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  Jimmy Mack (luke) 6-Zenith Username: luke Post Number: 424 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 68.198.48.201 |
1)Dont Make Me Over--brilliant song,brilliant singer--totally valid today-has it ever been remade? 2)Anyone Who HAd A Heart-2 for 2 3)Walk On By-3 for 3 4)Deja Vu--understaded,haunting 5)Reach Out For Me---schlocky,infectious and I believe every word 6)Then Came You--great fun-y no follow up? 7)Heartbreaker-who woulda thought Dionne and Bee Gee. 8)Do You Believe in Love At First Sight-who said Dionne cant move? 9)Once You Hit the Road 10)I'll Never Love This Way Again | ||
Eli (phillysoulman) 6-Zenith Username: phillysoulman Post Number: 816 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 68.236.47.183 |
Lets not forget the gem "Just as long as we have love" | ||
Gil (gil) 3-Pundit Username: gil Post Number: 42 Registered: 5-2004 Posted From: 67.33.166.196 |
Sybil remade "Dont Make Me Over" and "Walk ON By" in the late 80's. They were both successful singles. They were both dance oriented versions of the original. That being said...they couldn't touch Dionne's versions with with a 10,000 foot pole!! Dionne's "Don't Make Me Over", to me, still stands as one of the greatest vocal performances ever! | ||
Gil (gil) 3-Pundit Username: gil Post Number: 43 Registered: 5-2004 Posted From: 67.33.166.196 |
My top 5: 1. Don't Make Me Over 2. Do You Know The Way TO San Jose? 3. Heartbreaker 4. I'll Never Fall in Love Again 5. Walk on By Also, Then Came You (with the Spinners). | ||
Jimmy Mack (luke) 6-Zenith Username: luke Post Number: 427 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 68.198.48.201 |
u go Gil. thanks-forgot about Sybil--boy did she vanish. | ||
Shawn1 (shawn1b) 4-Laureate Username: shawn1b Post Number: 128 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 65.30.14.44 |
Walk On By,Close To You,Got A Date,So Amazing,I Know I'll Never Love This Way Again,Daja Vu,Everything Begins With You,Breaking Up Is Hard To Do(Although Cissy's Version is better!),I do It Cause I Like It.Shawn | ||
Dinelle (dinelle_watson) 4-Laureate Username: dinelle_watson Post Number: 155 Registered: 3-2004 Posted From: 66.157.62.101 |
I never heard a lot of Dionne Warwick songs, but here are my favorites. Walk On By Then Came You(With The Spinners) Don't Make Me Over Do You Know The Way To San Jose? I Say A Little Prayer Message To Micheal | ||
Jimmy Mack (luke) 6-Zenith Username: luke Post Number: 428 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 68.198.48.201 |
Good choices Dinelle-- fun topic--Dionne vs Aretha on I Say a Little Prayer----both have great merits tho I think Id end up with Ree. | ||
Mark Speck (mark_speck) 3-Pundit Username: mark_speck Post Number: 65 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 63.188.49.192 |
In no particular order: "Walk On By" "Are You There With Another Girl?" "Do You Know the Way to San Jose" "There's Always Something There to Remind Me" "In Between the Heartaches" (pretty certain this was at least a B-side) "The Beginning of Loneliness" (see above comments) "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" "Once You Hit the Road" "I'll Never Love This Way Again" "No Night So Long" and I'll throw in "Then Came You" for good measure. Best, Mark | ||
Jimmy Mack (luke) 6-Zenith Username: luke Post Number: 433 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 68.198.48.201 |
Yikes MArk--forgot No Night---was that a Bee Gee too? | ||
Manny (manny) 5-Doyen Username: manny Post Number: 268 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 217.124.52.5 |
hello, soulful folks! I likes Walk On Be, Yesterday, Close To You, Then Came You, etc., but when I heard for the first time his live version of "Can't Hide Love" in the 2 x LP with Isaac Hayes "A Man And A Woman"... What a soul woman I discovered!!!! Some stupids who have the job as musical criticals and says that Dionne Warwick is a "Pop" black vocalist, of course, don't got ears, and of course don't have heard this song. Peace! | ||
marv (marv) 3-Pundit Username: marv Post Number: 52 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 205.188.116.139 |
