Willard White
Jamaican-born British operatic bass baritone
Sir Willard Wentworth White, OM, CBE (born 10 October 1946) is a Jamaican-born British operatic bass baritone. Early life. White was born into a Jamaican family in Kingston and attended Excelsior High School in Kingston, the same school that produced the poet Louise Bennett-Coverly ("Miss Lou") and the actress Leonie Forbes. His father was a dockworker, his mother a housewife. White first began to learn music by listening to the radio and singing Nat King Cole songs. He was also inspired by the American bass baritone singer and civil rights activist Paul Robeson. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willard_White
Sir Willard Wentworth White, OM, CBE (born 10 October 1946) is a Jamaican-born British operatic bass baritone. Early life. White was born into a Jamaican family in Kingston and attended Excelsior High School in Kingston, the same school that produced the poet Louise Bennett-Coverly ("Miss Lou") and the actress Leonie Forbes. His father was a dockworker, his mother a housewife. White first began to learn music by listening to the radio and singing Nat King Cole songs. He was also inspired by the American bass baritone singer and civil rights activist Paul Robeson.
