"I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little Bit More, Baby" is a song written, produced and recorded by Barry White (September 12, 1944 - July 4, 2003). Considering how successful it would end up being, it would probably come as a surprise that, for many years, White had little to no interest in a recording career. White was born Barrence Eugene Carter in Galveston, Texas and grew up in the high-crime areas of South Central Los Angeles. At 17, he was jailed for four months for stealing $30,000 worth of Cadillac tires. While in prison, White listened to Elvis Presley singing "It's Now Or Never" on the radio, an experience he later credited with changing the course of his life. After his release, he left gang life and began a musical career at the dawn of the 1960s in singing groups before going out on his own in the middle of the decade. During the late 1960s and early 1970s, he built up a good resume as an arranger/producer and songwriter for singers Felice Taylor and Viola Wills and in 1972, White found great commercial success on the U.S. Pop and R&B charts with "Walkin' In The Rain (With The One I Love)", a song he wrote, arranged and made a brief, non-singing cameo on that was recorded by the female vocal trio Love Unlimited and released by the MCA-owned label, Uni Records. White's relationship with Uni would soon sour due to the departure of label-head Russ Regan. With Love Unlimited still contract-bound to Uni, White decided to work with another artist, specifically a male one. He recorded three song demos of himself singing and playing the piano. White had a feeling that one of the songs, "I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little Bit More, Baby", would be a good song to record himself. Initially hesitant to tell his business partner, Larry Nunes, about the song, White eventually changed his mind and told Nunes about "I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little Bit More, Baby", as well as the other two songs. Nunes was greatly impressed and urged White to re-record and release them as a recording artist. It would take two months but eventually Nunes convinced White to do it and White secured a recording deal with 20th Century Fox Records through Russ Regan. White was still hesitating up to the time the label copy was made and even considered releasing the record under the name White Heat, but he was talked out of that, as well. Appearing with White on the recording session for the song were guitarists Ray Parker Jr., Wah Wah Watson, Dean Parks, and David T. Walker, drummer Ed Greene, bassists Wilton Felder of the Crusaders and Nathan East, and vibes player Gary Coleman. Released in the spring of 1973 as the first single from his 1973 debut album "I've Got So Much To Give", the song was a #1 hit on the U.S. R&B chart for two weeks and peaked at number three on the Billboard Pop Singles chart. The single was also certified gold by the RIAA for sales of one million copies. A five-time Grammy Award-winner known for his rich bass voice and romantic image, White's greatest success came in the 1970s as a solo singer and with his Love Unlimited Orchestra, crafting many enduring hit soul, funk, and disco songs. Worldwide, White had many gold and platinum albums and singles, with combined sales of over 100 million. This channel is dedicated to all the great 'old school' R&B music I grew up with, the stuff that originally made me tap my feet and want to be a DJ. Funk, soul, disco, R&B, dance, hip-hop, pop . . . 60s, 70s, 80s . . . whatever you call it, it's all 'Old School' and it's all here!
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