Luther Vandross was born on the Lower East Side of New York on April 20, 1951. His first big break came in 1975, when he performed as a backing singer on 's Young Americans album, and received a co-writer credit after his song 'Funky Music' was adapted by Bowie to become 'Fascination'.
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He was also a backing singer for,. He was lead singer of the group, which had hits such as 'A Lover's Holiday', 'Searching' and 'The Glow Of Love'. In the late 1970s he was part of a singing quintet consisting former Shades of Jade members Anthony Hinton and Diane Sumler, Theresa V.
Reed, and Christine Wiltshire, also called. In 1981, Luther released his debut solo album. Between 1982 and 1985, five albums were released, all selling over a million copies each. Over the years, he was awarded five platinum and one double platinum disc, as well as winning 8 Grammy awards.
He died July 1, 2005 at the age of 54, two years after suffering a major stroke.
The very thing that made noteworthy became an albatross around his neck. Years after his initial run of records in the '70s, he was known for the same thing he was at the time -- he was the only blues artist on Gordy, or any Motown affiliated label. This was true and novel, but many focused on the novelty, not the truth, ignoring 's status as a terrific torchbearer of raw Chicago blues. Some of material illustrates some contemporary influence -- dig that funky groove and organ on 'Raggedy and Dirty,' or the rock-oriented slow burn of 's 'Cut You A-Loose' -- but as his original title track illustrates, he can also deliver a torturous, impassioned slow grind. Still, this isn't an album about originality, it's a record how tradition can remain alive in a contemporary setting. Apart from the slightly cleaner production and the extended running time, this could have been released 15 years earlier, since its heart is in classic Chicago blues, particularly Chess.
He draws on via for the first two tracks, dipping into and 's catalogs later on in the record. This accounts for over half of the album's running time, and every one of these tunes are familiar -- and, for good measure, he dips into 'Spoonful' on 'Cut You A-Loose' -- but what matters is 's performance, which is never less than committed and usually gripping.
And that's what makes this record work -- it's firmly on familiar territory, but gives it his own personality through the sheer strength of his love for this music. Perhaps that doesn't make for a revolutionary debut -- it's not a visionary record the way, say, 's is -- but that would come later. With, just delivered one of the best straight-ahead Chicago blues records of the early '70s. Too bad everybody thought of it as a little folly on Motown.