William White -

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Funk R&B Soul

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William White

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BIOGRAPHY

William White was born on the Caribbean island of Barbados and grew up on a small farm in the hills overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. Mom loved Beethoven Dad loved quiet ...William loved to sing. It was the time when a ride through the country roads would be filled with music; Bob Marley and the Wailers booming at the rum shop on the corner, Marvin Gaye out of the window of the house a little further on, Sam Cooke, then Curtis Mayfield and everybody was kung-fu fighting with Jimmy Cliff.

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It was then, that at the age of twelve, with a borrowed book and his mother's old classical guitar William started writing and singing his own songs. Country music with it's gripping texts became an issue Calypso with the beat the kids at school were listening to hard rock and William was singing tenor lead in The Five of Hearts, an acappela combo doing "Under the Boardwalk" gaining stage experience as well as writing a few songs of his own.

At nineteen, after College, he left Barbados for Switzerland, his mother's home land culture shock! The Army University . But soon William was singing in and writing songs for up to four bands at once, playing everything from reggae to funk, rock to punk and folk William had heard his calling and quit his studies.

It was only a little later though, that as front man of the rock band Liz Libido, he sang in the first of two albums, "Liz Libido" and then "Freakreation" and gained local recognition for himself as a singer as well as song writer. In the following five years of playing up to eighty concerts a year, on stages such as Montreux Jazz Festival and St. Gallen Open Air, Liz Libido established itself as a super tight, rockin´ live band the break through however, remained elusive.

William White has now launched his solo carrier. A firm believer in the power of music, he has set out to touch hearts, awake emotions and spread positive vibrations through his songs. His music is a blend of the Caribbean rhythms with pop, rock, funk and all that jazz but all packed into a very natural, very human-feel recording, creating a uniquely intimate and emotional style with a real roots message.

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SINGLES 2013 (0)

SINGLES 2012 (5)

	"Hey G" remix by We Love Machines
	Electro	602

remix

	"Shake it" remix by Patchworks Remix
	Funk	293

remix

	"Times Dread" remix by Air Afrique
	Reggae	207

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	"Take it or Leave it" remix by Yoogie Van Bellen
	Funk	125

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	"Freedom" remix by Dub Spencer & Trance Hill
	Electro	165

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SINGLES 2011 (3)

	How can I be Free
	Folk/Country	2156

	SOUL RIDER
	Reggae	1006

	Sailing
	Reggae	743

SINGLES 2010 (0)

SINGLES 2009 (0)

SINGLES 2008 (5)

	Take it or Leave it
	Pop	7642

	Can't Stop Loving You
	Pop	3746

	Try a little love
	Pop	3167

	Let it sink in
	Pop	10188

	Sweet Love
	Reggae	4310

SINGLES 2007 (2)

	Can't get enough of you
	Funk	3714

	Mercy
	Pop	1970

SINGLES 2006 (0)

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Crepesuzette - 13.11.2006

Meine Güte was für ein Talent.
Crepe singer too..
Dodo - 04.11.2006

ahoi william! 2 jahr vergange und so gseht - ghört mer wieder! sehr schöni lieder. rock wieter und viel erfolg!

fulltime lover
dodo
Fanny - 02.11.2006

YOU'RE GREAT!
Männer am Meer - 02.11.2006

It's like a sunny day standing in front of a cloud not letting it pass trough...poetical without actually listening to the lyrics. Keep on&on.
Reza - 02.11.2006

Hello!
I saw your concert this summer in paleo and in 10 minutes I understood that you will have a great career.
Go on. Cheers.
Reza
Inna Crisis - 27.10.2006

Merci pour ta musique.

Cela fais plaisire d'entendre du bon son suisse.

Bonne continuation
J'espère à bienôt sur scène
Michael - 23.10.2006

Hey William! Hey Guys!

You are the best on swiss music market! You're great! You're wonderful! Youre music is so true and it's from heart!
Just keep it! I'm excited about the next cd! CYA on tour! Maybe @mascotte
Wok On - 21.10.2006

Great songs !I like your voice ! Rain sounds a bit like Ben Harper, excellent!

www.mx3.ch/artist/wok_on
Daniel - 18.10.2006

Hi William,

I'm glad and proud to be your very first listener on mx3.ch. Looking forward to seeing you live on stage again.