Kendrick Lamar and SZA's "Luther" leads the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart for an eighth total and consecutive week. The ...

Lamar's duet with SZA samples Luther Vandross' 1982 hit "If This World Were Mine." The song was written by Marvin Gaye, who himself recorded it in 1967 as a duet with Tammi Terrell.

Ruben Studdard was filled with memories and the music of Luther Vandross on Saturday in The Tracy. Villages-News.com's Tony Violanti was there.

James Brown returned to a Billboard chart thanks to a prominent sample. Luther Vandross and Cheryl Lynn did not. The reasons can be complex.