Dionne, Dionne,Dionne!!!! Wow, what a catalogue. My Top 10 favorites by Dionne Warwick are: 1. I'll Never Fall In Love Again - it is not a very long song, but she is as smooth as butter on this one! 2. Don't Make Me Over- Sophisticated soul epitomized. 3. Walk On By- A true American Pop Music Classic 4. The Windows of The World- Very thought provoking song. 5. Theme From The Valley of the Dolls- Can listen to this one everyday. 6. Then Came You (with The Spinners) - Great Memories of Summer of '74 7. Anyone Who Had A Heart- 8. I Say A Little Prayer For You- Still the best version. 9. Message To Michael - What Can I say about this one. Simply the best. 10. No Night So Long / Heartbreaker - Had to list these two together. It was just so hard to cut off my list at 10! LOL Dionne is baddddd!!! LOL | ||
Jester (jester) 2-Debutant Username: jester Post Number: 17 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 62.255.64.7 |
Not necessarily singles ('cause I buy a lot of LP's) but my favs include: 1. MOVE ME NO MOUNTAIN (What a fookin' choon!) 2. DO YOU BELIEVE IN LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT (Yep..I dance to this...OFTEN!) 3. THEN CAME YOU (Quality hook up with The Spinners) 4. DEJA VU (Atmospheric..Haunting..Luverl y!) 5. JEALOUSY (Ist of 2 cuts from Track Of The Cat..can't get enough of this LP) 6. LOVE ME ONE MORE TIME (KILLS ME everytime #Please Make Love To Me..etc. I want her babies;o)) 7. WALK ON BY (What can one add...MASTERPIECE!) 8. REACH OUT FOR ME (REMAKE FROM DIONNE SINGS DIONNE..WITH THE EMOTIONS ON B.V'S...I'll be having 'quads' if I keep hearing this!) 9. EASY LOVE (Effortless!!!) 10. BEDROOM EYES (If Only???) This LADY is part of our heritage...PURE CLASS!!!) Jester. | ||
Mark Speck (mark_speck) 3-Pundit Username: mark_speck Post Number: 70 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 63.188.137.32 |
Jimmy...I believe "No Night So Long" was from her reunion with Bacharach (I may be wrong). Great song, no matter what! Best, Mark | ||
Rodmann (rodmann) 5-Doyen Username: rodmann Post Number: 304 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 12.221.46.59 |
I might as well say right off the top that most of Dionne's Burt Bacharach produced material does nothing for me. I'm glad that my dislike for most of that stuff didn't stop me from finding some of the excellent R&B/Soul sides that she's recorded throughout her career. She could be just as soulful as anyone when she wanted to. Here are my Top 10 favs by Miss Warwick: 1) DEJA VU (1979) - Slow burning Isaac Hayes funk! A perfect record IMO. I gotta give Barry Manilow his props for producing this gem. This is my all-time favorite recording by her. 2) DON'T EVER TAKE YOUR LOVE AWAY (1978) - More slow burning Isaac Hayes funk. This one's from a year before 'Deja Vu'. It's a shame that Isaac and Dionne didn't work on more recordings together than they did. They were a perfect match. 3) SURE THING (1974) - A little known power ballad by Dionne and one of my favs. Miss Warwick and her backup singers ( I think I can hear Judy Clay and Dee Dee Warwick among them) give a great performance. 4) (I'M) JUST BEING MYSELF (1973) - Elaborate, early 70's H-D-H produced jam from the album of the same name. 5) YOU'RE GONNA NEED ME (1973) - Funky flip side to '(I'm) Just Being Myself'. This one's got a wicked groove. 6) WHAT CAN A MIRACLE DO (1983) - This was the flip to Dionne & Luther Vandross' extremely overblown duet 'How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye' from the album of the same name. This B side is much more enjoyable IMO. Great mellow groove. 7) HEARTBREAKER (1982) - I've always liked this one for some reason. I read an article where Dionne was saying that she's always hated it! LOL. 8) I'LL NEVER LOVE THIS WAY AGAIN (1979) - Dionne could really belt out a tune before the cigarettes got the best of her voice. I do like a few of the Bacharach produced sides. These are my Bacharach favs: 9) WINDOW WISHING (1969) - This one was released in 1969 as the flip to the hit 'You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling' but it sounds as if it was recorded in the early 60's. It's a cute, dreamy little Pop tune. 10) DON'T MAKE ME OVER (1962) - I have to admit that I prefer Lyn Collins' early 70's remake. LOL. This is good stuff by Dionne though. Honorable mention goes to the following non-single Dionne gems: 'Move Me No Mountain', 'So Amazing' and the whole live duet album that she did with Isaac Hayes. Jester, you hit the nail right on it's head, the lady is PURE CLASS! (Message edited by Rodmann on July 26, 2004) | ||
Robb_K (robb_k) 5-Doyen Username: robb_k Post Number: 379 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 217.228.218.116 |
1) A House Is Not A Home 2) Walk On By 3) Are You There (With Another Girl) 4) Don't Make Me Over 5) Reach Out For Me 6) Anyone Who Had A Heart 7) Any Old Time Of The Day 8) I Smiled Yesterday 9) You'll Never Get To Heaven (If You Break My Heart) 10) This Empty Place (Message edited by Robb_K on July 27, 2004) | ||
