-- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com ♪ ladies and gentlemen, dionne warwick. [ cheers and applause ] >> do you mind if i sing? [ cheers an [ cheers and applause ] ♪ if you see me walking down the street ♪ >> dionne warwick, one of the great female singers of all time. ♪ walk on by ♪ >> you heard dionne warwick's voice and you never heard a voice before. and you never heard a voice like that again. ♪ don't make me over ♪ >> dionne's music is generational because they just don't do it like that no more. >> when dionne opened her mouth, did you notice dionne? of course you did. ♪ anyone who ever dreamed ♪ >> her voice was like water in the desert. she quenches your thirst. >> she was always in a dress and her demeanor and her delivery, always the picture of elegance. ♪ >> dionne warwick's voice has this beautiful, melancholy tone that just touches your heart. >> i could actually feel what she was feeling. ♪ happy ♪ >> dionne was a nine-year partner for burton howell, magical combination. >> the way she brought the songs to life, it was an amazing thing to watch. >> dionne was one of the few to cross over to all markets. >> dionne was the first african american woman to win a grammy in the pop category. i mean, that's a huge, huge thing. >> there's dionne warwick, a legend? >> the people i was people i was privileged to sing with, not many of my peers had that opportunity. >> some people thought that she was a sell out. was she trying to be white? all of that, dionne had to carry. ♪ what do you get when you fall in love ♪ >> this i represented when i first went to europe. they didn't know if i was black, if i was white. i was going into uncharted territory. ♪ never thought i'd feel this way ♪ >> cannot separate the voice from the heart. >> dionne's music inspired people to see and look forward to the best part of themselves. >> she was not just an artist. she was one of the first genuine aids activists in the united states. >> dionne was a hero of mine. and a lot of people, she was really the first person in the music business to really speak up about it. ♪ >> when you look at the great things, the krem dell krem. >> great artist, great humanitarian, great person. >> that's what defines greatness. i sing music and from that evolve to whatever this is i am. ♪ just a middle class, working family. we lived in newark, new jersey. and we moved to east orange, new jersey, where i spent all of my growing years. lived in a wonderful neighborhood in east orange. every race, color, creed lived on that block. we were virtually united nations. my mom worked at a electrical factory. my dad was a -- i got an opportunity to travel with him a lot, which was wonderful. my grandfather was a minister. and so i grew up in church. ♪ >> you have given me something that i have been missing. truly missing. and it's only because i've got to keep my lights on. >> others brought up singing with always sing, and it's just an innate part of me. ♪ and what did i see ♪ they were coming after me ♪ ♪ ♪ >> my very first performance, i was six years old. we had just finished sunday school. ♪ jesus loves me ♪ ♪ this i know ♪ >> my grandfather said, dionne, come to the pulpit. he had arranged five or six heavy books for me to stand on. he says, i want you to sing for me. i said, you want me to do what? sing? said, i want you to sing "jesus loves me." i closed my eyes, and i got up, and i started singing "jesus loves me." ♪ yes jesus loves me ♪ >> and then i started hearing things coming from the congregation. all right, sing it. ah. and i opened up both my eyes and i just let it go then. i started really getting into it. and i finally finished it. it was my very first day in elevation. ♪ yes ♪ >> dionne, she really knew what she wanted to do way back then. >> so she came to live with us in her teens. she grew up in her house. >> when my mom passed, i went to live with my sister, which was dionne's mom. >> i always considered her more of a big sister than an aunt. >> and of course i was the boss. >> that's what she thought. ♪ i said the lord ♪ ♪ lord take it ♪ ♪ blessed, blessed ♪ ♪ blessed is the name of the lord ♪ >> i think dionne learned how to sing because we always had a group. you know, the drinkard singers was before all of it. >> they were the first gospel group to record. whenever they sang, it was like the whole neighborhood would come out and sit on their porches to listen to them. and of course i'd open my mouth and try to outsing them all. which was impossible to do. >> gospel music is something different because it comes from way down in here. and troubles and tribulations that we've been through. my daughter was raised in gospel church. >> dionne is my first cousin. i'm very proud of that. i just heard gospel all in my family. you know, we'd have christmas dinner. then we'd sing. we'd have thanksgiving dinner. then we'd all sing. ♪ >> legacy in my family, music. pure and simple. music. >> the apollo theater gave me my first taste of being on stage, an actual theatrical stage performing. >> in 1934, a lot of black entertainers were being discovered on the stage of the apollo. so, they start presenting the harlem amateur hour radio show, renamed amateur night at the apollo. >> tradition. it's folklore. it's the grandaddy of black show business. >> i've always loved soul singers. i grew up playing in a band. i grew up loving it. >> greatest entertainers around the world, and everybody wants to experience the apollo theater. ♪ any day now ♪ ♪ i will hear you say ♪ >> wrote "any day now" for chuck jackson, which is one of my favorite records of all time. ♪ any day now ♪ >> when i came to the apollo, i thought i was pretty good as a performer. but i was just standing up singing, and the people were not liking it. so, the next show, i went on, i started throwing the mic and falling to my knees. ♪ >> the people were standing and cheering, and there were women screaming. and they just came in to me. and when they backed off, i was almost naked. that's when i knew, there's something in this. ♪ ooh baby baby ♪ >> i remember the first time i walked into the apollo theater, and the whole wall on both sides was a mural of all these artists who had played at the apollo theater. ella fitzgerald, billy, sammy davis, harry belafonte, the orioles, the spaniels, the drifters, jackie wilson, sam cook, all these people on this wall. i said to them, i hope one day we can make this wall. ♪ ooh baby baby ♪ >> the first time we played the apollo, we were terrible. we were so terrible, until the guy called barry, told him he wanted his money back. he wasn't even paying us no money. we didn't have money to give out. but he wanted that back. but it was a lesson. they've seen everybody. so, when you go there, you better be ready. you better bring it. >> on amateur night at the apollo, the audience judged you. if they like you, they applaud you. if they don't like you, this guy chases you off the stage. >> amateur night at the apollo is crazy bait. you've got to go up there. everybody's jeering, yelling, screaming. you think sandman is going to come out and yank you off. it's hard to get your confidence up. >> it's scary. it's frightening. you know what can and has happened. and i've seen it happen. >> there's a saying that says, if you can make it at the apollo, you can make it anywhere. and that is the truth. go ahead. go research how many people won amateur night. >> amateur night launched the careers of many incredible women. ella fitzgerald was the first. then billie holiday. then in 1957, this incredible young lady came and performed on amateur night, and her name was miss dionne warwick. ♪ ♪ one by one baby ♪ ♪ he was born, born, born ♪ ♪ he was born in bethlehem ♪ >> decided i'm going to sing a song recorded by -- in philadelphia. the imperials happened to be on that particular show. ♪ born, born ♪ ♪ born in bethlehem ♪ >> so, we got on stage. the imperials were standing there watching. >> we used to laugh about how scared she was. she said she was hitting notes she didn't even realize. ♪ >> and when we came off, he said, we -- you did a wonderful job on that song. are you kidding me? we loved it. ♪ >> and when they announced the winner, we were winner, which was a wonderful thing. >> the young man at one of the shows we were attending, he's a vocal group, did background work on a recording. big mouth. said, oh, yeah, we know how to do that. what's the background for? said, i don't know. we're gone find out, i guess. ♪ and as it turned out, we went to savoy records in new jersey, and we did -- and that was the beginning of our background careers. while i was in high school, i would travel to new york and do demos. and while i was in college even, i arranged my classes so that i could come in and do those. made a very, very good living, helped to put me through college. >> dionne warwick did what she needed to do to strengthen her professional life. learning the skills that you need to be a great musician, to get a bachelor's degree, to get a master's degree. she changed the notion that african americans can't study, they can't sing that way. >> the fact that she can read music, write music, play music, sight read music, which is no easy feat, by the way, takes years and years and continual practice. it allows you, i think, a flexibility and a freedom, just really never be held back. >> when i met dionne, we were going to record "mexican divorce" with the drifters. wanted to have a girl group in the background. and these four ladies came in. they were pretty awesome. i mean, the way they sounded, you couldn't tell who was the best singer. dionne stood out. she sort of looked like, could be a star. >> 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. >> we signed her right away. >> florence greenberg said, i can't believe that 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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 ♪ >> and that didn't sit too well with me. so, when i got to new york, i let him know, you don't do that to me. one thing i want you to both understand is there's something you can never do to dionne is try to make her over. so, don't even think it. they put pen to paper. ♪ don't make me over ♪ ♪ now that you know how i adore you ♪ >> a lot of companies thought burt and howell and scepter were losers when they released "don't make me over." >> they said it couldn't happen. a format radio station wouldn't touch it because it wasn't something brand-new, and they weren't playing new music. >> when i played "don't make me over," the phones lit up. i knew from that moment, dionne warwick would become a star. >> i was coming home one day listening to a pop station, and it came on. and i said, oh, my god, they did it. >> i met dionne when i was 13. i remember hearing "don't make me over." and i said, you know, there's a new song out by dionne warwick, incredible. >> burt and howell, great. but dionne was the glove that fitted them perfectly. she was the one. >> in the name of the greatest people that have ever trod this earth, i draw the line in the dust and toss the gauntlet before the feet of tyranny. and i say segregation now, segregation tomorrow, and segregation forever. >> my very first tour was, we did the south when it was not popular to be black and go to the south. it surprised me because i had never encountered anything of that nature. >> if the black restaurants are closed, we don't have any place to eat. >> we'd been shot at for wanting to go to the toilet, you know? or you get to the place, and there are toilets there. one says men. one says women. and around back somewhere, says colored. if you're colored, there's no gender. all the color people go to the same one. >> we have absolutely no intention of integrating in the south those areas that have been segregated for at least 100 years. >> they didn't even want us staying overnight in certain towns. we would go in, ease in, do our show, and ease out. >> i toured with "the motor town review." and i remember they had just experienced someone in the south shooting at the bus and had missed the gas tank, i think, by an inch from the gas tank. >> the story was very, very clear. ♪ ♪ struggle on the run ♪ ♪ man old and young ♪ ♪ twisting the night away ♪ >> shows were completely sold out every night. there was one side, which was white, where they were seated. and the other side was a ballroom-type setting, where everyone was standing. blacks were on this side. whites were on this side. the stage was straight ahead. and i remember sam saying, dionne, do not turn your back on the white folk. i said, well, why not? he said, do not turn your back on the white folk. i said, okay. first thing i did when i went out there, i walked straight to the band and turned my back and played to the ones that looked like me. everybody could hear me. everybody could see me. so, we came together. we were in south carolina, sam decided he was going to treat everyone to lunch. our bus was parked outside a place called the toddle house. we talked in, and this waitress came by. what do you gals want, which kind of started the hair rising on my neck. i said, we have a list here. these kind of sandwiches and this kind of hamburger. so, i said, where can i sit down? she said, no, you can stand here and wait until i get it back to you. there's no way you're going to sit down. you're not supposed to be in here. that's when i turned around -- i was crazy anyway. everyone knows it. i said, that order i just gave you, when it comes, shove it up your -- mm-hm. and we walked out. got back to the bus, they said, where's the food. i said, that woman's got it stuck up her butt, where i told her to put it. less than three minutes after we got back on that bus, a police officer came to the bus. he stood at the front, where i had left the door open. he said, okay, where those two girls that was in the toddle house. they seem to have been very, very insubordinate to the waitress in there, and i want to know which one of them said what. i almost stood up and said, i said it. sam just stopped me. sam said, listen, i don't mean to be rude to you. however, this is a private bus. it happens to belong to me. you do not belong on it. so, i'd ask you to please leave it. and he did. he said, dionne, you could have got us put all in jail in this outfit. ♪ done did me wrong ♪ all right now ♪ ♪ that's what i said ♪ >> dionne had, in her act, "what i say," ray charles' song. she had it in, tell your ma, tell your pa, we're going to integrate arkansas. and we were in one of those states where you didn't do that. so, they told her she could not do that part of the song. and dionne went on stage. and then i hear -- tell your ma, tell your pa. the cops stopped the show right then. the police told us we had so many minutes to get out of town. we made sure that dionne was the first person to get out of town. she took -- because i would never have said that if they told me not to. but she said, they're not going to tell me what to do. >> she went through a time where it was just hard being a black person, let alone being a black woman. but that made her who she is. and i believe that what don't kill you makes you stronger. >> you almost had to have a music education just to read what he wrote. different eregisters, signature. man marched to his drummer. you wanted to be a part of that, you had to march with them. >> dionne had been reading music. she was able to prevail at piano. that's a real plus. >> there were a few of us who decided that a music background was very important. >> i found dionne warwick through singing background. i was lucky enough to get the premier gig, which is hal david and dionne warwick. she can look at a piece of music, the notes on the page, interpret that, and then make those notes come to life in a special way. it was an amazing thing because her training made that sound easy. >> back then david wrote very rangey melodies, and she just effortlessly sang them. >> i am forever grateful i learned as much from her as i learned from coaltrain. >> we heard dionne, her unique interpretation of the songs. they were iconic, raw, and real. >> they were just perfect works of art. they were a bit like picassos. >> when you can take a song and you can completely transform the listener and make them know that every single word, every single note counts, it transports you. ♪ anyone who ever loved ♪ ♪ i love you ♪ ♪ anyone who ever dreamed ♪ ♪ could look at me ♪ ♪ and know i dream of you ♪ ♪ knowing i love you ♪ ♪ stop ♪ ♪ >> her voice that floated through those lyrics and those complex melodies, was magical. >> dionne had this huge range. anyone had a heart, you know, she's very delicate. and then she's very explosive. very unusual to have a singer that can do that. ♪ knowing i love you ♪ ♪ stop ♪ ♪ anyone who had a heart ♪ >> one of the voices that touched my heart most in the world was dionne's voice. i go up in australia, and when i was in 15, i went into a talent contest. and i actually won the talent contest with "anyone had a heart." so, here was the beginning of my career. ♪ anyone had a heart ♪ >> i grew up -- i wanted to be a voice. my guitar is my voice. when i heard dionne warwick's voice, i want to have a voice like