80-426: Richard Kerr may refer to: Richard Kerr (songwriter) (1944–2023), English composer Richard James Kerr (born 1935), deputy director of the C.I.A., 1989–1992 Dickey Kerr (Richard Henry Kerr, 1893–1963), American baseball pitcher Richard Kerr (artist) (born 1952), Canadian filmmaker Richard A. Kerr , science journalist [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
160-464: A Bacharach-David composition that the duo was certain was a "man's song", became a top 10 hit for Warwick in May 1966. The January 1967 LP Here Where There Is Love was her first RIAA certified Gold album, and featured " Alfie " and two 1966 hits: "Trains and Boats and Planes" and " I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself ". "Alfie" had become a radio hit when disc jockeys across the nation began to play
240-626: A brother, Mancel Jr., who was killed in an accident in 1968 at the age of 21. Her parents were both African-American , and she also has Native American and Dutch ancestry. Warwick was raised in East Orange, New Jersey , and was a Girl Scout for a time. She began singing gospel as a child at the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark , New Jersey. After finishing East Orange High School in 1959, Warwick pursued her passion at
320-674: A family gospel group and RCA recording artists who frequently performed throughout the New York metropolitan area. The original group, known as the Drinkard Jubilairs, consisted of Cissy, Anne, Larry, and Nicky, and later included Warwick's grandparents, Nicholas and Delia Drinkard, and their children: William, Lee (Warwick's mother) and Hansom. When the Drinkard Singers performed on TV Gospel Time , Dionne Warwick had her television performance debut. Marie instructed
400-585: A fan of Warwick's, and Davis arranged for Warwick and the Bee Gees to discuss a project. Warwick and the Gibb brothers obviously hit it off as both the album and the title single were released in October 1982 to massive success. Warwick later stated to Wesley Hyatt in his Billboard Book of Number One Adult Contemporary Hits that she was not initially fond of "Heartbreaker" but recorded the tune because she trusted
480-463: A major component of the film score. The Ultimate Edition DVD of Thunderball has the Warwick song playing over the titles on one of the commentary track extras, and the song was released on the 30th anniversary CD of Bond songs. The mid-1960s to early 1970s were a more successful time period for Warwick, who saw a string of gold-selling albums and Top 20 and Top 10 hit singles. " Message to Michael ",
560-552: A medley of " Walk On By " and " That's What Friends Are For ", with longtime collaborator Burt Bacharach accompanying her on the piano. In 2006, Warwick signed with Concord Records after a 15-year tenure at Arista, which had ended in 1994. Her first and only release for the label was My Friends and Me , a duets album containing reworkings of her old hits, very similar to her 1998 CD Dionne Sings Dionne . Among her singing partners were Gloria Estefan , Olivia Newton-John , Wynonna Judd and Reba McEntire . The album peaked at No. 66 on
640-451: A modest chart success; Just Being Myself (1973), produced by Holland-Dozier-Holland; Then Came You (1975), produced by Jerry Ragovoy ; Track of the Cat (1975), produced by Thom Bell ; and Love at First Sight (1977), produced by Steve Barri and Michael Omartian . Her five-year contract with Warners expired in 1977, and with that, she ended her stay at the label. Warwick's dry spell on
720-621: A top-5 U.S. R&B hit. Warrick's name was misspelled on the single's label, and she began using the new spelling, "Warwick", both professionally and personally. After "Don't Make Me Over" hit in 1962, she answered the call of her manager, left school and went on a tour of France , where critics crowned her "Paris' Black Pearl", having been introduced on stage at Paris Olympia that year by Marlene Dietrich . The two immediate follow-ups to "Don't Make Me Over" – "This Empty Place" (with "B" side " Wishin' and Hopin' " later recorded by Dusty Springfield ) and "Make The Music Play" – charted briefly in
800-533: A triple No. 1 – R&B, Adult Contemporary, and four weeks at the summit on the Billboard Hot 100 in early 1986 – selling close to two million 45s in the United States alone. "Working against AIDS, especially after years of raising money for work on many blood-related diseases such as sickle-cell anemia, seemed the right thing to do. You have to be granite not to want to help people with AIDS, because
