Heartbreaker
Dionne Warwick
1983
Annual listening-list association, not an original-release-date field. Original release year reconciled with reviewed recording-specific Artist Essentials evidence in v3.6.
Release: 1982
Release: 1982Source checked | Recent carryover
V3.6 reconciles the original release year with the reviewed Artist Essentials entry for this exact retained recording ID. Year precision is used; an album-first release is not silently replaced by a later single, reissue or annual-list year. The original-program recording fields establish 1982, earlier than the current album header and the later annual appearance. No exact calendar day is inferred from the inconsistent package header.
The large badge identifies this listening list, not a newly issued recording. Later reissues and renewed chart popularity do not replace an original release date. How years are assigned.
Heartbreaker - original recording dates
The original program's recording fields place Heartbreaker and All the Love in the World in 1982. These earlier fields take precedence over the current album header's 1983 date; later annual appearances are not first releases.
About Dionne Warwick
Song-specific inspiration or recording background is not established for this entry. This sourced artist profile provides career context.
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.
Retained annual-list context
Heartbreaker by Dionne Warwick appears at number 80 in the reviewed U.S. year-end table for 1983. No reliable song-specific account of its inspiration was established in this review.
Annual-list context only; songwriting inspiration remains unestablished
Billboard year-end 1983 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary chart transcription reviewed for title, artist and annual association. Not proof of release date, genre or inspiration.
Other appearances and versions
catalog version unspecified
Textual identity reconciliation, not audio-fingerprint or exact-pressing verification. Version labels are catalog safeguards.
An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.
Sources and scope
Source-backed annual association (secondary source; not a complete discographic review)
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Billboard year-end 1983 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary chart transcription reviewed for title, artist and annual association. Not proof of release date, genre or inspiration.
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