that. she said, i'm jealous. >> anyone who had a heart tore at my heart. and it's still one of my favorite, all-time songs. >> they were forming what i would call a musical marriage. and the way she brought their songs to life, it was just magic. ♪ i say a little prayer for you ♪ >> i don't like it. >> i don't like it. >> i would write and it would be the piano. and maybe i would have part of a melodic fragment. maybe howard would have a lyric, a title. that's how we started. ♪ >> the more we recorded dionne, the more you could see what she could do -- ♪ i say a little prayer for you ♪ >> i think hal david was tuned in to the world. i don't call him a lyricist. i call him a poet. he wrote to you, not at you. he wrote, from his heart, things that he felt needed to be said. and i think that most people literally wanted to be able to s say. that is why i revere him. hal was really mild mannered. but burt is very strong. so, you have to be sure of yourself. and dionne had that quality. >> i would always try to get her to stop smoking. it's a hard habit to break. i guess i had been on her case a little bit. and she had some t-shirts made up. don't tell me to stop smoking. it's pretty good. >> in the 1950s and '60s, there was race music. so, there was rhythm and blues, which was considered for african americans. ♪ i said check your ♪ ♪ >> then there was pop music. ♪ it's my party and i'll cry if i want to ♪ ♪ cry if i want to ♪ >> and it was really hard to cross over. there was almost a river that separated them. >> back then, you had two different sets of criteria. you had white radio and you had black radio. >> had to do a lot with fears that this race music might contaminate people, make them act differently than the side you would want. >> in the studio, they would record dionne's sister, dee dee, myrna, and sister houston, and then we would bring three white girls that did all the jingles. and the pop stuff in new york put sissy's group on bottom and on the top was the white girls. that was the format. >> this was how i was represented when i first went to europe, paris. this is dionne warwick. yeah, i've changed. that's all they ever saw representing me. anyway, i walked out on that stage at the theater. there was a gasp. and i told them, yeah, i know. i ain't white. i am a 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he said, you'll find out. ♪ everybody, hey, oh ♪ ♪ i said ♪ >> had people singing and carrying on. they didn't care what i was singing. it was wonderful. ♪ you see this girl ♪ ♪ this girl's in love with you ♪ ♪ if i'm in love ♪ ♪ w ♪ >> you've got understand, there are cultures in this world. dionne could touch anybody with her music across the board because she wasn't so far one way or the other. >> dionne was one of the students that had the kind of material and the voice to cross over and make it an international kind of appeal. >> the people she was dealing with also knew how to take that middle of the road. >> so, she hooked up with them. with her sweet voice like she has, you know, it was just the perfect match. ♪ say you're in love ♪ ♪ and you'd be my guy ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> even though i had a hit record in the states, my career literally blossomed in europe. i was treated like a royal princess, which i loved. it was a lot of fun. it showed me what it really was i was headed for. >> i'll give you something to dream about, mister. >> took very good care of dionne in paris. marlene lived in paris. >> i was going to appear at the olympia theater. and berta let marlene know that i was heading that way and to please take care of the baby. okay. she put us in the limousine, took us to our hotel. went to the theater with me, did my lighting, my sound check. she did everything, and she just, show me your clothes. so, i took her back to the dressing room. she was looking at my dresses that i thought were pretty okay. and each one she looked at, she tossed into the hall, off the wrack into the hall. off the wrack, into the hall. i thought the woman had lost her mind. the new jersey started coming out in me. i asked, i said, what are you doing? she said, no, no, no. you must wear good. i said, what? couture. i said, what is couture. so, she took me shopping. much to the chagrin of my accountants. that was my introduction to the designers of the industry. ♪ hey, little girl ♪ ♪ comb your hair, fix your make-up ♪ ♪ soon he will open the door ♪ >> when a woman is talented and she's displaying it -- the first time i see her, magnificent. the high cheekbones looked like a nubian princess. >> dionne was always the picture of elegance in her dress, in her demeanor, in her delivery. she was always elegant. >> and we used to always tease her and say, you've got to show those pretty legs. don't always wear those long dresses. when we saw her legs, she had these tremendous legs. >> there was this sense of pride in her stature, in the way she carried herself, that made you feel good about being black. >> i used to have thoughts of dionne warwick. i am 5'3". back in the day, your boy, did i have a thing for you, girl. i hope my wife is not watching this. y'all will have me in trouble. >> ladies and gentlemen, dionne warwick. >> dionne warwick. >> dionne warwick. >> dionne warwick. >> people of all nationalities and races listened to my elegances worldwide. and that's the beauty of music. it transcends color. i was one of the first artists to perform for the queen mother of england. i was one of the first recording artists to tour europe completely. france, germany, spain, italy. [ singing in non-english ] [ singing in non-english ] >> i was involved a lot at first. i'd step outside the box. >> once again, dionne warwick. ♪ a chair is still a chair