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75-691: The Soul Train Music Awards voting body includes active professionals in the fields of radio programming and music retail and management and recording artists with records that have charted in designated music trade publications in the year prior to proceedings. Past hosts for the show include such R&B luminaries as Luther Vandross , Dionne Warwick , Patti LaBelle , Will Smith , Vanessa Williams , Taraji P. Henson , and Gladys Knight . The Soul Train Music Award trophy has featured an African ceremonial mask since its 1987 introduction. A new trophy

150-689: A Google Doodle of an animated clip that plays Vandross's song " Never Too Much ". Grammy Award for Song of the Year The Grammy Award for Song of the Year is an honor presented at the Grammy Awards , a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards. The Song of the Year award is one of the four most prestigious categories at the awards (alongside Best New Artist , Record of

225-530: A Home ". The song " Never Too Much ", written by him, reached number-one on the R&;B charts. This period also marked the beginning of a songwriting collaboration with bassist Marcus Miller , who played on many of the tracks and would also produce or co-produce a number of tracks for Vandross. The Never Too Much album was arranged by Vandross's high school classmate, Nat Adderley Jr. , a collaboration that would last through Vandross's career. Vandross released

300-529: A Home", and Stevie Wonder and Beyoncé won a Grammy for their cover of "So Amazing". On November 21, 2006, saxophonist Dave Koz released a followup to the earlier smooth jazz GRP tribute album, this time on his own Rendezvous Entertainment label, an album called Forever, for Always, for Luther Volume II , also produced by Rex Rideout and Bud Harner. Koz played on all the featured Luther Vandross tracks, which were recorded by various smooth jazz artists. On April 20, 2021, Google celebrated his 70th birthday with

375-628: A Part of Me)" was re-written as " Fascination " with David Bowie for the latter's Young Americans (1975) album, Vandross went on to tour with him as a back-up vocalist in September 1974. Vandross wrote "Everybody Rejoice/A Brand New Day" for the 1975 Broadway musical The Wiz . Vandross also sang backing vocals for artists, including Roberta Flack , Chaka Khan , Ben E. King , Bette Midler , Diana Ross , Carly Simon , Barbra Streisand , David Bowie , Cat Stevens , Gary Glitter , Ringo Starr , Sister Sledge , and Donna Summer , and for

450-455: A Part of Me)", and "The Second Time Around" were relatively successful, their two albums, the self-titled Luther (1976) and This Close to You (1977), which Vandross produced, did not sell enough to make the charts. Vandross bought back the rights to those albums after Cotillion dropped the group, preventing them from being re-released. Both albums were re-released in 2024. Vandross also wrote and sang commercial jingles from 1977 until

525-507: A backing vocalist in the 1970s, and appeared on albums by artists such as Roberta Flack , Donny Hathaway , Todd Rundgren , Evelyn Champagne King, 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

600-558: A cover of Astrud Gilberto 's "Look to the Rainbow". Vandross never married and had no children. His mother outlived all of her four children, and his three elder siblings along with his father all predeceased him due to diabetes and asthma. In 2006, Bruce Vilanch , a friend and colleague of Vandross, told Out magazine, "He said to me, 'No one knows I'm in the life.' ... He had very few sexual contacts". According to Vilanch, Vandross experienced his longest romantic relationship with

675-470: A duet with Janet Jackson from the movie Mo' Money became a hit. In 1993, he had a brief non-speaking role in the Robert Townsend movie The Meteor Man . He played a hit man who plotted to stop Townsend's title character. Vandross hit the top ten again in 1994, teaming with Mariah Carey on a cover version of Lionel Richie and Diana Ross 's duet " Endless Love ". It was included on

750-646: A lot of lady fans" and "he just didn't want to upset the world". In December 1985, Vandross filed a libel suit against a British magazine after it attributed his 85-pound weight loss to AIDS. He weighed 325 pounds (147 kg) when he started a diet in May of that year. After signing Jimmy Salvemini and having completed his debut album, Roll It , Vandross, Salvemini, and Salvemini's brother and manager Larry decided to celebrate. On January 12, 1986, they were riding in Vandross's convertible on Laurel Canyon Boulevard , in