880-510: A variety of producers during her tenure with the label. Faced with the prospect of being sued by Warner Bros. Records due to the breakup of Bacharach/David and their failure to honor their contract with Warwick, she filed a $ 5.5 million lawsuit against her former partners for breach of contract. The suit was settled out of court in 1979 for $ 5 million, including the rights to all Warwick recordings produced by Bacharach and David. Also in 1971, Warwick had her name changed to "Warwicke" per
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#1732783975950960-466: Is a former Goodwill Ambassador for the UN 's Food and Agriculture Organization . Marie Dionne Warrick, later Warwick, was born to Arthur Lee Drinkard and Mancel Warrick. Her mother was manager of the Drinkard Singers , and her father was a Pullman porter , chef, record promoter, and CPA . Dionne was named after her aunt on her mother's side. She had a sister, Delia ("Dee Dee") , who died in 2008, and
1040-522: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Richard Kerr (songwriter) Richard Buchanan Kerr (14 December 1944 – 8 December 2023) was an English singer-songwriter and composer, who co-wrote " Mandy ", " Looks Like We Made It ", and " Somewhere in the Night " (all of which became hit singles for Barry Manilow ) and " I'll Never Love This Way Again ", for Dionne Warwick . Richard Buchanan Kerr
1120-484: Is the second-most charted female vocalist during the rock era (1955–1999). She is also one of the most-charted vocalists of all time, with 56 of her singles making the Hot 100 between 1962 and 1998 (12 of them Top Ten), and 80 singles in total – either solo or collaboratively – making the Hot 100, R&B , or adult contemporary charts. Warwick ranks number 74 on the Billboard Hot 100's "Greatest Artists of all time". She
1200-546: The Billboard Hot 100 Album Chart. In 1972, Burt Bacharach and Hal David scored and wrote the tunes for the motion picture Lost Horizon . However, the film was panned by the critics, and in the fallout, the songwriting duo decided to terminate their working relationship. The break-up left Warwick devoid of their services as her producers and songwriters. She was contractually obligated to fulfill her contract with Warners without Bacharach and David, and she would team with
1280-494: The Billboard album chart. Of note was a reunion with the original Shirelles on Warwick's cover of "Will You (Still) Love Me Tomorrow?" The album Finder of Lost Loves followed in 1984 and reunited her with both Barry Manilow and Burt Bacharach, who was writing with his then current lyricist partner and wife, Carole Bayer Sager . In 1985, Warwick contributed her voice to the multi- Grammy Award winning charity song " We Are
1360-665: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). In 2004, Warwick's first Christmas album was released. Entitled My Favorite Time of the Year , the CD featured jazzy interpretations of many holiday classics. In 2007, Rhino Records re-released the CD with new cover art. In 2005, Warwick was honored by Oprah Winfrey at her Legends Ball. She appeared on the May 24, 2006, fifth-season finale of American Idol . Warwick sang
1440-601: The Hartt College of Music in West Hartford, Connecticut . She landed some work with her group singing backing vocals for recording sessions in New York City. During one session, Warwick met Burt Bacharach , who hired her to record demos featuring songs written by him and lyricist Hal David . She later landed her own record deal. Many members of Warwick's family were members of the Drinkard Singers ,
1520-807: The Solid Gold theme, composed by Miller (with lyrics by Dean Pitchford ). After a brief appearance in the Top Forty in early 1982 with Johnny Mathis on "Friends in Love" – from the album of the same name – Warwick's next hit later that same year was her full-length collaboration with Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees for the album Heartbreaker . The project came about when Clive Davis was attending his aunt's wedding in Orlando, Florida in early 1982 and spoke with Barry Gibb. Gibb mentioned that he had always been
1600-583: The Top R&;B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. The album was produced by her son, Damon Elliott . A follow-up album featuring Warwick's old hits as duets with male vocalists was planned, but the project was cancelled. The relationship with Concord concluded with the release of My Friends and Me . A compilation CD of her greatest hits and love songs, The Love Collection , entered the UK album chart at number 27 on February 16, 2008. Warwick's second gospel album, Why We Sing ,