mike s (mike_s) 4-Laureate Username: mike_s Post Number: 82 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 195.93.33.10 |
Here's one that nobody else has picked up on (unless I missed, sorry) which came out around the time of Make Me Over and Anyone -This Empty Place. Not a huge hit but I just loved that lurching feel to the track and the way her vocal just sits in there all the way.Great singing. | ||
Robb_K (robb_k) 5-Doyen Username: robb_k Post Number: 380 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 217.80.224.13 |
Good one Mike! I forgot about that one. It would make my list at Nr. 7, knocking Alfie out. I also forgot "You'll Never Get To Heaven I(f You Break My Heart", and "I Smiled Yesterday"! Those were three of my favourites. I'm sure there are a few more I've forgotten, but I can't check my singles or Albums right now, and Dionne's not among the CDs I have here in, Munich. (Message edited by Robb_K on July 27, 2004) | ||
Reese (reese) 4-Laureate Username: reese Post Number: 111 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 12.15.168.173 |
1) ANYONE WHO HAD A HEART 2) WALK ON BY 3) WHO IS GONNA LOVE ME 4) MAKE IT EASY ON YOURSELF 5) WHO GETS THE GUY 6) THEY DON'T GIVE MEDALS TO YESTERDAY'S HEROES 7) THEN CAME YOU 8) I'LL NEVER LOVE THIS WAY AGAIN 9) FINDERS OF LOST LOVES 10) WHERE MY LIPS HAVE BEEN Of course, this list probably changes from day to day. But these are the ones I'm particularly fond of. Jimmy Mack and Mark: I think NO NIGHT SO LONG was written by Richard Kerr and Will Jennings, the same duo that wrote I'LL NEVER LOVE THIS WAY AGAIN. | ||
SDF (handsome) 5-Doyen Username: handsome Post Number: 267 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 170.118.158.14 |
Hi Everyone. Here are mine, no particular order: Walk On By Any Old Time Of the Day What Can A Miracle Do Track Of The Cat Just As Long As We Have Love (w/The Spinners) Finders Of Lost Love (w/Glenn Jones) Jealousy So Amazing I'll Never Love This Way Again Honorable Mentions: Then Came You Reservation for 2 (w/Kashif) I Say A Little Prayer Alfie Theme from "The Valley of the Dolls" Handsome | ||
SDF (handsome) 5-Doyen Username: handsome Post Number: 268 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 170.118.158.14 |
P.S.-Love Unlimited & Chaka Khan's cover versions of "Move Me No Mountain" aren't bad at all! Handsome | ||
SDF (handsome) 5-Doyen Username: handsome Post Number: 269 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 170.118.158.14 |
Dionne also recorded a Live cover version of Earth, Wind & Fire's "In The Stone". Not bad at all. I believe Darlene Love, Whitney Houston's Brother (forgot his name) & sister Dee Dee were her back-up singers on this Live lp on Arista. I also have Sisters in The Name of Love video tape featuring Patti La Belle, Gladys Knight & Dionne Warwick. Those women were sanging! Handsome | ||
dvdmike (dvdmike) 5-Doyen Username: dvdmike Post Number: 218 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 65.208.234.61 |
Some of my Dionne faves in no particular order: WHO IS GONNA LOVE ME ANY OLD TIME OF DAY I SMILED YESTERDAY JEALOUSY HIS HOUSE AND ME PAPER MACHE | ||
Largo161 (largo161) 2-Debutant Username: largo161 Post Number: 13 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 205.142.0.77 |
In no particular order: I'll Never Fall In Love Again Then Came You Alfie Planes, Boats & Trains Walk On By You'll Never Get To Heaven Windows Of The World Deja Vu Theme From Valley Of The Dolls I Say A Little Prayer | ||
Garo (gary_james) 2-Debutant Username: gary_james Post Number: 21 Registered: 5-2004 Posted From: 192.234.106.2 |
1.Anyone Who Had A Heart 2.Odds and Ends 3.Walk On By 4.Paper Mache' 5.Don't Make Me Over 6.Valley Of The Dolls 7.I'll Never Fall In Love Again 8.I Say A Little Prayer 9.Alfie 10.Reach Out For Me | ||
Jimmy Mack (luke) 6-Zenith Username: luke Post Number: 436 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 68.198.48.201 |
Forgot all about Youll Never Get To Heaven--love the violins in that one!What was LCollins' Dont Make Me Over like?Same kind of arrangement?-did Dionne also do a version of I Just Dont Know What To Do With Myself? | ||
Rodmann (rodmann) 5-Doyen Username: rodmann Post Number: 306 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 12.221.46.59 |
