Luther Are Good For The Soul
David Nathan, Blues & Soul, June 1976
2008 introduction: "Luther are three girls and two guys whose debut single for Cotillion is attracting a lot of attention. They are not headliners yet, but they've been putting in a lot of ground work on building a solid reputation..." Thus began the first of what would be many interviews David Nathan would conduct over almost thirty years with Luther Vandross, then emerging as an in-demand jingle and background session singer in Manhattan and coincidentally a neighbor of David's on W. 56th St.
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