1680-576: The subway to the recording studios in Manhattan , perform their background vocal work, and still be back at home in East Orange with time to do their school homework. Warwick's music work would continue while she pursued her studies at Hartt. While she was performing background on the Drifters' recording of their 1962 release " Mexican Divorce ", Warwick's voice and star presence were noticed by
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#17327839759501760-574: The 1967 Cash Box poll, she was second to Petula Clark , and in 1968's poll second to Aretha Franklin . Playboy ' s influential Music Poll of 1970 named her the Top Female Vocalist. In 1969, Harvard's Hasty Pudding Society named her Woman of the Year . In Time ' s cover article of May 21, 1965, entitled "Rock 'n' Roll: The Sound of the Sixties", Warwick's sound was described as: Swinging World. Scholarly articles probe
1840-422: The 1970s, when Warwick felt abandoned by Bacharach and Hal David dissolving their partnership. Warwick said of their reconciliation: We realized we were more than just friends. We were family. Time has a way of giving people the opportunity to grow and understand ... Working with Burt is not a bit different from how it used to be. He expects me to deliver and I can. He knows what I'm going to do before I do it, and
1920-487: The American charts ended with her signing to Arista Records in 1979, where she began a second highly successful run of hit records and albums well into the late 1980s. With the move to Arista Records and the release of her RIAA-certified million seller " I'll Never Love This Way Again " in 1979, Warwick was again enjoying top success on the charts. The song was produced by Barry Manilow . The accompanying album, Dionne ,
2000-521: The Apollo and said he needed background singers for a session for Sam "the Man" Taylor and old big-mouth here spoke up and said 'We'll do it!' and we left and did the session. I wish I remembered the gentleman's name because he was responsible for the beginning of my professional career." The chance encounter led to the group being asked to provide background vocals at recording sessions around New York. Soon,
2080-505: The Bee Gees' judgment that it would be a hit. The song did become one of Warwick's biggest international hits, returning her to the Top 10 of Billboard's Hot 100 as well as No. 1 Adult Contemporary and No. 2 in both the UK and Australia. The tune was also a Top-10 hit throughout continental Europe, Japan, South Africa, Canada and Asia. The album ended up selling 3 million copies internationally and earned Warwick an RIAA Gold record award in
2160-617: The Dolls , released in early 1968 and containing the re-recorded version of the movie theme (No. 2 for three weeks), " Do You Know the Way to San Jose ?" and several new Bacharach-David compositions, hit the No. 6 position on the Billboard album chart and would remain on the chart for over a year. The film soundtrack LP, without Warwick vocals, failed to impress the public, while Dionne Warwick in Valley of
2240-998: The Dolls earned an RIAA Gold certification. The single "Do You Know the Way to San Jose?" (an international million seller and a Top-10 hit in several countries, including the UK, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Japan and Mexico) was also a double-sided hit, with the "B" side "Let Me Be Lonely" charting at No. 79. More hits followed into 1971, including "Who Is Gonna Love Me" (No. 32, 1968) with "B" side, " (There's) Always Something There to Remind Me " becoming another double-sided hit; "Promises, Promises" (No. 19, 1968); " This Girl's in Love with You " (No. 7, 1969); "The April Fools" (No. 37, 1969); " You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' " (No. 15, 1969); " I'll Never Fall in Love Again " (No. 6 Pop, No. 1 AC, 1969); " Make It Easy on Yourself " (No. 37 Pop, No. 10 AC, 1970); "Let Me Go to Him" (No. 32 Pop, No. 4 AC, 1970); and "Paper Mache" (No. 43 Pop, No. 3 AC), 1970). Warwick's final Bacharach/David penned single on
2320-441: The Dolls" as a million selling tune. Warwick had re-recorded a Pat Williams-arranged version of the theme at A&R Studios in New York because contractual restrictions with her label would not allow the Warwick version from the film to be included on the 20th Century Fox soundtrack LP, and reverse legal restrictions would not allow the film version to be used anyplace else in a commercial LP. The LP Dionne Warwick in Valley of
