Editing Dionne Warwick (section)

== Career ==
[[File:Optreden van de Amerikaanse zangeres Dionne Warwick, Bestanddeelnr 919-6271.jpg|thumb|Warwick performing in [[Amsterdam]], 1966]]

=== Drinkard Singers ===
Many members of Warwick's family were members of [[the Drinkard Singers]], a family gospel group<ref>{{Cite web |title=GospelFlava.com – Articles – Gospel Story – Anne Drinkard-Moss |url=http://www.gospelflava.com/articles/gospelstory-anndrinkardmoss.html |access-date=November 14, 2021 |website=gospelflava.com}}</ref> and [[RCA Records|RCA]] recording artists who frequently performed throughout the New York metropolitan area. The original group, known as the Drinkard Jubilairs, consisted of Cissy, Anne, Larry, and Nicky, and later included Warwick's grandparents, Nicholas and Delia Drinkard, and their children: William, Lee (Warwick's mother) and Hansom. When the Drinkard Singers performed on ''[[TV Gospel Time]]'', Dionne Warwick had her television performance debut.

Marie instructed the group, and they were managed by Lee. As they became more successful, Lee and Marie began performing with the group, and they were augmented by pop/R&B singer [[Judy Clay]], whom Lee had unofficially adopted. [[Elvis Presley]] eventually expressed an interest in having them join his touring entourage.<ref name="Scc.rutgers.edu 2008">{{cite web |url=http://www.scc.rutgers.edu/njwomenshistory/Period_6/warwick.htm |title=New Jersey Women's History: Home Page |date=August 15, 2008 |website=Scc.rutgers.edu |access-date=November 7, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080321070513/http://www.scc.rutgers.edu/njwomenshistory/Period_6/warwick.htm |archive-date=March 21, 2008}}</ref>

=== The Gospelaires ===
Other talented singers joined the Gospelaires from time-to-time, including [[Judy Clay]], [[Cissy Houston]] (mother of [[Whitney Houston]]), and [[Doris Troy|Doris "Rikii" Troy]], whose chart selection "[[Just One Look (song)|Just One Look]]" (when she recorded it in 1963) featured backing vocals from the Gospelaires. After personnel changes (Dionne and Doris left the group after achieving solo success), the Gospelaires became the recording group [[the Sweet Inspirations]], and had some chart success, but were much sought-after as studio background singers. The Gospelaires, and later the Sweet Inspirations, performed on many records cut in New York City for artists such as [[Garnet Mimms]], [[the Drifters]], [[Jerry Butler (singer)|Jerry Butler]], [[Solomon Burke]] and, later, Warwick's solo recordings, [[Aretha Franklin]] and [[Elvis Presley]]. Warwick recalled, in 2002's ''[[Biography (TV program)|Biography]]'', that "a man came running frantically backstage at the Apollo and said he needed background singers for a session for [[Sam Taylor (saxophonist)|Sam "the Man" Taylor]] and old big-mouth here spoke up and said 'We'll do it!' and we left and did the session. I wish I remembered the gentleman's name because he was responsible for the beginning of my professional career."<ref>Selvin, Joel (February 4, 2010). "Warwick's 'blessed' career". ''San Francisco Chronicle'', p. F2 col.5.</ref>

The chance encounter led to the group being asked to provide background vocals at recording sessions around New York. Soon, the group was in-demand for their harmonies among New York musicians and producers, after hearing their work with the Drifters, [[Ben E. King]], [[Chuck Jackson]], [[Dinah Washington]], [[Ronnie Hawkins]], and Solomon Burke, among many others. {{citation needed|date=July 2015}} In the same aforementioned ''Biography'' interview, Warwick recalled that, on weekdays after school, the girls would catch a bus from East Orange to the [[Port Authority Terminal]], then take the [[New York City Subway|subway]] to the recording studios in [[Manhattan]], perform their background vocal work, and still be back at home in East Orange with time to do their school homework. Warwick's music work would continue while she pursued her studies at Hartt.

=== Discovery ===
While she was performing background on the Drifters' recording of their 1962 release "[[Mexican divorce#In popular culture|Mexican Divorce]]", Warwick's voice and star presence were noticed by the song's composer, [[Burt Bacharach]],<ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ILGdYpQGH8 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/3ILGdYpQGH8 |archive-date=December 11, 2021 |url-status=live |time=0:10 |time-caption=discussion starts at |people=[[Burt Bacharach]], Dionne Warwick |title=One Amazing Night (1998 – Dionne Warwick portion) |medium=[[YouTube]] |location=New York City |date=April 15, 1998 |access-date=October 9, 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref> a [[Brill Building]] songwriter who was writing songs with many other songwriters, including lyricist [[Hal David]].<ref name="Pop Chronicles 1969">{{Pop Chronicles|24}}</ref> According to a July 14, 1967, article on Warwick in ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'', Bacharach stated, "She has a tremendous strong side and a delicacy when singing softly – like miniature ships in bottles." Musically, she was no "play-safe girl. What emotion I could get away with!" During the session, Bacharach asked Warwick if she would be interested in recording demonstration recordings of his compositions to pitch the tunes to record labels, paying her $12.50 per demo recording session ({{Inflation|US|12.50|1962|r=-1|fmt=eq}}).<ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0SU9bIyQGU |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/X0SU9bIyQGU |archive-date=December 11, 2021 |url-status=live |time=6:40 |time-caption=discussion starts at |people=[[Burt Bacharach]], Dionne Warwick |title=Kraft Music Hall (1970 – Dionne Warwick portion) |medium=[[YouTube]] |location=New York City |date=June 17, 1970 |access-date=October 14, 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref><!--- Paley ref provides date detail ---><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.paleycenter.org/collection/item/?q=head&p=52&item=103754 |title=The Kraft Music Hall: An Evening With Burt Bacharach {Dionne Warwick, Joel Grey, Sacha Distel} (TV) |website=[[Paley Center for Media]] | access-date=October 14, 2020}}</ref> One such demo, "It's Love That Really Counts"{{snd}}destined to be recorded by Scepter-signed act [[the Shirelles]]{{snd}}caught the attention of the President of [[Scepter Records]], [[Florence Greenberg]], who, according to ''[[Current Biography]]'' (1969 Yearbook), told Bacharach, "Forget the song, get the girl!"<ref name="Thomas 1995">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/11/04/arts/florence-greenberg-82-pop-record-producer.html |title=Obituary: Florence Greenberg, 82, Pop-Record Producer |first=Robert McG. Jr. |last=Thomas |author-link=Robert McG. Thomas Jr. |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=November 4, 1995 |access-date=July 27, 2015 |url-access=registration}}</ref>

