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Luther Ronzoni Vandross Jr. (April 20, 1951 – July 1, 2005) was an American soul and R&B singer, songwriter, and record producer. Throughout his career, he achieved eleven consecutive RIAA-certified platinum albums and sold over 40 million records worldwide. [ 1 ]
Clark was born in New York. In 1967, when Clark was 17, she and future singer and songwriter Luther Vandross worked together after school in the stockroom at Alexander's department store in the Bronx. [1] They started singing together and then joined a 16-member group called Listen My Brother, which was managed by the owners of the Apollo ...
He had a large role in The Cotton Club (1984), where he and his brother Maurice (in his sole film credit) played a 1930s tap-dancing duo reminiscent of the Nicholas Brothers. [14] Hines co-starred with Mikhail Baryshnikov in the 1985 film White Nights , and co-starred with Billy Crystal in the 1986 buddy cop film Running Scared .
Luther Vandross was the one of the best vocalists to ever pick up the mic. ... 20 years after his death, according to People. “I recently viewed it again and I enjoyed it a lot. I’m willing to ...
Bowie and Vandross maintained a friendship until Vandross’s death at the age of 54 in 2005, following complications of a stroke. David Bowie died in 2017 after an 18-month battle with cancer. He ...
While Luther Vandross died in 2005 at the age of 54, his music remains timeless. A new documentary about his life and career, “Luther: Never Too Much,” tells the story of the man many consider ...
Emily Drinkard was born on September 30, 1933 in Newark, New Jersey to Delia Mae "Dee Dee" (née McCaskill) and Nicholas "Nitch" Drinkard, the youngest of eight children. [1] [2] [3] Houston was the granddaughter of a black landowner in Blakely, Georgia, who later shared the land he owned with Houston's father Nitch during a time when it was unusual for black people to have large landholdings.
William Henry Marcus Miller Jr. (born June 14, 1959) is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. He has worked with trumpeter Miles Davis, pianist Herbie Hancock, singer Luther Vandross, and saxophonists Wayne Shorter and David Sanborn, among others.