''Barry White Sings for Someone You Love'' is the self-produced seventh album by soul singer

Barry White Barry Eugene Carter (September 12, 1944 – July 4, 2003), better known by his stage name Barry White, was an American singer and songwriter. A two-time Grammy Award winner known for his bass voice and romantic image, his greatest success came ...

, released in 1977 on the

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label.

Commercial performance

The album topped the R&B albums chart, White's first to do so since 1975. It also reached No. 8 on the ''Billboard'' 200, his second to reach the top ten. The album was a success, yielding two Billboard R&B Top Ten singles, "

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", which peaked at No. 1, and "Playing Your Game, Baby". "It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next to Me" was also a hit on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, reaching #4. A third single, "Oh, What a Night for Dancing", reached No. 13 on the R&B chart and No. 24 on the pop chart. The album was digitally remastered and reissued on CD on September 24, 1996, by

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. The original vinyl album was released with three different covers. In addition to the beige fur with black letters cover shown above, the LP was also issued with dark brown fur and grey fur. Each of these covers had White's name and the album's title in white letters, and are harder to find than the more common light brown fur with black letters cover. "Playing Your Game, Baby", the first track featured on the album, was remixed by British

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group

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for their 2000 album '' Back to Mine: Groove Armada''.

Track listing

Personnel

*Barry White - lead vocals, arranger *John Roberts - orchestration ;Technical *Frank Kejmar - engineer *Grant Edwards - front cover photography

Charts

;Singles

Certifications and sales

References

External links

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