Robert Owen

Robert Owens is a legendary figure in house music with a career dating back to the late 1980s in Chicago. Known for his soulful and distinctive voice, he has been a vital presence since the genre's early days, contributing to era-defining classics such as “Tears” with Frankie Knuckles and Satoshi Tomiie, as well as “Bring Down The Walls” with Larry Heard as part of Fingers Inc. Owens also achieved solo success with tracks like “I’ll Be Your Friend” and “Mine To Give,” which topped the dance charts. Over the years, he has worked with a who's who of electronic music legends and continues to release music on respected labels like Dekmantel and Ninja Tune, maintaining his status as a foundational and prolific voice in house music.

This Robert Owens is not to be confused with Robert Lee Owens III (1925–2017), an American composer and pianist known for his classical compositions and settings of Langston Hughes’s poetry, who lived mainly in Europe. The house vocalist Robert Owens active today was born in 1961 in Warren, Ohio, and is renowned for his contributions to dance and electronic genres.