Today would have been the 61st birthday of one of the finest
voices that ever blessed the Earth. Luther Vandross died almost
seven years ago, and he is still sorely missed, especially when
you consider the sad state of the commercial R&B male crooner
(R. Kelly and Usher are about the only ones who can really sing
and sell). Let's remember him by listening to his defiant disco
(released a full two years after the Disco Demolition Rally
supposedly destroyed the genre) and by staring at a bunch of New
Yorkers' crotches. Miss ya, big guy.