Luther Vandross（ルーサー・ヴァンドロス）
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Summary
Luther Ronzoni Vandross Jr. (April 20, 1951 – July 1, 2005) was an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is noted for his sweet and soulful vocals. In addition to his popular work as a solo recording artist, Vandross was also an in-demand background vocalist throughout his career for several artists, including Todd Rundgren, Judy Collins, Chaka Khan, Bette Midler, Diana Ross, David Bowie, Ben E. King, Stevie Wonder, and Donna Summer.
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". 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", "I (Who Have Nothing)" and "Always and Forever". 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 hit songs in his career.
During his career, Vandross sold over 40 million records worldwide, having eleven consecutive Platinum albums a record achieved by a R&B artist at the time and received eight Grammy Awards including Best Male R&B Vocal Performance four different times. He won a total of 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".
Discography
Never Too Much (1981)
Forever, for Always, for Love (1982)
Busy Body (1983)[76]
The Night I Fell in Love (1985)
Give Me the Reason (1986)
Any Love (1988)
Power of Love (1991)
Never Let Me Go (1993)
Songs (1994)
This Is Christmas (1995)
Your Secret Love (1996)
I Know (1998)
Luther Vandross (2001)
Dance with My Father (2003)
Music Video
雑感
Music Video は Summary の２パラグラフ目で太字にした曲。
"Dance with My Father" だけはアルバム収録後、彼が倒れてから翌々年に亡くなったためパフォーマンスビデオは無い。
代わりに"A House is Not a Home" を（好きな曲）
享年54才。
声の音質は全く異なるが、Barry White も好きなボーカリスト。
彼も50代（58才）で亡くなっている。
A House is Not a Home
A chair is still a chair, even when there’s no one sittin' there
But a chair is not a house and a house is not a home
When there’s no one there to hold you tight,
And no one there you can kiss good night.
A room is still a room, oh, even when there’s nothing there but gloom
But a room is not a house and a house is not a home
When the two of us are far apart
And one of us has a broken heart
MOH