825-546: A man while living in Los Angeles during the late 1980s and early 1990s. In December 2017, 12 years after his death, Vandross' friend Patti LaBelle confirmed that he was gay. In addition, Vandross was well aware that officially coming out as gay while he was actively making music would have been detrimental to the trajectory of his career, given the majority of his target audience was women seeking some mode of emotional engagement from his words. LaBelle said "[Vandross] had

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900-408: A new look. Vandross, who had been to only one basketball game in his life, was the new singer, and the video had none of the special effects, like glowing basketballs and star trails, that videos from previous years had. This song version is in use today. J Records released a song in 2006, " Shine "—an upbeat R&B track that samples Chic 's disco song "My Forbidden Lover"—which reached No. 31 on

975-470: A recording contract with Epic Records that same year, but he also provided background vocals on "Miracles" and on the new Petrus-created act, the B. B. & Q. Band in 1981. During that hectic year Vandross jump-started his second attempt at a solo career with his debut album, Never Too Much . In addition to the hit title track it contained a version of the Bacharach & David song " A House Is Not

1050-526: A rendition of Michael Jackson 's hit song " Man in the Mirror " at Jackson's 30th Anniversary special, alongside Usher and 98 Degrees . In the spring of 2003, Vandross's last collaboration was Doc Powell 's song "What's Going On", a cover of Marvin Gaye 's seminal 1971 original , from Powell's album 97th and Columbus . In 2003, Vandross released the album Dance with My Father . It sold 442,000 copies in

1125-489: A series of successful R&B albums during the 1980s and continued his session work with guest vocals on groups like Charme in 1982. Many of his earlier albums made a bigger impact on the R&B charts than on the pop charts. During the 1980s, two of Vandross's singles reached No. 1 on the Billboard R&;B charts: "Stop to Love", in 1986, and a duet with Gregory Hines —"There's Nothing Better Than Love." Vandross

1200-485: A single or for one track from an album, this award goes only to the composer(s) of the song whereas the Record of the Year award goes to the performer(s) and production team for a particular recording of the song. According to the 54th Grammy Awards description guide, the award is given to the songwriter(s) of a song that "must contain melody and lyrics and must be either a new song or a song first achieving prominence during

1275-508: A three Saturday morning animated PSA spots. The 1989 compilation album The Best of Luther Vandross... The Best of Love included the ballad " Here and Now ", his first single to chart in the Billboard pop chart top ten, peaking at number six. In 1990, Vandross wrote, produced and sang background for Whitney Houston in a song titled "Who Do You Love" which appeared on her album I'm Your Baby Tonight . That year, he guest starred on

1350-400: A version of this song on his Your Secret Love album in 1996. In 1985, Vandross first spotted the talent of Jimmy Salvemini, who was 15 at the time, on Star Search . He thought Salvemini had the perfect voice for some of his songs and contacted him. He was managed by his brother, Larry Salvemini. A contract was negotiated with Elektra Records for $ 250,000 and Vandross agreed to produce

1425-477: A wheelchair. He later regained the ability to walk. At the 2004 Grammy Awards , Vandross appeared in a pre-taped video segment to accept his Song of the Year Award for "Dance With My Father", saying, "When I say good-bye, it's never for long, because I believe in the power of love " (Vandross sang the last six words). His mother, Mary, accepted the award in person on his behalf. His last public appearance

1500-585: Is " Peaches ", which had 11 co-writers nominated for the 2022 ceremony. Thirty-two of the winning songs have also won the award for Record of the Year . From 1995 to 2018, members of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences nominated their choices for song of the year. A list of the top twenty records was given to the Nominations Review Committee, a specially selected group of anonymous members, who then selected

1575-603: Is a bronze abstract sitting figure known as the Vanguard in 1987. However, the trophy is an African mask which is known as the Heritage Award. Its distinctive design created by an unknown sculptor, but its remains a visual trademark for Soul Train's representation of Black music. From 1989 to 2007, the Heritage mask remained the trophy for Soul Train Music Awards until 2009 when BET and its sister channel Centric revived

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1650-459: Is the most nominated songwriter in this category with eight nominations. Swift has never won the award. The first woman to win the award was Carole King in 1972, for " You've Got a Friend ". Adele was the first female songwriter to win the award twice, winning for " Rolling in the Deep " and " Hello ". Lorde is the youngest songwriter to win in the category, winning for " Royals " in 2014 at

