Trailer - Soul Unlmited - How Barry White Changed Music

Barry White's debut single, "I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More," is turning 50 this month. His unique style of orchestrated grooves had a significant impact on the music scene in the US and UK. Barry White was known as the maestro of love and created a worldwide following for his rich and expensive version of R&B, disco, and soul music. He was not only an artist but also excelled at producing, writing, arranging, and conducting sessions. A podcast called Soul Unlimited tells his detailed story across eight episodes, starting from his upbringing in a poor district of L.A. It features interviews with musicians and commentators who worked with him. To learn more about Barry White's influence on music, search for Soul Unlimited in your podcast app. Hello, I'm Stuart Large. What would you say if I told you that Barry White's debut single, I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More, is 50 years old this month, near as damn it? His distinct brand of orchestrated grooves sent a shockwave through music's centre-ground, both here and in the US. Of course it wasn't unique for someone to use classical instrumentation, but something was different. Now the words Barry White might conjure up thoughts such as this. Barry White has been described as the maestro of love, the guru of love, the king of make-out music, and the high priest of boudoir soul. The fact that he's called the walrus of love, and so there was a kind of irony to listening to the music and it just became fun again. Or you might be more of this persuasion. I mean there isn't anyone else who has been able to create a kind of a worldwide following for this particularly rich, complex, and totally, let's face it, expensive version of R&B, of disco, of soul music. You know, he set a new standard and I don't think anyone really thinks has come close to it. Or this persuasion. By the time he started making records for himself, he knew how to do everything but be an artist on a stage. He knew how to produce, he knew how to write, he knew how to arrange, he knew how to conduct a session, he knew how to get musicians together and have them record. Either way, this artist's story has never been told with such detail across eight punchy episodes. It starts with his upbringing in the poorest district of L.A. and chronicles his path to becoming a global success story. They started hitting them charts. Russ said, Barry, I don't know what's happening, but papa, you've got some formula going. People, everybody's talking about your music. I said, well Russ, get ready for this one. I want to do an instrumental album. Russ said, you insane. He said, you crazy. You won't need to take my word for it. There's a stellar cast of musicians and commentators from both sides of the Atlantic, even people who worked with the late, great Maestro. So if you want to know how Barry White changed music, go to wherever you find your podcasts and search now for Soul Unlimited.