The Night I Fell in Love (album)

The Night I Fell in Love is the fourth studio album by American R&B/soul singer-songwriter Luther Vandross, released on March 8, 1985, by Epic Records. In 1986, Vandross garnered a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance and two American Music Awards, Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist and Favorite Soul/R&B Album. The first single "'Til My Baby Comes Home" is notable for featuring Billy Preston on organ.

The Night I Fell in Love reached number nineteen on the US Billboard 200 album chart and topped the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts, it was ranked #93 on Rolling Stone Magazine's list of the 100 best albums of the 1980s. The album was later certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

Personnel

 * Luther Vandross – lead and backing vocals, vocal arrangements
 * Nat Adderley, Jr. – keyboards, synthesizers, string arrangements, rhythm and synthesizer arrangements (3, 4, 6, 7, 8)
 * John "Skip" Anderson – synthesizers, synthesizer programming
 * Marcus Miller – synthesizers, backing vocals, rhythm and synthesizer arrangements (1, 2, 5), bass (2-8)
 * Ed Walsh – synthesizers, synthesizer programming
 * Billy Preston – organ (1)
 * Doc Powell – guitar
 * Georg Wadenius – guitar
 * Eluriel Barfield – bass (1)
 * Yogi Horton – drums
 * Paulinho da Costa – percussion, congas
 * Steve Kroon – congas, bongos
 * Alfa Anderson – backing vocals
 * Phillip Ballou – backing vocals
 * Michelle Cobbs – backing vocals
 * Lisa Fischer – backing vocals
 * Cissy Houston – backing vocals
 * Yvonne Lewis – backing vocals
 * Darlene Love – backing vocals
 * Paulette McWilliams – backing vocals
 * Brenda White King – backing vocals

Production

 * Marcus Miller – producer (1, 2, 5)
 * Luther Vandross – producer
 * Larkin Arnold – executive producer
 * Ray Bardani – engineer, mixing
 * Greg Calbi – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York, NY).
 * Dominick Celani – production assistant
 * Sephra Herman – production coordinator, music contractor
 * George Corsillo – art direction, design
 * Brian Hagiwara – photography
 * Shep Gordon – management
 * Daniel S. Markus – management