Love Unlimited Orchestra - Love’s Theme (Extended Version) (1973)

"Love's Theme" is an instrumental piece written by Barry White in around 1965, and recorded and released as a single by White's The Love Unlimited Orchestra in 1973. It is one of the few instrumental and purely orchestral singles to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States, which it did in early 1974. Billboard ranked it as the No. 3 song for 1974. The piece was included on two albums: 1973's Under the Influence of... Love Unlimited (by the vocal group Love Unlimited) and 1974's Rhapsody in White by the Love Unlimited Orchestra. Love Unlimited was a female vocal trio that backed Barry White and achieved their own success. Formed in 1969, the group included Glodean James, her sister Linda, and their cousin Diane Taylor. Their first hit, "Walkin' in the Rain with the One I Love" (1972), peaked at No 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 and sold over a million copies, earning a gold disc. Their 1973 album, Under the Influence of... Love Unlimited, peaked at No 3 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart. The single "It May Be Winter Outside (But in My Heart It's Spring)" reached No 11 on the UK Singles Chart in 1975. Their 1975 song "I Belong to You" topped the Best Selling Soul Singles Chart. They released two more albums on White's label before disbanding in 1981. Diane Taylor died in 1985.