Dionne Warwick made her singing debut in church at the request of
her grandfather, the Reverend Elzae Warrick, when she was six years
old. No one knew then that she would become an international music
legend, but what she knew--as words of wisdom passed down from her
grandfather--was that "if you can think it, you can do it." And she
did it. Dionne released the first of more than fifty-six charted
hits in 1962 with "Don't Make Me Over," followed by "Anyone Who Had
a Heart," "Walk On By," "I Say a Little Prayer," "Alfie," and "A
House Is Not a Home," to name a few. She received her first Grammy
in 1968 for "Do You Know the Way to San Jose" and later recorded
the classic hit "That's What Friends Are For." She was considered
the voice of Burt Bacharach/Hal David compositions, and the rest is
here, in her first autobiography. Dionne tells the stories of her
life from her childhood in East Orange, New Jersey, in a two-family
home with her parents, brother, and sister, to now, as she
celebrates her fiftieth year in show business.
She came by her musical gifts honestly. Her mother, Lee Drinkard
Warrick, was a founding member of the legendary Drinkard Jubilairs,
which included her mother's siblings Cissy, Marie, Annie, Nick, and
Larry. Cissy went on to become a celebrated recording artist in her
own right; she lived in the Warrick household, got married, and
later gave birth to one of the most popular singers of our time,
Whitney Houston. Dionne went on to start her own gospel group with
her sister, Dee Dee, called the Gospelaires. Her father, once a
Pullman porter, became an accountant, went on to promote gospel
records for Hob Records, and wrote a book on gospel music. She
attributes her strong family, who are faithful and industrious
Christians, for keeping her grounded and giving her the fortitude,
as well as the talent, to earn her place among world-class
performing artists without losing herself or her soul.
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