Oprah inducts Luther Vandross and U2 is the surprise opener at the Rock Roll Hall of Fame ceremony
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Oprah Winfrey inducted the late Luther Vandross, and U2 was the surprise opener of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Saturday night. Winfrey, whose presence was also unannounced, said with relish that Vandross was “the maestro of the love song" and said he was once correctly named “the top artist that people make looove to. ”This R&B singer with the velvet voice was one of the definitive singers of the 1980s and ’90s. He died in 2005. “Luther and...
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