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Dionne Warwick

American singer
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Also known as: Dionne Warwicke, Marie Dionne Warrick
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Dionne Warwick
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Category: Arts & Culture
Born:
December 12, 1940 (age 82) East Orange New Jersey
Awards And Honors:
Grammy Award (1986) Grammy Award (1979) Grammy Award (1970) Grammy Award (1968)
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Dionne Warwick, original name Marie Dionne Warrick, Warwick also spelled Warwicke, (born December 12, 1940, East Orange, New Jersey, U.S.), 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 ...(100 of 726 words)

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