| L. E. White | |
| Birth Date: | May 27, 1930 |
| Birth Place: | Blaine, Tennessee, United States |
| Death Place: | Hendersonville, Tennessee, United States |
| Instrument: | Vocals, fiddle |
| Genre: | Country, bluegrass |
| Occupation: | Singer, songwriter |
| Associated Acts: | Conway Twitty, Bill Monroe, Wilma Lee Cooper, Stoney Cooper, Osborne Brothers |
L. E. White (27 May 1930 – 7 September 2004) was an American Grammy Award-winning songwriter, singer and musician.
Luther Elmer White Jr. was born in 1930 in Blaine, Tennessee to Luther and Lillie (Jones) White.[1]
He began his career in 1949 playing bluegrass fiddle with The Bailey Brothers.[2] In the 1950s, he played with Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys and Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper's Clinch Mountain Clan.[3] He also appeared with the Osborne Brothers in 1953.[4]
As a songwriter, White had over two hundred songs recorded,[3] including the "After the Fire Is Gone", written for Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty, who won the 1971 Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.[3] [5] He had a number one hit with Twitty's "I Love You More Today" in 1969.[3] He also co-wrote Twitty's hit songs "To See My Angel Cry" (1969) and "I'm Not Through Loving You Yet" (1974).[1] White and Lola Jean Dillon charted in 1977 with their recordings of "Home, Sweet Home" and "You're the Reason Our Kids Are Ugly."[1]
In further collaboration with Conway Twitty, White established and administered Twitty's publishing companies, Hello Darling Music and Twitty Bird Music.[1]
From 1978 to 1984, White was a minority shareholder in the Nashville Sounds, a Double-A Minor League Baseball team in Nashville, Tennessee.[6] [7]
White died of a heart attack on September 7, 2004, at age 74, at his home in Hendersonville, Tennessee.[1] [3]
White was the father of Michael White, a songwriter who recorded for Reprise Records in the early 1990s.[1]