ARTISTE PROFILE:- Luther Ronzoni Vandross, Jr. (age 54, April 20, 1951 – July 1, 2005) was an American singer, songwriter and record producer. Throughout his career, Vandross was an in demand background vocalist for several different artists including Roberta 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 on Warner Bros. Records. After Vandross left the group, he was signed to Epic Records as a solo artist 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. Vandross was commonly referred to as The Velvet Voice in reference to his exceptional vocal talent, and was sometimes called The Best Voice of a Generation. He was also regarded as the Pavarotti of Pop by many critics. In 2008, Vandross was ranked #54 on Rolling Stone magazines List of 100 Greatest Singers of All Time. Mariah Carey stated several times in interviews that standing next to Vandross while recording their duet Endless Love was intimidating. By popular vote, Luther Vandross was inducted into The SoulMusic Hall of Fame in December 2012. (Wiki). Golden Oldies Number One Male Singer Of All Time.
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