Warwick was signed to Bacharach's and David's production company, according to Warwick, which in turn was signed to Scepter Records in 1962 by Greenberg. The partnership would provide Bacharach with the freedom to produce Warwick without the control of recording company executives and company [[A&R]] men. Warwick's musical ability and education would also allow Bacharach to compose more challenging tunes.<ref name="Pop Chronicles 1969" /> The demo version of "It's Love That Really Counts", along with her original demo of "Make It Easy on Yourself", would surface on Warwick's debut Scepter album, ''[[Presenting Dionne Warwick]]'', which was released in early 1963.<ref name="Thomas 1995" />

=== Early stardom (1962–1965) ===
In November 1962, Scepter Records released her first solo single, "[[Don't Make Me Over (song)|Don't Make Me Over]]", the title of which Warwick supplied herself when she snapped the phrase at producers Burt Bacharach and Hal David in anger.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Richardson |first=Kalia |date=January 1, 2023 |title=Dionne Warwick Is Ready for an Encore |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/01/movies/dionne-warwick-dont-make-me-over.html |access-date=June 5, 2024 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Warwick had found out that "[[Make It Easy on Yourself]]" – a song on which she had recorded the original demo and had wanted to be her first single release – had been given to another artist, [[Jerry Butler]]. From the phrase "don't make me over", Bacharach and David created their first top-40 pop hit (No. 21) and a top-5 U.S. R&B hit. Warrick's name was misspelled on the single's label, and she began using the new spelling, "Warwick", both professionally and personally.<ref>Wallechinsky, David; Wallace, Amy, ''[[The New Book of Lists]]'', p. 5. [[Canongate Books]], 2005; {{ISBN|1-84195-719-4}}</ref>

After "Don't Make Me Over" hit in 1962, she answered the call of her manager, left school and went on a tour of [[France]], where critics crowned her "Paris' Black Pearl", having been introduced on stage at [[Paris Olympia]] that year by [[Marlene Dietrich]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,899661,00.html |title=Singers: Spreading the Faith |date=July 14, 1967 |magazine=Time |url-access=subscription |access-date=September 28, 2016}}</ref>

The two immediate follow-ups to "Don't Make Me Over" – "This Empty Place" (with "B" side "[[Wishin' and Hopin']]" later recorded by [[Dusty Springfield]]) and "Make The Music Play" – charted briefly in the top 100. Her fourth single, "[[Anyone Who Had a Heart (song)|Anyone Who Had a Heart]]",<ref name="Pop Chronicles 1969" /> released in November 1963,<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TKJU6CegkogC&pg=PA117 |title=Burt Bacharach, song by song |first=Serene |last=Dominic |isbn=978-0-85712-259-9 |year=2003 |publisher=Schirmer Trade Books}}</ref> was Warwick's first top 10 pop hit (No. 8) in the U.S. and an international million seller. This was followed by "[[Walk On By (song)|Walk On By]]" in April 1964, another major international hit and million seller that solidified her career. For the rest of the 1960s, Warwick was a fixture on the U.S. and Canadian charts, and much of her output from 1962 to 1971 was written and produced by the Bacharach/David team.

Warwick weathered the [[British Invasion]] better than most American artists. Her biggest UK hits were "[[Walk On By]]" and "[[Do You Know the Way to San Jose]]?"<ref name="Pop Chronicles 1969" /> In the UK, a number of Bacharach-David-Warwick songs were recorded by British singers [[Cilla Black]], [[Sandie Shaw]] and [[Dusty Springfield]], most notably Black's "[[Anyone Who Had a Heart (song)|Anyone Who Had a Heart]]", which went to No. 1 in the UK. This upset Warwick, who described feeling insulted when told that in the UK, record company executives wanted her songs recorded by someone else. Warwick met Cilla Black while on tour in Britain. She recalled what she said to Black: "I told her that '[[You're My World]]' would be my next single in the States. I honestly believe that if I'd sneezed on my next record, then Cilla would have sneezed on hers too. There was no imagination in her recording."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://geocities.com/lilysavage_uk/radio.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091027132031/http://geocities.com/lilysavage_uk/radio.html |archive-date=October 27, 2009 |title=Stage & Screen – Radio |date=October 27, 2009 |access-date=November 7, 2012}}</ref> Warwick later covered two of Cilla's songs – "You're My World" appeared on ''[[Dionne Warwick in Valley of the Dolls]]'', released in 1968 and on the soundtrack to ''[[Alfie (2004 film soundtrack)|Alfie]]''.

Warwick was named the Bestselling Female Vocalist in the ''[[Cash Box Magazine]]'' poll in 1964, with six chart hits in that year. ''Cash Box'' named her the Top Female Vocalist in 1969, 1970 and 1971. In the 1967 ''Cash Box'' poll, she was second to [[Petula Clark]], and in 1968's poll second to [[Aretha Franklin]]. ''[[Playboy]]''{{'}}s influential Music Poll of 1970 named her the Top Female Vocalist. In 1969, Harvard's [[Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year|Hasty Pudding Society named her Woman of the Year]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Pudding Attracts Dionne Warwick with 'Woman of the Year' Award |work=The Harvard Crimson |date=February 19, 1970 |url=http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1970/2/19/pudding-attracts-dionne-warwick-with-woman/}}</ref>

In ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''{{'}}s cover article of May 21, 1965, entitled "Rock 'n' Roll: The Sound of the Sixties", Warwick's sound was described as:

<blockquote>Swinging World. Scholarly articles probe the relationship between the [[Beatles]] and the nouvelle vague films of [[Jean-Luc Godard]], discuss "the brio and elegance" of Dionne Warwick's singing style as a 'pleasurable but complex' event to be 'experienced without condescension.' In chic circles, anyone damning [[rock 'n' roll]] is labeled not only square but uncultured. For inspirational purposes, such hip artists as [[Robert Rauschenberg]], [[Larry Rivers]] and [[Andy Warhol]] occasionally paint while listening to rock 'n' roll music. Explains Warhol: "It makes me mindless, and I paint better." After gallery openings in Manhattan, the black-tie gatherings often adjourn to a [[discothèque]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,901728,00.html |title=Rock 'n' Roll: The Sound of the Sixties |date=21 May 1965 |magazine=Time |url-access=subscription |access-date=28 September 2016}}</ref></blockquote>

In 1965, Eon Productions intended to use Warwick's song titled "Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" as the theme song of the ''James Bond'' film ''[[Thunderball (film)|Thunderball]]'', until [[Albert R. Broccoli]] insisted that the theme song include the film's title. A new song titled "Thunderball" was composed and recorded at the eleventh hour, performed by [[Tom Jones (singer)|Tom Jones]]. The melody of "Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" remains a major component of the film score. The Ultimate Edition DVD of ''Thunderball'' has the Warwick song playing over the titles on one of the commentary track extras, and the song was released on the 30th-anniversary CD of Bond songs.

