Luther Vandross song about his dad

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Just started hearing this on the radio a few weeks back which means it should be overplayed ver soon. Its a beautiful and very emotional song. Add on to that the fact that its being put out there while Luther is in a coma. It touches me as a son and as a father of three. Following are the lyrics and then an article about the song, including comments from his mom.

 

Dance With My Father

 

Back when i was a child, before life removed all the innocence

my father would lift me high and dance with my mother and me and then

spin me around' til i fell asleep

then up the stairs he would carry me

and i knew for sure i was loved

if i could get another chance, another walk, another dance with him

i'd play a song that would never, ever end

how i'd, love love, love

to dance with my father again

when i and my mother would diagree

to get my way, i would run from her to him

he'd make me laugh just to comfort me

then finally make me do just what my mama said

late that night when i was asleep

he left a dollar under my sheet

never dreamed that he would be gone from me

if i could steal one final glance, one final step, one final dance with him

i'd play a song that would never, ever end

'cause i'd love, love, love

to dance with my father again

sometimes i,d listen outside her door

and i,d hear how my mother cried for him

i pray for her even more than me

i pray for her even more than me

i know i'm praying for much to much

but could you send me back the only man she ever loved

i know you don't do it usually

but dear lord she's dying

to dance with my father again

every night i fall asleep and this is all i ever dream

 

 

Song for Vandross' father

By Steve Jones, USA TODAY

Luther Vandross' touching tribute to his late dad is touching the R&B singer's fans. As they hope for his recovery from a severe stroke April 16, Dance With My Father, the title track from Vandross' new album, has become one of the most requested songs at adult radio.

 

Luther Vandross' tribute to his dad climbs the charts.

 

 

On the song, this week's fastest-growing hit on the adult R&B radio airplay chart and a fast riser on pop adult contemporary stations, Vandross reminisces happily about his father, Luther, who died when the singer was young. The song has taken on an added poignancy for listeners; the 52-year-old star has yet to regain consciousness since being stricken and remains hospitalized in critical condition in New York.

 

"Fans often call and say, 'We hope he gets one more chance to dance,' " says Jim Ryan, program director at New York's WLTW.

 

Ryan, who also consults on programming with radio chain Clear Channel's 131 other AC stations, says he received a handwritten letter from Vandross six weeks ago thanking Ryan for including him in the station's TV ads and mentioning that he had just written what he considered his "career song." Dance was performed April 28 on the Fox TV show Boston Public by former American Idol contestant Tamyra Gray. Ryan played the Vandross version for the first time the next day.

 

"It had an overwhelming telephone response," Ryan says. "It's become one of the most requested songs at the radio station."

 

Vandross' mother, Mary, said in a statement last week that when she heard the song, "I played it over and over and I cried and I cried. I was amazed at how well Luther remembered his father, how we used to dance and sing in the house. I was so surprised that at 7½ years of age, he could remember what a happy household we had."

 

The new album is the 15th of the singer's career and includes guest appearances by Foxy Brown, Beyoncé Knowles, Busta Rhymes, Queen Latifah and Stevie Wonder. It follows his self-titled platinum debut on J Records. Coinciding with the album's release June 10, his old label, Epic Records, will put out The Essential Luther Vandross, featuring 30 of his greatest hits.

 

Ryan says those songs also have been in greater demand at radio stations of late. "The fans want to hear them, and they want to think of him," he says. "We'd like to think that music heals."

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It was a good song. I first heard it over the summer...luckily they're not overplaying it and cheapening it.