About "The Closer I Get To You"
Luther Ronzoni Vandross Jr. (April 20, 1951 – July 1, 2005) was an American soul and R&B singer, songwriter, and record producer. Throughout his career, he achieved eleven consecutive RIAA-certified platinum albums and sold over 40 million records worldwide. Known as the "Velvet Voice", Vandross has been recognized as one of the 200 greatest singers of all time (2023) by Rolling Stone, as well as one of the greatest R&B artists by Billboard. In addition, NPR named him one of the 50 Great Voices. He was the recipient of eight Grammy Awards, including Song of the Year in 2004 for a track recorded not long before his death, "Dance with My Father". In 2021, he was posthumously inducted into the National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame.
Vandross worked as a backing vocalist in the 1970s, and appeared on albums by artists such as Roberta Flack, Donny Hathaway, Todd Rundgren, Judy Collins, Chaka Khan, Bette Midler, Diana Ross, David Bowie, Ben E. King, Stevie Wonder, and Donna Summer. He later became a lead singer of the group Change, which released the Gold-certified album, The Glow of Love, in 1980 on Warner/RFC Records. After Vandross left the group, he was signed to Epic Records as a solo artist and released his debut solo album, Never Too Much, in 1981.
His hit songs include "Never Too Much", "Here and Now", "Any Love", "Power of Love/Love Power", "I Can Make It Better" and "For You to Love". Many of his songs were covers of original music by other artists such as "If This World Were Mine" (duet with Cheryl Lynn), "Since I Lost My Baby", "Superstar", "I (Who Have Nothing)" and "Always and Forever". Duets such as "The Closer I Get to You" with Beyoncé, "Endless Love" with Mariah Carey and "The Best Things in Life Are Free" with Janet Jackson were all hit songs in his career. The tribute album So Amazing: An All-Star Tribute to Luther Vandross, was released shortly after his death.
Top songs by Luther Vandross
- Dance With My Father
- Impossible Dream
- Give Me The Reason
- Buy Me A Rose
- Always And Forever
- You Stopped Loving Me
- Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now
- Any Day Now
- If I Was The One
- Here And Now
- I'd Rather
- All The Woman I Need
- Are You Using Me
- Endless Love
- Any Love
- It's Hard For Me To Say
- There's Nothing Better Than Love
- If Only For One Night
- One Night With You (everyday Of Your Life)
- A House Is Not A Home
- I Know
- If It Ain't One Thing...
- If I Didn't Know Better
- I Really Didn't Mean It
- Are You Using Me?
- Every Year, Every Christmas
- Heaven Knows
- Hello
- Take You Out
- I Can Make It Better
- Can't Give It Up
- Can Heaven Wait
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