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1. While there was a period where Barry White wasn't releasing records or making the pop charts, he did stay active touring and appearing on other artists' records including Quincy Jones' "The Secret Garden (The Seduction Suite)," Regina Belle, and rap star Big Daddy Kane's "All of Me".
2. Shortly after moving from Texas to South Central Los Angeles, White made his recording debut at the tender age of 11, playing piano on Jesse Belvin's "Goodnight My Love".
3. During this time, White flirted with the idea of being a recording artist, making a record for Bronco called "All in the Run of a Day".
4. White's first big hit came from an artist familiar to dancefloor denizens -- Viola Wills, whose "Lost Without the Love of My Guy" went Top 20 R&B.
5. Say the name Barry White and you'd be hard pressed to follow it with the name of any other recording artist with such a huge, cross-sectional following.
6. With his relationship with Uni in chaos and Love Unlimited contract-bound with the label, White decided he needed to work with another act.
7. It's surprising to find out that such an illustrious career almost didn't happen because White wasn't interested in being a recording artist.
8. Meanwhile, White had started working with this girl group who hadn't done any singing professionally.
9. White was hired for 40 dollars a week to do A&R for Keane's family of labels: Del-Fi, Mustang and Bronco.
10. Born in Galveston, TX, Barry White grew up singing gospel songs with his mother and taught himself to play piano.
11. Bob Keene and Larry Nunes -- who later became White's spiritual advisor and true friend -- wanted to cut a female act.
12. White wrote "Walkin' in the Rain (With the One I Love)" with lyrics that were inspired by conversations with one of the singers, Glodean James (who would later become White's second wife).
13. Veteran arranger Gene Page, who would later arrange or co-arrange White's hits, helped him out, giving him work and non-repayable loans.