1725-571: Is the only composer to win the Song of the Year and Best New Artist awards the same year in 1975, for " The Way We Were ". John Lennon , Paul McCartney , Lionel Richie , Diane Warren , Billie Eilish , H.E.R , Finneas O'Connell and Taylor Swift are the only songwriters to receive three consecutive nominations for Song of the Year. The song " Nel blu, dipinto di blu (Volare) ", winner in 1959, written by Domenico Modugno and performed in Italian,

1800-656: Is the only foreign-language song to win this award, although the 1967 winner " Michelle " penned by Lennon–McCartney for The Beatles to perform, has a critical part of its lyrics in French. The Ernest Gold song " Theme of Exodus ", which won in 1961, is the only instrumental song to ever receive this award. The first and only tie in this category in Grammy history took place in 1978, when both Barbra Streisand 's & Paul Williams ' " Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born ) " and Joe Brooks ' " You Light Up My Life " won

1875-661: Is the only songwriter to win Song of the Year in two consecutive years: in 2021 (" I Can't Breathe ") and 2022 (" Leave the Door Open "). Other multiple winners in this category include Henry Mancini (" Moon River " and " Days of Wine and Roses "); Johnny Mercer (" Moon River " and " Days of Wine and Roses "); James Horner (" Somewhere Out There " and " My Heart Will Go On "); Will Jennings (" Tears in Heaven " and " My Heart Will Go On "); U2 (" Beautiful Day " and " Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own "); Adele (" Rolling in

1950-542: The Billboard R&;B chart. The song was originally slated to be released on the soundtrack to the movie, The Fighting Temptations , but it was shelved. A later remix of the song peaked at No. 10 on the Club Play chart. "Shine" and a track titled "Got You Home" were previously unreleased songs on The Ultimate Luther Vandross (2006), a greatest hits album on Epic Records /J Records/ Legacy Recordings that

2025-811: The Greater Los Angeles . The 2010 awards was held on November 10 just outside Atlanta at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre , and aired November 28. The 2011 show was once again held in Atlanta and aired November 27. The 2012 ceremony was held live on November 25 at Planet Hollywood Las Vegas in Las Vegas Valley , Nevada . As of 2019, Beyoncé is the most-awarded artist at the Soul Train Music Awards with 16 awards. The original trophy

2100-585: The Harlem Cultural Festival in late August 1969. Directly afterward, he appeared with the group in the pilot episode and other episodes of the first season of Sesame Street during 1969–1970. Vandross added backing vocals to Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway in 1972, and worked on Delores Hall's Hall-Mark album (1973). He sang with her on the song "Who's Gonna Make It Easier for Me", which he wrote, and he contributed another song, "In This Lonely Hour". After his song "Funky Music (Is

2175-528: 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 shortly before his death, " Dance with My Father ". In 2021, he was posthumously inducted into the National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame . Vandross worked as

2250-472: The Blowfish , Jaheim , John Legend , Mint Condition , Ne-Yo , Ruben Studdard , and Usher . Stokley Williams , the lead singer of Mint Condition, has said that he has "studied Luther for such a long time because he was the epitome of perfect tone." On his influence, John Legend has said, "All us people making slow jams now, we was inspired by the slow jams Luther Vandross was making." In 2008, Vandross

2325-501: The Deep " and " Hello "); Christopher Brody Brown (" That's What I Like " and " Leave the Door Open "); Bruno Mars (" That's What I Like " and " Leave the Door Open "); Billie Eilish (" Bad Guy " and " What Was I Made For? "); and Finneas O'Connell (" Bad Guy " and " What Was I Made For? "), winning two times each. However, songs written for Andy Williams , Roberta Flack , Barbra Streisand and Bette Midler have received this award twice. American singer/songwriter Taylor Swift

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2400-563: The Hot 100 chart (#7 R&B/#4 Adult Contemporary ), while the second single, "Got a Date" was a moderate hit (#45 R&B/#15 Club Play). Vandross wrote and produced "It's Hard for Me to Say" for Diana Ross from her Red Hot Rhythm & Blues album. Ross performed the song as an a cappella tribute to Oprah Winfrey on her final season of The Oprah Winfrey Show . She then proceeded to add it to her successful 2010–12 " More Today Than Yesterday: The Greatest Hits Tour . Vandross also recorded

