Because We All Need Some Lovin': Barry White
Plenty of people snicker about vocalist Barry White – those basso profoundo celebrations of carnal love, his roast beef ‘n’ gravy gravely voice, his boundless yearning for more. Sometimes called “The Walrus of Love,” the large-girthed White seemed to have enormous appetites – for everything.
But thank God for Barry. He could really, really sing. And all that half-whispered, half-moaned stuff about love, his need, which seemed so corny as he was cranking out the hits, now seems incredibly authentic.
A dose of the Barry’s big voice and big heart: