How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye

History

Track listing

Personnel

• Dionne Warwick – lead vocals, backing vocals
• Nat Adderley Jr. – keyboards, rhythm arrangements, synthesizer arrangements, horn and string arrangements
• Cliff Branch – clavinet
• Marcus Miller – synthesizers, bass guitar, rhythm arrangements, synthesizer arrangements
• Skip Anderson – synthesizers
• Doc Powell – guitar
• Georg Wadenius – guitar
• Peter Frampton – guitar solo
• Paul Jackson Jr. – guitar
• Abraham Laboriel – bass guitar
• Yogi Horton – drums
• Carlos Vega – drums
• Sammy Figueroa – congas
• Paulinho da Costa – percussion
• Paul Riser – horn and string arrangements
• Jimmy Webb – horn and string arrangements
• Leon Pendarvis – horn and string arrangements
• Tawatha Agee – backing vocals
• Patti Austin – backing vocals
• Phillip Ballou – backing vocals
• Cissy Houston – backing vocals
• Yvonne Lewis – backing vocals
• Fonzi Thornton – backing vocals
• Luther Vandross – backing vocals, vocal arrangements, rhythm arrangements, lead vocals
• Brenda White – backing vocals
• Damaris Carbaugh – backing vocals
• Lani Groves – backing vocals
• Louise Bethune – backing vocals
• Michelle Cobbs – backing vocals
• Diana Graselli – backing vocals
• Alfa Anderson – backing vocals
• The Shirelles – backing vocals

  Production

• Producer – Luther Vandross
• Engineers – Ray Bardani, Carl Beatty, Michael Brauer, Michael Christopher, Doug Epstein and Bill Stein.
• Assistant Engineers – Michael Christopher, Mark Cobrin, Scott Maguchi, Jim Scott and Harry Spiridakis.
• Recorded at Record Plant. and Mediasound.
• Mixing – Ray Bardani, Marcus Miller and Luther Vandross.
• Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound.
• Art Direction and Design – Donn Davenport
• Photography – Frank Laffitte
• Management – GMI