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"White Room", written by Jack Bruce
Jack Bruce

John Symon Asher "Jack" Bruce is a Scotland musician, musical composer and singer. He is best-known as an electric bass guitarist, harmonica player and piano, and was most famous as a vocalist and the bass guitarist for the 1960s rock band Cream ....
 and Pete Brown
Pete Brown

Pete Brown is an England performance poet, lyricist and musical producer, best known for his collaborations with Jack Bruce. He worked also with The Battered Ornaments, and formed his own group Pete Brown & Piblokto!....
, is a single
Single (music)

In the record industry, a single is a song usually used from a current or upcoming album to promote the album. Singles are distributed through a number of ways; originally, they were packaged as "single" records with one or two other songs and sold before the release of the album....
 by Cream
Cream (band)

Cream were a 1960s United Kingdom blues-rock Musical ensemble consisting of bassist/lead vocalist Jack Bruce, guitarist/vocalist Eric Clapton, and drummer Ginger Baker....
 from their 1968 album
Album

An album or record album is a collection of related Sound recording and reproduction or music tracks distributed to the public. The most common way is through commercial distribution, although smaller artists will often distribute directly to the public by selling their albums at live concerts or on their websites....
 Wheels of Fire
Wheels of Fire

Wheels of Fire is the name of a double album recorded by Cream . The release was largely successful, scoring the band a #3 peak in the UK and a #1 in the US, and became the world's first platinum-selling double album....
.

After bassist
Bassist

A bass player is a musician who plays a double bass, bass guitar, or another low-pitched instrument, such as keyboard bass or a low brass instrument such as tuba or sousaphone....
 Jack Bruce
Jack Bruce

John Symon Asher "Jack" Bruce is a Scotland musician, musical composer and singer. He is best-known as an electric bass guitarist, harmonica player and piano, and was most famous as a vocalist and the bass guitarist for the 1960s rock band Cream ....
 wrote the guitar
Guitar

The guitar is a musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles. It typically has six Strings , but Tenor guitar, Seven-string guitar, Eight-string guitar, Ten-string guitar, Eleven-string guitar, Twelve-string guitar, Thirteen-string guitar and doubleneck guitar string guitars also exist....
 pieces, Cream's lyricist
Lyricist

A lyricist is a writer who specializes in song lyrics, usually paid for by a band to write a custom song. A singer who writes the lyrics to songs is a singer-lyricist....
, poet Pete Brown
Pete Brown

Pete Brown is an England performance poet, lyricist and musical producer, best known for his collaborations with Jack Bruce. He worked also with The Battered Ornaments, and formed his own group Pete Brown & Piblokto!....
, grouped colorful four-syllable phrases, loosely organized around images of waiting in an English
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 railway station influenced by the drugs he was taking. "White Room" is further noted for its unusual time signature
Time signature

The time signature is a notational convention used in Western culture musical notation to specify how many beat s are in each bar and what note value constitutes one beat....
 of 5/4 in the introduction and bridge, with triplets played on toms by Ginger Baker
Ginger Baker

Peter Edward "Ginger" Baker is an England drummer, best known for his work with Cream . He is also known for his numerous associations with New World music and the use of Music of Africa influences and other diverse collaborations such as his work with the Rock music Hawkwind....
, his thunderous bass drum part also lacing the verses.






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"White Room", written by Jack Bruce
Jack Bruce

John Symon Asher "Jack" Bruce is a Scotland musician, musical composer and singer. He is best-known as an electric bass guitarist, harmonica player and piano, and was most famous as a vocalist and the bass guitarist for the 1960s rock band Cream ....
 and Pete Brown
Pete Brown

Pete Brown is an England performance poet, lyricist and musical producer, best known for his collaborations with Jack Bruce. He worked also with The Battered Ornaments, and formed his own group Pete Brown & Piblokto!....
, is a single
Single (music)