even when there's no one sitting there ♪ ♪ but a chair is -- and a house is not a home when there's no one there to hold you tight ♪ ♪ and no one there you can kiss good night ♪ >> i found that outside of the united states not only knew who i was, but appreciated my talent. they didn't understand what i was saying, i didn't understand what they were saying, but musically they knew exactly what i was about. ♪ >> it was exciting. when i came back to the states is when it started snowballing. >> welcome please, dionne warwick. >> ms. dionne warwick. >> ms. dionne warwick. ♪ the moment i wake up ♪ ♪ before i put on my make-up ♪ ♪ i say a little prayer for you ♪ ♪ i'm combing by hair now ♪ ♪ and wondering which dress to wear now ♪ ♪ i say a little prayer for you ♪ ♪ forever ever forever ♪ ♪ i will love you forever and ever ♪ ♪ whenever we're apart ♪ ♪ together >> my first vegas room was the sands, which was the home of the sammy davis jud junior was one y mentors. you coming in? welcome in. when i first met elvis, he said you have records in town, don't you? i said i do. elvis put a photograph inside of every album of mine in las vegas and made announcements about it. i sold so many albums, i didn't realize how many albums i sold. i said all right mr. presley, thank you. [ applause ] ♪ ♪ >> i was able to play the apollo theater, which was relative ly african american audiences to the brooklyn fox, which were basically like teenagers. ♪ ♪ if you see me walking down the street and i start to cry ♪ ♪ ♪ a little bit louder now ♪ ♪ ♪ >> i was able to perform at the apollo and the brooklyn fox and both entities seemed to feel that okay, i enjoy what you're doing. ♪ i'll break down and cry ♪ ♪ do what ♪ >> she was able to define pop by bringing something to the table that was originally unique. >> i did not want to record because it had already been recorded by 46 people. i said okay, i'll record this song in one take and if you don't get it, you don't get it and it turned out i was the only one that had a hit record with it so it paid off in the long run. ♪ what's it all about ♪ ♪ is it just ♪ ♪ what's it all about when you sort it out ♪ ♪ are we meant to take more than we give ♪ ♪ are we meant to be kind and give only fools are kind ♪ ♪ our gifts, it is for us to be cruel ♪ >> television wasn't open to that many black women or black people period of any race so doing the ed sullivan show, doing the perry show, doing dianna shore show, doing rick skeleton and danny k, i was kind of put into another -- i don't even know, bubble thing. people that i was privileged to be thrown in the same room with not too many of my peers had that opportunity. >> it's a thrill to be here to honor a great store and someone i once dated. [ laughter ] and that's no joke. i really did date sammy davis junior. we had a lot in common. i started singing gospel at the age of 6 and he started breaking the commandments at the age of 7. i still don't know why sammy went out with me in those days. i just wasn't his type. i wasn't sexy. i wasn't beautiful. i wasn't white. [ laughter ] >> lay it on me, huh? >> he came back stage and said so you're a comedian now, right? i said no. ♪ ♪ promises, promises, where those promises, promises ♪ ♪ ♪ every night, i sleep things that are promised fell apart ♪ ♪ but i found my heart ♪ >> dionne warwick has the supreme commonality. ♪ ♪ >> of course, she broke racial barriers then because her music is everybody music. ♪ promises, promises ♪ >> to be the first says a lot because there were none before you but there will be many after you. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> there is always somebody that has to open the door and then they all come running through. (cashier) nice. 2% cash back, right? 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[ applause ] >> we're boys 2 men and we're going to sing to you. ♪ ♪ [ laughter ] >> we really rehearsed this. i can't believe it. >> she's a legend, you know. i got that for a long time but really, she's mom. i knew she was busy but she would divert her tour to make sure she was there for a little league game, you know. those were special times. my mom is a single mom but she's everything. she's like mom, dad, sister when i need, friend. you know, she's the everything of the family. >> my kids were very close to dionne. when she was working in florida or somewhere close by, she'd come on the weekend and take my kids with them. >> those were the days. charlie and dionne on the road. >> i remember the disco stuff happening and it's not my thing so i said maybe i'll just give it up and i'll never forget, we were doing the dianna shore show and clyde happened to be there and he and i conversing about what are you doing? who are you recording for and that good stuff as he has a wonderful way of doing. >> she was droid to leave the recording business. >> he said what are you talking about? i started a new label. would you consider joining me? i said maybe i'll just give it up. i'll never forget what he said to me. >> you might have left in your mind the music business but we in music and i particularly need you. >> it will stay with me for the rest of my life. what are you going to say but okay, let's try our stuff? how about that? >> i had this song that i knew 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 the way you do ♪ ♪ i 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 ♪ ♪ hold on, hold on, hold on ♪ w ♪ well a fool would lose tomorrow reaching back for yesterday ♪ ♪ i won't turn my head in sorrow ♪ ♪ if you should go away ♪ ♪ no, i'll stand here and remember just how good it's been ♪ ♪ 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 ♪ >> we came out with "i'll never love this way again" and it exploded