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?
Narrated mostly in Ms. Warwick s own velvet-toned voice, Don t Make Me Over blends archival footage with personal photographs and newsreels, telling the story.
things be living here in my brand-new world it might be a fantasy she s the little girl i never had. losing whitney was probably one of the hardest things i ve seen my mom go through. it was difficult because it was so public. we didn t have time to grieve. my time seemed all too brief. don t lengthen it now with undue grief. lift up your hearts and share with me. god wanted me now. he set me free. my family has always been, i think, my rock, you know, my stability. oh, we ve had our bumps. don t get me wrong. everything has its obstacles. but we managed to come together