How many people are in the world today because their parents made love to Luther Vandross’ songs sung in that beautiful clear baritone?
Put on a Vandross song at a party. The result is a jammin’ good time.When I think of Luther Vandross I think of him as a towering talent. He was a singer, composer, lyricist and arranger, a producer and a veritable musical powerhouse. The list of his collaborations with well known name singers reads like a Who’s Who of the music industry: David Bowie, (Luther wrote Bowie’s hit “Fame”), who according to Vandross biographer Craig Seymour, discovered Luther; Janet Jackson, BBD and Ralph Tresvant, Mariah Carey, Cheryl Lynn, Diana Ross, the late Gregory Hines, Whitney Houston, Queen Latifah, Kenneth “Baby Face” Edmonds, Beyonce Knowles, Foxy Brown, Patti LaBelle, Busta Rhymes are just a few of those who worked with him. He began his career as a studio session singer for the likes of Chaka Khan, Cher, Sister Sledge, Bette Middler, Ringo Starr, Chic, Quincy Jones, Barbra Streisand, James Ingram, Carly Simon, Teddy Pendergrass, Natalie Cole, Patti Austin, and Roberta Flack, who encouraged him