=== Chart success (1966–1971) ===
[[File:Dionne Warwick television special 1969.JPG|thumb|upright|Warwick in 1969]]
The mid-1960s to early 1970s were a more successful time period for Warwick, who saw a string of gold-selling albums and Top 20 and Top 10 hit singles. "[[Message to Michael]]", a Bacharach-David composition<ref name="Pop Chronicles 1969" /> that the duo was certain was a "man's song", became a top 10 hit for Warwick in May 1966. The January 1967 LP ''[[Here Where There Is Love]]'' was her first [[RIAA]] certified Gold album, and featured "[[Alfie (Burt Bacharach song)|Alfie]]" and two 1966 hits: "Trains and Boats and Planes" and "[[I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself]]". "Alfie" had become a radio hit when disc jockeys across the nation began to play the album cut early in 1967. "Alfie" was released as the "B" side of a Bacharach/David ballad, "The Beginning of Loneliness", which charted in the Hot 100. Disc jockeys flipped the single and made it a double-sided hit. Bacharach had been contracted to produce "Alfie" for the [[Michael Caine]] film of [[Alfie (1966 film)|the same name]] and wanted Warwick to sing the tune, but the British producers wanted a British subject to cut the tune. [[Cilla Black]] was selected to record the song, and her version peaked at No. 95 upon its release in the US. A cover version by [[Cher]] used in the American prints of the film peaked at No. 33. In the UK and Australia, Black's version was a Top-10 hit.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=May 21, 1966 |title=Billboard Magazine, May 1966 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8SgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA42 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240605080647/https://books.google.com.au/books?id=8SgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA42&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false |archive-date=June 5, 2024 |access-date=June 5, 2024 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref>

Later that same year, Warwick earned her first RIAA certified Gold single for U.S. sales of over one million units for the single "[[I Say a Little Prayer]]". When disc jockeys across the nation began to play the track from the album in the fall of 1967 and demanded its release as a single, Scepter Records complied and "I Say a Little Prayer" became Warwick's biggest U.S. hit to that point, reaching #4 on the [[Billboard Hot 100]] and Canadian Charts.<ref name="BillboardHistory">{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/dionne-warwick/chart-history/ |title=Dionne Warwick Chart History |publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=2025-02-18 }}</ref><ref name="can">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/list.aspx?OCRText=Dionne+Warwick&|title=CAN Charts > Dionne Warwick|magazine=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|access-date=2025-02-18 }}</ref> The tune was also the first RIAA certified USA million seller for Bacharach-David.<ref name="Bacharach Song by Song">{{cite book | first= Serene | last= Dominic | year= 2003 | title= Burt Bacharach, song by song: the ultimate Burt Bacharach reference for fans | publisher= Schirmer Trade Books | location= New York City | page= 186 | isbn= 0-8256-7280-5}}</ref><ref name="RIAA">{{cite web |url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?se=dionne+warwick&tab_active=default-award&col=certification_date&ord=asc#search_section |title=Gold & Platinum - RIAA |publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of America]] |access-date=2025-02-18 }}</ref>

Her follow-up to "I Say a Little Prayer", "[[(Theme from) Valley of the Dolls]]", was unusual in several respects. It was not written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David; it was the "B" side of her "I Say a Little Prayer" single, and it was a song that she almost did not record. While the [[Valley of the Dolls (film)|film version]] of ''[[Valley of the Dolls (novel)|Valley of the Dolls]]'' was being made, actress [[Barbara Parkins]] suggested that Warwick be considered to sing the film's theme song, written by songwriting team [[André Previn|André]] and [[Dory Previn]]. The song was to be recorded by [[Judy Garland]], who was subsequently fired from the film. Warwick performed the song, and when the film became a success in the early weeks of 1968, disc jockeys flipped the single and made the single one of the biggest double-sided hits of the rock era and another million seller. At the time, RIAA rules allowed only one side of a double-sided hit single to be certified as gold, but Scepter awarded Warwick an "in-house award" to recognize "(Theme from) Valley of the Dolls" as a million selling tune.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Umphred |first=Neal |date=June 19, 2023 |title=Understanding RIAA Gold and Platinum Record Awards |url=https://www.ratherrarerecords.com/understanding-riaa-gold/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240222075556/https://www.ratherrarerecords.com/understanding-riaa-gold/ |archive-date=February 22, 2024 |access-date=June 5, 2024 |website=ratherrarerecords.com |quote=If the LP was reissued as a CD with additional "bonus" material (such as B-sides, outtakes, etc.) and the CD runs over fifty-five minutes, then the RIAA counts it as a completely separate album (a double-album).}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Dionne Warwick – Valley of the Dolls Lyrics {{!}} Lyrics.com |url=https://www.lyrics.com/lyric/8949127/Valley+of+the+Dolls |access-date=June 5, 2024 |website=www.lyrics.com}}</ref>

Warwick had re-recorded a Pat Williams-arranged version of the theme at A&R Studios in New York because contractual restrictions with her label would not allow the Warwick version from the film to be included on the [[20th Century Fox]] soundtrack LP, and reverse legal restrictions would not allow the film version to be used anyplace else in a commercial LP. The LP ''[[Dionne Warwick in Valley of the Dolls]]'', released in early 1968 and containing the re-recorded version of the movie theme (No. 2 for three weeks), "[[Do You Know the Way to San Jose]]?" and several new Bacharach-David compositions, hit the No. 6 position on the ''Billboard'' album chart and would remain on the chart for over a year. The film soundtrack LP, without Warwick vocals, failed to impress the public, while ''Dionne Warwick in Valley of the Dolls'' earned an RIAA Gold certification.

