33 Facts About Lari White

Lari Michele White Cannon was an American country music singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress.

Lari White made her debut in 1988 after winning You Can Be a Star, a televised talent competition on The Nashville Network.

Lari White was married to songwriter Chuck Cannon until her death from peritoneal cancer in 2018.

Lari Michele White was born May 13,1965, in Dunedin, Florida.

Lari White took piano lessons starting at age four, and continued to play throughout her childhood despite losing her left pinky finger in an accident.

Lari White sang at talent contests, and performed in a local rock band called White Sound.

Lari White made her first national appearance in 1988 on the television talent show You Can Be a Star on the former TNN ; she won first prize, including a recording contract with Capitol Records Nashville.

Lari White released one single through Capitol titled "Flying Above the Rain", which she wrote with Lisa Silver.

When it failed to chart, Lari White was dropped from Capitol's roster without releasing anything else.

Lari White did radio and television commecial jingles in this time span.

Lari White ultimately decided not to pursue acting at the time, as she preferred music.

Lari White unsuccessfully auditioned to become lead singer of the band Highway 101 after their previous vocalist quit.

Lari White co-wrote both "That's My Baby" and "That's How You Know", plus three other songs on the album, with songwriter Chuck Cannon; the two of them married just before the album's release.

Lari White said that the collaborations with Cannon came during writing sessions with him on his front porch at his home in Nashville, Tennessee.

Lari White received a nomination by the Academy of Country Music awards for Best New Female artist.

Lari White accompanied this with an acoustic set at Fan Fair in 1994, followed by her first tour in 1995.

Lari White's rendition included backing vocals from Shelby Lynne and Trisha Yearwood.

Lari White said that she perceived Don't Fence Me In as a concept album with a central theme of "breaking down barriers" and "rising above tough circumstances", according to New Country magazine.

Lari White's rendition of the song was a Top 20 hit in 1996, although the follow-up single "Wild at Heart" did not reach Top 40.

Lari White co-wrote and sang duet vocals on Travis Tritt's mid-1997 single "Helping Me Get Over You", from his album The Restless Kind.

Lari White's final release for RCA was a greatest hits package called The Best of Lari White reprising all her singles to that point.

Lari White covered another hymn, "There Is Power in the Blood", for the soundtrack of the 1997 Robert Duvall movie The Apostle.

Lari White's third recording contract came in 1998 when she signed to Lyric Street Records, then a newly-founded country music label owned by Disney Music Group.

Lyric Street Records executives allowed Lari White to choose her own producer, and she chose Dann Huff.

Lari White ended her contract with Lyric Street in 2000 when label executives wanted her to record in a more country pop style than her previous albums.

Lari White returned in 2004 with the self-released album Green Eyed Soul.

Lari White is a featured storyteller in The Shoe Burnin' as well as the producer of the audio component of the project.

Matt Bjorke of Roughstock wrote that Lari White "gives us reason to believe in classic storytelling and songwriting and makes a case that we should get to hear more of this brilliant kind of music somewhere".

Lari White's music is defined by her singing voice and stylistic variety.

Lari White said that much of the material on Don't Fence Me In was inspired by her perception that "the country radio box was a little too small".

Lari White married songwriter and song publisher Chuck Cannon on April 23,1994.

In September 2017, just months after the release of her New Loves and Old Friends EPs, Lari White was diagnosed with cancer.

Lari White died in Nashville, Tennessee, on January 23,2018, at the age of 52.