and deja vu. that became a hit. ♪ this is insane ♪ ♪ all you do is say hello ♪ ♪ speak my name ♪ ♪ feeling your love, it's like a love i used to know ♪ ♪ long ago ♪ ♪ how can this be, you're a different space in time ♪ ♪ come to me ♪ ♪ feel like i'm in a place i used to know long ago ♪ ♪ call it deja vu ♪ ♪ could you be my dream and i'll want you ♪ ♪ is it you ♪ ♪ deja vu ♪ ♪ could you be my dream that might come true ♪ ♪ shining through ♪ ♪ i keep remembering, remembering you deja vu ♪ >> so the album sold beautifully and then comes the grammy award time. >> the best pop female performance is dionne warwick. ♪ ♪ >> what a thrill. i feel to this day. she won the best female pop grammy for "i'll never love this way again" and then the same grammy she won the best female r and b performance for "deja vu." it was a great comeback to inspire everybody dionne was back on top. ♪ ♪ >> "heartbreaker" is another one i was basically badgered into recording. ♪ ♪ staying alive, staying alive ♪ ♪ ♪ >> larry gibbs writing the so incredible and i said berry, i'd love to work with you. is there an artist on my roster that you'd be interested in working with? >> davis came to see me and asked if there is someone i'd like to produce. he gave me a list of honors and his face lights up and he says dionne warwick. >> that's the lady right there. >> she was so thrilled. i'm going to write you a song for dionne warwick. you're going to get it in ten days. >> i came up with a song with morrison called "heartbreaker." i was excited this might be a hit for her. >> he wrote this i says for d dionne and i did the demo. oh my god. we both with baited breath were waiting. >> i would sing the song because that was a woman's key and i did "heartbreaker" that way. ♪ ♪ >> i only got one thing to say about that, she did it better. >> maybe she wasn't keen on it. >> i did something about that song i did not want to record it. between berry and morris, clyde davis very strong armed at the time. >> i just kept going at it saying i just know it will and you just got to trust me. >> when it came time to record the record, where did we show up? studio do you want to use? he said clive, wherever she wants to record it. i will go. that never left me especially considering the power he had. >> berry guaranteed, this is going to be a big hit. major hit for you. to this very day the biggest european hit i've ever had. ♪ why do you have to be a heartbreaker ♪ ♪ when i was being what you want me to be ♪ ♪ suddenly everything i ever wanted has passed me by ♪ ♪ ♪ oh, yeah ♪ ♪ why do you have to be a heahe heartbreaker ♪ >> "heartbreaker" worked out to be successful. all over the world it was number one. if you want to make a record, make a dionne warwick. it's cheating but nevertheless. >> if you want to know what's going to be a hit, ask me and i'll tell ya. that ain't a hit. i don't like that song. i'm not going to record it and then you'll find out dionne warwick it is. 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[ applause ] >> she realized president regan gave her an opportunity to be an adv advocate. >> i consider it to be an honor to be invited to announce my aids agenda for 1988 as ambassador of health. >> dionne has known presidents since regan. he wanted her to use the job to be a voice in america and around the world to increase awaraware, compassion, willingness to do something about this and that's what she did always as far as i know, nobody ever bought a plane ticket for her. as president she was helpful to me because she was never satisfied with how much i'd done. she was please that we'd tripled efforts to help people with aids around the world but she would always tell me it was never enough and a president needs to remember that. >> she is truly one of the greatest ambassadors of goodwill. >> i said what i had to say, i did what i could do and that's the way i move to this very day. ♪ that's what friends are for ♪ ♪ for good times and bad times i'll be on your side forever more ♪ >> all these years later, "that's what friends are for" is still the anthem of the aids movement. ♪ keep smiling, keep shining, knowing you can always count on me ♪ >> it was just a very magical day and lyrics summed up what needed to be said at that time. >> with the help of my good friend steve ie wonder, gladdou we raised $1.5 million for the foundation for aids research aifr. [ applause ] >> on behalf of anfar let us welcome you to our offices. we know you haven't been here before. welcome. >> where we going? >> to your left. >> to the left, to the left. that's a song, isn't it? >> it is. ♪ ♪? y >> you were the first recording artist that donated royalties to our cause. there were a lot of people that weren't willing to talk about this disease. >> regan didn't mention the words aids until '87. >> i know. i made him do it. >> this was early. >> i made him say the word and it was at a press conference. what is it called, president regan? he said -- come on, you know the name. he said aids. i said yes, see there, you can say the word aids, can't you? he wanted to kill me. i saw it in his eyes. >> he thought you were crazy. >> oh, yeah. >> the stigma was so bad. >> the stigma was horrible. >> what did clyde davis say to you when you said -- >> oh my god, he looked at me and said you've just given the biggest record deal you'd have in your lifetime away. >> if you kept the royalties from this you probably could have retired a long, long time ago. >> yeah, but i -- as far as i'm concerned, this is something that is what i committed to and everybody that really knows me when i say yeah, it means yeah. ♪ that's what friends are for ♪ ♪ ♪ >> the royalties for "that's what friends are for" is now into the tens of millions of the dollars and counting. that money has literally changed the trajectory of the epidemic in america. >> i'd like to see people acre knowledge the fact she was one of the first genuine aids activist in the united states. >> dionne was definitely a hero of minute and a hero to a lot of people. she was really the first person in the music business to speak up about it. ♪ keep smiling, keep shining ♪ u. ...for a mattress that feels as good as it looks. for a limited time, save $400 on select stearns & foster mattresses. okay everyone, our mission is complete balanced nutrition. together we support immune function. supply fuel for immune cells and sustain tissue health. ensure with twenty-five vitamins and minerals, and ensure complete with thirty grams of protein. 