Hey Jimmy. Lyn Collins' version of 'Don't Make Me Over' was produced by James Brown in the early 70's. It's got that mellow early 70's vibe and of course James has Lyn screaming her head off on it. Actually the screaming might be way too much for the average listener but I just love the mellow vibe of the backing track. (Think B.J. Thomas' 'Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head' with more Soul). James recorded several Bacharach tunes. He recorded 'This Boy's/Girl's In Love With You' at least twice. Once on Marva Whitney and also as a duet with himself and Lyn Collins. The Marva Whitney version is fantastic! Dionne did record a version of 'I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself' in 1966 and even had a hit with it (#20 R&B, #26 Pop). Cissy Houston also recorded it sometime in the 70's. The only version of this song I've ever liked is the one by Isaac Hayes from the duet album he recorded with Dionne in 1977 "A Man And A Woman". | ||
Destruction (destruction) 5-Doyen Username: destruction Post Number: 201 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 199.173.224.24 |
Dionne's music was big in the Pop side of my growing up. All of my faves have been listed, but I want to echo Gil's earlier comment on "Don't Make Me Over"...a vocal treasure. | ||
Jester (jester) 2-Debutant Username: jester Post Number: 18 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 62.255.64.7 |
#Friends Can Be Lovers#...CHOOOOON!!! | ||
marv (marv) 3-Pundit Username: marv Post Number: 53 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 205.188.116.139 |
Dionne,Dionne,Dionne! What would be a good moniker for this tremendous talent? Empress of Pop? Goddess of Song? Queen of Sophisticated Soul? Reading the listings of favorite Dionne Warwick songs made remember just how remarkable this woman is. | ||
SDF (handsome) 5-Doyen Username: handsome Post Number: 279 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 170.118.158.13 |
Jester, I have that cd! Dionne & Whitney have a duet on there called Love Will Find a Way. I always pictured Whitney doing a cd covering Dionne & Dee Dee's songs. I can hear Whitney singing, "Don't Make Me Over". Handsome | ||
tricky (tricky) 1-Arriviste Username: tricky Post Number: 9 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 195.92.168.164 |
rodmann.you are a top banana. i,m just being myself on warner bros is superb.holland dozier holland gold forever music,detroit brilliance.the long instrumental intro just adds to the quality and atmosphere of this tune. | ||
jrlo (jrlo) 4-Laureate Username: jrlo Post Number: 152 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 169.3.74.207 |
Alfie Walk on by Theme from Valley of the Dolls Theme from the Love Machine Anyone who had a heart Deja Vu A house is not a home Message to Michael Finders of lost loves I'll never fall in love again | ||
Richard Felstead (felstead2001) 4-Laureate Username: felstead2001 Post Number: 74 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 128.40.91.183 |
Have to agree with the Jester here. Friends can be lovers, and Move me no mountain, are just sublime, but not generally well known. I also love her Bacharach / David material. Great voice, and genuine talent. | ||
mike s (mike_s) 4-Laureate Username: mike_s Post Number: 89 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 195.93.33.10 |
Just found another beauty , I think pretty well one of Dionne's last hits with B and D - In Between the Heartaches. Music that moves... | ||
Jimmy Mack (luke) 6-Zenith Username: luke Post Number: 446 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 68.198.48.201 |
Didnt Tommy Hunt have original version on I Just Dont Know What To DO With Myself? | ||
Robb_K (robb_k) 5-Doyen Username: robb_k Post Number: 393 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 217.232.143.22 |
Tommy Hunt's "I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself"on Scepter was the hit version, but I believe Dionne's was recorded earlier (and used as the demo), just as many others of hers were used. She was the main female demo artist for Bachrach-David, as I believe Lou Johnson was for male versions. I'd be curious to know if there are a bunch of Lou Johnson Bachrach-David songs, "in the can". | ||
Rodmann (rodmann) 5-Doyen Username: rodmann Post Number: 307 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 12.221.46.59 |
