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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Label	Occurrences
Luther Vandross canonical	76
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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Cissy Houston → performedWith → Luther Vandross ⓘ

Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance → notableWinner → Luther Vandross ⓘ

Grammy Legend Award → hasRecipient → Luther Vandross ⓘ

J Records → signedArtist → Luther Vandross ⓘ

Clive Davis → workedWithArtist → Luther Vandross ⓘ

Luther Vandross → fullName → Luther Vandross self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Luther Ronzoni Vandross Jr.

Luther Vandross → familyName → Luther Vandross self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vandross

Epic Records → hasArtist → Luther Vandross ⓘ

Part-Time Lover → featuresBackingVocalsBy → Luther Vandross ⓘ

Epic → notableArtist → Luther Vandross ⓘ

subject surface form: Epic Records

Slow Jamz → writer → Luther Vandross ⓘ

Slow Jamz → sampledArtist → Luther Vandross ⓘ

Chaka → hasBackingVocalsBy → Luther Vandross ⓘ

Hello → hasCoverVersionBy → Luther Vandross ⓘ

subject surface form: Hello (Lionel Richie song)

Endless Love → hasCoverVersionBy → Luther Vandross ⓘ

I (Who Have Nothing) → notablePerformer → Luther Vandross ⓘ

Rodney Jerkins → notableWorkWith → Luther Vandross ⓘ

Marcus Miller → collaboratedWith → Luther Vandross ⓘ

Dance With My Father → performer → Luther Vandross ⓘ

Dance With My Father → vocalist → Luther Vandross ⓘ

Dance With My Father → writer → Luther Vandross ⓘ

Dance With My Father → composer → Luther Vandross ⓘ

Dance With My Father → producer → Luther Vandross ⓘ

Legend Award → hasAwarded → Luther Vandross ⓘ

Quincy Jones Award for Outstanding Career Achievements → notableRecipient → Luther Vandross ⓘ

David Cole → associatedAct → Luther Vandross ⓘ

What the World Needs Now Is Love → recordedBy → Luther Vandross ⓘ

Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis → associatedAct → Luther Vandross ⓘ

Anyone Who Had a Heart → hasCoverVersion → Luther Vandross ⓘ

Super Bowl XXXI → nationalAnthemPerformer → Luther Vandross ⓘ

Walter Afanasieff → workedWith → Luther Vandross ⓘ

Luther → notableBearer → Luther Vandross ⓘ

Never Too Much → artist → Luther Vandross ⓘ

Never Too Much → performer → Luther Vandross ⓘ

Never Too Much → vocalist → Luther Vandross ⓘ

Never Too Much → writer → Luther Vandross ⓘ

Never Too Much → composer → Luther Vandross ⓘ

Never Too Much → lyricist → Luther Vandross ⓘ

Never Too Much → producer → Luther Vandross ⓘ

Never Too Much → signatureSongOf → Luther Vandross ⓘ

Here and Now → performer → Luther Vandross ⓘ

Here and Now → isSignatureSongOf → Luther Vandross ⓘ

Here and Now → hasPerformer → Luther Vandross ⓘ

A House Is Not a Home (cover) → performer → Luther Vandross ⓘ

Power of Love/Love Power → artist → Luther Vandross ⓘ

Power of Love/Love Power → performer → Luther Vandross ⓘ

Power of Love/Love Power → signatureSongOf → Luther Vandross ⓘ

So Amazing → artist → Luther Vandross ⓘ

So Amazing → performer → Luther Vandross ⓘ

So Amazing → hasPerformer → Luther Vandross ⓘ