Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Luther Ronzoni Vandross ma ʻApelila 30, 1951 ma New York City. Ua hala ʻo ia ma Iulai 1, 2005 ma New Jersey.
I loko o kāna ʻoihana a pau, ua kūʻai aku kēia mele ʻAmelika ma mua o 25 miliona mau kope o kāna mau album, 8 mau manawa e loaʻa i ka Grammy Award, 4 mau manawa o lākou i ka koho "Best Male Vocal R&B Performance".
ʻO ka mele kaulana loa a Luther Ronzoni Vandross, ʻo ia ka Hula me koʻu Makua, nāna i haku me Richard Marx.
ʻO nā makahiki mua o Luther Ronzoni Vandross
ʻOiai ua ulu ʻo Luther Ronzoni Vandross i kahi ʻohana mele, ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e pāʻani i ka piano i ka makahiki 3,5. I ka makahiki 13 o ke keikikāne, ua neʻe kona ʻohana mai New York a i ka Bronx.
ʻO kona kaikuahine, ʻo Patricia kona inoa, ua komo pū ʻo ia i ka mele, ʻo ia kekahi lālā o ka hui leo ʻo The Crests.
ʻO ka haku mele ʻumikūmāono Candles ua loaʻa i ka 2nd kūlana ma nā palapala kiʻi o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, a laila haʻalele ʻo Patricia i ka hui. I ka 8 makahiki o Lutera, ua nalowale kona makuakane.
Ma ke kula, he lālā ʻo ia o ka hui mele ʻo Shades of Jade. Ua lanakila loa kēia hui, a hiki i ka hoʻokani ma Harlem. Eia kekahi, he lālā ʻo Luther Ronzoni Vandross o ka hui keaka Listen My Brother i kāna mau makahiki kula.
Me nā lālā ʻē aʻe o kēia pōʻai, ua hiki i ke keikikāne ke ʻike ʻia i kekahi mau manawa o ka papahana TV kaulana no nā keiki ʻo Sesame Street (1969).
Ma hope o kona puka 'ana mai ke kula, ua komo 'o Luther Ronzoni Vandross i ke kulanui, akā 'a'ole i puka 'o ia, makemake 'o ia i ka 'oihana mele e a'o. I kēia manawa i ka makahiki 1972, ua komo ʻo ia i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ka album o ka mea mele kaulana loa ʻo Roberta Flack.
A i hoʻokahi makahiki ma hope mai, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo ia i kāna mele mele mua ʻo Who's Gonna Make It Easier for Me, a me kahi mele hui pū me David Bowie, i kapa ʻia ʻo Fascination.
Ma ke ʻano he lālā o ka hui ʻo David Bowie, ua hele ʻo Luther Ronzoni Vandross i ka huakaʻi mai 1974 a i 1975.
I nā makahiki o kāna ʻoihana, ua huakaʻi ʻo ia i ka huakaʻi me nā hōkū papa honua e like me: Barbra Streisand, Diana Ross, Bette Midler, Carly Simon, Donna Summer, a me Chaka Khan.
Ke hana pū me nā hui
Eia naʻe, ua loaʻa iā Luther Ronzoni Vandross ka lanakila maoli i ka wā i lilo ai ʻo ia i lālā o ka hui mele Change, i hana ʻia e ka mea ʻoihana kaulana a me ka mea hana ʻo Jacques Fred Petrus. Hoʻokani ka hui i ka disco ʻItalia a me ke mele a me ka blues.
ʻO nā mele kaulana loa o kēia pūʻulu mele, ʻo ia nā haku mele ʻo A Lover's Holiday, The Glow of Love, a me Searching, mahalo iā Luther Ronzoni Vandross i hauʻoli ai i ke kaulana honua.
ʻO ka hana hoʻokahi a Luther Ronzoni Vandross
Akā ʻaʻole ʻoluʻolu ka mea pena i ka nui o ka uku i loaʻa iā ia ma ka hui Change. A ua hoʻoholo ʻo ia e haʻalele iā ia i mea e hoʻomaka ai e hana i ka hana solo.
ʻO kāna album mua ma ke ʻano he mea kiʻi solo i kapa ʻia ʻo Never Too Much. ʻO ka mele kaulana loa mai kēia album ʻo Never Too Much.
Ua lawe ʻo ia i kahi kūlana poʻokela ma ka papa mele mele a me nā blues. I ka makahiki 1980, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo Luther Ronzoni Vandross i nā mele mele ʻē aʻe i kūleʻa.
ʻO Luther Ronzoni Vandross ka mea i ʻike mua i ke kālena o Jimmy Salvemini. I ka makahiki 1985 i ka makahiki 15 o Jimmy.
Ua makemake ʻo Luther Ronzoni Vandross i kona leo a kono iā ia e komo i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana o kāna album ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻokani pila. Ua kōkua ʻo ia iā Jimmy Salvemini e hoʻopaʻa i kāna album mele mua.
Ma hope o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana, ua hoʻoholo lākou e hoʻolauleʻa i kēia hanana, a hele ka ʻona no ka holo kaʻa. Ma hope o ka nalowale ʻana o ka mana, ua ʻaʻa lākou i kahi māka hoʻomau pālua a hāʻule i ka pou.
Ua ola ʻo Jimmy Salvemini lāua ʻo Luther Ronzoni Vandross, ʻoiai ua ʻeha lāua, akā ʻo ke kolu o ka mea kaʻa, he hoaaloha o Jimmy i kapa ʻia ʻo Larry, ua make ma ia wahi.
I nā makahiki 1980 o ke kenekulia i hala, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo Luther Ronzoni Vandross i nā album e like me: The Best of Luther Vandross… The Best of Love, as well as Power of Love. I ka makahiki 1994 ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo ia i kahi duet me Mariah Carey.
Ua loaʻa iā Luther Ronzoni Vandross nā maʻi i hoʻoili ʻia mai iā ia. ʻO ka mea nui, ka maʻi diabetes, a me ka hypertension. Ma ka lā 16 o ʻApelila, 2003, ua loaʻa i ka maʻi kahakiʻi ʻAmelika kaulana.
Ma mua o kēlā, ua hoʻopau ʻo ia i kāna hana ma ka album Hula Me Koʻu Makua. Ua make ʻo ia i loko o ka haukapila ma muli o kekahi hōʻeha puʻuwai.
Ua hana ʻia ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo ʻAmelika ʻo Edison (New Jersey). He heluna nui o ka poʻe i ʻākoakoa ma ka hoʻolewa, me nā hōkū ʻoihana hōʻikeʻike honua.
