Luther Vandross, RIP

How unfortunate -- just four days ago I bought my first Vandross album, the great two-disc Essential comp. He already had my eternal love for helping David Bowie with Young Americans and helming two of Aretha's more consistent '80s albums, Jump To It and Get It Right. I regret it took me years to see what great songs, in every sense (sung, arranged, performed), "Never Too Much, "Give Me The Reason," "Here & Now," and his revelatory cover of "A House is Not A Home" are.