Luther Vandross

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R&B musician human record producer singer songwriter soul musician

Luther Vandross was an American R&B and soul singer, songwriter, and producer renowned for his smooth, emotive vocals and classic love ballads.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Luther Ronzoni Vandross Jr. 1
Vandross 1

Statements (62)

Predicate Object
instanceOf R&B musician ⓘ
human ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
soul musician ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 2005 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1970 ⓘ
associatedAct Aretha Franklin ⓘ
Change ⓘ
Chic ⓘ
Dionne Warwick ⓘ
Gregory Hines ⓘ
Mariah Carey ⓘ
Patti LaBelle ⓘ
Whitney Houston ⓘ
awardReceived Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance ⓘ
Grammy Award for Best R&B Album ⓘ
Grammy Award for Song of the Year ⓘ
NAACP Image Award ⓘ
background solo_singer ⓘ
causeOfDeath stroke complications ⓘ
citizenship United States of America ⓘ
countryOfBirth United States of America ⓘ
countryOfDeath United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1951-04-20 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2005-07-01 ⓘ
debutAlbum Never Too Much ⓘ
debutAlbumReleaseYear 1981 ⓘ
ethnicity African-American ⓘ
familyName Luther Vandross self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Vandross
fullName Luther Vandross self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Luther Ronzoni Vandross Jr.
genre R&B ⓘ
quiet storm ⓘ
soul ⓘ
givenName Luther ⓘ
hallOfFameInduction Songwriters Hall of Fame ⓘ
hallOfFameInductionYear 2010 ⓘ
influenced contemporary R&B singers ⓘ
neo soul artists ⓘ
knownFor classic love ballads ⓘ
notableFor romantic ballads ⓘ
smooth emotive vocals ⓘ
notableWork A House Is Not a Home (cover) ⓘ
Any Love ⓘ
Dance With My Father ⓘ
surface form: Dance with My Father

Here and Now ⓘ
Never Too Much ⓘ
Power of Love/Love Power ⓘ
So Amazing ⓘ
occupation record producer ⓘ
singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Manhattan ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
placeOfDeath Edison, New Jersey ⓘ
recordLabel Columbia Records ⓘ
Epic Records ⓘ
J Records ⓘ
Virgin Records ⓘ
totalGrammyAwards 8 ⓘ
vocalType tenor ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Marcus Miller → collaboratedWith → Luther Vandross ⓘ
Luther Vandross → familyName → Luther Vandross self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vandross
Part-Time Lover → featuresBackingVocalsBy → Luther Vandross ⓘ
Luther Vandross → fullName → Luther Vandross self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Luther Ronzoni Vandross Jr.
Epic Records → hasArtist → Luther Vandross ⓘ
Chaka → hasBackingVocalsBy → Luther Vandross ⓘ
Endless Love → hasCoverVersionBy → Luther Vandross ⓘ
Hello → hasCoverVersionBy → Luther Vandross ⓘ
subject surface form: Hello (Lionel Richie song)
Grammy Legend Award → hasRecipient → Luther Vandross ⓘ
Epic → notableArtist → Luther Vandross ⓘ
subject surface form: Epic Records
I (Who Have Nothing) → notablePerformer → Luther Vandross ⓘ
Rodney Jerkins → notableWorkWith → Luther Vandross ⓘ
Cissy Houston → performedWith → Luther Vandross ⓘ
Dance With My Father → performer → Luther Vandross ⓘ
Slow Jamz → sampledArtist → Luther Vandross ⓘ
J Records → signedArtist → Luther Vandross ⓘ
Clive Davis → workedWithArtist → Luther Vandross ⓘ
Slow Jamz → writer → Luther Vandross ⓘ