ARTISE PROFILE :- Luther Ronzoni Vandross (Age 54, April 20, 1951 – July 1, 2005) was an American singer and songwriter and record producer. Throughout his career, Vandross was an in demand background vocalist for several different artists including Robeta Flack, Chaka Khan, Bette Midler, Diana Ross, David Bowie, Barbra Streisand, Ben E. King, and Donna Summer. He later became the lead singer of the group Change which released its certified gold debut album, The Glow of Love, in 1980. After Vandross left the group and released his debut solo album, Never Too Much in 1981. His hit songs include, Never Too Much, Here and Now, Any Love, Power of Love/Love Power, I Can Make It Better and For You to Love. Many of his songs were covers of original music by other artists such as If This World Were Mine (duet with Cheryl Lynn), Since I Lost My Baby, Superstar and Always and Forever. Duets such as The Closer I Get to You with Beyoncé, Endless Love with Mariah Carey and The Best Things in Life Are Free with Janet Jackson were all hits in his career. During his career, Vandross sold over 25 million records worldwide and received eight Grammy Awards including Best Male R&B Vocal Performance four different times. He won a total of four Grammy Awards in 2004 including the Grammy Award for Song of the Year for a song recorded not long before his death, Dance with My Father. From Never Too Much to Dance With My Father Ive always been a follower. Gone too soon. Golden Oldies singer of all time.
Posted on: Fri, 12 Sep 2014 04:55:04 +0000
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