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"Little Miracles" is a song by American recording artist Luther Vandross. The single supports his 1993 platinum album,Never Let Me Go. The song became a top ten hit on Billboard's Hot R&B Singles and reached top 30 on the UK Singles Chart. It also became the most successful single from the album on the US Billboard Hot 100,peaking at number sixty-two. It was nominated for best R&B songwriting at the 36th Grammy Awards in March 1994.
"Heaven Knows" is a 1993 song by American singer-songwriter Luther Vandross,released as the second single from his eight studio album,Never Let Me Go. It peaked in the top 30 on both Billboard's Hot R&B Singles and the Hot Dance Club Play,and also at thirty-three on the Hot Adult Contemporary Singles chart.
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- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 7.
- ↑ " Never Let Me Go " at Discogs
- ↑ Flick, Larry (6 November 1993). "Single Reviews" (PDF). Billboard . p. 67. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ↑ Luther Vandross - Singles Chart history.Billboard.com