2475-592: The Salvemini family was supportive of Vandross, but later filed a wrongful death suit against him. The case was settled out of court with a payment to the Salvemini family of about $ 630,000. Roll It was released later that year. Vandross had diabetes and hypertension . On April 16, 2003, he had a severe stroke at his home in New York City and was in a coma for nearly two months. The stroke affected his ability to speak and sing and caused him to require

2550-498: The Soul Cypher was introduced during the 2020 broadcast. Luther Vandross 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

2625-408: The Year and Album of the Year ), presented annually since the 1st Grammy Awards in 1959. According to the 54th Grammy Awards description guide, the award is presented: to honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position. If a winning song contains samples or interpolations of existing material,

2700-486: The Year, Album of the Year, and Best New Artist on separate occasions. Only six artists have won the Song of the Year and Best New Artist awards the same year: Christopher Cross (" Sailing " in 1981), Alicia Keys (" Fallin' " in 2002), Amy Winehouse (" Rehab " in 2008), Fun (" We Are Young " in 2013), Sam Smith (" Stay with Me (Darkchild Version) " in 2015) and Billie Eilish (" Bad Guy " in 2020); Marvin Hamlisch

2775-463: The age of 17. Irving Gordon is the oldest songwriter to win the award, winning for " Unforgettable " in 1992 at age 77. Christopher Cross and Billie Eilish are the only artists to receive the Grammys for Song of the Year as well as Record of the Year , Album of the Year , and Best New Artist in a single ceremony. Adele was the first artist to win the awards for Song of the Year, Record of

2850-620: The album Songs , a collection of songs which had inspired Vandross over the years. He also appears on " The Lady Is a Tramp " released on Frank Sinatra 's Duets album. At the Grammy Awards of 1997 , he won his third Best Male R&B Vocal for the track "Your Secret Love". A second greatest hits album, released in 1997, compiled most of his 1990s hits and was his final album released through Epic Records. After releasing I Know on Virgin Records, he signed with J Records . His first album on Clive Davis 's new label, titled Luther Vandross ,

2925-498: The album. He contacted his old friends – Cheryl Lynn, Alfa Anderson (of Chic), Phoebe Snow and Irene Cara – to appear on the record. Jimmy Salvemini's album, Roll It , was released in 1986. Vandross also sang the ad-libs and background vocals , along with Syreeta Wright and Philip Bailey, in Stevie Wonder 's 1985 hit " Part-Time Lover ". In 1984, he voiced a cartoon character named Zack for ABC's Zack of All Trades ,

3000-417: The award. The first time in Grammy history that two different songs with the same title have been nominated in this category happened with " Hello " written by Lionel Richie in 1985 and " Hello " by Adele & Greg Kurstin in 2017. The song with the most writers to win this award is " That's What I Like ", which won in 2018 with eight writers. The song with the most writers nominated in this category

3075-493: The awards. Thunderdog designed a brand new trophy based on the program's mascot, an actual train. In 2015, host Erykah Badu added a new tradition to the award show, the Soul Cypher. Similar to a Hip-Hop cypher , it features a quartet of R&B/Soul/Gospel singers coming together to perform a freestyle. Accompanied by an instrumental beat and a live band, the artists deliver a freestyle arrangement by incorporating lyrics, hooks and/or titles from their popular hits. A UK version of

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3150-454: The bands Mandrill , Chic and Todd Rundgren 's Utopia . Before his solo breakthrough, Vandross was part of a singing quintet named Luther in the late 1970s. The quintet consisted of former Shades of Jade members Anthony Hinton and Diane Sumler, as well as Theresa V. Reed, and Christine Wiltshire , signed to Cotillion Records . Although the singles "It's Good for the Soul", "Funky Music (Is

3225-486: The early 1980s, for companies including NBC , Mountain Dew , Kentucky Fried Chicken , Burger King , and Juicy Fruit . He continued his successful career as a popular session singer during the late 1970s. His aforementioned song "Everybody Rejoice", sometimes called "A Brand New Day", was used in a Kodak commercial during the mid-1970s. In 1978, Vandross sang lead vocals for Gregg Diamond 's disco band, Bionic Boogie, on