The single "Do You Know the Way to San Jose?" (an international million seller and a Top-10 hit in several countries, including the UK, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Japan and Mexico) was also a double-sided hit, with the "B" side "Let Me Be Lonely" charting at No. 79. More hits followed into 1971, including "Who Is Gonna Love Me" (No. 32, 1968) with "B" side, "[[(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me]]" becoming another double-sided hit; "Promises, Promises" (No. 19, 1968); "[[This Guy's in Love with You|This Girl's in Love with You]]" (No. 7, 1969); "The April Fools" (No. 37, 1969); "[[You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin']]" (No. 15, 1969); "[[I'll Never Fall in Love Again]]" (No. 6 Pop, No. 1 AC, 1969); "[[Make It Easy on Yourself]]" (No. 37 Pop, No. 10 AC, 1970); "Let Me Go to Him" (No. 32 Pop, No. 4 AC, 1970); and "Paper Mache" (No. 43 Pop, No. 3 AC), 1970). Warwick's final Bacharach/David penned single on the Scepter label was March 1971's "Who Gets the Guy" (No. 52 Pop, No. 6 AC), 1971), and her final "official" Scepter single release was "He's Moving On" b/w "Amanda", (No. 83 Pop, No. 12 AC) both from the soundtrack of the motion picture adaptation of [[Jacqueline Susann]]'s ''[[The Love Machine (film)|The Love Machine]]''.{{citation needed|date=June 2014}}

Warwick had become the priority act of Scepter Records with the release of "[[Anyone Who Had a Heart (song)|Anyone Who Had a Heart]]" in 1963.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}} Other Scepter LPs certified RIAA Gold include ''Dionne Warwick's Golden Hits Part 1'' released in 1967 and ''The Dionne Warwicke Story: A Decade of Gold'' released in 1971. By the end of 1971, Warwick had sold an estimated 35 million singles and albums internationally in less than nine years and more than 16&nbsp;million singles in the U.S. alone. Exact figures of her sales are unknown and probably underestimated, due to Scepter Records' apparently lax accounting policies and the company policy of not submitting recordings for RIAA audit. Warwick became the first Scepter artist to request RIAA audits of her recordings in 1967 with the release of "I Say a Little Prayer".

On September 17, 1969, [[CBS Television]] aired Warwick's first television special, entitled ''The Dionne Warwick Chevy Special''. Warwick's guests were Burt Bacharach, [[George Kirby]], [[Glen Campbell]], and [[Creedence Clearwater Revival]].{{citation needed|date=September 2020}} In 1970, Warwick formed her own label, Sonday Records, of which she was president. Sonday was distributed by Scepter.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=July 18, 1970 |title=Dionne Warwick Announces Own Sonday Label |url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Record-World/70s/70/RW-1970-07-18.pdf |journal=Record World |pages=3}}</ref>

In 1970, she was a performer on the prestigious [[Royal Variety Performance]] at the [[London Palladium]], singing ''The Look of Love, What the World Needs Now'' and ''[[Come Together]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Royal Variety Performance 1985 |via=[[YouTube]] |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211126174141/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9eOM_3hYtA |archive-date=November 26, 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9eOM_3hYtA |access-date=November 26, 2021}}</ref>

[[File:Pat Nixon with Dionne Warwick.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Warwick with First Lady [[Pat Nixon]] in 1971]]
In 1971, Warwick left the family atmosphere of Scepter Records for [[Warner Bros. Records]], for a $5&nbsp;million contract, the most lucrative recording contract given to a female vocalist up to that time, according to ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]''. Warwick's last LP for Scepter was the soundtrack for the motion picture ''The Love Machine'', in which she appeared in an uncredited cameo, released in July 1971. In 1975, Bacharach and David sued Scepter Records for an accurate accounting of royalties due the team from their recordings with Warwick and labelmate [[B.J. Thomas]]. They were awarded almost $600,000 and the rights to all Bacharach/David recordings on the Scepter label. The label, with the defection of Warwick to Warner Bros. Records, filed for bankruptcy in 1975 and was sold to Springboard International Records in 1976.

Following her signing with Warners, with Bacharach and David as writers and producers, Warwick returned to New York City's A&R Studios in late 1971 to begin recording her first album for the new label, the self-titled ''Dionne'' (not to be confused with her later Arista debut album) in January 1972. The album peaked at No. 57 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] Album Chart. In 1972, Burt Bacharach and Hal David scored and wrote the tunes for the motion picture ''[[Lost Horizon (1973 film)|Lost Horizon]]''. However, the film was panned by the critics, and in the fallout, the songwriting duo decided to terminate their working relationship. The break-up left Warwick devoid of their services as her producers and songwriters. She was contractually obligated to fulfill her contract with Warners without Bacharach and David, and she would team with a variety of producers during her tenure with the label.

Faced with the prospect of being sued by Warner Bros. Records due to the breakup of Bacharach/David and their failure to honor their contract with Warwick, she filed a $5.5&nbsp;million lawsuit against her former partners for breach of contract. The suit was settled out of court in 1979 for $5&nbsp;million, including the rights to all Warwick recordings produced by Bacharach and David.

Also in 1971, Warwick had her name changed to "Warwicke" per the advice of [[Linda Goodman]], an astrologer friend, who believed it would bring greater success. A few years later, she reverted to the old spelling after a string of disappointments and an absence from the ''Billboard'' top 40.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Eldridge |first=Allison |title=Dionne Warwick |encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Dionne-Warwick |date=March 8, 2017}}</ref>

=== Warner era (1972–1978) ===
[[File:Dionne Warwick, Don Kirschner, Helen Reddy Olivia Newton-John 1974.JPG|thumb|upright|From left to right: Warwick, [[Don Kirshner]], [[Helen Reddy]] and [[Olivia Newton-John]] in 1974]]
Without the guidance and songwriting that Bacharach/David had provided, Warwick's career stalled in the early 1970s although she remained a top concert draw throughout the world. There were no big hits during the early and mid part of the decade, aside from 1974's "[[Then Came You (Dionne Warwick and the Spinners song)|Then Came You]]", recorded as a duet with [[The Spinners (American group)|the Spinners]] and produced by [[Thom Bell]]. Bell later noted, "Dionne made a (strange) face when we finished [the song]. She didn't like it much, but I knew we had something. So we ripped a dollar in two, signed each half and exchanged them. I told her, 'If it doesn't go number one, I'll send you my half.' When it took off, Dionne sent hers back. There was an apology on it." It was her first U.S. No. 1 hit on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Other than this success, Warwick's five years on [[Warner Bros. Records]] produced no other major hits, but "Then Came You" was issued by co-owned [[Atlantic Records]], the Spinners' label.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.45cat.com/record/453202 |title=Dionne Warwicke And Spinners – Then Came You |access-date=May 19, 2019 |website=45cat.com}}</ref> Two notable songs recorded during this period were "His House and Me" and "Once You Hit The Road" (No. 79 pop, No. 5 R&B, No. 22 Adult Contemporary), both of which were produced in 1975 by [[Thom Bell]]. {{citation needed|date=June 2014}}

