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dionne warwick
Marie Dionne Warwick (born December 12, 1940) is an American singer, actress, and television host. 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".
Susanna Hoffs
Dionne Warwick’s Golden Hits Part 2 SCEPTER, 1969
When I was growing up, my mother played Dionne Warwick singing Burt Bacharach and Hal David songs on repeat. So for the little girl who loved to sing, the roadmaps of these songs are so important. The melodies are truly extraordinary, the lyrics are so clever and specific, and the delivery is so imbued with heartache, joy, sadness, every possible emotion. It’s a rare synergy between Bert and Hal and DionneWarwick.
Obviously their songs were covered by other people as well, but her voice specifically – the yearning, the vocal tone… and this was likely a one-take performance, with none of the digital, magical things that people do now. Just thinking about that when I sing along to this record, it is extraordinary.
--Susanna Hoffs; Uncut; Susanna Hoffs – My Life in Music 5.1723
When I was growing up, my mother played Dionne Warwick singing Burt Bacharach and Hal David songs on repeat. So for the little girl who loved to sing, the roadmaps of these songs are so important. The melodies are truly extraordinary, the lyrics are so clever and specific, and the delivery is so imbued with heartache, joy, sadness, every possible emotion. It’s a rare synergy between Bert and Hal and DionneWarwick.
Obviously their songs were covered by other people as well, but her voice specifically – the yearning, the vocal tone… and this was likely a one-take performance, with none of the digital, magical things that people do now. Just thinking about that when I sing along to this record, it is extraordinary.
--Susanna Hoffs; Uncut; Susanna Hoffs – My Life in Music 5.1723
wet willie
Wet Willie is an American rock band from Mobile, Alabama. Their best-known song, "Keep On Smilin'", reached No. 10 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart in August 1974. Several other of the group's songs also appeared on the singles charts in the 1970s, which utilized their soulful brand of Southern rock. Before they were Wet Willie, the Mobile, Alabama-formed band was called Fox. “Fox was formed in 1969 by myself, Jack Hall, and Rick Hirsch,” Jimmy Hall explained in a 2007 interview, originally published in Bands Of Dixie. “Along with John Anthony on keyboards and guitar and Lewis Ross on drums, we were the five original players that [became] Wet Willie a year later.”
gary wright
Gary Wright, the singer of pop hits Dream Weaver and Love is Alive, has died aged 80. His son Dorian confirmed the news to the Guardian. His other son Justin told TMZ his father died on Monday at home in California, and had been diagnosed with both Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementia. --Sian Cain; The Guardian; Gary Wright, singer of Dream Weaver and Love is Alive, dies aged 80 9.4.23
