Dionne Warwick
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Morrissey covered "Loneliness Remembers What Happiness Forgets" on California Son. He has previously listed the song in his list of "Singles To Be Cremated With" From Headful Of Heroes - NME (Sep 16, 1989).
"Don't Make Me Over" (1963) was one of the intermission videos played on tour (2017, 2018).
Mentioned In
- Headful Of Heroes - NME (September 16, 1989)
- Low In High School Tour 2017-2018 Pre-show Tracks
- The Morrissey Covers Album - Release Information (December 5, 2018)
- California Son
- Live In Concert 2024 Pre-show Tracks
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American singer, actress and TV show host, born 12 December 1940 in East Orange, New Jersey, USA.
Sister of Dee Dee Warwick, cousin of Whitney Houston, niece of Cissy Houston. Mother of singer David Elliott and producer Damon Elliott. Changed her artist name from "Warrick" to "Warwick" because her name was misspelled on the labels of her hit record "Don't Make Me Over".
Warwick ranks among the 40 biggest hit makers between 1955 and 1999, based on her chart history on Billboard's Hot 100 pop singles chart. She is one of the most-charted female vocalists of all time, with 56 of her singles making the Hot 100 between 1962 and 1998 (12 of them Top Ten), and 80 singles in total – either solo or collaboratively – making the Hot 100, R&B and/or adult contemporary charts. Notable songs include "Walk On By", "Alfie", "You're Gonna Need Me", "That's What Friends are For", and "I'll Never Love This Way Again"
External Links
- https://www.discogs.com/artist/113673-Dionne-Warwick
- https://www.officialdionnewarwick.com/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dionne_Warwick
- https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005536/
- https://soulstrutter.blogspot.com/2022/12/dionne-warwick-profile.html
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Marie Dionne Warwick ( dee-ON WOR-wik; born Warrick) is an American singer, actress, and television host. During her career, Warwick has won many awards, including six Grammy Awards. She has been inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the Grammy Hall of Fame, the National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Apollo Theater Walk of Fame. In 2019, Warwick won the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Three of her songs ("Walk On By", "Alfie", and "Don't Make Me Over") have been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. Warwick ranks among the 40 biggest U.S. hit makers between 1955 and 1999, based on her chart history on Billboard's Hot 100 pop singles chart. She is the second-most charted female vocalist during the rock era (1955–1999). She is also one of the most-charted vocalists of all time, with 56 of her singles making the Hot 100 between 1962 and 1998 (12 of them Top Ten), and 80 singles in total – either solo or collaboratively – making the Hot 100, R&B, or adult contemporary charts. Warwick ranks number 74 on the Billboard Hot 100's "Greatest Artists of all time". She is a former Goodwill Ambassador for the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization.