When I first met Luther Vandross, I went down to Philadelphia. David Bowie invited me down...
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When I first met Luther Vandross, I went down to Philadelphia. David Bowie invited me down in 1973 - to hear, he was recording the "Young Americans". And I had one record out and he'd cut a couple of my songs. And, so, it was tremendously exciting. I took the bus to Philadelphia. And I went into the studio and I met David and I met the band - and Luther Vandross was one of the backup singers in David Bowie's Young American's band... Well, you know, it was just fabulous, you know. And it was David Bowie's soul record, in that sense. And he called on those voices that were rooted in the church to bring that in. Cause they bring A *world* with them. A *world* with them
When I first met Luther Vandross, I went down to Philadelphia. David Bowie invited me down in 1973 - to hear, he was recording the "Young Americans". And I had one record out and he'd cut a couple of my songs. And, so, it was tremendously exciting. I took the bus to Philadelphia. And I went into the studio and I met David and I met the band - and Luther Vandross was one of the backup singers in David Bowie's Young American's band... Well, you know, it was just fabulous, you know. And it was David Bowie's soul record, in that sense. And he called on those voices that were rooted in the church to bring that in. Cause they bring A *world* with them. A *world* with them
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Luther Vandross when I first met Luther Vandross
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I went down to Philadelphia David Bowie
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David Bowie invited me down 1973 to hear
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He was recording Young Americans
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And I had one record out and he cut a couple of my songs
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and so I was tremendously excited
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and I took the bus to Philadelphia
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And I went in the studio and I met David and I met the band
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And Luther Vandross was one of the backup singers
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in David David Bowie's Young Americans band
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My God I can trot on that
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Time giving it
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Giving it Keeping it back
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That's cool That's cool OK next one
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Gotta do it this way to get it One two
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Well it was It was just fabulous you know
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And it was David Bowie's soul record in that sense
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and he called on those voices that were rooted in the church to bring that in
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because they bring a world with them a world with them
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Movie Summary
Backup singers live in a world that lies just beyond the spotlight. Their voices bring harmony to the biggest bands in popular music, but we've had no idea who these singers are or what lives they lead, until now.
