Dionne Warwick
American singer Dionne Warwick in 2011.
Dionne Warwick
American singer
Also known as: Dionne Warwicke, Marie Dionne Warrick
Quick Facts
- Original name:
- Marie Dionne Warrick
- Warwick also spelled:
- Warwicke
- Born:
- December 12, 1940, East Orange, New Jersey, U.S. (age 84)
News •
Dionne Warwick, Myrna Hague and Marcia Griffiths to perform in St Ann
• Jan. 19, 2025, 3:05 AM ET (The Gleaner)
Dionne Warwick (born December 12, 1940, East Orange, New Jersey, U.S.) is an American pop and rhythm and blues (R&B) singer whose soulful sound earned her widespread appeal. She is perhaps best known for her collaborations with such high-profile artists as Burt Bacharach and Barry Manilow. Warrick was raised in a middle-class, racially integrated community in East Orange, New Jersey. Her family was both spiritually and musically inclined—her mother managed a renowned gospel choir, the Drinkard Singers, and her father became a gospel record promoter—and Dionne, as everyone called her, began singing in church at a young age. She often ...(100 of 831 words)