Warwick recorded five albums with Warners: ''Dionne'' (1972), produced by Bacharach and David and a modest chart success; ''Just Being Myself'' (1973), produced by Holland-Dozier-Holland;
''Then Came You'' (1975), produced by [[Jerry Ragovoy]]; ''Track of the Cat'' (1975), produced by [[Thom Bell]]; and ''Love at First Sight'' (1977), produced by [[Steve Barri]] and [[Michael Omartian]]. Her five-year contract with Warners expired in 1977, and with that, she ended her stay at the label. {{citation needed|date=June 2014}} Warwick's dry spell on the American charts ended with her signing to Arista Records in 1979, where she began a second highly successful run of hit records and albums well into the late 1980s.

=== ''Heartbreaker'' and move to Arista (1979–1989) ===
With the move to Arista Records and the release of her RIAA-certified million seller "[[I'll Never Love This Way Again]]" in 1979, Warwick was again enjoying top success on the charts. The song was produced by [[Barry Manilow]]. The accompanying album, ''[[Dionne (album)|Dionne]]'', was [[Platinum certification|certified platinum]] in the United States for sales exceeding one million units. The album peaked at No. 12 on the ''Billboard'' albums chart and made the top 10 of the ''Billboard'' R&B albums chart. Warwick had been personally signed and guided by the label's founder [[Clive Davis]], who told her, "You may be ready to give the business up, but the business is not ready to give you up."{{citation needed|date=September 2020}} Warwick's next single release was another major hit. "[[Déjà Vu (Dionne Warwick song)|Deja Vu]]" was co-written by [[Isaac Hayes]] and hit No. 1 Adult Contemporary as well as No. 15 on ''Billboard''{{'}}s Hot 100. In 1980, Warwick won two [[22nd Grammy Awards|Grammy Awards]] for [[Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female]] for "[[I'll Never Love This Way Again]]" and [[Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female]] for "Déjà Vu". She became the first female artist in the history of the awards to win in both categories the same year.<ref name="Westcoast.dk 2018" /> Her second Arista album, 1980's ''[[No Night So Long]]'' sold 500,000 U.S. copies and featured the title track which became a major success – hitting No. 1 Adult Contemporary and No. 23 on ''Billboard''{{'}}s Hot 100<ref>{{cite book |title=Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–2001 |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2002 |publisher=Record Research |page=254}}</ref> – and the album peaked at No. 23 on the ''Billboard'' albums chart.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/search/albums/no+night+so+long |title=Album Search for 'no night so long' |website=AllMusic |access-date=January 12, 2018}}</ref>

[[File:Dionne Warwick 3.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Dionne Warwick by Allan Warren, {{circa|1980}}s]]
In January 1980, while under contract to Arista Records, Warwick hosted a two-hour TV special called ''Solid Gold '79''. This was adapted into the weekly one-hour show ''[[Solid Gold (TV series)|Solid Gold]]'', which she hosted throughout 1980 and 1981 and again in 1985–86. Major highlights of each show were the duets she performed with her co-hosts, which often included some of Warwick's hits and her co-hosts' hits, intermingled and arranged by ''Solid Gold'' musical director Michael Miller. Another highlight in each show was Warwick's vocal rendition of the ''Solid Gold'' theme, composed by Miller (with lyrics by [[Dean Pitchford]]).<ref name="Westcoast.dk 2018" />

After a brief appearance in the top forty in early 1982 with [[Johnny Mathis]] on "Friends in Love" – from the album of the same name – Warwick's next hit later that same year was her full-length collaboration with [[Barry Gibb]] of the [[Bee Gees]] for the album ''[[Heartbreaker (Dionne Warwick album)|Heartbreaker]]''. The project came about when [[Clive Davis]] was attending his aunt's wedding in Orlando, Florida in early 1982 and spoke with Barry Gibb. Gibb mentioned that he had always been a fan of Warwick's, and Davis arranged for Warwick and the Bee Gees to discuss a project. The Gibb brothers had just had tremendous success writing and co-producing a smash hit album for [[Barbra Streisand]] (1980's ''[[Guilty (Barbra Streisand album)|Guilty]]''), which prompted Davis to suggest they do something similar for Warwick. Both the album and [[Heartbreaker (Dionne Warwick song)|the title single]] were released in October 1982 to massive success.<ref name="Westcoast.dk 2018" /> Warwick later stated to Wesley Hyatt in his ''Billboard Book of Number One Adult Contemporary Hits'' that she was not initially fond of "Heartbreaker" but recorded the song because she trusted the Bee Gees' judgment that it would be a hit. The song did indeed become one of Warwick's biggest international hits, returning her to the top 10 of the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot 100]] as well as No. 1 Adult Contemporary and No. 2 in both the UK and Australia. The song was also a top-10 hit throughout continental Europe, Japan, South Africa, Canada and Asia. The album ended up selling 3 million copies internationally and earned Warwick an [[RIAA]] [[Gold (RIAA certification)|gold record]] award in the US. In the UK, ''Heartbreaker '' became Warwick's most successful album, peaking at No. 3 and was certified [[Platinum (BPI certification)|platinum]], while both the hit title track and follow-up single "[[All the Love in the World (Dionne Warwick song)|All the Love in the World]]" (another UK top ten hit) would both be certified silver, becoming her biggest selling singles there.

In 1983, Warwick released ''[[How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye]]'', produced by [[Luther Vandross]]. The album's most successful single was the title track, "How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye", a Warwick/Vandross duet, which peaked at No. 27 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. It also became a top-10 hit on the Adult Contemporary and R&B charts. The album peaked at No. 57 on the ''Billboard'' albums chart. Of note was a reunion with the original [[Shirelles]] on Warwick's cover of "[[Will You Love Me Tomorrow|Will You (Still) Love Me Tomorrow?]]". The album ''[[Finder of Lost Loves (album)|Finder of Lost Loves]]'' followed in 1984 and reunited her with both [[Barry Manilow]] and Burt Bacharach, who was writing with his then current lyricist partner and wife, [[Carole Bayer Sager]]. In 1985, Warwick contributed her voice to the multi-[[Grammy Award]] winning charity song "[[We Are the World]]", along with vocalists like [[Michael Jackson]], [[Diana Ross]], and [[Ray Charles]]. The song spent four consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart. It was the year's biggest hit – certified four times platinum in the United States alone.<ref name="Westcoast.dk 2018" />

In 1985, Warwick and Bacharach once again collaborated on the song "[[That's What Friends Are For]]". This period was the first time they had worked together since the 1970s, when Warwick felt abandoned by Bacharach and Hal David dissolving their partnership. Warwick said of their reconciliation:<ref name="McEvoy 2023">{{cite news |last=McEvoy |first=Colin |title=What It Was Like to Work with Burt Bacharach, in the Words of his Collaborators |work=[[Biography (TV program)|Biography]] |date=February 9, 2023 |url=https://www.biography.com/musicians/a42815918/burt-bacharach-famous-collaborators |accessdate=February 11, 2023}}</ref>

{{blockquote|We realized we were more than just friends. We were family. Time has a way of giving people the opportunity to grow and understand ... Working with Burt is not a bit different from how it used to be. He expects me to deliver and I can. He knows what I'm going to do before I do it, and the same with me. That's how intertwined we've been.<ref name="McEvoy 2023" />}}
[[File:Dionne Warwick (1986 NSMT publicity photo).jpg|thumb|Warwick in 1986]]
Warwick recorded "That's What Friends Are For" as a benefit single for the [[American Foundation for AIDS Research]] (AmFAR) alongside [[Gladys Knight]], [[Elton John]] and [[Stevie Wonder]] in 1985. The single, credited to "Dionne and Friends", was released in October and eventually raised more than three million dollars for that cause. The tune was a triple No. 1 – R&B, Adult Contemporary, and four weeks at the summit on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in early 1986 – selling close to two million 45s in the United States alone. "Working against AIDS, especially after years of raising money for work on many blood-related diseases such as sickle-cell anemia, seemed the right thing to do. You have to be granite not to want to help people with AIDS, because the devastation that it causes is so painful to see. I was so hurt to see my friend die with such agony", Warwick told ''[[The Washington Post]]'' in 1988.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}} "I am tired of hurting and it does hurt." The single won the performers the [[NARAS]] Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, as well as Song of the Year for its writers, Bacharach and Bayer Sager. It also was ranked by ''Billboard'' magazine as the most popular song of 1986. With this single, Warwick also released her most successful album of the 1980s, titled ''[[Friends (Dionne Warwick album)|Friends]]'', which reached No. 12 on the ''Billboard'' albums chart.<ref name="Westcoast.dk 2018" />
In 1987, Dionne Warwick won the Special Recognition Award at the [[American Music Awards]] for "That's What Friends Are For".

In 1987, Warwick scored another hit with "[[Love Power (Dionne Warwick song)|Love Power]]". Her eighth career No. 1 Adult Contemporary hit, it also reached No. 5 on the R&B chart and No. 12 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. A duet with [[Jeffrey Osborne]], it was also written by Burt Bacharach and Carole Bayer Sager, and it was featured on Warwick's album ''[[Reservations for Two]]''. The album's title song, a duet with [[Kashif (musician)|Kashif]], was also a chart hit. Other artists featured on the album included [[Smokey Robinson]] and [[June Pointer]].<ref name="Westcoast.dk 2018">{{cite web |url=http://www.westcoast.dk/artists/w/dionne-warwick/ |title=Dionne Warwick – Blue Desert |website=Westcoast.dk |access-date=January 12, 2018}}</ref>

=== ''Friends Can Be Lovers'' (1990–2000) ===
During the 1990s, Warwick hosted [[infomercial]]s for the [[Psychic Friends Network]], which featured self-described psychic Linda Georgian. The [[900 number]] [[psychic]] service was active from 1991 to 1998. According to press statements throughout the 1990s, the program was the most successful infomercial for several years and Warwick earned in excess of three million dollars per year as spokesperson for the network. In 1998, Inphomation, the corporation owning the network, filed for bankruptcy and Warwick ended her association with the organization. Warwick's longtime friend and tour manager Henry Carr acknowledged that "when Dionne was going through an airport and a child recognized her as 'that psychic lady on TV', Dionne was crushed and said she had worked too hard as an entertainer to become known as 'the psychic lady.{{'"}}{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}

Warwick's most publicized album during this period was 1993's ''[[Friends Can Be Lovers]]'', which was produced in part by Ian Devaney and [[Lisa Stansfield]]. Featured on the album was "Sunny Weather Lover", which was the first song that Burt Bacharach and Hal David had written together for Warwick since 1972. It was Warwick's lead single in the United States, and was heavily promoted by [[Arista Records|Arista]], but failed to chart. A follow-up "Where My Lips Have Been" peaked at No. 95 on the [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks]]. The 1994 ''Aquarela Do Brasil'' album marked the end of Warwick's contract with Arista Records. In 1990, Warwick recorded the song "[[It's All Over (Blue System song)|It's All Over]]" with former member of [[Modern Talking]] [[Dieter Bohlen]] ([[Blue System]]). The single peaked at No. 60 (No. 33 airplay) on the German pop charts and it was covered on Blue System's album ''[[Déjà Vu (Blue System album)|Déjà Vu]]''.

In 1993, [[Forrest Sawyer]], host of the ABC news/entertainment program ''[[Day One (TV news series)|Day One]]'', alleged financial improprieties by the Warwick Foundation, founded in 1989 to benefit AIDS patients, and particularly Warwick's charity concert performances organized to benefit the organization as "America's Ambassador of Health". The network news magazine story, "That's What Friends Are For", reported that the Warwick Foundation was operating at more than 90% administrative cost, donating only about 3% of the money it raised to AIDS groups. Several AIDS groups and nonprofit experts criticized her foundation, including an AIDS group in the Virgin Islands that claimed she nearly bankrupted them after extravagant expenses left nothing for local charities. ABC reported that Warwick flew first class and was accommodated at first-class hotels for charity concerts and events in which she participated for the Warwick Foundation, managed by her close confidante, Guy Draper, a former chief of protocol for former Washington DC Mayor Marion Barry, and who had a history of bankruptcies. Warwick alleged that the ABC report was racially motivated and threatened to sue ABC News for defamation, although a suit was never filed. The Internal Revenue Service began an investigation of the Warwick Foundation after other complaints were filed, and the Warwick Foundation was later dissolved. ABC's story was nominated for a national Emmy award in 1994 and won a prestigious Investigative Reporters and Editors national television award in 1993.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ire.org/awards/ire-awards/winners/1993-ire-award-winners/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330050306/https://www.ire.org/awards/ire-awards/winners/1993-ire-award-winners/ |archive-date=March 30, 2019 |title=1993 IRE Award winners – IRE}}</ref>

=== ''My Favorite Time of the Year'' and move to Concord Records (2000–2010) ===
[[File:Dionne Warwicke 2002.jpg|thumb|upright|Warwick in 2002]]
On October 16, 2002, Warwick was nominated to be [[FAO Goodwill Ambassador|Goodwill Ambassador]] of the [[Food and Agriculture Organization]] of the United Nations (FAO).

In 2004, Warwick's first Christmas album was released. Entitled ''My Favorite Time of the Year'', the CD featured jazzy interpretations of many holiday classics. In 2007, Rhino Records re-released the CD with new cover art.

In 2005, Warwick was honored by [[Oprah Winfrey]] at her Legends Ball. She appeared on the May 24, 2006, fifth-season finale of ''[[American Idol]]''. Warwick sang a medley of "[[Walk On By]]" and "[[That's What Friends Are For]]", with longtime collaborator Burt Bacharach accompanying her on the piano.

In 2006, Warwick signed with [[Concord Records]] after a 15-year tenure at Arista, which had ended in 1994. Her first and only release for the label was ''My Friends and Me'', a duets album containing reworkings of her old hits, very similar to her 1998 CD ''Dionne Sings Dionne''. Among her singing partners were [[Gloria Estefan]], [[Olivia Newton-John]], [[Wynonna Judd]] and [[Reba McEntire]]. The album peaked at No. 66 on the [[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums]] chart. The album was produced by her son, [[Damon Elliott]]. A follow-up album featuring Warwick's old hits as duets with male vocalists was planned, but the project was cancelled. The relationship with Concord concluded with the release of ''My Friends and Me''. A compilation CD of her greatest hits and love songs, ''The Love Collection'', entered the UK album chart at number 27 on February 16, 2008.

Warwick's second gospel album, ''Why We Sing'', was released on February 26, 2008, in the United Kingdom and on April 1, 2008, in the United States. The album features guest spots by her sister [[Dee Dee Warwick]] and [[BeBe Winans]].{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}

On October 18, 2008, Warwick's sister Dee Dee died in a nursing home in [[Essex County, New Jersey|Essex County]], New Jersey. She had been in failing health for several months.

On November 24, 2008, Warwick was the star performer on ''Divas II'', a UK ITV1 special show that also featured [[Rihanna]], [[Leona Lewis]], the [[Sugababes]], [[Pink (singer)|Pink]], [[Gabriella Climi]] and [[Anastacia]].

In 2008, Warwick began recording an album of songs from the [[Sammy Cahn]] and [[Jack Wolf]] songbooks. The finished recording, entitled ''Only Trust Your Heart'', was released in 2011.

On October 20, 2009, Starlight Children's Foundation and New Gold Music Ltd. released a song that Warwick had recorded about ten years prior called "Starlight". The lyrics were written by [[Dean Pitchford]], prolific writer of ''[[Fame (1980 film)|Fame]]'', screenwriter of – and sole or joint lyricist of every song in the soundtrack of – the original 1984 film ''[[Footloose (1984 film)|Footloose]]'', and lyricist of the ''[[Solid Gold (TV series)|Solid Gold]]'' theme. The music had been composed by [[William Goldstein|Bill Goldstein]], whose versatile career included the original music for NBC's ''Fame'' TV series. Warwick, Pitchford and Goldstein announced that they would be donating 100% of their royalties to Starlight Children's Foundation, to support Starlight's mission to help seriously ill children and their families cope with pain, fear and isolation through entertainment, education and family activities.
<blockquote>When Bill and Dean brought this song to me, I instantly felt connected to its message of shining a little light into the lives of people who need it most", said Warwick. "I admire the work of Starlight Children's Foundation and know that if the song brings hope to even just one sick child, we have succeeded.</blockquote>

=== ''Only Trust Your Heart'' and Grammy Award (2010–2019) ===
[[File:Dionne Warwick 2 (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|upright|Warwick performing in September 2018]]
In 2011, the New Jazz style CD ''Only Trust Your Heart'' was released, featuring many Sammy Cahn songs. In March 2011, Warwick appeared on ''[[The Apprentice (U.S. season 11)|The Celebrity Apprentice 4]]''. Her charity was [[the Hunger Project]]. She was dismissed from her "apprenticeship" to [[Donald Trump]] during the fourth task of the season. In February 2012, Warwick performed "Walk On By" on ''[[The Jonathan Ross Show]]''. She also received the Goldene Kamera Musical Lifetime Achievement Award in Germany,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.goldenekamera.de/en/2012winners_warwick |title=Die Goldene Kamera |website=Goldenekamera.de |date=February 4, 2012 |access-date=November 7, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714153238/http://www.goldenekamera.de/en/2012winners_warwick |archive-date=July 14, 2014}}</ref> and performed "That's What Friends Are For" at the ceremony.

On May 28, 2012, Warwick headlined the World Hunger Day concert at [[London]]'s [[Royal Albert Hall]]. She sang "One World One Song",<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thehungerproject.co.uk/getinvolved/worldhungerday/one-world-one-song-the-story-of-the-world-hunger-day-song/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616001928/http://www.thehungerproject.co.uk/getinvolved/worldhungerday/one-world-one-song-the-story-of-the-world-hunger-day-song/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 16, 2012 |title=One World, One Song &#124; The Hunger Project UK |website=Thehungerproject.co.uk |date=January 9, 2011 |access-date=October 31, 2012}}</ref> specially written for the [[Hunger Project]] by [[Tony Hatch]] and Tim Holder and was joined by [[Joe McElderry]], the [[London Community Gospel Choir]] and a choir from [[Woodbridge School]], [[Woodbridge, Suffolk]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.looktothestars.org/news/8435-dionne-warwick-and-friends-sing-for-the-hunger-project |title=Dionne Warwick and Friends Sing for the Hunger Project |website=Looktothestars.org |date=May 29, 2012 |access-date=October 31, 2012}}</ref>

In 2012, the 50th anniversary CD entitled ''NOW'' was released; Warwick recorded 12 Bacharach/David tracks produced by Phil Ramone.

