I have found only one archive video from 1985. Look!

The singer is Barry White. It’s not a joke. It’s his real name. He has changed it to Barrence Whitfield because of a famous singer has changed his name to Barry White ten years before. He was 11 in 1966 when „My uncle took us to see the James Brown Revue and that was my first witness of a fantastic show. (…) all the girls were screaming and the guys were going AAAHHH!!! It was wild. It was probably the biggest moment of my life.” Smaller, but important moments: after the gospel choir he became a drummer, and played funk, soul and prog rock music.

1983 Boston: after his punk (DMZ) and garage rock (Lyres) band the guitarist Peter Greenberg has decided to form an instrumental rock and roll band, but Barry White upset his plans when he began unexpectedly singing at the record store where they worked. Moreover it came to light that both men very like the old rock and roll records. Naturally they recorded some old hits to their albums. And those shows! „The people ripping the seats from the floor and people were diving into the audiences.”

After two albums the original line-up disbanded in 1986 because of Greenberg and the bassist moved on, but Barrence rebuilt and kept alive the band until 1994. The three core member reunited in 2010 and now

HERE IS THE NEW BARRENCE WITHFIELD AND THE SAVAGES ALBUM:
DIG THY SAVAGE SOUL!

Rock and roll on the same, the hard way:

Euro Tour (Sept-Oct)

„Come on baby let’s rock!
Well, OW! Woo! Ah! Ah!
Aaaah-ooo!”