2400-973: The Hollywood Walk of Fame, the Grammy Hall of Fame, the National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Apollo Theater Walk of Fame. In 2019, Warwick won the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Three of her songs (" Walk On By ", " Alfie ", and " Don't Make Me Over ") have been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame . Warwick ranks among the 40 biggest U.S. hit makers between 1955 and 1999, based on her chart history on Billboard ' s Hot 100 pop singles chart. She
2480-461: The President of Scepter Records , Florence Greenberg , who, according to Current Biography (1969 Yearbook), told Bacharach, "Forget the song, get the girl!" Warwick was signed to Bacharach's and David's production company, according to Warwick, which in turn was signed to Scepter Records in 1962 by Greenberg. The partnership would provide Bacharach with the freedom to produce Warwick without
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2560-687: The Scepter label was March 1971's "Who Gets the Guy" (No. 52 Pop, No. 6 AC), 1971), and her final "official" Scepter single release was "He's Moving On" b/w "Amanda", (No. 83 Pop, No. 12 AC) both from the soundtrack of the motion picture adaptation of Jacqueline Susann 's The Love Machine . Warwick had become the priority act of Scepter Records with the release of " Anyone Who Had a Heart " in 1963. Other Scepter LPs certified RIAA Gold include Dionne Warwick's Golden Hits Part 1 released in 1967 and The Dionne Warwicke Story: A Decade of Gold released in 1971. By
2640-529: The UK. This upset Warwick, who described feeling insulted when told that in the UK, record company executives wanted her songs recorded by someone else. Warwick met Cilla Black while on tour in Britain. She recalled what she said to her: "I told her that " You're My World " would be my next single in the States. I honestly believe that if I'd sneezed on my next record, then Cilla would have sneezed on hers too. There
2720-542: The US. In Britain, the disc was certified Platinum . In 1983, Warwick released How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye , produced by Luther Vandross . The album's most successful single was the title track, "How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye", a Warwick/Vandross duet, which peaked at No. 27 on the Billboard Hot 100. It also became a Top-10 hit on the Adult Contemporary and R&B charts. The album peaked at No. 57 on
2800-478: The World ", along with vocalists like Michael Jackson , Diana Ross , and Ray Charles . The song spent four consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It was the year's biggest hit – certified four times Platinum in the United States alone. In 1985, Warwick and Bacharach once again collaborated on the song " That's What Friends are For ". This period was the first time they had worked together since
2880-439: The advice of Linda Goodman , an astrologer friend, who believed it would bring greater success. A few years later, she reverted to the old spelling after a string of disappointments and an absence from the Billboard top 40. Without the guidance and songwriting that Bacharach/David had provided, Warwick's career stalled in the early 1970s although she remained a top concert draw throughout the world. There were no big hits during
2960-528: The album cut early in 1967. "Alfie" was released as the "B" side of a Bacharach/David ballad, "The Beginning of Loneliness", which charted in the Hot 100. Disc jockeys flipped the single and made it a double-sided hit. Bacharach had been contracted to produce "Alfie" for the Michael Caine film of the same name and wanted Warwick to sing the tune, but the British producers wanted a British subject to cut
3040-503: The black-tie gatherings often adjourn to a discothèque . In 1965, Eon Productions intended to use Warwick's song titled "Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" as the theme song of the James Bond film Thunderball , until Albert R. Broccoli insisted that the theme song include the film's title. A new song was composed and recorded at the eleventh hour titled "Thunderball", performed by Tom Jones . The melody of "Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" remains
3120-491: The control of recording company executives and company A&R men. Warwick's musical ability and education would also allow Bacharach to compose more challenging tunes. The demo version of "It's Love That Really Counts", along with her original demo of "Make It Easy on Yourself", would surface on Warwick's debut Scepter album, Presenting Dionne Warwick , which was released in early 1963. In November 1962, Scepter Records released her first solo single, " Don't Make Me Over ",
