Jeffrey Osborne

{{Short description|American musician (born 1948)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2015}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name                = Jeffrey Osborne
| image               = Jeffrey Osborne.jpg
| caption             = Osborne in 2008
| image_size          = 
| background          = solo_singer
| birth_name          = Jeffrey Linton Osborne
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|mf=y|1948|3|9}}
| origin =
| birth_place         = [[Providence, Rhode Island]], United States
| instrument          = {{hlist|Vocals|drums}}
| genre               = {{hlist|[[Rhythm and blues|R&B]]|[[Soul music|soul]]|[[quiet storm]]|[[adult contemporary]]|[[disco]]}}
| occupation          = {{hlist|Singer-songwriter|musician|drummer}}
| years_active        = 1970–present
| label               = {{hlist|[[A&M records|A&M]]|[[Arista Records|Arista]]|[[Hip-O Records|Hip-O]]|[[Private Music]]|[[Koch Entertainment|Koch]]}}
| website             = {{URL|jeffreyosborne.com}}
}}

'''Jeffrey Linton Osborne''' (born March 9, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter, musician and lyricist.<ref name="LarkinSM">{{cite book |title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Guinness Who's Who of Soul Music]] |date=1993 |publisher=[[Guinness Publishing]] |isbn=0-85112-733-9 |editor=Larkin |editor-first=Colin |editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer) |edition=First |pages=188/9}}</ref> He is the former drummer and lead singer of the American R&B/soul group [[L.T.D. (band)|L.T.D.]], with whom he began his musical career in 1970.

==Biography==
===Early life and family===
Osborne was born in [[Providence, Rhode Island]].<ref name="LarkinSM"/> Born the youngest of twelve children which consisted of six brothers and six sisters, Osborne's family was musically inclined. Some of Osborne's siblings went on to have music careers as well; his brother Billy Osborne was his band-mate in L.T.D. Osborne's father, Clarence "Legs" Osborne, was a popular trumpeter who played with [[Lionel Hampton]], [[Count Basie]] and [[Duke Ellington]]. Osborne's father died in 1961 when Osborne was thirteen.<ref name="vh1.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/osborne_jeffrey/bio.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030429204319/http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/osborne_jeffrey/bio.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 29, 2003 |title=Jeffrey Osborne Bio &#124; Jeffrey Osborne Career &#124; MTV |website=Vh1.com |access-date=2013-06-20}}</ref>

===L.T.D.===
Osborne began his music career in 1970 becoming a member of the American soul band "Love Men Ltd.", who would later become known as L.T.D.<ref name="LarkinSM"/> The band recorded [[hit single]]s such as "[[(Every Time I Turn Around) Back in Love Again]]" (1977), "Concentrate on You," "[[Love Ballad (L.T.D. song)|Love Ballad]]" (1976) and "[[Holding On (When Love Is Gone)]]" (1978). At first, Osborne served as only a drummer, sharing lead vocal duties with his brother Billy Osborne but, by 1976, he became the group's primary lead vocalist. Osborne and his brother both left the band in late 1980 to start solo careers.<ref name="LarkinSM"/> Osborne sang lead vocals on L.T.D.'s three No. 1 songs on the U.S. R&B Chart and for the band's three gold and platinum albums.

===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.

===Later career===
In the new millennium, he returned with a series of albums that, while far from the success he enjoyed in the 1980s, returned him to Adult R&B radio, scoring modest chart singles such as "Rest of Our Lives" (No. 75, 2003) and his cover of [[Barbara Mason]]'s classic "[[Yes, I'm Ready]]" (No. 64, 2005). In 2008, Osborne sang the [[The Star-Spangled Banner|national anthem]] before game 4 of the [[2008 NBA Finals|NBA Finals]] at [[Staples Center]] in Los Angeles, a feat which he repeated in 2009 before game 1 of the [[2009 NBA Finals]], and also again in 2010 before game 1 of the [[2010 NBA Finals|NBA Finals]], all at Staples Center. He also performed the national anthem prior to game 3 of the [[1988 World Series]], a feat he repeated two years later at game 3 of the [[1990 World Series]], both at the [[Oakland Alameda County Coliseum]] in [[Oakland, California]]. He also regularly sang the national anthem before [[Hartford Whalers]] games. On March 1, 2010, Osborne appeared on ''[[The Bachelor: On the Wings of Love]]'' season finale, "After the Final Rose", singing his hit "On the Wings of Love" while Bachelor [[Jake Pavelka]] took to the dance floor with his newly announced fiancée, Vienna Girardi.

