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Take The Short Way Home
Dionne Warwick is an American singer. She has charted 69 times on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 singles chart, making her the second-most charted female vocalist during the rock era (1955–1999), after Aretha Franklin. Warwick has sold over 100 million records (over 75 million singles and 25 million albums) worldwide. She has charted 18 songs in the Top 20 of the US Hot 100 and charted several more hits inside the Top 40. Dionne Warwick reached the number one spot twice on the Billboard Hot 100, both times for collaborations. " Then Came You" with The Spinners hit number one in 1974 and "That's What Friends Are For" with Elton John, Gladys Knight, and Stevie Wonder Stevland Hardaway Morris ( Judkins; May 13, 1950), known professionally as Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter, who is credited as a pioneer and influence by musicians across a range of genres that include rhythm and blues, Pop musi ... earned the top spot in 1986. Albums Studio albums Live al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 and/or adult contemporary charts. Dionne ranks #74 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100's "Greatest Artists of all time". During her career, she has sold more than 100 million records worldwide and she has won many awards, including six Grammy Awards. Warwick has been inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the Grammy Hall of Fame, the R&B Music Hall of Fame and the Apollo Theater Walk of Fame. In 2019 she won the Grammy Lifetim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutch Album Top 100
The Dutch Album Top 100 or Album Top 100 is a weekly hit list of music albums, compiled by Dutch Charts. List shows the 100 best-selling music albums of the moment in the Netherlands. The list has passed through various name changes and has expanded from a Top 10 to a Top 100. Names Album chart by ''Stichting Nederlandse Top 40'' From 1969 to 1999, an alternative weekly album chart was published by offshore radio station Radio Veronica (1969-1974) and the '' Stichting Nederlandse Top 40'' (1974-1999). This chart varied in length from a top 20 (1969-1971 and from 1972 to 1974) to a top 50 (1971-1972 and 1974–1985), a top 75 (1985-1991) and a top 100 (1991-1999). This album chart was regarded by many as the official one, since it was widely published while the chart listed above was not (not until 1993). The Top 40's album chart was terminated in July, 1999 when it was amalgamated with the Album Top 100 listed above. See also *Single Top 100 The Dutch Single Top 100 or S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
On Stage And In The Movies
''On Stage and in the Movies'' is Dionne Warwick's seventh album for Scepter Records, and was recorded and released on May 14, 1967. The LP was issued as number 559 in the Scepter Catalog. History The cover art for this LP was simple: Warwick in a multicolored gown against a black background. As mentioned in the liner notes of the Rhino Records 1984 collection ''Dionne Warwick Anthology'', this LP was one of three concept albums recorded by Warwick during her tenure with Scepter. The other two albums identified in the notes are '' Soulful'' and ''The Magic of Believing''. While there were no hit singles from this album, some of the songs that were featured were " Summertime"; a humorous reading of " Anything You Can Do" (alongside an uncredited Chuck Jackson); "You'll Never Walk Alone"; " Something Wonderful", and "Baubles, Bangles, and Beads". The album, like most of Warwick's Scepter work, was arranged by Burt Bacharach and produced by Bacharach and Hal David; however, none ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Recording Industry Association Of America
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is a trade organization that represents the music recording industry in the United States. Its members consist of record labels and distributors that the RIAA says "create, manufacture, and/or distribute approximately 85% of all legally sold recorded music in the United States". RIAA is headquartered in Washington, D.C. RIAA was formed in 1952. Its original mission was to administer recording copyright fees and problems, work with trade unions, and do research relating to the record industry and government regulations. Early RIAA standards included the RIAA equalization curve, the format of the stereophonic record groove and the dimensions of 33 1/3, 45, and 78 rpm records. RIAA says its current mission includes: #to protect intellectual property rights and the First Amendment rights of artists #to perform research about the music industry #to monitor and review relevant laws, regulations, and policies Between 2001 and 202 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Here Where There Is Love
''Here Where There Is Love'' is Dionne Warwick's sixth studio album for Scepter Records, and was released on December 4, 1966. The album was recorded at Bell Sound Studios in New York City and was produced in full by Burt Bacharach and Hal David with Bacharach also arranging and conducting. History It was Warwick's first Scepter album to make the top 40, climbing to No. 18 on ''Billboard'''s Top LP's chart, and also her first album to be RIAA-certified gold in America, signifying sales of more than 500,000 copies. It also hit No. 1 on ''Billboards R&B albums chart. The album's cover art features a photograph of a sunset with two anonymous lovers on a beach. Two of Warwick's hit singles from 1966 were included on the album: her top 20 covers of Bacharach and David's "Trains and Boats and Planes" and " I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself". Warwick's version of "Alfie", which she performed at the 1967 Academy Awards, became a bigger top 40 hit than any of the 40-plus versi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Here I Am (Dionne Warwick Album)
''Here I Am'' is the fifth album by American singer Dionne Warwick, released on December 21, 1965 by Scepter Records. The LP was produced by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. This album, as was usually the case until 1968, was recorded at Bell Sound Studios in New York City. History The album's lead single, the title track "Here I Am", was featured in the film ''What's New Pussycat?'' Despite this, the single failed to make the Top 40 in the U.S. The follow-up, "Looking With My Eyes", was prominently featured on the dance show " Hullabaloo", but did not make the chart either. The third single from the album, " Are You There (With Another Girl)" was released in December 1965, and became a hit, making the Top 40. Several early copies of the album had errors in the album cover, listing tracks such as "It's Love That Really Counts" that were not included on the album itself. Other notable songs featured on the album are the bouncy "Window Wishing", the hauntingly beautiful "If I Ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sensitive Sound Of Dionne Warwick
