He was also influenced by Cleveland Eaton, The Beatles, the Motown sound, and his two drummer brothers, Fred and Maurice.

He soon got a red electric bass and, taking the advice of brother Maurice and his father, took private lessons from Radi Velah of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, learning the Billè double bass method, and on weekends learned the electric bass with Chess Records session bassist and trombonist Louis Satterfield, who would later become a member of Earth, Wind & Fire's famed horn section, The Phenix Horns.

As Earth, Wind & Fire's bassist since the band's inception, White has won six and received two honoree Grammy Awards, has been Grammy nominated eighteen times[3] and has also been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Vocal Group Hall of Fame, to name a few honors.

[6][7] In November 2008 White was presented with Bass Player magazine's Lifetime Achievement Award by Nathan East.

[8] On Friday, February 26, 2010 Verdine was inducted as a member of Phi Beta Sigma fraternity at the ceremony held at the Crowne Plaza Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles, California.

On July 2, 2020, Rolling Stone Australia Magazine ranked White number 19 on "The 50 Greatest Bassists of All Time".

The song was produced by White's wife Shelly Clark who is a member of the 70s group Honey Cone.

Honey Cone members Shelly Clark, Kathy Merrick and Wendy Smith-Brune are on background vocals.

White is credited on many artist's songs as heard in commercials, movie soundtracks, and televisions shows.

[18] Verdine White lives in Los Angeles in a house built in 1919, with his wife of 40 years Shelly Clark.