The song was co-written with Vandross' friend and protégé, Richard Marx. 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'. During his career, Vandross sold over 25 million records worldwide, and received eight Grammy Awards including Best Male R&B Vocal Performance four different times. 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 hits in his career. 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'. Not only did he score a series of multi-million-selling albums containing chart-topping hit singles and perform sold-out tours of the U.S. 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'. Luther Vandross was one of the most successful R&B artists of the 1980s and 90s.
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. He later became the lead singer of the group Change, which released its certified gold debut album, The Glow of Love, in 1980 on Warner Bros. Throughout his career, Vandross was an in demand background vocalist for several different artists including Chaka Khan, Bette Midler, Diana Ross, David Bowie, Barbra Streisand, Ben E. (Ap– July 1, 2005) was an American singer, songwriter and record producer.
