United Kingdom, April 13 -- David Bowie was credited by Luther Vandross with giving him his breakthrough.

Describing how a chance encounter in a recording studio led to the start of his career, Luther, who died aged 54, reflected on his early years in the music industry during an appearance on The Rosie O'Donnell Show in the late 1990s, which has just resurfaced as it has been shared by his official TikTok account.

Speaking to Rosie, Luther recounted how he was discovered while visiting guitarist Carlos Alomar during sessions for David's Young Americans album in 1974.

He said: "Yeah, accidentally, (David) discovered me singing in a studio with him. I was on the couch - I was visiting the guitar player who I had gone to school with, Car...