tricky, '(I'm) Just Being Myself' is excellent. I'm not sure why more people don't know about it? I love that long intro as well. Dionne did have a very small hit with it in 1973 (#62 R&B). Hopefully the whole H-D-H produced "Just Being Myself" album will be released on cd one day. Jester, all these years I've thought that I was the only one that liked 'Friends Can Be Lovers'! I remember hearing it on one of Dionne's Psychic Friends Network commercials when it first released back in the early 90's. It's such a great tune that it's stuck with me all of these years. The early 90's were all about New Jack Swing. If 'Friend's Can Be Lovers' had been released around the same time as 'That's What Friends Are For' (maybe as a follow-up single) it would've been another huge hit for Dionne! Robb, I'm not familiar with Tommy Hunt's version of 'I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself' but I do know that Dionne was the only one to ever have a hit with it here in The States (either Pop or R&B). Her version reached #20 R&B and #26 Pop in 1966. Robb, I totally agree with you about Dee Dee. As much as I like Dionne's recordings I LOVE Dee Dee's voice and most of her material. Dee Dee's voice is much bigger and richer IMO. She recorded a lot more straight ahead Soul music than Dionne but she also had a way of making even the most Pop oriented material sound soulful! Even Dionne has said that the real singer in that family is Dee Dee! I hope that Dee Dee will write a book one day or someone will take the time to do an in depth article all about her. I'd love to hear her side of the story and why she didn't make it to the top of the music biz like she should have.  | ||
SDF (handsome) 5-Doyen Username: handsome Post Number: 288 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 170.118.158.14 |
I also liked Whisper in the Dark, Walk Away & Stronger Than Before (which was also covered by Chaka Khan & Joyce Kennedy). Dionne was also the first to record "No One In The World" on her Finder Of Lost Loves lp. Anita Baker had a hit with it later. Handsome | ||
Catdaddy (catdaddy) 2-Debutant Username: catdaddy Post Number: 26 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 66.72.99.140 |
Rodmann, You can find the Tommy Hunt version of "I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself" on the Scepter Records box set put out on Capricorn Records a few years ago. | ||
john dixon (john_dixon) 3-Pundit Username: john_dixon Post Number: 62 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 205.188.116.139 |
1. Walk on By--just call me Mr. Obvious, but this is still the definative Dionne performance and Bachrach/David composition for me. Possibly because it's the first one that I remember. 2. Are you There (With Another Girl)--inspirational lyric: "Oom Pa Pa Pity the Girl". Love the slightly psychedelic brass middle bit. 3. Looking With My Eyes--a minor hit fron '65. I guess it was too sophisticated to be a major hit. Sounds great today. 4. Reach Out For Me--something about the song itself. Every version I've ever heard of this is transcendant. 5. Anyone Who Had a Heart--Love the story of how the house band at the Apollo would groan when handed the sheet music for this when Dionne performed there. Possibly the most unusual time signatures for any major hit record. 6. Don't Say I Didn't Tell You So--a B-side that I discovered and fell in love with on Dionne's "From the Vaults" CD on Ichiban. 7. Alfie--one of the 60's great enduring pop melodies and a breathtaking vocal from Dionne. 8. In Between the Heartaches--another wondrous B-side. Revived and given new importance on the Ron Isley/B.B. set. 9. The Windows of the World--Vaguely topical at best but still manages to cause a little misting up. It's more about what you choose to invest into the words than the words themself. 10. Don't Go Breaking My Heart--yup, another B-side. Conclusion: Dionne released her fair share of double A-sided singles. | ||
Rodmann (rodmann) 5-Doyen Username: rodmann Post Number: 314 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 12.223.151.165 |
Thanks Catdaddy. I'm not a big fan of the song 'I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself' but the best version I've heard so far is the one by Isaac Hayes on his duet album with Dionne. I didn't care for Dionne's or Cissy Houston's versions at all! If I see the Tommy Hunt version around I'll definitely give it a listen.  | ||
Jimmy Mack (luke) 6-Zenith Username: luke Post Number: 459 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 68.198.48.201 |
Part of what I love about Dionne is the uniquenss of her voice even tho Dee Dee's is stronger so to speak. She conveys as much to me as others who have more powerful voices. Listening to Dee Dee recently I could hear traces of both Dionne and Whitney in her singing--it's in the genes there! | ||
SDF (handsome) 5-Doyen Username: handsome Post Number: 306 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 170.118.158.14 |
Listen to Dee Dee sing Alfie! Handsome |
