Jazz Articles about Dionne Warwick

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Dionne Warwick: Déjà Vu: The Arista Recordings (1979-1994)

by Jakob Baekgaard
April 10, 2020

Every artist, even great ones, experiences peaks and valleys. When Dionne Warwick signed with Arista Records in 1979, she had nothing to prove, but her glory also seemed like a thing of the past. She was already a part of pop history with an unparalleled string of hits penned by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. In fact, when she signed with Warner Brothers in 1971, the plan was that history would continue and she would still be singing hits by ...

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Dionne Warwick with Special Guest Darlene Love at NYCB Theatre at Westbury

by Christine Connallon
July 13, 2019

Dionne Warwick with Special Guest Darlene Love NYCB Theatre at Westbury Westbury, NY June 27, 2019 Darlene Love, born Darlene Wright, is an American singer and actress who discovered her voice while singing in her church at the age of 10 in Los Angeles, CA. Gospel gave her a foundation and her musical interests quickly spread to include rock and soul when she joined a local girl group called the Blossoms. The band worked with ...

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Dionne Warwick: My Friends and Me

by Chris M. Slawecki
February 11, 2007

Primarily known as the soft, supple voice in front of so many classics written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, Warwick here enters the popular “Duets arena by revisiting most of that catalog in the company of other female artists. It took more than “Wishin' and Hopin' to transform this concept into a worthwhile listen (though that song bubbles with Olivia Newton-John's still-adorable voice); some solid singing from some surprising, distant corners of the pop realm did.

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