3300-817: The eligibility year and not previously nominated for the award. Since the late 1960s other songwriter's awards have been presented for genre-specific categories, including Grammy Award for Best Country Song (since 1965), Grammy Award for Best R&B Song (since 1969), Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media (since 1988), Grammy Award for Best Rock Song (since 1992), and most recently Grammy Award for Best Rap Song (since 2004), Grammy Award for Best Gospel Song (from 2006 to 2014), Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Song (from 2012 to 2014), Grammy Award for Best American Roots Song (since 2014), Grammy Award for Best Gospel Performance/Song (since 2015), and Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song (since 2015). The category

3375-419: The eligibility year. Songs containing prominent samples or interpolations are not eligible". The award has not always been restricted to new or newly prominent songs; for instance, in 1992, when the winner was Natalie Cole 's cover of " Unforgettable " (a song that had first been recorded by Nat King Cole and achieved prominence in the 1950s), the rule was merely that the song had to have been recorded during

3450-529: The first week and debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 album chart. The title track of the same name, which was dedicated to Vandross's childhood memories of dancing with his father, won Vandross and his co-writer, Richard Marx , the 2004 Grammy Award for Song of the Year . The song also won Vandross his fourth and final award in the Best Male R&;B Vocal Performance category. The album

3525-746: 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 ". He performed 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 of which

3600-454: The latter two were hit songs in his career. The tribute album So Amazing: An All-Star Tribute to Luther Vandross , was released shortly after his death. Luther Ronzoni Vandross Jr. was born on April 20, 1951, at Bellevue Hospital , in the Kips Bay neighborhood of Manhattan , New York City. His birth occurred concurrently with General Douglas MacArthur 's ticker-tape parade throughout

3675-404: The lead singer. In a 2001 interview with Vibe , Vandross said "The Glow of Love" was "the most beautiful song I've ever sung in my life." Both songs were from Change's debut album, The Glow of Love . Vandross was originally intended to perform on their second and highly successful album Miracles in 1981, but declined the offer as Petrus didn't pay enough money. Vandross's decision led to

3750-461: The lead vocals on the group Mascara's LP title song "See You in L.A." released in 1979. Vandross also appeared on the group Charme's 1979 album Let It In . Vandross made his career breakthrough as a featured singer with the vaunted pop-dance act Change , a studio concept created by French-Italian businessman Jacques Fred Petrus . Their 1980 hits, "The Glow of Love" (by Romani, Malavasi and Garfield) and "Searching" (by Malavasi), featured Vandross as

3825-515: The north section of Hollywood Hills in Los Angeles. Vandross was driving at 50 mph (80 km/h) in a 35 mph (56 km/h) zone when he veered across the double yellow center line of the two lane street, turned sideways and collided with the front of a southbound car, then swung around and hit another car head on. Vandross and Salvemini were rushed to the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center . Larry Salvemini, who

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3900-412: The number of nominees in the category increased to 10. However, the decision to expand the number of nominees in this category was made 24 hours before the nominees were announced after an early version of the nominations list had already been circulated. This allowed " Kiss Me More " by Doja Cat featuring SZA and " Right on Time " by Brandi Carlile to be nominated as they were the songs that received

3975-464: The publisher and songwriter(s) of the original song(s) can apply for a Winners Certificate. Song of the Year is related to but is conceptually different from Record of the Year or Album of the Year: The Song of the Year awards have been awarded since 1959. It is one of the four most prestigious Grammy Awards. Despite both the Record of the Year award and Song of the Year being awarded for

4050-568: The same city. He was the fourth and youngest child, as well as the second son of Mary Ida Vandross and Luther Vandross Sr. His father was an upholsterer and singer, and his mother was a nurse. Vandross was raised in Manhattan's Lower East Side in the Alfred E. Smith Houses public housing development . At the age of three, having his own phonograph , Vandross taught himself to play the piano by ear. His father died of diabetes when Luther

4125-509: The service. Vandross was entombed at George Washington Memorial Park in Paramus, New Jersey . Possessing a tenor vocal range, Vandross was commonly referred to as "The Velvet Voice", and was sometimes called "The Best Voice of a Generation". He was also regarded as the " Pavarotti of Pop" by many critics. Vandross has been cited as an inspiration by a number of other artists, including 112 , Boyz II Men , D'Angelo , Hootie &

