Ladies and gentlemen, Dionne Warwick. Do you mind if i sing . If you see me walking down the street Dionne Warwick, one of the great female singers of all time. Walk on by i heard Dionne Warwicks voice, and i never heard a voice like that before. And youre never going hear a voice like that again. Dont make me over dionnes music is generation. They just dont do it like that anymore. When dionne opens her mouth, did i dont know it was dionne . Of course you did. Her voice was like water in the desert. She quenches thirst. She was always so elegant, in her dress, in her demeanor, in her delivery. Always the picture of elegance. Whats it all about dionnes voice has this beautiful melancholy tone that just touches your heart. I could actually feel what she was feeling. I feel dionne was an Ideal Partner for burton howl, a magical combination. The way she brought their songs to life, it was an amazing thing to watch. Crossover to all markets. Dionne was the first African American woman to w
ladies and gentlemen, dionne warwick. do you mind if i sing? if you see me walking down the street dionne warwick, one of the great female singers of all time. walk on by i heard dionne warwick s voice, and i never heard a voice like that before. and you re never going hear a voice like that again. don t make me over dionne s music is generation. they just don t do it like that anymore. when dionne opens her mouth, did i don t know it was dionne? of course you did. her voice was like water in the desert. she quenches thirst. she was always so elegant, in her dress, in her demeanor, in her delivery. always the picture of elegance. what s it all about dionne s voice has this beautiful melancholy tone that just touches your heart. i could actually feel what she was feeling. i feel dionne was an ideal partner for burton howl, a magical combination. the way she brought their songs to life, it was an amazing thing to watch. crossover
if i was what i was. the music i was singing was nothing like anything any of them were singing, black or white. so, they really didn t know what to do with me. the royal peacock was a true blues club. i didn t know nothing about no blues, but i was booked there. when i showed up and sang don t make me over, i knew they hated me. they had heard the song, thought it was a white girl singing. i told mr. wynn, i said, i m not coming back here. these people hate me. so, he says, no, no, no. don t say that. that s not true. they do like you. but you re just not singing the right thing. do you know a song called what i say by ray charles. i said, yeah, everybody knows that song. he said, good. now, your next show, what i want you to do, i want you to open with what i say. i said, why you want to me to do that?
he gave me a list of artists. and his face lights up and he says, dionne warwick. that s the lady right there. he was so thrilled. he said, i m going to write you a song for dionne warwick. you re going to get it in 10 days. so i came up with a song along with maurice and robin called heartbreaker. i was excited that this might be a hit for her. he says, i wrote this, he said, for dionne. and i did the demo. oh, my god. so we both with bated breath were waiting. i would sing the song in falsetto because that was a woman s key. and i did heartbreaker that way. i ve got to say it and it s hard for me you got me crying like i thought i would never be i ve only got one thing to say about that, that she did it better. maybe that s why she wasn t keen on it. something about that song i just did not want to record it. between barry and maurice, clive davis was very strong-armed at
would be incredible. and the song that i was holding for her was i ll never love this way again. you looked inside my fantasies and made each one come true something no one else had ever found a way to do i ve kept the memories one by one since you took me in and i know i ll never love this way again i know i ll never love this way again so i keep holding on before the good is gone i know i ll never love this way again