Lari White

Did you know?!

1. A first

   White was the first artist signed to Lyric Street Records, a new Disney-owned country label, and her 1998 single "Stepping Stone" was its first release.

2. First role

   White's first national appearance came in 1988 when she won the televised talent competition You Can Be a Star, earning a recording contract with Capitol Records Nashville.

3. Early training

   White studied vocal technique and sound engineering at the University of Miami's Frost School of Music, where her classmate was Paul Deakin, later a founding member of The Mavericks.

4. A role that slipped away

   White tried out for the lead singer spot in Highway 101, but she did not get the job. The opening came about after Paulette Carlson, the group's previous vocalist, quit.

5. A first

   The music video for White's "What a Woman Wants" was filmed in Europe, making it the first country music video shot there, at a location in Rome.

6. Behind the camera

   White produced albums for Toby Keith and Billy Dean, including Keith's 2005 album White Trash with Money and Dean's 2004 album Let Them Be Little.