Luther Vandross: Busy Body (Epic)
Vivien Goldman, NME, 21 January 1984
MY DADDY warned me about fellers like Luther Vandross. He gave me, rest his soul, two sage sayings: "Never run after a bus or a man, because there's always another one behind", and "That's Record Number 87".
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