1994 Luther Vandross – Songs

Alex Brown, Dann Huff, Jeremy Lubbock, Luther Vandross, Mick Guzauski, Mike Landau, Phil Perry, Phillip Ingram, Walter Afanasieff

Songs is the ninth studio album by American R&B/soul singer-songwriter Luther Vandross. It was released by Epic Records on September 20, 1994. The album, a collection of cover versions, produced the singles “Endless Love”, “Always and Forever”, and “Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now”. According to an interview both Vandross and Mariah Carey gave in Japan following the release of their duet “Endless Love”, there was mention that Carey had given advice as to what songs Vandross would cover on this album.

Songs earned Vandross four nominations at the 1995 Grammy Awards for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for “Love the One You’re With”, Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals for “Endless Love”, Best Male R&B Vocal Performance for “Always and Forever”, and Best R&B Album.

Tracks

1 Love The One You’re With (Stephen Stills) 05:03
2 Killing Me Softly (Charles Fox; Norman Gimbel) 05:33
3 Endless Love (Lionel Richie) 04:21
4 Evergreen (Barbra Streisand; Paul Williams) 03:55
5 Reflections (Brian Holland; Lamont Dozier; Edward Holland) 03:20
6 Hello (Lionel Richie) 04:43
7 Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now (Jerry Cohen; John Whitehead; Simon Harris) 04:52
8 Always And Forever (Rod Temperton) 04:54
9 Going In Circles (Anita Poree; Jerry Peters) 05:11
10 Since You’ve Been Gone (Aretha Franklin; Teddy White) 04:14
11 All The Woman I Need (Dean Pitchford; Michael Gore) 04:54
12 What The World Needs Now Is Love (Burt Bacharach; Hal David) 05:19
13 The Impossible Dream (Joe Darion; Mitch Leigh) 05:16

Musicians

1 Love The One You’re With

Bass	Walter Afanasieff
Drums	Walter Afanasieff
Guitar	Dann Huff
Hammond Organ	Walter Afanasieff
Keyboards	Walter Afanasieff
Synthesizer	Walter Afanasieff
Programming	Walter Afanasieff
Programming	Ren Klyce
Programming	Gary Cirimelli
Background Vocals	Alex Brown
Background Vocals	Brenda White
Background Vocals	Jim Gilstrap
Background Vocals	Johnny Britt
Background Vocals	Lynn Davis
Background Vocals	Paulette McWilliams
Background Vocals	Phil Perry
Background Vocals	Phillip Ingram
Background Vocals	Tawatha Agee
Vocals	Luther Vandross

2 Killing Me Softly

Bass (synthesizer)	Dan Shea
Drums (programming)	Dan Shea
Guitar	Dann Huff
Guitar	Mike Landau
Acoustic Guitar	Walter Afanasieff
Keyboards	Dan Shea
Piano	Walter Afanasieff
Synclavier	Walter Afanasieff
Synthesizer	Walter Afanasieff
Synthesizer	Dan Shea
Programming	Dan Shea
Background Vocals	Lisa Fischer
Background Vocals	Paulette McWilliams
Background Vocals	Tawatha Agee
Vocals	Luther Vandross

3 Endless Love

Bass (synthesizer)	Walter Afanasieff
Drums (programming)	Walter Afanasieff
Guitar (solo)	Dann Huff
Acoustic Guitar	Dann Huff
Acoustic Guitar	Walter Afanasieff
Keyboards	Walter Afanasieff
Synclavier	Walter Afanasieff
Synthesizer	Walter Afanasieff
Programming	Walter Afanasieff
Programming	Ren Klyce
Programming	Gary Cirimelli
Vocals	Mariah Carey
Vocals	Luther Vandross

4 Evergreen

Bass (synthesizer)	Walter Afanasieff
Drums (programming)	Walter Afanasieff
Guitar	Dann Huff
Acoustic Guitar	Walter Afanasieff
Keyboards	Walter Afanasieff
Synclavier	Walter Afanasieff
Synthesizer	Walter Afanasieff
Programming	Walter Afanasieff
Programming	Ren Klyce
Programming	Gary Cirimelli
Vocals	Luther Vandross

