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Luther Vandross was born on April 20, 1951 – died on July 1, 2005. He was an American singer of R & B, Soul, Gospel. During his career, Vandross sold 25 million albums and won eight Grammy awards including best male vocal R & B, four times.
Luther Vandross won four Grammy awards in 2004 including the award for Song of the Year for the track “Dance With My Father,” co-written with Richard Marx.
Lusk has gotten comparisons to Luther Vandross all season long, so finally he's tackling the R&B legend head-on. "It's scary," he admits, then notes that it's the late singer's birthday.
Jimmy Iovine thinks Dance With My Father is a great choice for Jacob, especially since it means something to him (Jacob's father passed away when he was young). "Everybody knows that Jacob can sing," Jimmy says. "Now they're going to find out if he can feel."
Soon, though, he reins in his emotions, channeling them all through his voice. Even with the missed note, it's the best vocal performance of the night. Extremely touching.
"It's hard to perform when a song means that much to you," Jennifer says. "You want to bare your soul, but at the same time you have to have enough control to find the notes."
"Vocally, it was good, but it didn't make me jump up and down," Randy says. "I need the return of the old Jacob. I need to see you go through the roof. ... If you're here next week, go for it. ... I need the church kid back."

Luther Vandross, born in the Lower East side of Manhattan in New York City, Vandross grew up in a musical family that moved to the Bronx when he was 13. His sister sang with vocal group The Crests who had a number one in the 60’s with “Sixteen Candles.” Vandross’ father died of diabetes when Vandross was eight years old. The moment that changed his life came when taking 13 he heard Dionne Warwick sing “Anyone Who Had A Heart” (a song he would record in his last years).
career, Vandross was content to remain as a singer, a composer, producer and backup singer for other artists. Roberta Flack pushed Vandross to start his own career. She believed he was an incredible talent, in addition to his skills in composition and production, deserved to be heard to sing solo. Before its official release, he released two albums with a singing group he formed, also called Luther.
Luther Vandross, in the 80’s, “The Glow Of Love” and “Searching” gave him great success, leading him to a contract with Epic Records, and in 1981 he made his debut on the commercial market with recording the album “Never Too Much. ” The album, which contained the track “A House is Not a Home” quickly went double platinum, with the song “Never Too Much” reaching # 1 on the R & B.
In 1991 the compilation of greatest hits, The Very Best Of Luther Vandross, The Best Of Love, included the ballad “Here And Now”, the first song recorded for which he was number one on the Billboard charts more important.
Luther Vandross also won his first Grammy for best male R & B Grammy in the delivery of 1991. “Here And Now” became a huge hit at weddings, and soft radio United States. In addition, the song allowed him to expand his musical horizons beyond R & B.
Luther Vandross, finally died in July 2005 of a stroke victim and family illness “Diabetes”and they also had hypertension, due to its constant increase and decrease weight. It is reported that died peacefully with his family and friends. Later on the day of his burial was arranged a large posthumous tribute that included the big names that I work throughout his career and other artists, great friends of the late artist.



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