Vandross was raised on Manhattan’s Lower East Side in the NYCHA Alfred E. Luther Ronzoni Vandross was born on Apat Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan, New York City, United States. He was the fourth child and second son of Mary Ida Vandross and Luther Vandross, Sr. The song was co-written with Vandross’ friend and protégé, Richard Marx. He won 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”. 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.ĭuring his career, Vandross sold over 25 million records worldwide and received eight Grammy Awards including Best Male R&B Vocal Performance four different times. 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”. 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”. 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. 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. Throughout his career, Vandross was an in demand background vocalist for several different artists including Chaka Khan, Bette Midler, Diana Ross, Barbra Streisand, and Donna Summer. Luther Ronzoni Vandross (Ap– July 1, 2005) was a prolific singer-songwriter and record producer. His smooth voice and melodic sound made lovers out of anyone who wanted to be with a certain someone…and made the mission of the night much easier.
Wall Street brokers secretly cued up a luther melody when at home making mergers & acquisitions, then playing the status quo Michael Bolten in their plush Jag or Bentley. Known as the premiere balladeer of his time, Luther Vandross made lovers out most hardcore, gansta type thugs, they just won’t admit it to the “homies”.
There wasn’t a woman on the planet that would turn you down if you had one of his songs playing on your eight-track or cassette tape made up of nothing but Slow Jams. For those who grew up listing to music in the 80’s – 90’s, you could not have been out on a date, slow dance to love song or have a late night evening dinner that lead to a early sunrise breakfast without playing the unmistakeable voice and songs of Luther “LUTHA” Vandross.
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