"Dance with My Father" is the title track from the 2003 Luther Vandross album Dance with My Father. It was written by Vandross and Richard Marx. It has also been performed by Céline Dion, Steve Brookstein, Scott Savol, Kellie Coffey, and Tamyra Gray during her guest stint on the Fox TV drama Boston Public. The song reached number 38 on the Billboard Hot 100 on September 16, 2003, becoming Vandross' final Top 40 hit.
In February 2004, Vandross and...
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"Dance with My Father" is the title track from the 2003 Luther Vandross album Dance with My Father. It was written by Vandross and Richard Marx. It has also been performed by Céline Dion, Steve Brookstein, Scott Savol, Kellie Coffey, and Tamyra Gray during her guest stint on the Fox TV drama Boston Public. The song reached number 38 on the Billboard Hot 100 on September 16, 2003, becoming Vandross' final Top 40 hit.
In February 2004, Vandross and Marx won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year for "Dance with My Father".
The song comes from the good times Vandross shared with his late father, Luther Vandross, Sr., when he was a child and they would dance with each other.
"Dance With My Father" was the last top 40 hit for the late Luther Vandross in his homeland, U.S., peaking at 38. The song also peaked at 21 in the UK. As of Saturday 29th August 2009 the song re-entered the top 40 after a performance of the song on the british hit tv show X Factor.
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