........RIP Barry White

[DJJM3.COM]

Barry White Passed this morning @ 10:18 am cst. Give prayers out to his family.............

[ July 04, 2003, 04:45 PM: Message edited by: DJJM3 ]

[DJ76]

what the hell is happening in the past week... we've been losing many great ones.
This is a big loss.
R.I.P.

[And]

Prayers out for his family ... This is very sad. graemlins/jpshakehead.gif

[eric justin]

Damn, I thought be was getting better too. It's a sad day R.I.P.

[AD]

I just saw the breaking news on television. This has been a sad year with so many wonderful people passing on. May God bless his soul and may he rest in peace. :(

[DJJM3.COM]

He was at home but in bad shape.....The thing that got me was we had all these prayer vigils for Luther, but Barry White was overlooked.........

[DJ Timmy Richardson]

Originally posted by DJJM3:
He was at home but in bad shape.....The thing that got me was we had all these prayer vigils for Luther, but Barry White was overlooked......... Well we really don't know that do we?

[danny webb]

Terrible news, Rest in Peace Barry.

[Andrew Osborne]

Damn, what a terrible week! :(

[Ronnie Ron]

R.I.P. Barry White. You will be missed.

R-R

[Jasper]

His work was briefly discussed tonight on BBC2's Late Review, here in the UK. They got it all wrong.

I had a great affection for Barry White and his music. Some of the most beautiful strings I've ever heard.

RIP Barry

[saadir7]

anyone know the cause of death? what was his illness? i didn't even know he was sick.


Gone but not forgotten....

[Mr 1977]

May he Rest In Peace. His music will live on forever.

[ultra]

Diabetes.


Originally posted by saadir7:
anyone know the cause of death? what was his illness? i didn't even know he was sick.


Gone but not forgotten....

[AD]

Originally posted by saadir7:
anyone know the cause of death? what was his illness? i didn't even know he was sick.


Gone but not forgotten.... LOS ANGELES - Velvet-voiced R&B crooner Barry White (news), whose lush baritone and throbbing musical compositions oozed sex appeal on songs like "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe," died Friday. He was 58.


AFP
Slideshow: Barry White




White, who had kidney failure from years of high blood pressure, had been undergoing dialysis and had been hospitalized since a September stroke. He died about 9:30 a.m. at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, said his manager, Ned Shankman.


His canyon-deep, butter-smooth vocals emphasized his songs' sexually charged verbal foreplay, like on 1975's "Love Serenade," which began with White purring: "I want you the way you came into the world, I don't want to feel no clothes ..."


The heavyset musician enjoyed three decades of fame for songs like "You're the First, the Last, My Everything" and "It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next To Me."


Although his popularity peaked with several disco hits in the 1970s, White's music was introduced to a new generation by sample-hungry rappers. He received belated recognition for his work in 2000 when he won his first two Grammys (news - web sites), for best male and traditional R&B vocal performance for the song "Staying Power."


Don Cornelius, founder of the "Soul Train" TV show, remembered White as "a true master."


"There was no match for Barry White. His music is just going to live forever," Cornelius said. "It's not limited to disco or soul or hip-hop or anything."


Cornelius said White's lyrics were directed toward his second wife, Glodean James.


"Love was a very important aspect of his life," Cornelius said. "He had this tremendous love for the lady. He wasn't just singing for your mate and your bedroom, he was singing and writing for his own bedroom."


Sam Moore (news) of 1960s soul band Sam and Dave said no one will ever take the place of Barry White.


"He didn't have to do like the average, jumping all over the stage. He could just stand there with his big orchestra and he could just mesmerize," Moore said.


When Cornelius visited White in the hospital two months ago, the singer was almost completely incapacitated.


"The man really suffered," Cornelius said. "At times he was full of tubes. If it wasn't for the fact that he was an abnormally strong man, he would've been gone a long time ago."


Born Sept. 12, 1944, in Galveston, Texas, to a single mother, White and his younger brother, Darryl, spent most of their childhood in south central Los Angeles. He said he had a lifelong love for music. During his early teenage years, he began singing in a Baptist church choir and was quickly promoted to director.


In 1990, White told Ebony magazine that his voice changed overnight from the squeaky tones of a preadolescent to the rumbling bass that made him famous.


