Jeffrey Osborne

===Solo career===
In 1982, Osborne sang the opening song "I Just Want to Be Your Friend" for the comedy film ''[[The Toy (1982 film)|The Toy]]''. Osborne later released his [[Jeffrey Osborne (album)|self-titled debut album]] in 1982, which featured two hit singles, "[[On the Wings of Love (song)|On the Wings of Love]]" and "I Really Don't Need No Light" (1982),<ref name="LarkinSM"/> peaking at No. 29 and No. 39, respectively, on the [[Billboard Hot 100|pop chart]]. It was followed the next year by ''[[Stay with Me Tonight (album)|Stay with Me Tonight]]'', his first solo gold album, which spawned four more hits, "Don't You Get So Mad" (No. 25), the title track (No. 30), "Plane Love" (No. 10 R&B, No. 6 dance), and "We're Going All the Way (No. 48). "Stay with Me Tonight" (May 1984, No. 18) and "On the Wings of Love" (August 1984, No. 11) would belatedly reach the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref name="LarkinSM"/>

In 1985, Osborne wrote the [[lyrics]] to the [[Whitney Houston]] hit "[[All at Once (Whitney Houston song)|All at Once]]" (music by [[Michael Masser]]). He appeared on [[USA for Africa]]'s fundraising single, "[[We Are the World]]" in 1985. Osborne sang the unreleased single "Everything Good Takes Time" which was part of a video tribute to [[Julius Erving]] ('Dr. J') in 1987. He would later appear on ''[[Celebrity Duets]]'' in 2006, performing "On the Wings of Love" with [[Alfonso Ribeiro]]. Osborne lent his vocals to the theme song of the soap opera, ''[[Loving (TV series)|Loving]]'', from 1992 to 1995<ref name="vh1.com"/> as well as the first-season theme song for the [[Kirstie Alley]] comedy ''[[Veronica's Closet]]''.

Osborne had two more gold albums, ''Don't Stop'' and ''Emotional'', the latter of which had his [[record chart|highest-charting]] solo pop hit, "[[You Should Be Mine (The Woo Woo Song)|You Should Be Mine]]", which peaked at No. 13 in 1986.<ref name="LarkinSM"/> The following year, Osborne had the highest-charting hit of his career [[duet (music)|duetting]] with [[Dionne Warwick]] on "[[Love Power (Dionne Warwick song)|Love Power]]",<ref name="LarkinSM"/> which reached No. 12 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] and also topped the [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|Adult Contemporary]] singles chart. It was a turning point in his pop success, as his albums and singles began charting lower and lower.<ref name="LarkinSM"/> Osborne's 1988 single "[[She's on the Left]]" would be his final Hot 100 entry, as well as his only No. 1 R&B hit.
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