Love Power
Dionne Warwick and Jeffrey Osborne | Artist Essentials
First released: 1987 (year verified)
Original 1987 Dionne Warwick and Jeffrey Osborne studio duet
MusicAtlas editorial note: The two lead voices trade a steady melody before joining the fuller, brighter refrain.
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First released: 1987 (year verified)
The original recording is documented in the 1987 release history of Reservations for Two. Only year precision is assigned; later singles, charts, remasters and live versions do not establish its first release.
Recording: Original 1987 Dionne Warwick and Jeffrey Osborne studio duet
Credit: Dionne Warwick and Jeffrey Osborne
Role in this collection: Co-lead vocalist with Jeffrey Osborne
Original album: Reservations for Two
Reservations for Two - original 1987 program and duet credit
The original 1987 RCA/Arista album program explicitly names Love Power with Jeffrey Osborne. Its inherited track-level 1972 field is inconsistent with this original program and is not used; only the supported 1987 album year is assigned. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
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About Dionne Warwick
Dionne Warwick brought a distinctive contralto and precise phrasing to the songs of Burt Bacharach and Hal David in the early 1960s. Anyone Who Had a Heart and Walk On By are landmarks of that partnership. Her later work extended through R&B, jazz and soft-rock ballads, including I'll Never Love This Way Again. Across these settings, her recordings connect pop melody with gospel and soul vocal traditions.
Artist background sources
Dionne Warwick - Rock & Roll Hall of Fame biography
Vocal range and phrasing, Bacharach-David collaboration, representative recordings and later R&B/jazz/soft-rock directions. The source's album-date and B-side anecdote are not used. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-17. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
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