The Woman In Red (soundtrack)

Today (August 28th) marks the thirtieth anniversary of the release of The Woman In Red, the soundtrack album for the film of the same name. The romantic comedy, starring Gene Wilder, Charles Grodin, Gilda Radner and Kelly LeBrock in her screen debut, was an adaptation of a 1976 French film called Pardon Mon Affaire.

Luther Vandross - Busy Body

Today (December 6th) is the thirtieth anniversary of Busy Body, the third studio album from R&B singer-songwriter-producer Luther Vandross. It continued the successful run from his first two albums Never Too Much and Forever, For Always, For Love (click here and here respectively) by going Platinum in the US. Chart-wise, it hit number 42 in the UK, number 32 on the US Billboard Album chart and number 1 on the US Billboard R&B chart.

Dionne Warwick - How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye

This month marks the thirtieth anniversary of How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye, the twenty-fourth studio album from Dionne Warwick. Following on the heels of her 1982 smash Heartbreaker (click here for that review), this 1983 release went to number 60 in the UK, number 57 on the US Billboard Album chart, and number 19 on the US Billboard R&B chart. Luther Vandross was the record’s producer and writer of half of the tracks as well.

Dionne Warwick - Heartbreaker

Today (September 28th) marks the thirtieth anniversary of Heartbreaker, the twenty-third studio album from Dionne Warwick and her fourth on the Arista label. The producers were Barry Gibb, Karl Richardson and Albhy Galuten, the hit making trio who worked together in 1980 on Barbra Streisand‘s Guilty album. Gibb co-wrote nine of the ten songs, three with Galuten and the other six with his brothers Robin and Maurice.