Love Can Build a Bridge
Cher, Chrissie Hynde & Neneh Cherry with Eric Clapton
1995
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About Eric Clapton
Song-specific inspiration or recording background is not established for this entry. This sourced artist profile provides career context.
Eric Clapton emerged through British rhythm and blues groups including the Yardbirds and John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, then developed a more expansive guitar role in Cream. His 1970 solo debut and Derek and the Dominos belonged to distinct recording projects. The solo albums that followed gave increasing weight to singing, ensemble interplay and compact songs, alongside electric blues. Unplugged offered an acoustic performance setting in 1992, while From the Cradle returned to blues repertoire in 1994. Collaborations and former bands remain separate parts of his career.
Artist background sources
Eric Clapton - official career biography
Stable career history: work with the Yardbirds, John Mayalls Bluesbreakers, Cream and Derek and the Dominos; the 1970 solo debut; the vocal-led 1974 direction; 1992 Unplugged and Tears in Heaven; the 1994 From the Cradle blues album. Later album dates and unspecific superlatives in this biography are not used as recording-release evidence. | Retrieved 2026-10-18
Eric Clapton - original 1970 album and separate mixes
Label history explicitly dates the solo debut to August 1970 and supplies the original Tom Dowd mix program, including After Midnight, Blues Power and Let It Rain. Separate Eric Clapton and Delaney Bramlett mixes, session outtakes and the She Rides alternate are identified by their later issue histories; those versions are not dated as original 1970 releases. | Retrieved 2026-10-18
Unplugged - original 1992 performance and later alternates
Label explicitly states that the original live album was released in 1992 and identifies its acoustic Layla performance, alongside distinct live Tears in Heaven, Running on Faith and Old Love. It separates the original album from 2013 outtakes and rehearsals, including early My Fathers Eyes performances. Only year precision is used; the stated broadcast day is not adopted as an earliest global day. | Retrieved 2026-10-18
Eric Clapton - original Reprise studio albums and programs
Label gives original years and complete original programs for Money and Cigarettes 1983, Behind the Sun 1985, Journeyman 1989, From the Cradle 1994 and Pilgrim 1998. It separates later live tracks, outtakes and a new Pilgrim remix from the original studio programs. The box publication year is not assigned to original recordings. | Retrieved 2026-10-18
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-18. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
About Cher
Song-specific inspiration or recording background is not established for this entry. This sourced artist profile provides career context.
Cher emerged in the 1960s alongside Sonny Bono before developing a solo recording career across folk-pop, rock, disco and electronic dance music. Her contralto voice links otherwise different records, from Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves to If I Could Turn Back Time and Believe. Singing has remained one part of a wider performance career that also includes film, television and elaborate concert presentation.
Artist background sources
Cher - Rock & Roll Hall of Fame biography
Sonny Bono partnership and separate solo development, contralto, genre progression, representative recordings and work across screen and stage. Promotional records and current-status claims are omitted. | 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
Love Can Build a Bridge by Cher, Chrissie Hynde & Neneh Cherry with Eric Clapton is included for 1995 on the basis of the cited chart-associated source. This establishes the annual connection, not the circumstances in which the song was written. No reliable song-specific account of its inspiration was established in this review.
Annual-list context only; songwriting inspiration remains unestablished
UK top-ten singles in 1995 (Wikipedia chart transcription)
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UK top-ten singles in 1995 (Wikipedia chart transcription)
Secondary chart transcription reviewed: title, artist and presence in the UK top ten during this year. Supplemental annual selection, not an original release date or a U.S. year-end rank.
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