THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
153-Barry White-You’re the First,the Last,My Everything.
1974-Number 1 single.
Best Bit-At 0.50.It is claimed that millions of people have made love to Barry White….no wonder he died so young.
‘You’re the First’ was co-written by Barry White,Tony Sepe and Peter Radcliffe.The song was originally written as a Country track in the early 1950’s by Peter Radcliffe called ‘You’re the First,You’re My Last,My In-Between,’after hearing it Barry White recorded it as a Disco song retaining most of the musical structure while rewriting the lyrics.
Barry White(September 12,1944-July 4,2003) was born Barry Eugene Carter in Galveston,Texas,his father was Melvin White and his mother was Sadie Carter.His parents never married and it wasn’t until he started recording that he took his fathers name.
Barry White(see also best songs 560 and 476) was overweight for most of his adult life and suffered from related health problems.While undergoing dialysis and awaiting a kidney transplant in May 2003 he suffered a severe stroke,he died on July 4,2003 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre in Los Angeles at the age of 58.
In an obituary affectionately referring to White by his familiar nickname,’The Walrus of Love’ a BBC documentary said,’If chocolate fudge cake could sing,it would sound like Barry White.’
You’re my sun,my moon,my guiding star,my kind of wonderful,that’s what you are.’
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