5 Reflections

Bass (synthesizer)	Walter Afanasieff
Drums (programming)	Walter Afanasieff
Guitar	Dann Huff
Acoustic Guitar	Walter Afanasieff
Keyboards	Walter Afanasieff
Synclavier	Walter Afanasieff
Synthesizer	Walter Afanasieff
Programming	Walter Afanasieff
Programming	Ren Klyce
Programming	Gary Cirimelli
Vocals	Luther Vandross

6 Hello

Bass (synthesizer)	Walter Afanasieff
Drums (programming)	Walter Afanasieff
Guitar	Dann Huff
Acoustic Guitar	Walter Afanasieff
Keyboards	Walter Afanasieff
Keyboards	Dan Shea
Synclavier	Walter Afanasieff
Synthesizer	Walter Afanasieff
Programming	Walter Afanasieff
Programming	Ren Klyce
Programming	Gary Cirimelli
Programming	Dan Shea
Vocals	Luther Vandross

7 Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now

Bass (synthesizer)	Walter Afanasieff
Drums (programming)	Walter Afanasieff
Guitar	Dann Huff
Guitar	Mike Landau
Keyboards	Walter Afanasieff
Keyboards	Dan Shea
Synthesizer	Walter Afanasieff
Programming	Walter Afanasieff
Programming	Dan Shea
Programming	Ren Klyce
Programming	Gary Cirimelli
Background Vocals	Alex Brown
Background Vocals	Cindy Mizelle
Background Vocals	Fonzi Thornton
Background Vocals	Jim Gilstrap
Background Vocals	Johnny Britt
Background Vocals	Lynn Davis
Background Vocals	Paulette McWilliams
Background Vocals	Phillip Ingram
Background Vocals	Robin Clark
Background Vocals	Tawatha Agee
Vocals	Luther Vandross

8 Always And Forever

Bass (synthesizer)	Walter Afanasieff
Drums (programming)	Walter Afanasieff
Guitar	Dann Huff
Guitar	Michael Thompson
Hammond Organ	Walter Afanasieff
Keyboards	Walter Afanasieff
Keyboards	Dan Shea
Synthesizer	Walter Afanasieff
Synthesizer	Dan Shea
Programming	Walter Afanasieff
Programming	Dan Shea
Programming	Ren Klyce
Programming	Gary Cirimelli
Background Vocals	Jim Gilstrap
Background Vocals	Johnny Britt
Background Vocals	Phil Perry
Background Vocals	Phillip Ingram
Vocals	Luther Vandross

9 Going In Circles

Bass (synthesizer)	Dan Shea
Drums (programming)	Walter Afanasieff
Drums (programming)	Dan Shea
Guitar	Dann Huff
Hammond Organ	Walter Afanasieff
Keyboards	Walter Afanasieff
Keyboards	Dan Shea
Programming	Walter Afanasieff
Programming	Dan Shea
Programming	Ren Klyce
Programming	Gary Cirimelli
Flugelhorn	Greg Adams
Flugelhorn	Lee Thornburg
Sax	Stephen Kupka
Sax	David Mann
Sax	Emilio Castillo
Trombone	Lee Thornburg
Trumpet	Greg Adams
Trumpet	Lee Thornburg
Background Vocals	Alex Brown
Background Vocals	Cindy Mizelle
Background Vocals	Fonzi Thornton
Background Vocals	Jim Gilstrap
Background Vocals	Johnny Britt
Background Vocals	Lynn Davis
Background Vocals	Paulette McWilliams
Background Vocals	Phil Perry
Background Vocals	Phillip Ingram
Background Vocals	Robin Clark
Background Vocals	Tawatha Agee
Vocals	Luther Vandross

10 Since You’ve Been Gone

Bass (synthesizer)	Walter Afanasieff
Drums (programming)	Walter Afanasieff
Guitar	Dann Huff
Hammond Organ	Walter Afanasieff
Keyboards	Walter Afanasieff
Keyboards	Dan Shea
Synthesizer	Walter Afanasieff
Horns (Synthesizer)	Walter Afanasieff
Programming	Walter Afanasieff
Programming	Dan Shea
Programming	Ren Klyce
Programming	Gary Cirimelli
Background Vocals	Cindy Mizelle
Background Vocals	Cissy Houston
Background Vocals	Darlene Love
Background Vocals	Paulette McWilliams
Background Vocals	Tawatha Agee
Vocals	Luther Vandross

