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Newark (1945 – 2008)

Dee Dee Warwick (September 25, 1945 – October 18, 2008) was an African-American singer. Born in Newark, New Jersey as Delia Mae Warrick, she was the sister of Dionne Warwick, niece of Cissy Houston, and cousin of Whitney Houston.

Dee Dee Warwick sang with her sister Dionne Warwick and their aunt Cissy Houston in the New Hope Baptist Church Choir in Newark, NJ: eventually the three women formed the gospel trio the Gospelaires who often performed with the Drinkard Singers, Houston being a member of both groups.

At a performance by the Gospelaires with the Drinkard Singers at the Apollo Theater in 1959, the Warwick sisters were recruited by a record producer for session work and Dionne and Dee Dee Warwick, along with Doris Troy, subsequently became a prolific New York City area session singing team.

Dee Dee Warwick began to dabble in a solo career in 1963 cutting what is reportedly the earliest version of You’re No Good for Jubilee Records, produced by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, who later recorded Warwick on their own Tiger label with the 1964 single Don’t think my baby’s coming back. In 1964 Warwick recorded a version of I (Who Have Nothing) for Hurd - although the song’s lyric was written by Leiber and Stoller the duo did not participate in Warwick’s recording - and Warwick also recorded as a member of Allison Gary And The Burners (as did Cissy Houston) with a release on Royo entitled Darling.
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  • ixtabixtabai

    beautiful.

    24 Oct 2012 Reply

  • richardneal

    She was the salt to Dionne's sweet; the earth to Dionne's air as sister singers

    4 Jan 2012 Reply

  • Goodmorningx

    She is so amazing. I prefer her over Dionne anyday.

    23 May 2011 Reply

  • afrostar11

    Dee Dee warwick is simply one of the best female soul voices, underated in her day and certainly overshadowed by her legendary sister Dione, but she had real soul. peace sweet lady!!

    23 Jan 2010 Reply

  • timeticks

    RIP

    21 Oct 2008 Reply

  • chuckandgeorge

    I went in saw her in Dallas around 1999. She came for a Black Scholarship fundraiser and nobody even knew who she was. The MC kept calling her Dionne (ouch). We corrected him everytime and called out requests for her great tunes. She livened up knowing she had some real fans in the audience. She ignored the room full of glammed up black folk and turned her loving attention towards the table of under dressed white hooligans. Perfect lady!! Looooove her!

    18 Jun 2008 Reply

  • MagicDave

    Foolish Fool -- it's not poetry when you look at it on the page, but it is when you hear it sung...

    22 Feb 2008 Reply

  • szarka

    Dee Dee > Dionne

    19 Apr 2007 Reply

  • Bobbygillespie

    she has got an amazing voice!

    13 Oct 2006 Reply

  • MagicDave

    Dee Dee Warwick is spelt S-O-U-L..

    11 Aug 2006 Reply

  • Damfino83

    Amazing, amazing, amazing.

    31 Jul 2006 Reply

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