The HistoryMakers video oral history with Dionne Warwick.

Singer Dionne Warwick was born in East Orange, New Jersey, on December 12, 1940. The oldest of three siblings, Warwick was raised in a deeply religious and musical family. At fourteen, Warwick helped form The Gospelaires. In 1959, Warwick received a music scholarship to the University of Hartford. Warwick signed a recording contract in 1962 and her first single, Don't Make Me Over, was a hit, attracting both R&B and pop audiences. From 1963 to 1966, Warwick achieved unprecedented success by becoming the first crossover artist to have a dozen consecutive Top 100 hits. Known for her partnership with songwriters, Burt Bacharach and Hal David, she became the first African American solo female artist to receive a Grammy for Do You Know the Way to San Jose in 1968. By 1970, she had recorded thirty hit singles, close to twenty best-selling albums and received a second Grammy for the album, I'll Never Fall In Love Again.

Diahann Carroll, interviewer.

Recorded Chicago, Illinois 2001 November 15.

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