Celebrity Birthdays: April 20

• Actor Joey Lawrence ("Blossom") is 31
• Actress Carmen Electra ("Baywatch") is 35
• Actor Shemar Moore is 37
• NBA Star Allan Houston is 36

Today would have been Luther Vandross' 56th birthday. Mr. Vandross began singing jingles in the early 1970's. He also sang behind the likes of Bette Midler, Carly Simon, Chaka Khan, David Bowe, and Roberta Flack. In the late 1970's, he put together his own group, Luther. They first hit the charts in 1976 with "It's Good for the Soul" and "Funky Music." He was the dominant black male vocalist of the 1980's. His best selling albums include "Never Too Much," "Forever, For Love,"For Always," "Give Me the Reason," and "Any Love."