3200-527: The defection of Warwick to Warner Bros. Records, filed for bankruptcy in 1975 and was sold to Springboard International Records in 1976. Following her signing with Warners, with Bacharach and David as writers and producers, Warwick returned to New York City's A&R Studios in late 1971 to begin recording her first album for the new label, the self-titled Dionne (not to be confused with her later Arista debut album) in January 1972. The album peaked at No. 57 on
3280-490: The devastation that it causes is so painful to see. I was so hurt to see my friend die with such agony", Warwick told The Washington Post in 1988. "I am tired of hurting and it does hurt." The single won the performers the NARAS Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, as well as Song of the Year for its writers, Bacharach and Bayer Sager. It also was ranked by Billboard magazine as
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3360-508: The early and mid part of the decade, aside from 1974's " Then Came You ", recorded as a duet with the Spinners and produced by Thom Bell . Bell later noted, "Dionne made a (strange) face when we finished [the song]. She didn't like it much, but I knew we had something. So we ripped a dollar in two, signed each half and exchanged them. I told her, 'If it doesn't go number one, I'll send you my half.' When it took off, Dionne sent hers back. There
3440-462: The end of 1971, Warwick had sold an estimated 35 million singles and albums internationally in less than nine years and more than 16 million singles in the U.S. alone. Exact figures of her sales are unknown and probably underestimated, due to Scepter Records' apparently lax accounting policies and the company policy of not submitting recordings for RIAA audit. Warwick became the first Scepter artist to request RIAA audits of her recordings in 1967 with
3520-418: The film. Warwick performed the song, and when the film became a success in the early weeks of 1968, disc jockeys flipped the single and made the single one of the biggest double-sided hits of the rock era and another million seller. At the time, RIAA rules allowed only one side of a double-sided hit single to be certified as gold, but Scepter awarded Warwick an "in-house award" to recognize "(Theme from) Valley of
3600-621: The four finalists in the Great British Song Contest , the UK heat for the Eurovision Song Contest . It came third. Kerr died on 8 December 2023, at the age of 78. Dionne Warwick Marie Dionne Warwick ( / d i ˈ ɒ n ˈ w ɔːr w ɪ k / dee- ON WOR -wik ; born Warrick ) is an American singer, actress, and television host. During her career, Warwick has won many awards, including six Grammy Awards . She has been inducted into
3680-547: The group after achieving solo success), The Gospelaires became the recording group The Sweet Inspirations , and had some chart success, but were much sought-after as studio background singers. The Gospelaires, and later The Sweet Inspirations, performed on many records cut in New York City for artists such as Garnet Mimms , The Drifters , Jerry Butler , Solomon Burke and, later, Warwick's solo recordings, Aretha Franklin and Elvis Presley . Warwick recalled, in 2002's Biography , that "a man came running frantically backstage at
3760-562: The group was in-demand for their harmonies among New York musicians and producers, after hearing their work with The Drifters, Ben E. King , Chuck Jackson , Dinah Washington , Ronnie "the Hawk" Hawkins , and Solomon Burke, among many others. In the same aforementioned Biography interview, Warwick recalled that, on weekdays after school, the girls would catch a bus from East Orange to the Port Authority Terminal , then take
3840-632: The group, and they were managed by Lee. As they became more successful, Lee and Marie began performing with the group, and they were augmented by pop/R&B singer Judy Clay , whom Lee had unofficially adopted. Elvis Presley eventually expressed an interest in having them join his touring entourage. Other talented singers joined The Gospelaires from time-to-time, including Judy Clay , Cissy Houston (mother of Whitney Houston ) and Doris "Rikii" Troy , whose chart selection " Just One Look " (when she recorded it in 1963) featured backing vocals from The Gospelaires. After personnel changes (Dionne and Doris left
3920-715: The most popular song of 1986. With this single Warwick also released her most successful album of the 1980s, titled Friends , which reached No. 12 on Billboard's album chart. In 1987, Dionne Warwick won the Special Recognition Award at the American Music Awards for "That's What Friends Are For". In 1987, Warwick scored another hit with " Love Power ". Her eighth career No. 1 Adult Contemporary hit, it also reached No. 5 in R&;B and No. 12 on Billboard's Hot 100. A duet with Jeffrey Osborne , it
