''Here Where There Is Love'' is
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 ''Billboards Hot 100 pop singles cha ...
's sixth studio album for
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 Shire ...
, and was released on December 4, 1966. The album was recorded at
Bell Sound Studios Bell Sound Studios was an independent recording studio in New York City from 1950 to 1976. At its height, the studio was the largest independent recording studio in the United States, and the site of recording sessions that produced seminal hits by ...
in
New York City
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and was produced in full by
Burt Bacharach
Burt Freeman Bacharach ( ; born May 12, 1928) is an American composer, songwriter, record producer and pianist who composed hundreds of pop songs from the late 1950s through the 1980s, many in collaboration with lyricist Hal David. A six-time Gra ...
and
Hal David
Harold Lane David (May 25, 1921 – September 1, 2012) was an American lyricist. He grew up in New York City. He was best known for his collaborations with composer Burt Bacharach and his association with Dionne Warwick.
Early life
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
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-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
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and
David
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's "
Trains and Boats and Planes
"Trains and Boats and Planes" is a song written by composer Burt Bacharach and lyricist Hal David. Hit versions were recorded by Bacharach himself in 1965, by Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas in the same year, and by Dionne Warwick in 1966.
Origi ...
" and "
I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself". Warwick's version of "
Alfie
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* ''Alfie'' (play), a 1963 play by Bill Naughton
* ''Alfie'' (1966 film), a film based on the play starring Michael Caine
* ''Alfie'' (2004 film), a remake of the 1966 film
* ''Alfie'' (2013 film), an Indi ...
", which she performed at the 1967
Academy Awards
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, became a bigger top 40 hit than any of the 40-plus versions that had previously been recorded, peaking at No. 15 on the
''Billboard'' Hot 100 singles chart in the summer of 1967 during a 17-week chart run. It also reached No. 5 on ''Billboards R&B singles chart.
Other songs of note are the Bacharach and David-penned title track; Warwick's reading of "
What The World Needs Now Is Love
"What the World Needs Now Is Love" is a 1965 popular song with lyrics by Hal David and music composed by Burt Bacharach. First recorded and made popular by Jackie DeShannon, it was released on April 15, 1965, on the Imperial label after a relea ...
";
Charles Trenet
Louis Charles Augustin Georges Trenet (; 18 May 1913 – 19 February 2001) was a renowned French singer-songwriter who composed both the music and the lyrics to nearly a thousand songs over a career that lasted more than 60 years. These include ...
's "
I Wish You Love"; and a cover of Bob Dylan's "
Blowin' in the Wind
"Blowin' in the Wind" is a song written by Bob Dylan in 1962.
It was released as a single and included on his album ''The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan'' in 1963. It has been described as a protest song and poses a series of rhetorical questions about ...
".
Track listing
See also
*
List of ''Billboard'' number-one R&B albums of the 1960s
References
External links
*
Here Where There Is Love' at
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Dionne Warwick albums
1966 albums
Albums arranged by Burt Bacharach
Albums produced by Burt Bacharach
Albums produced by Hal David
Scepter Records albums