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[ laughter ] >> they understand very well that i am crazy. >> she decided to have a meeting with snoop, shug knight, a whole bunch of gangster rappers. >> i said you need to talk to me and i need to talk to you. ♪ snoop doggie dog in the house ♪ >> i was young, not thuggish, not really like who i am now. so we like dionne warwick? what she want to do with us? we scared and shook up. we're in the industry and powerful right now but she's been powerful forever, 30 some years in the game in a big home with a lot of money and success. not much scares us but this got us shook. >> i told them. i want you-all at my home 7:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. >> we show up at her door about like 6:52 because we want to be on time. we want to be prompt. you understand me? because we realize who we in the presence of. >> 7:00 a.m., my doorbell rang. >> i remember waking up very early one morning and seeing about 15 suvs and i knew what they were there for. >> my sons thought i had lost my mind. >> she opened the door. i remember she had like a big ol' walkway. we stepped down and walked into the living room area and then she just had us sit down, gave us some drinks. >> i ordered some donuts and we had coffee and tea and we sat and we talked for quite awhile. >> she took control of the room like you at grandma house with the plastic on the couch and you -- you trying to be on your -- you see candy on the table you don't even want to take none. you don't want to ask granny do you want some. >> i made a point. very important one. >> she said i wanted to meet you and then she said and i want you to call me a bitch. what? she said, go ahead. call me a bitch. >> she came in and start saying all of that like using our lyrics against us. >> was like ms. warwick, ms. warwick. >> she said if you have respect for me, what gives you the right, she looked at everybody to call women bitch. >> we don't have tails and don't walk on four legs so why you calling them what you calling them? >> like she was talking to me directly like checking me at a time when we thought we couldn't be checked. you need to change, you know, your lyrics and because you going to be a father one day. >> one day you going to be married or you going to have a child. going to be a little girl. you don't want that little girl come to you and say daddy, is that you? >> she is giving me this stuff. i ain't got no kids. what is she talking about? i'm hearing what she's saying and i'm respecting what she's saying because we recognize and realize who she is as far as like this say powerful figure in the music industry and i'm like man, why is dionne warwick talking to me? >> i told them, i didn't care about you i wouldn't be here. >> this is like where your aunty that got all the wisdom and the money and the power come by grandma house and be like bring snoop back. i need to talk to him for a minute. what did i do aunty? shut up and listen, here is what you're going to do, a, b, and c if you want to get to x, y and z and i'm going to leave it at that. >> somebody has got to give them the guidance and somebody they trust and they feel they might be able to learn a little something from. >> i was raised by strong black women so to have her stick me again like you know you wasn't raised this way, don't have me call your mama or your grandma ma on you. all right. okay. i'm going to straighten up. >> and they promised that they were going to start curtailing the way that they were representing themselves on recordings. ♪ ♪ >> about a year later, i did tone it down on the "dog father" album. i made it a point to put records of joy, me uplifting people and everybody living. >> we were the most gangster that you could be but that day at dionne warwick's house, i believe we got our gangster that day. >> i think they all kind of grew up, which is a wonderful thing for me. >> everything she said to me and thought i could be a father, a mentor, a humanitarian, dionne i hope you i became the jewel you saw when i was a rock at your house. i hope i make you proud. >> i'm thrilled about it . g new, her stack of hats grew. she even served turkey legs with what's on tap, all while wearing a viking hat. then she found a place. her many hats would be embraced, and she couldn't hide the excitement from her face. so, polly traded in her hats to help earn her grad cap! your past experience can help you earn your degree faster and for less. get started at phoenix.edu i've seen my mom lose so many family members. still through it all, my mom was so strong. but when whitney passed, i saw something in her that i hadn't seen. the loss was traumatic for her. ♪ ♪ >> we have some sad breaking news coming to us tonight. singer whitney houston is dead. again, this is according to the associate the press. whitney housen nhouston was 48 old. >> she was always around me. grew into an incredible talent. gorgeous young lady. ♪ should i try and stay or maybe i