''The Sensitive Sound of Dionne Warwick'' is the fourth album by the American singer Dionne Warwick, released on February 15, 1965 by the Scepter label. It was produced by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, with Bacharach also arranging the songs. History The album is notable for including the singles "Who Can I Turn To" and "You Can Have Him". It also featured a rendition of the standard "Unchained Melody", the song The Righteous Brothers were to take into the Top 10 later the same year. The album was digitally remastered and reissued on CD on November 29, 2011, by Collectables Records. Track listing Charts References External links *The Sensitive Sound of Dionne Warwick' at Discogs Discogs (short for discographies) is a database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. While the site was originally created with a goal of becoming the la ... {{DEFAULTSORT:Sensitive Sound of Dionne W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Make Way For Dionne Warwick
''Make Way for Dionne Warwick'' is the third studio album by American singer Dionne Warwick. It was released by Scepter Records on August 31, 1964 in the United States. Propelled by the hit singles " Walk on By," " You'll Never Get to Heaven," and "Wishin' and Hopin'", it became Warwick's first album to enter the US charts, reaching the top ten of Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. Background ''Make Way for Dionne Warwick'' is notable for including the singles " Walk On By", Warwick's second top ten hit on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Also featured are "You'll Never Get to Heaven (If You Break My Heart)", " A House Is Not a Home", "Reach Out for Me", and one of the first recordings of "(They Long to Be) Close to You." "Get Rid of Him" is actually a 1962 track by The Shirelles, with Warwick's vocal replacing that of Shirley Alston. The album was digitally remastered and reissued on CD on November 29, 2011 by Collectables Records. Critical reception Allmusic editor Lindsay Planer gave th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anyone Who Had A Heart (Dionne Warwick Album)
''Anyone Who Had a Heart'' is the second album by the American singer Dionne Warwick, released in 1964 on the Scepter label. It was produced by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. History The album is notable for including the title track, which became Warick's first top ten hit on the Billboard Hot 100. Also featured are three tracks which appeared on her first album, '' Presenting Dionne Warwick'' issued the year before: " Don't Make Me Over", '"This Empty Place", and "I Cry Alone". These three tracks are exactly identical to the versions on the previous album, and are not different takes or remixes. The album was digitally remastered and reissued on CD on November 29, 2011, by Collectables Records. Track listing Personnel * Bob Fisher: Mastering * Richie Unterberger: Liner Notes * Dionne Warwick: Vocals Singles * From November 30, 1963, to January 23, 1965, ''Billboard Magazine'' did not publish a Hot R&B Songs chart. The peak positions for R&B singles listed during this p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scepter Records
Scepter Records was an American record company founded in 1959 by Florence Greenberg. History Florence Greenberg founded Scepter Records from the $4,000 she received after she sold Tiara Records and the Shirelles to Decca Records. When the Shirelles didn't produce any hits for Decca, they were given back to Greenberg, who promptly signed them. By 1961, Greenberg had launched a subsidiary, Wand Records. Through the two labels, she launched the careers of not only the Shirelles, but Dionne Warwick, Chuck Jackson, the Kingsmen, B.J. Thomas, Joey Dee, Maxine Brown, the Esquires, Tommy Hunt, the Guess Who, Tammi Terrell, the Independents and B. T. Express, and gave the Isley Brothers their famous hit "Twist and Shout", which was later covered by the Beatles. Another related label was Citation Records, "a Scepter Records subsidiary/series that featured a fake gold record on every cover, advertising the 'best of' (Joe) Tex, Flip Wilson, Deep Purple, Wilson Pickett, the Isley Brothers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Presenting Dionne Warwick
''Presenting Dionne Warwick'' is the debut studio album by American singer Dionne Warwick. It was released by Scepter Records on April 10, 1963 in the United States. Composers Burt Bacharach and Hal David provided three-quarters of the track listing, having met Warwick during the summer of 1961 at Bell Sound Studios when she was working as a background singer during the recording session for The Drifters' minor hit "Mexican Divorce" (1962). The songwriters would go on to become frequent collaborators on subsequent Warwick projects. ''Presenting Dionne Warwick'' peaked at number 14 on the UK Albums Chart and spawned the lead single " Don't Make Me Over" which reached number five on the US Hot R&B Singles chart and became a top-forty hit on several international charts. Background ''Presenting Dionne Warwick'' is notable for including " Don't Make Me Over", Warwick's debut single, as well as " Wishin' & Hopin'", which would become a hit for Dusty Springfield in 1964, "It's Love Tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Official Charts Company
The Official Charts (legal name: The Official UK Charts Company Limited) is a British inter-professional organization that compiles various "official" record charts in the United Kingdom, Ireland and France. In the United Kingdom, its charts include ones for singles, albums and films, with the data compiled from a mixture of downloads, purchases (of physical media) and streaming. The OCC produces its charts by gathering and combining sales data from retailers through market researchers Kantar, and claims to cover 99% of the singles market and 95% of the album market, and aims to collect data from any retailer who sells more than 100 chart items per week. The OCC is operated jointly by the British Phonographic Industry and the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA) (formerly the British Association of Record Dealers (BARD)) and is incorporated as a private company limited by shares jointly owned by BPI and ERA. The Chart Information Network (CIN) took over as compilers of the o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