4200-584: The song titled "Hot Butterfly". Also in 1978, he appeared on Quincy Jones 's Sounds...and Stuff Like That!! , most notably on the song "I'm Gonna Miss You in the Morning" along with Patti Austin . Vandross also sang with the band Soirée and was the lead vocalist on the track "You Are the Sunshine of My Life"; he also contributed background vocals to the album along with Jocelyn Brown and Sharon Redd , each of whom also saw solo success. Additionally, he sang

4275-449: The soundtrack to the 1987 film Made in Heaven . In October 2015, Sony Music released a re-configured edition of its The Essential Luther Vandross compilation containing three unreleased songs: "Love It, Love It" (which made its premiere a year prior on the UK compilation The Greatest Hits ), a live recording of "Bridge Over Troubled Water" with Paul Simon and Jennifer Holliday , and

4350-512: The television sitcom 227 . More albums followed in the 1990s, beginning with 1991's Power of Love which spawned two top ten pop hits. He won his first Grammy award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance in 1991 . He won his second Best Male R&B Vocal in the Grammy Awards of 1992 , and his track "Power of Love/Love Power" won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Song in the same year. In 1992, " The Best Things in Life Are Free ",

4425-504: The top five records to gain a nomination in the category in a special ballot. The rest of the members then vote a winner from the five nominees. In 2018, it was announced the number of nominated tracks would be increased to eight. In 2021, it was announced that the Nomination Review Committees would be disbanded, and the final nominees for song of the year would be decided by votes from members. Starting in 2022,

4500-451: The vocal group The Crests and was featured on the songs "My Juanita" and "Sweetest One". Vandross graduated from William Howard Taft High School in the Bronx in 1969, and attended Western Michigan University for one and a half semesters before dropping out to continue pursuing a career in music. While in high school, Vandross founded the first Patti LaBelle fan club, of which he

4575-553: The wake of the sale of Tribune Media to Sam Zell . With the rights to Soul Train acquired by MadVision Entertainment, the Soul Train Music Awards were presented on November 24, 2009 on BET Her . MadVision now holds the rerun rights to Soul Train . The 2009 ceremony was held at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta , marking the first time in the show's 22-year history it was held outside of

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4650-445: Was at the helm as producer for Aretha Franklin's Gold-certified, award-winning comeback album Jump to It . He also produced the follow-up album, 1983's Get It Right . In 1983, the opportunity to work with his main musical influence, Dionne Warwick , came about with Vandross producing, writing songs, and singing on How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye , her fourth album for Arista Records . The title track duet reached No. 27 on

4725-582: Was designed by Tristan Eaton of Thunderdog Studios in 2009 and is manufactured by the New York firm Society Awards . From 1995 to 2005 a separate award show named Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards was held, honoring female artists. The 2008 ceremonies were not held due to several factors, including the 2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike , the ill health of Don Cornelius at the time, and Soul Train distributor Tribune Entertainment terminating operations in

4800-581: Was eight years old. In 2003, Vandross wrote the song " Dance with My Father " and dedicated it to him; the title was based on his childhood memories and his mother's recollections of the family singing and dancing in the house. His family moved to the Bronx when he was nine. His sisters, Patricia "Pat" and Ann, began taking Vandross to the Apollo Theater and to a theater in Brooklyn to see Dionne Warwick and Aretha Franklin . Patricia sang with

4875-964: Was expanded to include eight nominees in 2019 and 10 nominees in 2022 . The number of nominees was reverted to eight starting with the 2024 ceremony . As of 2023, a distinct category to honor songwriters was established: Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical . In many cases, the songwriters were also the performers ( Domenico Modugno , Henry Mancini , John Lennon & Paul McCartney , Joe South , Paul Simon , Carole King , Barbra Streisand , Billy Joel , Michael McDonald , Christopher Cross , Sting , Michael Jackson & Lionel Richie , Bobby McFerrin , Eric Clapton , Bruce Springsteen , Seal , Shawn Colvin , Rob Thomas , U2 , Alicia Keys , Luther Vandross , John Mayer , Dixie Chicks , Amy Winehouse , Coldplay , Beyoncé , Lady Antebellum , Adele , Fun , Lorde , Sam Smith , Ed Sheeran , Bruno Mars , Childish Gambino , Billie Eilish , H.E.R. , Anderson .Paak , and Bonnie Raitt ). Dernst Emile II