==Personal life==
Osborne has been married to Sheri Osborne since 1983,<ref name="JET Magazine">{{cite web|title=JET Magazine - Jeffery Osborne's Wife Sheri Tells How To Land And Keep Man Of Your Dreams - Jan. 30, 1989|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ub0DAAAAMBAJ&q=jeffrey+osborne&pg=PA56|website=Google Books|date = January 30, 1989|publisher = Johnson Publishing Company|access-date=25 September 2018}}</ref> and together they have three daughters: Tiffany Nicole,<ref name="JET Magazine"/> Dawn and Jeanine Osborne; and a son, Jeffrey Jr.

==Discography==
===Studio albums===
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:15em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"| Album details
! scope="col" colspan="3"| Peak positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Certifications
|-
|- style="font-size:smaller;"
! style="width:40px;"| [[Billboard 200|US]]<br><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/jeffrey-osborne/chart-history/tlp/|title=Jeffrey Osborne: Billboard 200|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref>
! style="width:40px;"| [[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|US<br>R&B]]<br><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/jeffrey-osborne/chart-history/blp/|title=Jeffrey Osborne: Top Soul Albums|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref>
! style="width:40px;"| [[UK Albums Chart|UK]]<br><ref name="chartstats">{{cite web|title=JEFFREY OSBORNE - full Official Chart History|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/20841/jeffrey-osborne/|website=[[Official Charts Company]]}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| [[Jeffrey Osborne (album)|''Jeffrey Osborne'']]
| 
* Released: May 18, 1982
* Label: [[A&M Records]]
| 49
| 3
| —
| 
|-
! scope="row"| [[Stay with Me Tonight (album)|''Stay with Me Tonight'']]
| 
* Released: July 22, 1983
* Label: A&M Records
| 25
| 3
| 56
| 
* [[RIAA]]: Gold<ref name=RIAA>{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=Jeffrey+Osborne#search_section|title=Jeffrey Osborne|publisher=[[RIAA]]|website=Riaa.com}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| [[Don't Stop (Jeffrey Osborne album)|''Don't Stop'']]
| 
* Released: September 21, 1984
* Label: A&M Records
| 39
| 7
| 59
| 
* [[RIAA]]: Gold<ref name=RIAA/>
|-
! scope="row"|[[Emotional (Jeffrey Osborne album)|''Emotional'']]
| 
* Released: May 27, 1986
* Label: A&M Records
| 27
| 5
| —
| 
* [[RIAA]]: Gold<ref name=RIAA/>
|-
! scope="row"|''[[One Love – One Dream]]''
| 
* Released: July 15, 1988
* Label: A&M Records
| 86
| 12
| —
| 
|-
! scope="row"|''[[Only Human (Jeffrey Osborne album)|Only Human]]''
| 
* Released: November 20, 1990
* Label: [[Arista Records]]
| 95
| 9
| —
| 
|-
! scope="row"|''Something Warm for Christmas''
|
* Released: November 4, 1997
* Label: [[Modern Records]]
| —
| 86
| —
| 
|-
! scope="row"|''That's for Sure''
|
* Released: February 8, 2000
* Label: [[Private Music]]
| 191
| 50
| —
| 
|-
! scope="row"|''Music Is Life''
|
* Released: May 20, 2003
* Label: [[Koch Records]]
| —
| 50
| —
| 
|-
! scope="row"|''From the Soul''
|
* Released: October 4, 2005
* Label: Koch Records
| —
| 72
| —
| 
|-
! scope="row"|''A Time for Love''
|
* Released: January 29, 2013
* Label: [[Saguaro Road Records]]
| —
| 34
| —
| 
|-
! scope="row"|''Worth It All''
|
* Released: May 25, 2018
* Label: [[Artistry Music]]
| —
| —
| —
| 
|-
| colspan="7" style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt;"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart.
|}