should run away ♪ ♪ would it be better, better, better ♪ ♪ ♪ living here in front of the world ♪ >> 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, my stability. we had our bombs, don't get me wrong. everything has its obstacles but we managed to come together and manage to hug each other and say we love each other. >> whitney was special. through and through. she had it all. and she was a beautiful soul. ♪ and i will always love you ♪ ♪ i will always love you ♪ ♪ i will always love you ♪ ♪ ♪ >> whitney's daughter crissy, another one that's tragic. >> i miss her terribly. i miss her a lot. i really do. my grandfather taught me that transition takes place because you have completed everything that you have been put here to do. grandpa used to tell me, god put us all here to be of service to each other and i never forgot forgot that. my grammer school now bears the name of the dionne warwick institute, which i'm very proud to say. ♪ to be young, gifted and black ♪ ♪ what i love, what a lovely precious dream ♪ ♪ to be young, gifted and black ♪ ♪ open your hearts, open your hearts to what i mean ♪ ♪ oh, because you know, cause you know, cause you know, cause you know ♪ ♪ the wide world, there is a million, a million of us ♪ ♪ and girls who are young ♪ ♪ that's a fact, that's a fact, that's a fact ♪ ♪ do you know the way, dionne warwick, yes, i do, of economics ♪ >> i know the shoulders that i stand on. my shoulders are broad to allow the babies to stand on my shoulders. ♪ what the world needs now is love sweet love, it's the only thing that there's just too little of ♪ ♪ what the world needs now is love, sweet love ♪ ♪ no, not just for some, but for everyone ♪ >> my prayer for the world is to enjoy life, enjoy it to its fullest. ♪ and the hillsides ♪ >> i'm a messenger, and i'm carrying messages of love and hope. i think it's something that has kept me able to walk out on the stage. ♪ what the world need now is love, sweet love ♪ ♪ it's the only thing ♪ >> a few years ago, we here at the apollo theater started paying tribute to some of our icons and legends. and we created the apollo theater walk of fame. and what that is, we induct someone into the apollo theater hall of fame, and then their names are placed on a bronze plaque on the ground and under the marquee of the apollo theater. we started with quincy jones. we've also had stevie wonder. we've had gladys knight. we've had smokey robinson. we have chuck jackson. dionne warwick, right, she won amateur night 60 years ago. and now we just inducted the one and only miss dionne warwick. ♪ what the world needs now is love, sweet love, it's the only thing that there's just not not enough ♪ [ applause ] >> thank you, thank you. >> miss dionne warwick, everybody! ♪ what the world needs now is love sweet love ♪ [ cheering and applause ] ♪ no, not for some but for everyone ♪ >> i feel very privileged to share messages of hope, of love, of peace through the music. when i close these two brown eyes, i want people to just rejoice that i lived a full life doing what i wanted to do when i wanted to do it, where i wanted to do it, how and with whom. ask any of my friends. they'll say it really is. ♪ ♪ i will never love this way again, so i'll keep moving on before the good is gone ♪ >> dionne will always consider to be one of the great female singers of all time. on the singers don't come along often. >> dionne's music is forever and forever. she opened the door for today's artists. i actually believe without dionne warwick, there would be no snoop dogg. >> i do stand on the shoulders of dionne warwick. the woman has been able to break so many boundaries. that's what defines greatness. >> she is pristine romance. >> when you look at the great singers of all time, and you go back to billie holiday and you go to ella fitzgerald and you go to areef that franklin, dionne warwick is right at the top level. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> dionne, i'm sitting here doing this here because i love you. ♪ dionne, i'll remember you forever ♪ ♪ and ever, your smile, your heart of gold ♪ ♪ so never forget how much i love you long before we are older ♪ >> it's crazy. >> my favorite song of dionne warwick's is ♪ the moment i wake up, before i put on my make up, say a little prayer for you ♪ ♪ ever and ever, we will never part and i will love you ♪ ♪ to live without you would only be heartbreak for me ♪ ♪ do you know the way to san jose ♪ >> i mean, who can't rock to that? ♪ don't make me over, now that i got you with all of my -- ♪ >> keep smiling, keep shining. that's what friends are for. >> come on, baby. >> okay. ♪ what the world needs now -- is love, sweet love, it's the only thing that there's just not enough ♪ ♪ if you see me walking down the streets and i start to cry ♪ ♪ walk on by ♪ >> where i grew up, it was rough. if you see me walk do you think the streets and i have a gun each time we meet, walk on by. so we used to change the lyrics just to be rascals. ♪ when you say goodbye, i'm walking on by ♪ >> i just love dionne warwick because she is a good person. thanks for the music. >> i will love you eternally. and keep being you, honey. >> you're still going strong, and stronger than ever. fantastic. >> i'm happy to call you my friend. i mean, that's a wonderful thing. >> mom, we just want to say that we love you very much and -- ♪ that's what friends are for ♪ >> oh, you didn't go there! ♪ that's what friends are for ♪ [ applause ] >> that should be the ending right there. imagine what it was like back when the rolling stones could shock parents everywhere. my, how times have changed. >> i see hustling. i see killing. that's what i rap about. >> you can take me out of the

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