Originally Posted by
reese
I was thinking the same thing.
She works with the Gibbs years after their big success with Barbra and Dionne.
She works with Narada Michael Walden years after his big successes with Whitney and Aretha.
She works with Luther [[for one song) years after his productions for Aretha, Dionne, and Cheryl Lynn.
There is a pattern there.
That said, by the time of MISSING YOU in 1985, Diana had been a consistent presence on the charts for over twenty years. That is quite a long time to hold on to the pop audience. Of her peers, only Aretha managed a significant longer span, for reasons RanRan wrote about above. Dionne and Gladys had occasional hits through the early 90s. Tina and Patti started their own hit strings in the 80s and 90s, but they had never had consistent pop success before then. So even though they were in Diana's age group, they were new artists in a sense.
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