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Posted by Richard Sedlisky on July 2, 2005, 1:16 am From his beginnings as a backup singer and as a singer of commercial jingles for Pepsi and Coca Cola, one New Yorker didn't stop and through established people in the music industry he received his introduction to the world. Luther Vandross sang lead on two albums with a group called "Change". Through his voice, "Change" became recognized. Shortly after, he took a step higher and sang under his own name. With "Change" and after leaving the group he was an immediate hit on the R&B and gay charts. He was heard worldwide in both urban and gay communities. His lyrics were never explicit. He covered songs in his style but never explicitly. He didn't have to. He left much to personal imagination and personal privacy. The combination of a velvet voice that had the power behind it made him unique. He, like Marvin Gaye, can never be copied. We are fortunate to have experienced a crooner when people thought that crooning was long gone. We are fortunate to have had the opportunity to embrace an artist who did his best to go beyond the R&B and gay charts, succeeded in doing so without losing those who supported him at his beginning. Another New Yorker made history in his personal way and the world responded. Richard Sedlisky
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On July 1, 2005, we learned of the passing of a great New Yorker.
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