In the record industry, a single is a song usually used from a current or upcoming album to promote the album. Singles are distributed through a number of ways; originally, they were packaged as "single" records with one or two other songs and sold before the release of the album....
 by Cream
Cream (band)

Cream were a 1960s United Kingdom blues-rock Musical ensemble consisting of bassist/lead vocalist Jack Bruce, guitarist/vocalist Eric Clapton, and drummer Ginger Baker....
 from their 1968 album
Album

An album or record album is a collection of related Sound recording and reproduction or music tracks distributed to the public. The most common way is through commercial distribution, although smaller artists will often distribute directly to the public by selling their albums at live concerts or on their websites....
 Wheels of Fire
Wheels of Fire

Wheels of Fire is the name of a double album recorded by Cream . The release was largely successful, scoring the band a #3 peak in the UK and a #1 in the US, and became the world's first platinum-selling double album....
.

After bassist
Bassist

A bass player is a musician who plays a double bass, bass guitar, or another low-pitched instrument, such as keyboard bass or a low brass instrument such as tuba or sousaphone....
 Jack Bruce
Jack Bruce

John Symon Asher "Jack" Bruce is a Scotland musician, musical composer and singer. He is best-known as an electric bass guitarist, harmonica player and piano, and was most famous as a vocalist and the bass guitarist for the 1960s rock band Cream ....
 wrote the guitar
Guitar

The guitar is a musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles. It typically has six Strings , but Tenor guitar, Seven-string guitar, Eight-string guitar, Ten-string guitar, Eleven-string guitar, Twelve-string guitar, Thirteen-string guitar and doubleneck guitar string guitars also exist....
 pieces, Cream's lyricist
Lyricist

A lyricist is a writer who specializes in song lyrics, usually paid for by a band to write a custom song. A singer who writes the lyrics to songs is a singer-lyricist....
, poet Pete Brown
Pete Brown

Pete Brown is an England performance poet, lyricist and musical producer, best known for his collaborations with Jack Bruce. He worked also with The Battered Ornaments, and formed his own group Pete Brown & Piblokto!....
, grouped colorful four-syllable phrases, loosely organized around images of waiting in an English
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 railway station influenced by the drugs he was taking. "White Room" is further noted for its unusual time signature
Time signature

The time signature is a notational convention used in Western culture musical notation to specify how many beat s are in each bar and what note value constitutes one beat....
 of 5/4 in the introduction and bridge, with triplets played on toms by Ginger Baker
Ginger Baker

Peter Edward "Ginger" Baker is an England drummer, best known for his work with Cream . He is also known for his numerous associations with New World music and the use of Music of Africa influences and other diverse collaborations such as his work with the Rock music Hawkwind....
, his thunderous bass drum part also lacing the verses. Finally, "White Room" is notable for showcasing guitarist Eric Clapton
Eric Clapton

Eric Patrick Clapton Order of the British Empire is an English blues-rock guitarist, singer, songwriter and composer. He is "probably most famous for his mastery of the Stratocaster guitar." Clapton has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Yardbirds, of Cream , and as a solo performer, being the only person to...
's best known use of the Vox Clyde McCoy Picture Wah (a device used to turn off bass and treble as the pedal is rocked) in the bridge and extended solo.

Along with "Sunshine of Your Love
Sunshine of Your Love

"Sunshine of Your Love" is a song by the British Supergroup Cream , released on the Disraeli Gears album. It was Cream's best-selling song and Atlantic Records' best-selling to date as well....
" and "Crossroads", White Room is one of Cream's most notable songs, reaching number 6 on the U.S. pop charts
Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard Single popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on airplay and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday; while the airplay tracking-week runs from Wednesday to Tuesday....
.

"White Room" was placed at #367 on the 2004 List of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

"White Room" is played after wins at Keyspan Park
KeySpan Park

KeySpan Park is a minor league baseball stadium in the Coney Island section of Brooklyn, New York City, USA. The home team is the New York Mets-affiliated Brooklyn Cyclones of the New York - Penn League....
 for the Brooklyn Cyclones
Brooklyn Cyclones

The Brooklyn Cyclones are a minor league baseball baseball team in the Short-Season A classification New York - Penn League, affiliated with the New York Mets....
.

