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
Luther Vandross signed with the Clive Davis-founded J Records after the release of his 14th studio album I Know. His self-titled 2001 album was his first on J Records and “Take You Out” was the album’s lead single. Vandross’s chivalrous approach to dating in the song provided the words forContinue Reading
Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Adrian Younge bring out another single from their upcoming Midnight Hour project with their version of Luther Vandross’s “So Amazing.” The song receives new sonic elements with Latin rhythm, harps and jazz guitar but Vandross’s original vocals are intact. Muhammad and Younge explained the origins of theContinue Reading