"It scared me and my mother when I spoke that morning," he said. "It was totally unexpected. My chest rattled. I mean vibrations. My mother was staring at me, and I was staring at her. The next thing I knew, her straight face broke into a beautiful smile. Tears came down her face and she said, 'My son's a man now.'"


He was jailed at age 16 for stealing tires, a punishment he credited with helping him straighten out his life and dedicate his efforts to music.


White joined the Upfronts soul group as bass singer and cut six singles. For several years, he stayed away from performing and focused on work behind the scenes as a songwriter and producer.

He married a childhood sweetheart, identified only as Mary in his autobiography, and fathered four children with her before they separated in 1969 and later divorced.

White discovered the female trio Love Unlimited — which included his future second wife, Glodean — and produced their million-selling 1972 single "Walkin' in the Rain With the One I Love."

The next year, White returned to performing with the song "I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby," which topped the R&B chart and hit No. 3 on the pop chart.

He is credited by some for helping launch the disco phenomenon with his orchestral "Love's Theme" in 1973, which he conducted with his group, The Love Unlimited Orchestra.

In 1974, his album "Can't Get Enough" climbed to the top of the pop charts on the strength of the signature hits "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" and "You're the First, the Last, My Everything."

That year he also married James. The couple had four children together and collaborated on the 1981 album "Barry & Glodean," which featured the songs "I Want You" and "You're the Only One for Me." They divorced in 1988, but he said they always remained good friends.

White suffered a family tragedy in 1983 when his brother, Darryl, was shot and killed in a dispute with a neighbor over change from a $20 bill. In his 1999 autobiography, "Love Unlimited: Insights on Life and Love," Barry White said music likely spared him a similar fate.

After working on more than a dozen albums in the 1970s, his career waned over the next decade as he attempted small comebacks with the albums "The Right Night & Barry White" (1987) and "The Man is Back!" (1989.)

He enjoyed a larger resurgence with 1994 album "The Icon Is Love," and his ballad "Practice What You Preach" became his first No. 1 hit in 17 years. Toward the end of the 1990s, his songs were regularly featured on the Fox comedy series "Ally McBeal (news - Y! TV)" and he made an appearance on the show as himself.

His single "Staying Power," off a 1999 album of the same name, won White two Grammys and proved he hadn't tamed his libidinous lyrics. "Put on my favorite dress, the one that oozes sexiness," he cooed in the title track's opening lines.

That year White's chronic blood pressure forced him to cancel several live performances with the group Earth, Wind & Fire and he was briefly hospitalized.

White's survivors include eight children, grandchildren, and his companion Catherine Denton.

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[DJ Hutch]

REST IN PEACE WE LOVE YOU BARRY graemlins/1luvu.gif

[the 18th letter]

Big up to the Barry White family. He will be missed but never forgotten. 100

[mercado]

RIP love baby love

[Bill B.]

R.I.P.

[12th house]

r.i.p.

[Wild i]

I have no words.

Prayers to all who loved him.

[DJ George Bates]

this is really a sad day ! RIP Barry !

you will be missed !

[socratez]

Barry White's talent went way beyond vocals. He was a great composer, band leader arranger and songwriter. Barry my man, STRANGE GAMES AND THINGS will be in my record case forever....


RIP

[rob brito]

your memory will not die.

[Leanmean]

Oh, I'm so sad about Barry White's passing. His music was the backdrop to my coming out days. In 1973, he turned the music world upside down and turned me inside out. Thanks for your time, Maestro and for the love. :( :( :( hail.gif

[Kenrick _]

RIP barry. your memory will live on...

[DJJM3.COM]

Originally posted by DJ Timmy Richardson:
Well we really don't know that do we? Well I didnt hear of any...there was alot of vigils for Luther all over.....didnt hear of any(for Barry) when he got out of the hospital......

[ July 05, 2003, 12:02 AM: Message edited by: DJJM3 ]

[Fletch]

1) "I heard people say that
too much of anything's
not good for ya, baby
But I don't know about that..."

2) "Too busy, too caught up?
Naw, naw, hell naw!!!!
There are a million reasons why
Why I always. Always. Think of you."

3) "Makin' love's been called
a lot of things these days.
Have you ever had a Spanish lei?
You just love what you do.
Hmmm, while you're doin' it.
That's all there is".

4) "There's a lot of people in the world today.
It seems to me like everybody in the world
is talkin' about some kind of power.
They're talkin about Black power. Brown power.
White power. And green power.
But there's a power that I talk about.
It's love power.
The power of love."

