Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel: Dionne Warwick (background vocals); Dionne Warwick (vocals); Luther Vandross (vocals, background vocals); Elton John, Johnny Mathis, Stevie Wonder, Whitney Houston, Gladys Knight (vocals); Paul Loomis, David L. Elliott (strings); Darlene Love, Brenda King, Lisa Fischer, Tawatha Agee (background vocals). |  | Photographer: Harry Langdon. |  | Arrangers: Burt Bacharach; David Elliot; David L. Elliott; Terry Steele; Carole Bayer Sager. |  | While some of the volumes in Legacy's LOVE SONGS series are limited to a particular (often latter-day) period of the artist's recording career, the label's Dionne Warwick collection is far more definitive, spanning eras in a cross-licensing coup. So you get not only Warwick's late-1970s/early-'80s MOR hits, but also the '60s Bacharach-David tunes that made her a pop icon. Such stellar examples of the latter as the transcendent "Alfie" and the breezy, bossa nova-tinged "Walk on By" share space with the Bee Gees-penned '80s hit "Heartbreaker" and the bombs-away epic ballad "I'll Never Love This Way Again" (produced by Barry Manilow, appropriately enough). Even a '90s take on the supple Sting composition "Fragile" is offered up here. By cobbling together tracks from disparate stretches of Warwick's career, LOVE SONGS presents a pretty effective snapshot of the singer's multi-faceted musical personality. | Producer: Dionne Warwick; Burt Bacharach; Hal David; David L. Elliott; Harvey Mason; Jay Graydon; Karl Richardson; Albhy Galuten; Steve Buckingham; Teo Lima; Barry Gibb; Barry Manilow; Carole Bayer-Sager; Burt Bacharach; Hal David; Dionne Warwick (Compilation); Leo | Musical Guests |  | Luther Vandross |  | Elton John |  | Gladys Knight |  | Whitney Houston |  | Johnny Mathis |
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