Luther Vandross
Mark Cooper, Time Out, 8 February 1989
LUTHER VANDROSS' popularity has firmly established him as the King of Soul. His songs of love and loneliness have sold millions, and now his only problem seems to lie in keeping his weight as constant as his public.
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