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Vandross returned to the pop Top Ten in 1992
with "The Best Things In Life Are Free" from the movie Mo' Money, a duet
with Janet Jackson. His next album, Never Let Me Go (1993), marked a slight
fall-off in sales, but Songs (1994), an all-covers album, restored his commercial
standing, featuring a gold-selling pop Top Ten remake of "Endless Love,"
a duet with Mariah Carey. This Is Christmas (1996) and Your Secret Love
(1997) were million-sellers.
One Night With You -- The Best Of Love Volume
2 (1997) compiled Vandross' hits from 1991 to 1996. He returned in 1998 with I Know.
Since his solo debut in 1981, Luther Vandross has released nothing but platinum
records that he not only sings on, but produces, writes and arranges.
This ultimate singer of songs has a groove that can't be copied - - and he doesn't
copy. A few have tried and disappeared, but Luther remains.
Over the years,
the vocal master refined his craft, broadened his stylistic scope and reached
every conceivable audience. Vandross' mainstream breakthrough
happened nearly a decade ago with the pop Top 10 success of "Here and Now,"
which reached the pop Top 10 in 1989 and has lived on as a wedding song
staple.
The momentum continued with more Top 10s. "Power Of Love/ Love Power,"
"Don't Wanna Be a Fool" (both 1991) and his 1994 duet with Mariah Carey,
"Endless Love" (a #2 pop smash). Videos to "Stop to Love," "Any Love" and
"Your Secret Love" remain essential contributions to the libraries of both
VH1 and BET, while his songs and productions for Whitney Houston, Aretha
Franklin, Dionne Warwick, Cheryl Lynn and others measure up against the
work of any other pop titan.
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