4000-664: The organization as "America's Ambassador of Health". The network news magazine story, "That's What Friends Are For", reported that the Warwick Foundation was operating at more than 90% administrative cost, donating only about 3% of the money it raised to AIDS groups. Several AIDS groups and nonprofit experts criticized her foundation, including an AIDS group in the Virgin Islands that claimed she nearly bankrupted them after extravagant expenses left nothing for local charities. ABC reported that Warwick flew first class and
4080-698: The relationship between the Beatles and the nouvelle vague films of Jean-Luc Godard , discuss "the brio and elegance" of Dionne Warwick's singing style as a 'pleasurable but complex' event to be 'experienced without condescension.' In chic circles, anyone damning rock 'n' roll is labeled not only square but uncultured. For inspirational purposes, such hip artists as Robert Rauschenberg , Larry Rivers and Andy Warhol occasionally paint while listening to rock 'n' roll music. Explains Warhol: "It makes me mindless, and I paint better." After gallery openings in Manhattan,
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#17327839759504160-410: The release of "I Say a Little Prayer". On September 17, 1969, CBS Television aired Warwick's first television special, entitled The Dionne Warwick Chevy Special . Warwick's guests were Burt Bacharach, George Kirby , Glen Campbell , and Creedence Clearwater Revival . In 1970, Warwick formed her own label, Sonday Records, of which she was president. Sonday was distributed by Scepter. In 1970, she
4240-406: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard_Kerr&oldid=1189464174 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
4320-469: The same with me. That's how intertwined we've been. Warwick recorded "That's What Friends are For" as a benefit single for the American Foundation for AIDS Research (AmFAR) alongside Gladys Knight , Elton John and Stevie Wonder in 1985. The single, credited to "Dionne and Friends", was released in October and eventually raised more than three million dollars for that cause. The tune was
4400-496: The same year. Her second Arista album, 1980's No Night So Long sold 500,000 U.S. copies and featured the title track which became a major success – hitting No. 1 Adult Contemporary and No. 23 on Billboard ' s Hot 100 – and the album peaked at No. 23 on the Billboard Albums Chart. In January 1980, while under contract to Arista Records, Warwick hosted a two-hour TV special called Solid Gold '79 . This
4480-462: The session, Bacharach asked Warwick if she would be interested in recording demonstration recordings of his compositions to pitch the tunes to record labels, paying her $ 12.50 per demo recording session (equivalent to $ 130 in 2023). One such demo, "It's Love That Really Counts" – destined to be recorded by Scepter-signed act the Shirelles – caught the attention of
4560-588: The song " It's All Over " with former member of Modern Talking Dieter Bohlen ( Blue System ). The single peaked at No. 60 (No. 33 airplay) on the German pop charts and it was covered on Blue System's album Déjà Vu . In 1993, Forrest Sawyer , host of the ABC news/entertainment program Day One , alleged financial improprieties by the Warwick Foundation, founded in 1989 to benefit AIDS patients, and particularly Warwick's charity concert performances organized to benefit
4640-470: The song's composer, Burt Bacharach , a Brill Building songwriter who was writing songs with many other songwriters, including lyricist Hal David . According to a July 14, 1967, article on Warwick in Time , Bacharach stated, "She has a tremendous strong side and a delicacy when singing softly – like miniature ships in bottles." Musically, she was no "play-safe girl. What emotion I could get away with!" During
4720-657: The title " Mandy " for Barry Manilow in 1974, although Don Partridge's "Blue Eyes" was Kerr's first hit as a songwriter. In 1976, Kerr's solo album, Richard Kerr (re-titled Somewhere in the Night in some territories) was released by Epic Records , and in 2014 it was released digitally on iTunes. Kerr's album Welcome to the Club (1978, A&M Records ) featured songs co-written with John Bettis , Gary Osborne , and Will Jennings . Kerr's other albums include From Now Until Then , No Looking Back , Songwriter , and Reflections of Richard Kerr . His most important collaboration