===Charted singles===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2" | Year
! rowspan="2" | Single
! colspan="6" |Chart positions
|- style="font-size:smaller;"
! style="width:40px;" | [[Billboard Hot 100|US]]<br><ref>{{cite magazine|title=Jeffrey Osborne: Billboard Hot 100|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/jeffrey-osborne/chart-history/hsi/|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref>
! style="width:40px;" | [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|US R&B]]<br><ref>{{cite magazine|title=Jeffrey Osborne: Top Hip-Hop/R&B Songs|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/jeffrey-osborne/chart-history/bsi/|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref>
! style="width:40px;" | [[Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks|US AC]]<br><ref>{{cite magazine|title=Jeffrey Osborne: Adult Contemporary Songs|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/jeffrey-osborne/chart-history/asi/|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref>
! style="width:40px;" | [[Adult R&B Songs|US AR&B]]<br><ref>{{cite magazine|title=Jeffrey Osborne: Adult R&B Songs|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/jeffrey-osborne/chart-history/rba/|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref>
! style="width:40px;" | [[Kent Music Report|AUS]]<br><ref name="aus">{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|publisher=Australian Chart Book|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|edition=illustrated|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|page=226|author-link=David Kent (historian)}}</ref>
! style="width:40px;" | [[UK Singles Chart|UK Pop]]<br><ref name="chartstats"/>
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1982
| style="text-align:left;" |  "I Really Don't Need No Light" <small>(featuring [[Lynn Davis (singer)|Lynn Davis]])</small>
| 39
| 3
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | "[[On the Wings of Love (song)|On the Wings of Love]]"
| 29
| 13
| 7
| —
| 36
| 11
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1983
| style="text-align:left;" | "Eenie Meenie"
| 76
| —
| 18
| —
| —
| —
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | "Don't You Get So Mad"
| 25
| 3
| 29
| —
| —
| 54
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | "Stay with Me Tonight"
| 30
| 4
| —
| —
| —
| 18
|-
|rowspan="5" | 1984
| style="text-align:left;" | "Plane Love"
|—
|10
|—
|—
|—
|—
|-
|style="text-align:left;" | "We're Going All the Way"
|48
|16
|6
|—
|—
|—
|-
|style="text-align:left;" | "The Last Time I Made Love" <small>(with [[Joyce Kennedy (singer)|Joyce Kennedy]])</small>
|40
|2
|37
|—
|—
|—
|-
|style="text-align:left;" | "Don't Stop"
|44
|6
|—
|—
|—
|61
|-
|style="text-align:left;" | "The Borderlines"
|38
|7
|—
|—
|—
|98
|-
|1985
|style="text-align:left;" | "Let Me Know"
|—
|44
|—
|—
|—
|—
|-
| rowspan="4" |1986
|style="text-align:left;" | "[[You Should Be Mine (The Woo Woo Song)]]"
|13
|2
|2
|—
|—
|—
|-
|style="text-align:left;" | "Soweto"
|—
|18
|—
|—
|—
|44
|-
|style="text-align:left;" | "Room with a View"
|—
|29
|—
|—
|—
|96
|-
|style="text-align:left;" | "[[In Your Eyes (George Benson song)|In Your Eyes]]"
|—
|82
|15
|—
|—
|—
|-
|1987
|style="text-align:left;" | "[[Love Power (Dionne Warwick song)|Love Power]]" <small>(with [[Dionne Warwick]])</small>
|12
|5
|1
|—
|—
|63
|-
| rowspan="2" |1988
|style="text-align:left;" | "[[She's on the Left]]"
|48
|1
|—
|—
|—
|—
|-
|style="text-align:left;" | "Can't Go Back on a Promise"
|—
|28
|—
|—
|—
|—
|-
| rowspan="2" |1989
|style="text-align:left;" | "All Because of You"
|—
|48
|—
|—
|—
|—
|-
|style="text-align:left;" | "Take Good Care of You and Me" <small>(with Dionne Warwick)</small>
|—
|46
|25
|—
|—
|93
|-
|1990
|style="text-align:left;" | "Only Human"
|—
|3
|—
|—
|—
|—
|-
| rowspan="2" |1991
|style="text-align:left;" | "If My Brother's in Trouble"
|—
|11
|—
|—
|—
|—
|-
|style="text-align:left;" | "The Morning After I Made Love to You"
|—
|24
|—
|—
|—
|—
|-
|1994
|style="text-align:left;" | "[[I'll Be Around (The Spinners song)|I'll Be Around]]" <small>([[Russ Freeman (guitarist)|Russ Freeman]]/[[Rippingtons]] featuring Jeffrey Osborne)</small>
|—
|—
|—
|33
|—
|—
|-
|2000
|style="text-align:left;" | "That's For Sure"
|—
|—
|—
|6
|—
|—
|-
| rowspan="2" |2003
|style="text-align:left;" | "The Rest of Our Lives"
|—
|75
|—
|11
|—
|—
|-
|style="text-align:left;" | "Caller ID"
|—
|—
|—
|30
|—
|—
|-
|2005
|style="text-align:left;" | "[[Yes, I'm Ready]]"
|—
|64
|—
|14
|—
|—
|-
|2018
|style="text-align:left;" | "Worth It All"
|—
|—
|—
|12
|—
|—
|-
| colspan="8" |<small>"—" denotes the single failed to chart</small>
|}

