In the decades that followed, Vandross continued to find ways to push the art forward instead of relying on the tried and true. Along with the irresistibly joyful title track of VandrossвЂ™ 1981 solo debut, Never Too Much, вЂњA House Is Not a HomeвЂќ also helped launch him after many years of working behind the scenes as a session vocalist and arranger for acts like David Bowie and Bette Midler and as the singer of вЂњSearchingвЂќ and вЂњThe Glow of Love,вЂќ two classy hits for the Italian/American disco group Change. Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, and Celine Dion have all acknowledged the impact that their sometime duet partner had on them. In the process, he transcends the вЂ60s divas who inspired him-Dionne Warwick, Diana Ross, Aretha Franklin-to create a model for those who followed. Backing Vocals Alexandra Brown, Brenda White King, Jim Gilstrap, Johnny Britt, Lynn Davis, Paulette McWilliams, Phil Perry (2), Phillip Ingram, Tawatha Agee. ThatвЂ™s just what he did on his astonishing 1981 cover of вЂњA House Is Not a Home,вЂќ transforming the Burt Bacharach/Hal David classic into an acutely personal demonstration of his control, dexterity, and expressiveness. Arranged By Background Vocals Luther Vandross.

After years as an in-demand backing singer for various artists such as Chaka Khan, Bette Midler, Diana Ross and David Bowie, he had a very successful solo career. A suave yet warmhearted New Yorker who became one of R&BвЂ™s beloved balladeers from his solo breakthrough in the early вЂ80s to his untimely death in 2005, Vandross was also a vocalist whose understanding of singing as an art form was so profound, he changed notions of what it could be. Luther Vandross was an American singer, songwriter, and record producer, who had one of the greatest soul voices of all time. Luther Vandross was more than just a great singer.

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