"White Room" was featured in the Xbox and PC versions of the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is a Nonlinear gameplay action-adventure game computer game and video game developed by Rockstar North. It is the third 3D computer graphics game in the Grand Theft Auto video game franchise and fifth original game overall....
.

A cover of "White Room" appeared as a playable track in the 2008 music video game "Rock Revolution
Rock Revolution

Rock Revolution is a music video game developed by Kuju Entertainment and HB Studios and published by Konami. It was first revealed on May 15, 2008, and released on October 15, 2008 for the Nintendo DS, PlayStation 3, Wii and Xbox 360....
"

Covers

"White Room" has been covered by the following artists:

  • Waylon Jennings
    Waylon Jennings

    Waylon Arnold Jennings was an influential United States of America country music singer and musician. A self-taught guitar player, he rose to prominence as a bass guitar player for Buddy Holly following the break-up of The Crickets....
  • Robert M. K. Hinz/Julia Degenhardt
  • Joel Grey
    Joel Grey

    Joel Grey is a Tony Award-, Golden Globe-, BAFTA-, & Academy Award-winning American stage and screen actor known best for his role as the Emcee in both the stage and film adaptation of the Kander & Ebb musical Cabaret ....
  • Frank Gambale
    Frank Gambale

    Frank Gambale is an Australian jazz fusion guitarist. He is renowned for his use of the sweep picking and economy picking techniques....
     (in a jazz fusion
    Jazz fusion

    Fusion or, more specifically, jazz fusion or jazz rock, is a musical genre that merges jazz with elements of other styles of music, particularly funk, Rock and roll, R&B, electronic music, and world music, but also pop music, classical music, and folk music, or sometimes even Heavy metal music, reggae, ska, country music, hip hop...
     style)
  • Iron Butterfly
    Iron Butterfly

    Iron Butterfly is an United States psychedelic rock and early Heavy metal music band, well known for their 1968 hit "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida". They are considered an early heavy metal music band as a result of this song and others like it, as well as the title of their debut album, Heavy ....
  • Pat Travers on the album "Power Trio"
  • Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band
    Ringo Starr

    Richard Starkey Order of the British Empire , better known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is an England musician, singer-songwriter and actor, best known as the drummer for The Beatles....
     (with Jack Bruce, and two or three drummers doing the triplets in unison)
  • Helloween
    Helloween

    Helloween are a Germany power metal/speed metal band founded in the mid 1980s by members of Iron Fist and Powerfool. The band is known as one of the pioneering power metal bands, being part of the German Heavy metal music/speed/power metal scene that included Accept, Running Wild , Blind Guardian, Grave Digger , Sinner , and Rage ....
  • Demons & Wizards
    Demons & Wizards

    Demons & Wizards is a power metal band conceived as a side-project of the metal bands Blind Guardian and Iced Earth. It is made up of the vocalist for Blind Guardian, Hansi K?rsch, and the guitarist of Iced Earth, Jon Schaffer....
  • Ring of Fire
    Ring of Fire

    Ring of Fire can refer to:...
  • Iced Earth
    Iced Earth

    Iced Earth is an United States Heavy metal music band from Tampa, Florida, Florida that combines influences from thrash metal, power metal, progressive metal, opera, speed metal and New Wave of British Heavy Metal....
  • Jimmy Barnes
    Jimmy Barnes

    Jimmy Barnes is a popular Australian rock music singer, with a unique vocal style. He was born James Dixon Swan on 28 April 1956 in Glasgow, Scotland....
  • The Bobs
    The Bobs

    The Bobs are a "new wave music" a cappella group founded in San Francisco, California.The original members met while employed as deliverers of singing telegrams....
  • The Guess Who
    The Guess Who

    The Guess Who is a Canada rock music band from Winnipeg, Manitoba, that was one of the first to establish a major successful following in their own country while still residing there....
  • The Vines
    The Vines