==Filmography==
* ''The Young Messiah – Messiah XXI'' (2006) (DVD)

==In media==
{{BLP unsourced section|date=November 2020}}
*He sang with [[Vonda Shepard]] at the bar in the end of episode four ("[[List of Ally McBeal episodes|Without A Net]]") of season four of the television show ''[[Ally McBeal]]''.
*[[Pam Beesly|Pam]] sang the first bars of "On the Wings of Love" from the album ''Jeffrey Osborne'' with [[Dwight Schrute|Dwight]]'s recorder accompaniment during a bird's funeral on ''[[The Office (American TV series)|The Office]]'' third-season episode "Grief Counseling".
*A snippet of "On the Wings of Love" is often played on the [[E!]] show ''[[The Soup]]'' as a reccurring joke every time [[Joel McHale]] mentions the current ''[[The Bachelor (American TV series)|Bachelor]]'' [[The Bachelor: On the Wings of Love|season]]; on March 5 he was nominated for one of the Soup Awards and lost to [[Heidi Montag]]; despite the loss, he sang a parody of the song.
*Guest-starred on the [[Robert Townsend (actor)|Robert Townsend]] sitcom, ''[[The Parent 'Hood]]''
*Played in the 1988 TV movie, ''[[Ladykillers (film)|Ladykillers]]'' and was the showpiece song
*Guest-starred on season 1 episode 17 of the TV series ''Cosby''; he sang "You Should Be Mine (The Woo Woo Song)".
*Sang "Far Longer than Forever" with [[Regina Belle]] in the end credits of the 1994 animated film, ''[[The Swan Princess]]''
*Sang the theme song for the ABC Daytime Drama ''[[Loving (TV series)|Loving]]'', from February 1992 until November 1995
*Sang "Never Met a Woman (Like You)" in Steven Eugene Grove (saxophonist)'s aka: "[[Euge Groove]]" (2012) musical CD album ''[[House of Groove]]''
*Guest-starred on season 2 episode 134 and 135 of the TV series ''[[Santa Barbara (TV series)|Santa Barbara]]''; he sang "On the Wings of Love" and "Greatest Love Affair".

