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
they approached me and ask if i would be interested in doing demonstration records as long as they would be writing with sal david and new song writing partners. i said, yeah, i guess, as long as it doesn t interfere with my education because my mother would kill you, and me too. dionne came in to sing for hal and myself, and we signed her right away. florence greenberg said, i can t believe that voice i just heard. it was heavenly. thank god for my daddy who negotiated my contract. and let florence know we re going take care of my baby.
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.
i did a demonstration record of a song called make it easy on yourself. and it was agreed between david baccarat, david and myself that that would be my very first record. calvin carter was a&r at dj records. he called and he said to me, you know that song make it easy on yourself, want to do it with jerry butler. basically, run the date, book the musicians. that was a big opportunity for me. well, i was on my way from hartford down to new york to do a session for them. and out of the radio came jerry butler singing make it easy on yourself. make it easy on yourself make it easy on yourself