When was endless love recorded

The two icons recorded the song for Motown as the theme for Franco Zeffirelli's film of the same name, and it was a huge hit. But I still ask her every time. Is she here tonight? The audience gladly took up Lionel's offer, and after he ended the romantic ballad, he thanked his fans by saying: "Who needs Diana Ross?

And even though Endless Love was not as big at the box-office as hoped, the PolyGram soundtrack album reached the Top The proceeds, as well as the love, seemed endless. Lionel also revisited the song, albeit after three decades; his second recording was a duet with Shania Twain on his hit album, Tuskegee.

When released as a single, it peaked at No. Only those who went to both shows know which version worked best. Inspired by the view of a Vietnam veteran about love in the face of conflict. Ross and Richie recorded the song for Motown , and it was used as the theme for the Franco Zeffirelli 's film Endless Love.

Produced by Richie and arranged by Gene Page , it was released as a single from the film's soundtrack in While the film Endless Love was not a success, the song became the second biggest-selling single of the year first was " Bette Davis Eyes " by Kim Carnes in the U. The soulful composition became the biggest-selling single of Ross' career and her 18th career number-one single including her work with The Supremes , while it was the first of several hits for Richie during the s.

The song was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song for Richie, and was the second song with which Ross was involved that was nominated for an Oscar. Walter Afanasieff produced Luther Vandross and Mariah Carey's cover of the song for Vandross' Epic Records -released album Songs , and it is known for being Carey's first "high-profile" duet an earlier duet, " I'll Be There ," was with the then-unknown background singer Trey Lorenz.

Columbia Records later included the song on Carey's compilation album Greatest Hits and then again on her next compilation album, The Ballads It was released as the second single from Songs in To give the album a bigger boost, Mottola's then-wife, Mariah Carey, came up with the idea to remake "Endless Love" as a duet with her.

Lionel Richie and Diana Ross had originally recorded "Endless Love" in , and the song spent nine weeks at number 1. Although Luther's album was already set to contain one Lionel Richie composition, " Hello ," it was obvious that having the most-popular female singer on the Sony label singing on the album would be a benefit. Allmusic senior editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine highlighted this track.

Japanese 3" CD Single [7 ]. Self Made. The song became Luther Vandross' biggest pop hit ever and gave Lionel Richie his first top ten as a songwriter in seven years. It became Vandross's fifth top-ten single and Carey's twelfth. It remained in the top forty for thirteen weeks, and was ranked number 56 on the Hot year-end charts. It was also an improvement over Carey's previous single, " Anytime You Need a Friend ," which had missed the top ten. It was certified gold by the RIAA.

The song was a success outside the U. She has not, however, made more hits. But Lionel Richie sure will. That version peaked at 2.

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