==Awards and honors==
In 2019 Osbourne was recognized with the Wheeler community Spirit Award, given to a member of the Providence, RI community who advocates for those who have fewer opportunities. Recipients are recognized for their efforts in four key areas:

* Passion for equity and social justice, both locally and globally
* Appreciation for and promotion of the benefits of education
* Commitment to creating opportunities in the community for those who otherwise might not have a voice or an advocate
* Resilience in the face of challenge and adversity. We ask each recipient to attend the annual Wheeler School Community Potluck Dinner, where the award is presented. The Family Potluck dinner is a school-wide event, sponsored by the Upper School’s diversity club Students Involved in Cultural Awareness (SICA), the Office of Unity & Diversity, and the Wheeler Parent’s Association.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Announcing the 2021 Wheeler Community Spirit Award - The Wheeler School |url=https://www.wheelerschool.org/news/announcing-the-2021-wheeler-community-spirit-award/ |access-date=2022-01-27 |website=wheelerschool.org |language=en-US}}</ref>

Osborne received the 2014 New England Pell Award for Artistic Excellence from Providence (Rhode Island)'s [[Trinity Repertory Company]] in honor of his artistic achievements and philanthropic work in Rhode Island.<ref>{{cite web|author1=BWW News Desk|date=April 25, 2014|title=Trinity Rep to Honor Jeffrey Osborne With 2014 New England Pell Award for Artistic Excellence, 6/9|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/rhode-island/article/Trinity-Rep-to-Honor-Jeffrey-Osborne-With-2014-New-England-Pell-Award-for-Artistic-Excellence-69-20140425#.U5W22i_c2Zg|access-date=June 9, 2014|website=Broadway World|quote=Trinity Rep announced today that Jeffrey Osborne will be honored with the 2014 New England Pell Award for Artistic Excellence, acknowledging his artistic achievements and philanthropic work throughout Rhode Island.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Gray|first1=Channing|date=June 9, 2014|title=Pell Awards salute the best of R.I. arts / Gallery|publisher=The Providence Journal|url=http://www.providencejournal.com/breaking-news/content/20140609-pell-awards-salute-the-best-of-r.i.-arts-gallery.ece|url-status=dead|access-date=June 10, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140713202512/http://www.providencejournal.com/breaking-news/content/20140609-pell-awards-salute-the-best-of-r.i.-arts-gallery.ece|archive-date=July 13, 2014|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

==Grammy Awards ==
The [[Grammy Award]]s are awarded annually by the [[National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences]]. Osborne has received four Grammy nominations.<ref name="Grammy">{{cite web|title=Jeffrey Osborne|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/jeffrey-osborne/17188|website=grammy.com|publisher=[[The Recording Academy]]}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Category
! Nominated work
! Result
|-
|1984
|[[Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance|Best Male R&B Vocal Performance]]
|''[[Stay With Me Tonight (album)|Stay With Me Tonight]]''
|{{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |1985
|[[Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance|Best Male R&B Vocal Performance]]
|''[[Don't Stop (Jeffrey Osborne album)|Don't Stop]]''
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals|Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group]]
|"The Last Time I Made Love" (w/[[Joyce Kennedy (singer)|Joyce Kennedy]])
|{{nom}}
|-
|2001
|[[Grammy Award for Best Traditional R&B Performance|Best Traditional R&B Performance]]
|''That's For Sure''
|{{nom}}
|}

==See also==
*''[[L.T.D. (band)|L.T.D. discography]]''

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==External links==
* {{Official website|http://jeffreyosborne.com/}}
* [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p111510|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic.com biography]
* [http://www.soultracks.com/jeffrey_osborne.htm Soultracks.com profile of Jeffrey Osborne]
* [http://www.wlatalent.com/roster/jeffrey_osbourne/artistprofile.htm Jeffrey Osborne]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} at [http://www.wlatalent.com Wenig-LaMonica Associates]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20030429204319/http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/osborne_jeffrey/bio.jhtml VH1 bio on Jeffrey Osborne]
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