Songwriting legend Burt Bacharach died of natural causes on February 8th at age 94. Bacharach was responsible for some of the most memorable pop songs of the 20th century many co-written with Hal David. Dionne Warwick became a star in the ’60s singing “Don’t Make Me Over,” Anyone Who HadContinue Reading
Luther Vandross wrote “The Night I Fell In Love” with Marcus Miller for his fourth album also titled The Night I Fell In Love. Vandross’s silvery tenor personified romance and was supported in that expression with Lisa Fischer, Cissy Houston, Alfa Anderson, Phillip Ballou, Darlene Love, Paulette McWilliams, Brenda WhiteContinue Reading
Google honored Luther Vandross yesterday with a doodle on their homepage for what would have been the singer’s 70th birthday. Atlanta-based guest artist and animator Sam Bass collaborated with Google on the project that was set to Vandross’s first no. 1 hit “Never Too Much.” The Vandross family released aContinue Reading
Aretha Franklin recorded her 28th album Jump To It in 1981 and it was released in 1982. Luther Vandross fulfilled a lifelong dream when he was given the job of exclusively producing a project for one of his musical idols. Miller and Vandross wrote the title song which was aboutContinue Reading