Rest in peace, Maestro.

[ July 05, 2003, 12:28 AM: Message edited by: einnod23 ]

[Barrie Moodswing]

RIP Barry White, :(

[sr hadden]

RIP Barry
--
what we had, we had

[David Le C]

RIP Barry, you will shine on through your music... graemlins/acclaim.gif

[mdpm99]

Barry,

You were a class Act. Your're going to be missed.
Over the years, I am proud to say....I've turned
lots of folks on to your wonderful music. Your music was about Love, caressing, putting your loved one on a pedestal, and taking care of her in every way. (You gotta give love to get love....give respect to get respect). Barry, may your music live on and may future generations enjoy it. All the best up there and hopefully you'll get some rest before they find out the "icon" is there and have you sing.

RIP

d

[ July 05, 2003, 07:39 AM: Message edited by: david mancuso ]

[Djay Raare]

Sad Sad Day I just woke up this morning & was checking out the news & I heard the report of his Passing it struck me bad I really love his music he brought to our life's alot of us made our kids with his music & made love to his music. My prayer goes out to his loved ones & may the lord above us be with him...........Dee Jay Raare graemlins/mecry.gif

[socratez]

Well said,
Barry Whites music has that special quality," THE ABILITY TO SPREAD LOVE THROUGH MUSIC. A quality only the real legends possess.

Remember to Remember to never forget



Originally posted by david mancuso:
Barry,

You were a class Act. Your're going to be missed.
Over the years, I am proud to say....I've turned
lots of folks on to your wonderful music. Your music was about Love, caressing, putting your loved one on a pedestal, and taking care of her in every way. (You gotta give love to get love....give respect to get respect). Barry, may your music live on and may future generations enjoy it. All the best up there and hopefully you'll get some rest before they find out the "icon" is there and have you sing.

RIP

d

[ July 05, 2003, 09:12 AM: Message edited by: socratez ]

[jsd540]

IMO one of the best producers to have graced a recording studio. :(

[Rob.J]

I saw you out there on the floor.......

RIP

[DJ George Bates]

David Mancuso...

your comment was one of the most touching things I've read in a long while....

What you said about him resting before they find out he's there and asking him to sing....

Wow...you captured beauty in a truly tragic circumstance....deep.

:( :( :( :( :

[lucifersam]

a sad day. he will be missed, but he lives on in a way in his music. RIP

[Elbert Phillips]

Recieved the news last night. His contributions to the world of music will definately live on.

[djje87]

Rest In Peace my Virgo Brotha!!!!!
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"Let The Music Play....On and on....!!!!!"

[statuskuo]

RIP.

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[JoeB]

really sucks reading this. an ex and i used to put on his greatest hits cd whenever we both were home for dinner and dance up a storm in the kitchen while preparing our meal for the night. his music reminds me of some great times and he will be sorely missed.

[javasoul]

may he rest in peace graemlins/mecry.gif

[Fletch]

What I don't think Barry gets credit for is his rhythym section, as opposed to James Brown. The grooves of bassist Wilton Felder and Drummer Ed Greene are just as classic as the Bernard Odum/Clyde Stubblefield grooves with the Godfather.

See bass lick of "...First, The Last, My Everything" (intro that's on the box set, Just For You). Bangin'! Peace.

Here are my favorite Maestro Grooves:
1) First, The Last, My Everything (Intro That's on the box set, Just For You).
2) I Wanna Lay Down With You, Babe
3) Love, We Finally Made It
4) Playing Your Game Baby
5) I Don't Know Where Love Is Gone
6) Extasy, When You Lay Down Next To Me
7) You See The Trouble With Me
8) Sha Na, Na Means I Love You
9) Walkin In The Rain With The One I Love (Love Unlimited--check the bass solo at the end).
10) I Don't Know Where Love Is Gone

[ July 05, 2003, 10:44 PM: Message edited by: einnod23 ]

[djroc2u]

R.I.P. Mr. Maestro
RIGHT ON RIGHT ON

[GrantB]

I was told of this last night in the middle of my set, 30 seconds after I pulled "It's Ecstacy When You Lay Down Next To Me" out of the crate.... cosmic.

We give thanks for all the lovin that would not have been made possible without your music!

RIP Barry.