4950-434: Was his only career No. 1 on the Billboard album chart. The video for the title track features various celebrities alongside their fathers and other family members. The second single released from the album, " Think About You ", was the number one Urban Adult Contemporary Song of 2004 according to Radio & Records . In 2003, after the televised NCAA Men's Basketball championship, CBS Sports gave " One Shining Moment "

5025-494: Was in the passenger seat, was killed in the collision. Vandross suffered three broken ribs, a broken hip, several bruises and facial cuts. Jimmy Salvemini, who was in the back of the car, had cuts, bruises and contusions. Vandross faced vehicular manslaughter charges as a result of Larry's death, and his driving license was suspended for a year. There was no evidence that Vandross was under the influence of alcohol or other drugs; he pleaded no contest to reckless driving. At first,

5100-577: Was made on NPR's All Things Considered on November 29, 2010. In 1999, Whitney Houston sang Vandross's "So Amazing" as a tribute to Vandross as he sat in the audience during the Soul Train Awards . Johnny Gill , El DeBarge , and Kenny Lattimore provided background vocals. On July 27, 2004, GRP Records released a smooth jazz various artists tribute album, Forever, for Always, for Luther , including ten popular songs written by Vandross. The album featured vocal arrangements by Luther and

5175-523: Was on May 6, 2004, on The Oprah Winfrey Show . Vandross died on July 1, 2005, at the JFK Medical Center in Edison, New Jersey , at the age of 54 due to complications of a stroke. Vandross's funeral was held at Riverside Church in New York City on July 8, 2005. Aretha Franklin , Patti LaBelle , Stevie Wonder , Dionne Warwick and Cissy Houston were among the speakers and singers at

5250-474: Was president. He also performed in a group, Shades of Jade, that once played at the Apollo Theater . During his early years in show business, he appeared several times at the Apollo's famous amateur night. While he was a member of a theater workshop, Listen My Brother, he was involved in the singles "Only Love Can Make a Better World" and "Listen My Brother". The group performed in front of tens of thousands at

5325-450: Was produced by Rex Rideout and Bud Harner. Rideout had co-authored songs, contributed arrangements and played keyboards on Vandross's final three albums. The tribute album was mixed by Ray Bardani, who recorded and mixed most of Luther's music over the years. It featured an ensemble of smooth jazz performers, many of whom had previously worked with Vandross. On September 20, 2005, the album So Amazing: An All-Star Tribute to Luther Vandross

5400-399: Was ranked No. 54 on Rolling Stone magazine's List of 100 Greatest Singers of All Time. Mariah Carey stated in several interviews that standing next to Vandross while recording their duet "Endless Love" was intimidating. In 2010, NPR included Vandross in its 50 Greatest Voices in recorded history, saying Vandross represents "the platinum standard for R&B song stylings." The announcement

5475-420: Was released August 22, 2006. On October 16, 2007, Epic Records/J Records/Legacy Recordings released a 4-disc boxed set titled Love, Luther . It features nearly all of Vandross's R&B and pop hits throughout his career, as well as unreleased live tracks, alternate versions, and outtakes from sessions that Vandross recorded. The set also includes "There's Only You", a version of which had originally appeared on

5550-810: Was released in 2001, and it produced the hits "Take You Out" (#7 R&B/#26 Pop), and "I'd Rather" (#17 Adult Contemporary/#40 R&B/#83 Pop). Vandross scored at least one top 10 R&B hit every year from 1981 to 1994. In 1997, Vandross sang the American national anthem, " The Star-Spangled Banner ", during Super Bowl XXXI at the Louisiana Superdome , New Orleans , Louisiana. He made two public appearances at Diana Ross's Return to Love Tour : at its opening in Philadelphia at First Union Spectrum and its final stop at Madison Square Garden on July 6, 2000. In September 2001, Vandross performed

5625-424: Was released. The album is a collection of some of his songs performed by various artists, including Patti LaBelle , Stevie Wonder , Aretha Franklin , Mary J. Blige , Usher , Fantasia , Beyoncé , Donna Summer , Alicia Keys , Elton John , Celine Dion , Wyclef Jean , Babyface , John Legend , Angie Stone , Jamie Foxx , and Teddy Pendergrass . Aretha Franklin won a Grammy for her rendition of "A House Is Not

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