Dionne Warwick

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Singer • Actress • Host

Birth Name: Marie Dionne Warrick

Birth Date: December 12, 1940

Age: 83 years old

Birth Place: East Orange, New Jersey

As the voice of some of Burt Bacharach and Hal David's best songs in the 1960s, Dionne Warwick became a pop icon of the era, with a cool, classy style and plenty of pure vocal power. She was born Marie Dionne Warrick (a record label error eventually inspired a permanent spelling change) in Orange, New Jersey on December 12, 1940. Before beginning her solo career, Warwick sang with The Drinkard Singers, a family gospel group that at various points included her mother, grandparents, aunt Cissy Houston, and other relatives. She also sang with The Gospelaires, who later became The Sweet Inspirations. Their sideline in providing backup vocals for pop records led Warwick to the mainstream pop scene.

She came to the attention of composer/producer Burt Bacharach while singing on a Drifters record, and was invited to sing on demos of Bacharach and David's songs. This led to her signing with Scepter Records as a solo artist, under the production/songwriting wing of Bacharach and David. Her first single, 1962's "Don't Make Me Over," was also Bacharach & David's first visit to the Pop Top 40. Warwick's well-schooled voice was the perfect match for the songwriting team's sophisticated-but-infectious material, and they enjoyed a long string of hits together that came to define '60s pop. "Walk On By," "I Say a Little Prayer," "Do You Know the Way to San Jose," and "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" are just a few of the many smashes Warwick scored with Bacharach and David.

But in the early '70s, the songwriting duo split up, leaving Warwick to fend for herself. Her career suffered, though she did subsequently score two big hits in the '70s: 1974's "Then Came You" with The Spinners, and 1979's "I'll Never Love This Way Again." In 1982, Warwick returned to the Top 10 with the help of The Bee Gees, who wrote her hit single "Heartbreaker." And three years later she had the biggest smash of her career with "That's What Friends Are For," fittingly co-written by Bacharach. For much of the '90s, Warwick had a strange sideline as a TV infomercial host for the Psychic Friends Network, but she never abandoned performing and recording, remaining active through the 2010s.

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Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction CeremonyStream

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Inspired Lives

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The Greatest Night in PopStream

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The 46th Annual Kennedy Center Honors

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National Christmas Tree Lighting

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Heartbreakers at the BBC

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CNN Films: Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over

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Glisten and the Merry Mission

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The Jennifer Hudson Show

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Dionne Warwick at the BBC

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2020

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Retro: Women Who Ruled the '80s

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Dionne Warwick: I Say a Little Prayer

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Dionne Warwick: Battle Hymn of the Republic

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Dionne Warwick: This Girl's in Love With You

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Dionne Warwick: Walk On ByDo You Know The Way To San JoseI Say A Little Prayer

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Dionne Warwick: The Way You Look Tonight

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2020

Find Your Groove

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The Kelly Clarkson Show

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2019

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2019

Today With Hoda & Jenna

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The DL Hughley Show

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Dionne Warwick: What the World Needs Now

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2018

Dionne Warwick: Then Came You (My Music)

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Sister Circle

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The 2016 Triumph Awards

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2015

The Late Show With Stephen ColbertStream

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The Meredith Vieira Show

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2014

Killing Me Softly: The Roberta Flack Story

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Dionne Warwick: Music Will Keep Us Together

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2013 Soul Train Awards

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The Big Interview With Dan RatherStream

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2013

The Real

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Burt Bacharach's Best (My Music Presents)

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Belle's

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Dionne Warwick & Luther Vandross: How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye

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Home & Family

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2012

Finding Your RootsStream

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The TalkStream

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The TalkStream

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Access Hollywood Live

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Michel Legrand & Friends: 50 Years of Music and Movies

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The Project

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Watch What Happens Live With Andy CohenStream

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Tonight's the Night

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The Celebrity Apprentice

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Black Enterprise Business Report

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The Better Show

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Our World With Black Enterprise

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2006

Dionne Warwick, Elton John, Gladys Knight and Stevie Wonder: That's What Friends Are For

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2004

Tavis Smiley

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2004

An Evening With Dionne Warwick

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2002

A Tribute to Burt Bacharach & Hal David

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The Early Show

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1999

Burt Bacharach: One Amazing Night

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1999

Pauly

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1997

Access Hollywood

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1996

The Drew Carey ShowStream

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1995

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every ChildStream

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The Wayans Bros.Stream

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1995

The New Adventures of Captain Planet

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1993

Walker, Texas RangerStream

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1993

ExtraLarge: Black Magic

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Mama Limbo
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1991

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Dionne Warwick & Friends: That's What Friends Are For

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1985

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1984

Super PasswordStream

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Dionne Warwick: Heartbreaker

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Entertainment Tonight

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CBS News Sunday MorningStream

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Dionne Warwick: I'll Never Love This Way Again

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Dionne Warwick: Deja Vu

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The Comedy ShopStream

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Legends in Concert: Dionne Warwick

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Good Morning America

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Good Morning America

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1975

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Sammy Davis Jr.

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The Rockford FilesStream

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1974

TattletalesStream

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1974

Dionne Warwick : Then Came You

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1974

Free to Be... You & Me

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1972

Feliciano: Very Special

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1969

Slaves

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1969

The Name of the Game

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1968

The Carol Burnett ShowStream

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1967

Pleins feux

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1966

Today

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1952

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The Red Skelton ShowStream

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