Luther Vandross
Luther Ronzoni Vandross Jr.( April 20, 1951 – July 1, 2005) was an American singer, songwriter, and record producer.
Throughout his career, Vandross was an in- demand background vocalist for several different artists including Todd Rundgren, Judy Collins, Chaka Khan, Bette Midler, Diana Ross, David Bowie, Ben E. King, and Donna Summer.
He later became a lead singer of the group Change, which released its gold- certified debut album," The Glow of Love", in 1980 on Warner/ RFC Records.
After Vandross left the group, he was signed to Epic Records as a solo artist and released his debut solo album," Never Too Much", in 1981.
His hit songs include" Never Too MuchHere and NowAny LovePower of Love/ Love Power I Can Make It Better" and" For You to Love".
Many of his songs were covers of original music by other artists such as" If This World Were Mine"( duet with Cheryl Lynn)," Since I Lost My BabySuperstar" and" Always and Forever".
Duets such as" The Closer I Get to You" with Beyoncé," Endless Love" with Mariah Carey and" The Best Things in Life Are Free" with Janet Jackson were all hit songs in his career.
During his career, Vandross sold over 35 million records worldwide, and received eight Grammy Awards including Best Male R&B Vocal Performance four different times.
He won a total of four Grammy Awards in 2004 including the Grammy Award for Song of the Year for a song recorded not long before his death," Dance with My Father".
Billy Milano
Billy Milano is a Bronx- born heavy metal musician now based in Austin, Texas.
He is the singer and- occasionally- guitarist and bassist of crossover thrash band M.O.D., and he was also the singer of its predecessor, Stormtroopers of Death.
He was also the singer of United Forces, which also featured his Stormtroopers of Death bandmate Dan Lilker.
O Valencia!
" O Valencia!" is the fifth single by the indie rock band
The Decemberists, and the first released from their fourth studio album," The Crane Wife".
The music was written by The Decemberists and the lyrics by Colin Meloy.
It tells a story of two star- crossed lovers.
The singer falls in love with a person who belongs to an opposing gang.
At the end of the song, the singer's lover jumps in to defend the singer, who is confronting his lover's brother( the singer's" sworn enemy") and is killed by the bullet intended for the singer.
Turn da Lights Off
" Turn da Lights Off" is a song by American singer
Tweet from her second studio album," It's Me Again"( 2005).
It features guest vocals from American rapper Missy Elliott, who co-wrote and co-produced the song with Kwamé.
The song was released on October 5, 2004, as the album's lead single.
" Turn da Lights Off" contains a sample of Nat King Cole's" Lost April" and portions of Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell's" If This World Were Mine".
If This World Were Mine
"If This World Were Mine" is a 1967 song by soul music duo Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell from their album "United".
Written solely by Gaye, it was one of the few songs they recorded without Ashford & Simpson writing or producing.
When it was released as a single in November 1967 as the B-side to the duo's
"If I Could Build My Whole World Around You", it hit the "Billboard" pop singles chart, peaking at number sixty-eight, and peaked at number twenty-seven on the "Billboard" R&B singles chart.
Gaye would later put the song into his set list during his last tours in the early-1980s as he performed a medley of his hits with Terrell.
The song was covered a year later by Joe Bataan on
the 1968 Fania Allstars LP "Live at the Red Garter, Vol. 2
", and in 1969 by Ambrose Slade (pre-Slade) on their album "Beginnings".
Marvin Gaye
Marvin Gaye (born Marvin Pentz Gay Jr.; April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984) was an American singer, songwriter, and record producer.
He helped to shape the sound of Motown in the 1960s, first as an in-house session player and later as a solo artist with a string of hits, earning him the nicknames "Prince of Motown" and "Prince of Soul".
Gaye's Motown hits include "Ain't That
PeculiarHow Sweet
It Is (To Be Loved By You)", and
"I Heard It Through the Grapevine", and duet recordings with Mary Wells, Kim Weston, Diana Ross, and Tammi Terrell.
During the 1970s, he recorded the albums "
What's Going On" and "Let's Get It On" and became one of the first artists in Motown, along with Stevie Wonder, to break away from the reins of a production company.
His later recordings influenced several contemporary R&B subgenres, such as quiet storm and neo soul.
Following a period in Europe as a tax exile in the early 1980s, he released the 1982 hit "Sexual Healing", which won him his first two Grammy Awards, and its parent album "Midnight Love".
Gaye's last television appearances were at the 1983 NBA All-Star Game, where he sang "The Star-Spangled Banner" and on "Soul Train" which was his third and final appearance.
On April 1, 1984, the day before his 45th birthday, Gaye's father, Marvin Gay Sr., fatally shot him at their house in the West Adams district of Los Angeles.
Many institutions have posthumously bestowed Gaye with awards and other honors including the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, and inductions into the Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame, the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Lamman Rucker
Lamman Rucker( born October 6, 1971) is an American actor.
Rucker began his career on the daytime soap operas" As the World Turns" and" All My Children", before roles in Tyler Perry's films
" Why Did I Get Married?
Why Did I Get Married Too?", and" Meet the Browns", and its television adaptation.
In 2016, he began starring as Jacob Greenleaf in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama series," Greenleaf".
Bernie Bonvoisin
Bernard Bonvoisin, known as Bernie Bonvoisin( born 9 July 1956 in Nanterre, Hauts- de- Seine), is a French hard rock singer and film director.
He is best known for having been the singer of Trust.
He was one of the best friends of Bon Scott the singer of AC/ DC and together they recorded the song" Ride On" which was one of the last songs by Bon Scott.
When You Were Mine (Taylor Henderson song)
" When You Were Mine" is a song recorded by Australian singer and songwriter Taylor Henderson.
The song was written by Henderson, Louis Schoorl, Hayley Warner and Alex Hope, and produced by Schoorl.
It was released on 7 March 2014 as the lead single from Henderson's second studio album," Burnt Letters".
Musically," When You Were Mine" a pop and folk song that incorporates influences of country music, with lyrics" about a lost love and wishing to buy back the time."
The song received positive reviews from critics, who praised its composition and lyrics as well as Henderson's vocals.
They also compared it to his debut single" Borrow My Heart"( 2013).
" When You Were Mine" reached number five on the ARIA Singles Chart and became Henderson's third top- five song.
It was certified Platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association for selling over 70,000 copies.
The accompanying music video was directed by James Chappell and filmed at a vintage record store.
To promote the single, Henderson performed" When You Were Mine" on" Sunrise" and at shopping centres across Australia.
When You Were Mine (Prince song)
" When You Were Mine" is a song written and released by Prince on his 1980 album," Dirty Mind".
Though not released as a single, the song received a promotional 12" release( which included" Gotta Broken Heart Again" and" UptownWhen You Were Mine" was later the B-side for Prince's" Controversy" single in 1981.
Prince has performed the song many times in concert, and a live version was included on his 2002 live album," One Nite Alone ... Live!".
The original studio version was also included on" The Hits/ The B- Sides" in 1993.
Prince said he was inspired to write the rock song while listening to John Lennon.
The track includes a Farfisa- inspired organ sound played on an Oberheim OB- X.

Question: Why did the performer of song If This World Were Mine die?
Answer: shot