LUTHER VANDROSS - NEVER TOO MUCH

NEVER TOO MUCH

LUTHER VANDROSS

SONGWRITER: LUTHER VANDROSS

COUNTRY: U.S.A.

ALBUM: NEVER TOO MUCH

LABEL: EPIC RECORDS

GENRE: R&B

YEAR: 1981

Never Too Much is the debut solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Luther Vandross, released on August 12, 1981. It peaked at number 19 on the Billboard 200(then known as Pop Albums), peaked at number one on the R&B Albums chart, and went double platinum by the RIAA. The album earned Vandross two Grammy Award nominations in 1982—"Best New Artist" and "Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male".

The album's title track topped the Black Singles chart for two weeks. Vandross's rendition of Dionne Warwick's 1964 "A House Is Not a Home" became one of his signature songs, and received attention for its transformation into an "epic", since its duration was extended to seven minutes.

Luther Ronzoni Vandross Jr. (April 20, 1951 – July 1, 2005) was an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. Throughout his career, Vandross was an in-demand background vocalist for several different artists including Todd Rundgren, Judy Collins, Chaka Khan, Bette Midler, Diana Ross, David Bowie, Ben E. King, and Donna Summer. He later became a lead singer of the group Change, which released its gold-certified debut album, The Glow of Love, in 1980 on Warner/RFC Records. After Vandross left the group, he was signed to Epic Records as a solo artist and released his debut solo album, Never Too Much, in 1981.

His hit songs include "Never Too Much", "Here and Now", "Any Love", "Power of Love/Love Power", "I Can Make It Better" and "For You to Love". Many of his songs were covers of original music by other artists such as "If This World Were Mine" (duet with Cheryl Lynn), "Since I Lost My Baby", "Superstar" and "Always and Forever". Duets such as "The Closer I Get to You" with Beyoncé, "Endless Love" with Mariah Carey and "The Best Things in Life Are Free" with Janet Jackson were all hit songs in his career.

During his career, Vandross sold over 35 million records worldwide, and received eight Grammy Awards including Best Male R&B Vocal Performance four different times. He won a total of four Grammy Awards in 2004 including the Grammy Award for Song of the Year for a song recorded not long before his death, "Dance with My Father".

I can't fool myself, I don't want nobody else to ever love me

You are my shinin' star, my guiding light, my love fantasy

There's not a minute, hour, day or night that I don't love you

You're at the top of my list 'cause I'm always thinkin' of you

I still remember in the days when I was scared to touch you

How I spent my day dreamin' plannin' how to say I love you

You must have known that I had feelings deep enough to swim in

That's when you opened up your heart and you told me to come in

Oh, my love

A thousand kisses from you is never too much

I just don't wanna stop

Oh, my love

A million days in your arms is never too much

I just don't wanna stop

Too much, never too much, never too much, never too much

Woke up today, looked at your picture just to get me started

I called you up, but you weren't there and I was broken hearted

Hung up the phone, can't be too late, the boss is so demandin'

Opened the door up and to my surprise there you were standin'

Well, who needs to go to work to hustle for another dollar

I'd rather be with you 'cause you make my heart scream and holler

Love is a gamble and I'm so glad that I'm winnin'

We've come a long way and yet this is only the beginnin'

Oh, my love

A thousand kisses from you is never too much

(Never too much, never too much, never too much)

I just don't wanna stop

Oh, my love

A million days in your arms is never too much

(Never too much, never too much, never too much)

And I just don't wanna stop

Oh, my love

A thousand kisses from you is never

(Never too much, never too much, never too much)

I just don't wanna stop

Oh, my love

A million days in your arms is never too much.