ULuther Ronzoni Vandross wazalwa ngo-April 30, 1951 eNew York City. Washona ngoJulayi 1, 2005 eNew Jersey.
Kuwo wonke umsebenzi wakhe, lo mculi waseMelika ukwazile ukuthengisa amakhophi angaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-25 ama-albhamu akhe, izikhathi eziyisi-8 ukuze aklonyeliswe ngendondo yeGrammy, izikhathi ezi-4 kuzo bekuqokwe "I-Best Male R&B Vocal Performance".
Ingoma kaLuther Ronzoni Vandross edume kakhulu ethi Dance with My Father, ayiqamba noRichard Marx.
Iminyaka yokuqala kaLuther Ronzoni Vandross
Kusukela uLuther Ronzoni Vandross akhulela emkhayeni ocula umculo, waqala ukudlala upiyano eneminyaka engu-3,5. Lapho umfana eneminyaka engu-13 ubudala, umndeni wakubo wasuka eNew York waya eBronx.
Udadewabo, ogama lakhe kwakunguPatricia, naye wayezibambele mathupha emculweni, wayeyilungu leqembu elalicula iThe Crests.
Ukwakhiwa kwe-Sixteen Candles kwaze kwathatha indawo yesibili kumashadi e-United States of America, ngemva kwalokho uPatricia washiya iqembu. Lapho uLuther eneminyaka engu-2 ubudala, washonelwa uyise.
Esikoleni, wayeyilungu leqembu lomculo iShades of Jade. Leli qembu laphumelela kakhulu, laze lakwazi ukucula eHarlem. Ngaphezu kwalokho, uLuther Ronzoni Vandross wayeyilungu leqembu leshashalazi elithi Listen My Brother phakathi neminyaka yakhe yesikole.
Kanye namanye amalungu alo mbuthano, umfana waze wakwazi ukuvela eziqephini eziningana zohlelo oludumile lwethelevishini lwezingane iSesame Street (1969).
Ngemva kokuphothula esikoleni, uLuther Ronzoni Vandross wangena enyuvesi, kodwa akazange aphumelele, ekhetha umsebenzi womculo ukuze afunde. Kakade ngo-1972, wabamba iqhaza ekuqoshweni kwe-albhamu yomculi owayedume kakhulu ngaleso sikhathi uRoberta Flack.
Futhi ngemva konyaka nje, waqopha ingoma yakhe yokuqala ecula yedwa ethi Who's Gonna Make It Easier For Me, kanye neculo elihlangene noDavid Bowie elithi Fascination.
Njengelungu lebhendi kaDavid Bowie, uLuther Ronzoni Vandross wahamba nokuvakasha kusukela ngo-1974 kuya ku-1975.
Phakathi neminyaka yokusebenza kwakhe, uye wahamba ohambweni nezihlabani zomhlaba ezinjengalezi: uBarbra Streisand, uDiana Ross, uBette Midler, uCarly Simon, uDonna Summer, no-Chaka Khan.
Ukusebenza namaqembu
Kodwa-ke, uLuther Ronzoni Vandross wathola impumelelo yangempela kuphela lapho eba yilungu leqembu lomculo elithi Guqula, elakhiwa usomabhizinisi odumile nobuciko bokudala uJacques Fred Petrus. Iqembu lenze i-disco yase-Italy kanye nesigqi ne-blues.
Amahithi adume kakhulu aleli qembu lomculo bekuyizingoma ezithi A Lover's Holiday, The Glow of Love, kanye nethi Searching, ngenxa yalokho uLuther Ronzoni Vandross ajabulela ukuduma emhlabeni wonke.
Umsebenzi we-solo kaLuther Ronzoni Vandross
Kodwa lo mculi akanelisekanga ngemali ekhokhwayo ayitholile eqenjini le Change. Futhi wanquma ukumshiya ukuze aqale ukwenza umsebenzi wedwa.
I-albhamu yakhe yokuqala ecula yedwa yayinesihloko esithi Never Too Much. Ingoma edume kakhulu kule albhamu ethi Never Too Much.
Uthathe isikhundla esiphambili kumashadi esigqi nesigqi esiluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka. Ngawo-1980s, uLuther Ronzoni Vandross wakhipha ama-albhamu ambalwa eyedwa ayephumelele.
KwakunguLuther Ronzoni Vandross owabona kuqala ikhono likaJimmy Salvemini. Kwakungo-1985 lapho uJimmy eneminyaka engu-15 ubudala.
U-Luther Ronzoni Vandross walithanda izwi lakhe futhi wamema ukuthi abambe iqhaza ekuqoshweni kwe-albhamu yakhe njengomculi osekelayo. Wabe esesiza uJimmy Salvemini ukuqopha i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala eyedwa.
Ngemuva kokuqopha banqume ukubungaza lo mcimbi, badakiwe bahamba ngezimoto. Ngemva kokuhluleka ukuzibamba, bawela umugqa ophindwe kabili oqhubekayo baphahlazeka esigxotsheni.
UJimmy Salvemini noLuther Ronzoni Vandross basindile, nakuba belimele, kodwa umgibeli wesithathu, umngane kaJimmy ogama lakhe linguLarry, washonela khona lapho.
Ngeminyaka yawo-1980 ekhulwini elidlule, uLuther Ronzoni Vandross wakhipha ama-albhamu afana nalawa: The Best of Luther Vandross... The Best of Love, Kanye Namandla Othando. Ngo-1994 waqopha i-duet noMariah Carey.
ULuther Ronzoni Vandross wayenezifo ezatholwa kuye. Ikakhulukazi, isifo sikashukela, kanye nomfutho wegazi ophakeme. Ngo-April 16, 2003, umculi odumile waseMelika wesigqi kanye ne-blues washaywa unhlangothi.
Ngaphambi kwalokho, ubesanda kuqeda umsebenzi we-albhamu ethi Dance With My Father. Ushonele esibhedlela ngenxa yesinye isifo senhliziyo.
Kwenzeka edolobheni laseMelika i-Edison (eNew Jersey). Inqwaba yabantu ibihlangene emngcwabeni, okuhlanganisa nezihlabani zemibukiso ezisezingeni lomhlaba.
