John Anthony White né Gillis born July 9 1975 is an American singer songwriter multiinstrumentalist and producer He is best known as the lead singer and guitarist of the duo the White Stripes He has won 12 Grammy Awards and three of his solo albums have reached number one on the Billboard charts White founded the White Stripes with fellow Detroit native and thenwife Meg White in 1997 Their 2001 breakthrough album White Blood Cells brought them international fame with the hit single and accompanying music video Fell in Love with a Girl In 2005 White founded the Raconteurs with Brendan Benson and in 2009 founded the Dead Weather with Alison Mosshart of the Kills In 2008 he recorded Another Way to Die the title song for the 2008 James Bond film Quantum of Solace with Alicia Keys making them the only duet to perform a Bond song White has also had a minor acting career He appeared in the 2003 film Cold Mountain as a character named Georgia and performed five songs for the Cold Mountain soundtrack The 2003 Jim Jarmusch film Coffee and Cigarettes featured both Jack and Meg in the segment Jack Shows Meg His Tesla Coil He also played Elvis Presley in the 2007 satire Walk Hard In June 2017 White appeared in the awardwinning documentary film The American Epic Sessions and was an executive producer of the film
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