Talk:Luther Vandross/Archive 1

Discography
I notice the extensive Singles Discography. However, I do not see an Album Discography. As a wikipedian, I was attempting to find out which are his most important compilation albums. I personally own The Best of Luther Vandross...The Best of Love. However, this is a 1989 Compilation Album. I own 2 other Albums Power of Love (Vandross Album) and Songs (Vandross album). I am trying to determine if either of these is a compilation or what a good later compilation album would be to include in my iPod. An album discography would be quite helpful. TonyTheTiger 21:14, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

Luther Vandross Searching Dance Mix from 1992
I know there was a very nice piano house track from 1992 and Luther Vandross vocals from Searching were used on it (the entire vocals). I have not been able to find who was responsible for this track, it is very possibly a bootleg and was this vocals may have been illegally copied. But it is a very good track. It would be a shame if it was not discovered and added to the Luther Vandross information page on Wikipedia.

217.41.234.144 (talk) 19:20, 18 January 2008 (UTC) Rob Kehoe

Going in Circles redirects
why? it should either redirect to Friends of Distinction or Luther's album "Songs". or have its own page. i'd do it myself but idk how. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.45.217.196 (talk) 23:38, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
 * ok i fixed it75.45.217.196 (talk) 17:28, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Age at death
In the infobox it says he died age 54, but in the article it says he died 4 days before his 52nd birthday. Which is correct? Mouseinthehouse (talk) 18:21, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

He suffered a stroke four days before his 52nd birthday, as stated. He'd died just over two years later. AuntFlo (talk) 11:46, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

so sad. seems like so many entertainers die prematurely. has anyone ever compiled statistics on this? is being a popular entertainer a high risk career? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Skysong263 (talk • contribs) 04:06, 24 October 2011 (UTC)

Cause of death
This article is in the "cause of death disputed" category, but the article pretty clearly states he died of a stroke, with no mention of any disputes. Are there legitimate questions as to his cause of death, or should it be removed from that category? norm77 (talk) 17:03, 28 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Can't someone get a copy of his death certificate? Nietzsche 2 (talk) 16:52, 11 April 2009 (UTC)


 * might be worth mentioning his weight and weight fluctuations (aka yo-yo diet) as a possible contributor to his health problems. reference: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4643381.stm --Bobbozzo (talk) 02:00, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Vandross was not a Baritone, but a Tenor.
Luther Vandross' vocal range/type was Tenor, not Baritone. As the "Baritone" article states here on Wiki, the Greek definition of "Baritone" is "deep (or heavy) sounding." Vandross' voice was neither of those qualities. His voice was high and light-sounding and he stuck to the highest registers on the majority of his recorded work. Any lower notes are simply part of his extension, meaning that they are notes that he could hit outside of his true range. Every vocalist and every musical instrument has extensions.

Furthermore, the cited source for this tidbit of information, including the note span of his range, is a blog; hardly reliable or verifiable.

I have several reliable and verifiable sources which state that Vandross was indeed a Tenor:

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/02/arts/music/02vandross.html?_r=0 http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20084389,00.html http://www.theguardian.com/news/2005/jul/04/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries2

With this in mind, I wish to remove this information from this article.FreeSpirit80 (talk) 15:47, 25 January 2014 (UTC)FreeSpirit80 (talk) 15:48, 25 January 2014 (UTC)


 * I have removed the references to Luther's vocal range and type, due to it being sourced from an unreliable, unverifiable source (a blog). I've included references to his true Tenor vocal range from several reliable and verifiable sources.FreeSpirit80 (talk) 04:25, 23 March 2014 (UTC)

Sound of name
I am hearing many American DJs pronounce his last name like "van-droze", as if it is rhyming with hoze. Is this correct saying? 217.38.191.254 (talk) 14:50, 7 February 2016 (UTC)
 * I've always thought it was pronounced as if it was rhyming with boss, the same pronunciation as the given name Ross, but I don't know. Melonkelon (talk) 20:41, 7 February 2016 (UTC)

External links modified
Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified 2 external links on Luther Vandross. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20060428120734/http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/21620783 to http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/21620783
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20140323075322/http://www.people.com/people/article/0%2C%2C20084389%2C00.html to http://www.people.com/people/article/0%2C%2C20084389%2C00.html

When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.

Cheers.— InternetArchiveBot  (Report bug) 00:46, 28 May 2017 (UTC)

External links modified
Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified one external link on Luther Vandross. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20151119142623/http://geek-news.mtv.com/2011/10/28/7-creepy-saturday-morning-monsters/ to http://geek-news.mtv.com/2011/10/28/7-creepy-saturday-morning-monsters/

When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.

Cheers.— InternetArchiveBot  (Report bug) 07:51, 9 January 2018 (UTC)

Luther's sexuality
I provided a source where Patti LaBelle posthumously outed Luther and she said that he was in fact gay, but Gareth Griffith-Jones reverted my edits and mistakenly accused me of vandalism. I was NOT vandalizing the page, but rather I was stating something that Patti herself said on television. 61.69.217.3 (talk) 20:34, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
 * You will see that I both reinstated your revision yesterday, and I removed the automated warning on your Talk. Thank you for your diligence. &#8209; &#8209; Gareth Griffith&#8209;Jones&#160;The Welsh Buzzard &#8209; &#8209; 11:46, 15 January 2018 (UTC)

Was Luther gay and with who did he date Jolene Edwards (talk) 21:29, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Always feel these posthumous outings are a little distasteful, not least because (not by any means necessarily in this particular case) the possibility always exists that the person making the claim about someone else has got the wrong end of the stick or jumped to erroneous conclusions, and then it's forever cemented as "fact" that the deceased was gay. It's hardly the end of the world, perhaps, but if it's not 100% factual, it sits uncomfortably with me at least. It just seems where a person didn't either say so themselves, or didn't deny/ correct statements about their sexuality in their own lifetime, the final conclusion in a lot of Wikipedia articles ought to be worded perhaps less definitively. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.144.72.204 (talk) 15:29, 18 July 2020 (UTC)