    The Vines are an Australian Garage rock#Revival band notable for producing a musical hybrid of '60s rock and '90s alternative music. Since 2006 their line-up has consisted of vocalist and lead guitarist Craig Nicholls, rhythm guitarist Ryan Griffiths , bassist Brad Heald and drummer Hamish Rosser....
  • The Stranglers
    The Stranglers

    The Stranglers are an England Rock and roll group, formed on 11 September 1974 in Guildford, Surrey.Scoring a string of UK top ten hits, including "Golden Brown", "No More Heroes " and "Peaches " and UK top forty hits spanning four decades, the Stranglers originally built a following alongside the mid-'70s pub rock scene....
  • Hugh Cornwell
    Hugh Cornwell

    Hugh Cornwell is an England musician and songwriter, best known for being the singing and guitarist for punk rock/New Wave music, The Stranglers, from 1974 to 1990....
     and Robert Williams on the album Nosferatu
    Nosferatu (album)

    Nosferatu was the 1979 album produced by the Stranglers' Hugh Cornwell's musical collaboration with Robert Williams , who was a drummer in Captain Beefheart's Magic Band....
    .
  • Vassar Clements
    Vassar Clements

    Vassar Clements was an United States virtuoso Jazz music and Bluegrass music fiddler....
     and an all star lineup on the album Full Circle
  • BBM
    BBM

    BBM is the name of the short-lived power trio formed in 1994, by long established musician, bassist Jack Bruce, drummer Ginger Baker and guitarist Gary Moore....
  • The song was performed by Eric Clapton
    Eric Clapton

    Eric Patrick Clapton Order of the British Empire is an English blues-rock guitarist, singer, songwriter and composer. He is "probably most famous for his mastery of the Stratocaster guitar." Clapton has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Yardbirds, of Cream , and as a solo performer, being the only person to...
     in the Philadelphia leg of the Live Aid
    Live Aid

    Live Aid was a multi-venue rock music concert held on . The event was organized by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise funds for famine relief in Ethiopia....
     concert in 1985 with Phil Collins
    Phil Collins

    Philip David Charles "Phil" Collins, Royal Victorian Order, is an England singer-songwriter, drummer, keyboardist and actor best known as the lead singer and drummer of England progressive rock group Genesis and as a Grammy Award and Academy Award-winning solo artist....
     playing drums
  • Eric Clapton
    Eric Clapton

    Eric Patrick Clapton Order of the British Empire is an English blues-rock guitarist, singer, songwriter and composer. He is "probably most famous for his mastery of the Stratocaster guitar." Clapton has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Yardbirds, of Cream , and as a solo performer, being the only person to...
     performed it live on his recorded 24 Nights
    24 Nights

    24 Nights is a live album by Eric Clapton, recorded at the Royal Albert Hall in London, England in 1990 and 1991. It was released on October 8, 1991....
     concert.
  • Sheryl Crow
    Sheryl Crow

    Sheryl Suzanne Crow is an United States singer-songwriter and musician. Her music blends rock music, country music, pop music and folk music, into one mainstream sound, and she has won nine Grammy Awards....
     performed it with Clapton during her Central Park concert
  • Eric Clapton
    Eric Clapton

    Eric Patrick Clapton Order of the British Empire is an English blues-rock guitarist, singer, songwriter and composer. He is "probably most famous for his mastery of the Stratocaster guitar." Clapton has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Yardbirds, of Cream , and as a solo performer, being the only person to...
     also performed the song on his After Midnight
    After Midnight

    "After Midnight" is a rock song written by J. J. Cale. The laidback boogie feel of "After Midnight" is a prime example of Cale's signature style....
     Concert, which was also recorded.
  • Rik Emmett
    Rik Emmett

    Richard Gordon Emmett is a vocalist, guitarist, and founding member of the Canada rock band Triumph . Emmett left Triumph in 1988 to pursue a solo career....