4800-437: The title of which Warwick supplied herself when she snapped the phrase at producers Burt Bacharach and Hal David in anger. Warwick had found out that " Make It Easy on Yourself " – a song on which she had recorded the original demo and had wanted to be her first single release – had been given to another artist, Jerry Butler . From the phrase "don't make me over", Bacharach and David created their first top-40 pop hit (No. 21) and
4880-541: The top 100. Her fourth single, " Anyone Who Had a Heart ", released in November 1963, was Warwick's first top 10 pop hit (No. 8) in the U.S. and an international million seller. This was followed by " Walk On By " in April 1964, another major international hit and million seller that solidified her career. For the rest of the 1960s, Warwick was a fixture on the U.S. and Canadian charts, and much of her output from 1962 to 1971
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#17327839759504960-431: The tune. Cilla Black was selected to record the song, and her version peaked at No. 95 upon its release in the US. A cover version by Cher used in the American prints of the film peaked at No. 33. In the UK and Australia, Black's version was a Top-10 hit. Her follow-up to "I Say a Little Prayer", " (Theme from) Valley of the Dolls ", was unusual in several respects. It was not written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David; it
5040-558: Was certified Platinum in the United States for sales exceeding one million units. The album peaked at No. 12 on the Billboard Album Chart and made the Top 10 of the Billboard R&;B Albums Chart. Warwick had been personally signed and guided by the label's founder Clive Davis , who told her, "You may be ready to give the business up, but the business is not ready to give you up." Warwick's next single release
5120-560: Was a performer on the prestigious Royal Variety Performance at the London Palladium , singing The Look of Love, What the World Needs Now and Come Together . In 1971, Warwick left the family atmosphere of Scepter Records for Warner Bros. Records , for a $ 5 million contract, the most lucrative recording contract given to a female vocalist up to that time, according to Variety . Warwick's last LP for Scepter
5200-401: Was accommodated at first-class hotels for charity concerts and events in which she participated for the Warwick Foundation, managed by her close confident, Guy Draper, a former chief of protocol for former Washington DC Mayor Marion Barry, and who had a history of bankruptcies. Warwick alleged that the ABC report was racially motivated and threatened to sue ABC News for defamation, although a suit
5280-464: Was active from 1991 to 1998. According to press statements throughout the 1990s, the program was the most successful infomercial for several years and Warwick earned in excess of three million dollars per year as spokesperson for the network. In 1998, Inphomation, the corporation owning the network, filed for bankruptcy and Warwick ended her association with the organization. Warwick's longtime friend and tour manager Henry Carr acknowledged that "when Dionne
5360-406: Was adapted into the weekly one-hour show Solid Gold , which she hosted throughout 1980 and 1981 and again in 1985–86. Major highlights of each show were the duets she performed with her co-hosts, which often included some of Warwick's hits and her co-hosts' hits, intermingled and arranged by Solid Gold musical director Michael Miller. Another highlight in each show was Warwick's vocal rendition of
5440-526: Was also written by Burt Bacharach and Carole Bayer Sager , and it was featured in Warwick's album Reservations for Two . The album's title song, a duet with Kashif , was also a chart hit. Other artists featured on the album included Smokey Robinson and June Pointer . During the 1990s, Warwick hosted infomercials for the Psychic Friends Network , which featured self-described psychic Linda Georgian. The 900 number psychic service
5520-631: Was an apology on it." It was her first U.S. No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. Other than this success, Warwick's five years on Warner Bros. Records produced no other major hits, but "Then Came You" was issued by co-owned Atlantic Records , the Spinners' label. Two notable songs recorded during this period were "His House and Me" and "Once You Hit The Road" (No. 79 pop, No. 5 R&B, No. 22 Adult Contemporary), both of which were produced in 1975 by Thom Bell . Warwick recorded five albums with Warners: Dionne (1972), produced by Bacharach and David and
