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Luther Vandross Birthday/Appreciation Thread Today in 1951, Luther Ronzoni Vandross was born, let show him some love today
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The last great TRUE R&B artist. | |
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Top 12 Luther Vandross joints 1. The Night I Fell In Love 2. So Amazing 3. See Me 4. A House Is Not A Home 5. Better Love 6. Dont You Know That 7. My Sensitivity 8. Superstar 9. Youre The Sweetest One 10.Forever, For Always, For Love 11.Because Its Really Love 12.Never Too Much the one thing thats gets overlooked about the amazing career of Luther Vanross, is the amazing cowriter, arranger, musical director and piano/electric piano playing of the great and unsung Nat Adderly Jr. ...such simple and minimalist but incredibly melodic piano work that matched Luther Vandross' velvet smooth voice perfectly.. | |
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"...with youuuuu heyyy yeah hey hey yeahhhh...." ~ "The Night I Fell In Love" when he does that it touches my soul... so many beautiful memories attached to that song...i wonder what Sharon is up to now. | |
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the background vocals on "See Me" and "Better Love" (especially in the hooks) sounds like angels. the guitars and piano on "Better Love" is pure genius. | |
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Mr. Vandross didnt have to scream and yell and grunt and groan and growl and grind and do all kinds of vocal acrobatics and histrionics...the man simply had the purest and silkiest vocal tone and rhythmically perfect singing delivery and phrasing, ever known to mankind... the greatest male vocalist of ALL time...he's the only male singer that ever made me cry...not from sadness...but just the joy i get from the sheer beauty of his voice and his rhythmic cadences...its like when Christians get "the holy spirit"...the only other singers that invoke that feeling in me, are Chaka Khan, Minnie Riperton & Diana Ross. | |
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along with the great Nat Adderly Jr., Marcus Miller (bass) and Steve Love (guitar) deserve alot of credit for the amazing instrumentation on those classic Luther Vandross albums | |
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LUTHER! He doesn't get the attention he deserves. Time keeps on slipping into the future...
This moment is all there is... | |
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"The Night I Fell in Love" was Luther's best and tightest LP. | |
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Mr. Luther Vandross is of a solo category of soul and class   | |
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Miss him so much. 🙏❤️🎶 Just Music-No Categories-Enjoy It! | |
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Although I hated the direction Clive took him in when he signed with J Records, as far as I'm concerned, male R&B music died the day Luther passed away. "It's not nice to fuck with K.B.! All you haters will see!" - Kitbradley
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Luther Vandross... the name alone conjures up such incredible memories. For my ears he may just be the greatest singer ever. Absolutely love his music! |
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THAT is a helluva good list but we have to put "Glow of Love" with Change on there somewhere! Am I right??! |
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BalladofPeterParker said:
THAT is a helluva good list but we have to put "Glow of Love" with Change on there somewhere! Am I right??! yes 'Glow Of Love' IS a great great song...but since its credited to Change, i didnt include it...but thats the song that made me a Luther Vandross fan initially | |
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....along with "Searching" | |
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Mr. V!!! These were my favorites:
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Anyone Who Had A Heart Forever , For Always, For Love My Sensitivity So Amazing Because it's Really Love Wait for Love Make Me A Believer Promise Me The Other Side of The World There's Nothing Better Than Love I Can Make it Better If This World Were Mine (w/Cheryl Lynn) Don't You Know That A House Is Not A Home Searching (w/Change)
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There's was also another song Luther wrote, but curiously never recorded himself--"What Can A Miracle Do?"--It was recorded by The Brecker Brothers in 1976 , and then by the Main Ingredient in 1980, and Luther gave the song to Dionne Warwick when he produced her album "How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye", in 1983. I love the feel of that song, and always wondered why others kept covering the tune , but he never did his own version (that I know of, anyway)...
... " I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
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My Top 10 favorite Luther Vandross songs… 1)”Make Me A Believer” 2)“Never Too Much” 3)“You Stopped Loving Me” 4)“So Amazing” 5)“Love Me Again” 6)“If Only For One Night/Creepin” 7)”Superstar”——Luther was a master at remaking a song and making it his own.His remake of this particular song is amazing! 8)”Any Love” 9)”Don’t You Know That” 10)”Sugar And Spice (I Found Me A Girl)” | |
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uPtoWnNY said: The last great TRUE R&B artist. indeed. | |
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uPtoWnNY said: "The Night I Fell in Love" was Luther's best and tightest LP. I always have a tough time picking my favorite Luther album  all of his 80s albums are superb.I guess ‘Never Too Much’ is my favorite.Four tunes from that album are in my Top 10. | |
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kitbradley said: I hated the direction Clive took him in when he signed with J Records Yeah,Clive always tries to turn ‘real’ R&B artists into pop artists  he has them doing watered-down material.That being said,I do like the song “I’d Rather”. | |
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This past Weekend, I found His FIRST EVER Album for Cotillion Records in 1976. Simply called "Luther". Front Cover looks like a Heavy Metal Band! But then U turn it around, and it's a Young Mr. Vandross!!!
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The two albums on J-Records are the only two Luther albums I never purchased. "It's not nice to fuck with K.B.! All you haters will see!" - Kitbradley
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how is the album? | |
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As I mentioned above,Luther was truly a master at remaking a song and taking it to new heights.I always wanted him to remake the 1980 Boz Scaggs hit “Look What You Done To Me”.That song,which is one of my favorites,is exactly the type of ballad that Luther would have made his own.His remake would have been incredible. | |
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