Luther Ronzoni Vandross birth name, Luther. Vandross’ first big hit came as the lead vocalist for the group Change, with their 1980 hit, “The Glow of Love.” That led to a recording contract with Epic Records, and in 1981, he made his solo recording debut with the disc “Never Too Much.” The album, which contained his aching rendition of “A House is Not a Home,” became an instant classic. Luther Vandross discography and songs: Music profile for Luther Vandross, born 20 April 1951. Luther Vandross discography and songs: Music profile for Luther Vandross. I’m going to introduce you to some people and get your career started.”’ “She said, ‘No, you’re getting too comfortable (in the background).
Vandross credited Flack for prodding him to move into the spotlight after listening to one of his future hits, “Never Too Much.” Luther Vandross hit number three on the Billboard R&B chart in 1986 with the title song of his fifth solo album, Give Me The Reason.The song was also included on the soundtrack of the movie Ruthless People starring Danny DeVito and Bette Midler, It received Grammy Awards for Best R&B Vocal PerformanceMale and Best R&B Song. The only way you could hear your music was if the engineer cut a lacquer and they’d cut it right there in the studio and you. After we wrote that first song, we didn’t have a chance to hear it back, only in the studio, ‘cause we didn’t have cassettes. He wrote songs for projects as varied as a David Bowie album (“Fascination”) and the Broadway musical “The Wiz” (“Everybody Rejoice (Brand New Day)”), sang backup for acts such as Donna Summer and Barbra Streisand, and even became a leading commercial jingle singer. So our first session cost 10 and we had Luther Vandross, David Lasley, all these great singers who were working with us at Radio City. But the New York native happily toiled in the musical background for years before he would have his first hit. Nights In Harlem (A Darkchild Extended Remix) album: 'Luther Vandross' (2001) Take You Out.