Presenting Dionne Warwick

by Dionne Warwick

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  • Type: Album
  • Released: April 1963
  • Label: Scepter
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 31:02
  • Community rating: 3.8/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Introducing one of pop music's most enduring partnerships, Dionne Warwick's debut provides the perfect, sophisticated vehicle for Burt Bacharach and Hal David's intricate songwriting. Her remarkably elegant phrasing elevates these deeply sentimental pop-soul numbers into timeless classics.

Genres

Descriptors: orchestral, sophisticated, melodic, literate, string arrangements, soulful, vocal, ballad

Tracklist

  1. This Empty Place (2:51)
  2. Wishin' and Hopin' (2:55)
  3. I Cry Alone (2:31)
  4. Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah (2:38)
  5. Make the Music Play (2:23)
  6. If You See Bill (2:58)
  7. Don't Make Me Over (2:45)
  8. It's Love That Really Counts (2:15)
  9. Unlucky (2:22)
  10. I Smiled Yesterday (2:40)
  11. Make It Easy on Yourself (2:40)
  12. The Love of a Boy (1:58)

Credits

  • Dionne Warwick - primary artist
  • Bacharach And David - written-by
  • Allie Wrubel - written-by
  • Ray Gilbert - written-by
  • Luther Dixon - written-by
  • Lillian Shockley - written-by
  • Robert Banks - written-by

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