Luther Vandross
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"Luther Ronzoni Vandross, Jr." was an American singer, songwriter and record producer. Throughout his career, Vandross was an in demand background vocalist for several different artists including 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 (band)/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 (album)/Never Too Much, in 1981.

His hit songs include, "Never Too Much", "Here and Now (Luther Vandross song)/Here and Now", "Any Love (Luther Vandross song)/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 (Delaney and Bonnie song)/Superstar" and "Always and Forever (Heatwave song)/Always and Forever". Duets such as "The Closer I Get to You" with Beyoncé, "Endless Love (song)/Endless Love" with Mariah Carey and "The Best Things in Life Are Free" with Janet Jackson were all hits in his career.

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The best part is still ahead of me - I haven't experienced my 'good old days' yet.

All through school, I was losing hundreds of pounds in school, so that's a journey - that's an old journey. I'm tired of that. I know that road.

Anyone Who Had a Heart.

See, I'm not the type of writer that has 400 songs in a suitcase someplace on the shelf. I'm sort of a rise-to-the-occasion-type of writer, so when I know I'm going to record, I get in the mood to write.

When I was larger, people said I was fat. Now that I've lost weight, they say I died.

I'd like to be remembered as a premier singer of songs, not just a popular act of a given period.