5600-420: Was another major hit. " Deja Vu " was co-written by Isaac Hayes and hit No. 1 Adult Contemporary as well as No. 15 on Billboard ' s Hot 100. In 1980, Warwick won two Grammy Awards for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female for " I'll Never Love This Way Again " and Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female for "Déjà Vu". She became the first female artist in the history of the awards to win in both categories
5680-415: Was born on 14 December 1944. Kerr began his education at Bedford School . After gaining an interest in music at school he went into songwriting. In the UK, he collaborated with musicians in the late 1960s and early 1970s such as Peter Green , Don Partridge and Scott English . The last pairing resulted in the song " Brandy ", which English released in 1971. This song later become a worldwide hit under
5760-409: Was going through an airport and a child recognized her as 'that psychic lady on TV', Dionne was crushed and said she had worked too hard as an entertainer to become known as 'the psychic lady. ' " Warwick's most publicized album during this period was 1993's Friends Can Be Lovers , which was produced in part by Ian Devaney and Lisa Stansfield . Featured on the album was "Sunny Weather Lover", which
5840-407: Was never filed. The Internal Revenue Service began an investigation of the Warwick Foundation after other complaints were filed, and the Warwick Foundation was later dissolved. ABC's story was nominated for a national Emmy award in 1994 and won a prestigious Investigative Reporters and Editors national television award in 1993. On October 16, 2002, Warwick was nominated to be Goodwill Ambassador of
5920-557: Was no imagination in her recording." Warwick later covered two of Cilla's songs – "You're My World" appeared on Dionne Warwick in Valley of the Dolls , released in 1968 and on the soundtrack to Alfie . Warwick was named the Bestselling Female Vocalist in the Cash Box Magazine poll in 1964, with six chart hits in that year. Cash Box named her the Top Female Vocalist in 1969, 1970 and 1971. In
6000-530: Was released on February 26, 2008, in the United Kingdom and on April 1, 2008, in the United States. The album features guest spots by her sister Dee Dee Warwick and BeBe Winans . On October 18, 2008, Warwick's sister Dee Dee died in a nursing home in Essex County , New Jersey. She had been in failing health for several months. On November 24, 2008, Warwick was the star performer on Divas II ,
6080-401: Was the "B" side of her "I Say a Little Prayer" single, and it was a song that she almost did not record. While the film version of Valley of the Dolls was being made, actress Barbara Parkins suggested that Warwick be considered to sing the film's theme song, written by songwriting team André and Dory Previn . The song was to be recorded by Judy Garland , who was subsequently fired from
6160-489: Was the first song that Burt Bacharach and Hal David had written together for Warwick since 1972. It was Warwick's lead single in the United States, and was heavily promoted by Arista , but failed to chart. A follow-up "Where My Lips Have Been" peaked at No. 95 on the Hot R&;B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks . The 1994 Aquarela Do Brasil album marked the end of Warwick's contract with Arista Records. In 1990, Warwick recorded
6240-469: Was the soundtrack for the motion picture The Love Machine , in which she appeared in an uncredited cameo, released in July 1971. In 1975, Bacharach and David sued Scepter Records for an accurate accounting of royalties due the team from their recordings with Warwick and labelmate B.J. Thomas . They were awarded almost $ 600,000 and the rights to all Bacharach/David recordings on the Scepter label. The label, with
6320-420: Was with the American lyricist Will Jennings. They wrote such popular songs as " Looks Like We Made It ", a No. 1 hit for Barry Manilow , " Somewhere in the Night ", which was a hit for Helen Reddy and later for Barry Manilow (1978), and " I'll Never Love This Way Again " for Dionne Warwick . In 1997, along with lyricist Don Black , Kerr wrote "You Stayed Away Too Long", sung by 18-year-old Joanne May, one of
6400-555: Was written and produced by the Bacharach/David team. Warwick weathered the British Invasion better than most American artists. Her biggest UK hits were " Walk On By " and " Do You Know the Way to San Jose ?" In the UK, a number of Bacharach-David-Warwick songs were recorded by British singers Cilla Black , Sandie Shaw and Dusty Springfield , most notably Black's " Anyone Who Had a Heart " which went to No. 1 in
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