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.
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