11 All The Woman I Need

Bass (synthesizer)	Walter Afanasieff
Drums (programming)	Walter Afanasieff
Guitar	Dann Huff
Guitar	Mike Landau
Acoustic Guitar	Walter Afanasieff
Keyboards	Walter Afanasieff
Synclavier	Walter Afanasieff
Synthesizer	Walter Afanasieff
Programming	Walter Afanasieff
Programming	Ren Klyce
Programming	Gary Cirimelli
Background Vocals	Alex Brown
Background Vocals	Jim Gilstrap
Background Vocals	Johnny Britt
Background Vocals	Lynn Davis
Background Vocals	Phil Perry
Background Vocals	Phillip Ingram
Vocals	Luther Vandross

12 What The World Needs Now Is Love

Bass (synthesizer)	Walter Afanasieff
Drums (programming)	Walter Afanasieff
Guitar	Dann Huff
Acoustic Guitar	Walter Afanasieff
Keyboards	Walter Afanasieff
Synclavier	Walter Afanasieff
Synthesizer	Walter Afanasieff
Programming	Walter Afanasieff
Programming	Ren Klyce
Programming	Gary Cirimelli
Vocals	Luther Vandross

13 The Impossible Dream

Bass (synthesizer)	Walter Afanasieff
Drums (programming)	Walter Afanasieff
Guitar	Dann Huff
Acoustic Guitar	Walter Afanasieff
Keyboards	Walter Afanasieff
Synclavier	Walter Afanasieff
Synthesizer	Walter Afanasieff
Programming	Walter Afanasieff
Programming	Ren Klyce
Programming	Gary Cirimelli
Background Vocals	Cissy Houston
Background Vocals	Kevin Owens
Background Vocals	Paulette McWilliams
Background Vocals	Phillip Ballou
Background Vocals	Robin Clark
Background Vocals	Tawatha Agee
Vocals	Luther Vandross

Other Musicians

Orchestra – The London Symphony Orchestra (Tracks 4, 6, 11, 13)

Liner Notes

Producer – Walter Afanasieff
Co-producer – Luther Vandross
Arranged By – Walter Afanasieff
Arranged By – Dan Shea (Tracks 1, 6, 8, 9)
Arranged By – Narada Michael Walden (Track 11)
Arranged By (Background Vocals) – Luther Vandross (Tracks 1, 7, 10)
Arranged By (Background Vocals) – Cissy Houston (Track 10)
Arranged By (Horns) – Greg Adams (Track 9)
Arranged By (Orchestra) – Jeremy Lubbock (Tracks 4, 6, 11, 13)
Conductor – Jeremy Lubbock (Tracks 3, 4, 6, 11, 13)
Coordinator – Barbara Stout, Marsha Burns
Engineer – Dana Jon Chappelle
Engineer (Assistant) – Bill Leonard, Jay Militscher, Neill Perry, Gus Garces, Andy Smith, Mike Scott, David Gleeson, Kyle Bess, Mike Reiter, Craig Brock, Chris Ludwinski, Kent Matcke
Mastered By – Bob Ludwig
Mixed By – Dana Jon Chappelle (Tracks 1, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12)
Mixed By – Mick Guzauski (Tracks 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 11, 13)
Recorded By – Dana Jon Chappelle
Recorded By (Luther’ Vocals) – Paul Brown
Recorded By (Mariah’s Vocals) – Jay Healy
Recorded By (Strings) – Haydn Bendall
Recorded By (LSO) – Haydn Bendall (Tracks 4, 6, 11, 13)

Design – Cersille/Manzone
Photography – Guzman, Albert Telot

Mastered At Gateway Mastering
Mixed At The Plant Studios
Mixed At The Hit Factory
Mixed At Sony Music Studios, New York City
Recorded At The Hit Factory
Recorded At Record Plant, Los Angeles
Recorded At Right Track Recording
Phonographic Copyright Sony Music Entertainment Inc
Copyright Sony Music Entertainment Inc