On September 19, 2013, she collaborated with country singer Billy Ray Cyrus for his song "Hope Is Just Ahead".

In 2014, the duets album ''Feels So Good'' was released. Funkytowngrooves re-issued the remastered Arista albums ''No Night So Long'', ''How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye'' ("So Amazing"), and ''Finder of Lost Loves'' ("Without Your Love"), all expanded with bonus material.

In December 2015, Warwick's website released the ''Tropical Love'' EP with five tracks previously unreleased from the Aquarel Do Brasil Sessions in 1994 – To Say Goodbye (Pra Dizer Adeus) with Edu Lobo – Love Me – Lullaby – Bridges (Travessia) – Rainy Day Girl with Ivan Lins.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dionnewarwickinternationalfanclub.com |title=The Official International Dionne Warwick Fan Club and Website |website=Dionnewarwickinternationalfanclub.com |access-date=January 12, 2018}}</ref>

A ''Heartbreaker'' two-disc expanded edition was planned for a 2016 release by Funkytowngrooves, which would include the original Heartbreaker album and up to 15 bonus tracks consisting of a mixture of unreleased songs, alternate takes, and instrumentals, with more remastered and expanded Arista albums to follow. In 2016, she was inducted into the Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVQordvEJes |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/pVQordvEJes |archive-date=December 11, 2021 |url-status=live |title=Dionne Warwick at R&B Hall of Fame |date=September 23, 2016 |access-date=June 15, 2021 |via=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In 2017, she performed a benefit in Chicago for the Center on Halsted, an organization that contributes to the LGBTQ community. This event was co-chaired by Rahm Emanuel and Barack Obama. Also that year, she made a cameo appearance in the Christian drama ''[[Let There Be Light (2017 film)|Let There Be Light]]'' directed by [[Kevin Sorbo]].

In 2019 she was awarded the [[Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award]].

=== Documentary and ''The Masked Singer'' (2020–present) ===
[[File:Dionne Warwick & Dolly Parton - Peace Like A River (Official Music Video).webm|thumb|Dionne Warwick performing "Peace Like A River" with [[Dolly Parton]], 2023]]

In 2020, she appeared as "Mouse" on the [[The Masked Singer (American TV series) season 3|third season]] of ''[[The Masked Singer (American TV series)|The Masked Singer]]''. She was eliminated in the fifth round, but came back during the first part of the season three finale to sing "[[What the World Needs Now Is Love]]" with the finalists [[Kandi Burruss|Night Angel]], [[Bow Wow (rapper)|Frog]] and [[Jesse McCartney|Turtle]] as a tribute to the healthcare workers working on the front lines during the [[COVID-19 pandemic|coronavirus pandemic]]. This performance was created after the season wrapped production in March.<ref>{{cite web |title='The Masked Singer' Finale Preview: What to Expect as Night Angel, Turtle and Frog Are Unmasked |url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/the-masked-singer-finale-preview-night-angel-turtle-frog-1234611389/ |last=Schneide |first=Michael |date=May 19, 2020 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |access-date=May 20, 2020}}</ref> Warwick made a guest appearance during Gladys Knight's and Patti Labelle's [[Verzuz]] battle. Together they performed Warwick's song, "[[That's What Friends Are For]]". They closed with their collaborative song "[[Superwoman (Karyn White song)|Superwoman]]".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dionne Warwick Makes Surprise Guest Appearance on Gladys Knight and Patti LaBelle's Verzuz Battle |url=https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=%22Dionne+Warwick+Makes+Surprise+Guest+Appearance+on+Gladys+Knight+and+Patti+LaBelle%27s+Verzuz+Battle%22.&docid=608030502009771116&mid=9E9AF53475FA8A4024A69E9AF53475FA8A4024A6&view=detail&FORM=VIRE |access-date=November 21, 2020 |publisher=MSN}}</ref>

In ''My Life, as I See It: An Autobiography'', Warwick lists her honorary doctorate from Hartt among those awarded by six other institutions: Hartt College, Bethune-Cookman University, Shaw University, Columbia College of Chicago, [[Lincoln College (Illinois)|Lincoln College, Illinois]] [May 2010, Doctor of Arts (hon.)],<ref>{{Cite press release |url=http://www.lincolncollege.edu/pr/feed/42710b.html |title=Grammy Winner Dionne Warwick Receives Honorary Degree from Lincoln College |date=April 27, 2010 |publisher=[[Lincoln College (Illinois)|Lincoln College]] |access-date=August 30, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928045256/http://www.lincolncollege.edu/pr/feed/42710b.html |archive-date=September 28, 2011}}</ref> and University of Maryland Eastern Shore.{{citation needed|date=March 2016}}

On February 10, 2021, Dionne was nominated for inclusion in the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] for the first time.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Olivier |first=Bobby |date=February 10, 2021 |title=N.J. pop icon Dionne Warwick nominated for Rock Hall of Fame for 1st time |url=https://www.nj.com/entertainment/2021/02/nj-pop-icon-dionne-warwick-nominated-for-rock-hall-of-fame-for-1st-time.html |url-status=live |access-date=February 22, 2021 |website=[[The Star-Ledger]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210145534/https://www.nj.com/entertainment/2021/02/nj-pop-icon-dionne-warwick-nominated-for-rock-hall-of-fame-for-1st-time.html |archive-date=February 10, 2021}}</ref>

On December 3, 2021, Dionne was honored with a star on the [[Palm Springs Walk of Stars]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Singer Dionne Warwick receives a star on Palm Springs Walk of Stars |url=https://kesq.com/news/2021/11/30/singer-dionne-warwick-receives-a-star-on-palm-springs-walk-of-stars/ |website=News Channel 3 |date=November 30, 2021 |access-date=February 10, 2023}}</ref>

Warwick appears in a documentary revolving around her life and career, ''[[Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over]]'', which had its world premiere at the [[Toronto International Film Festival]] in September 2021.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2021/06/melissa-mccarthy-kenneth-branagh-edgar-wright-toronto-international-film-festival-1234779934/ |title=Melissa McCarthy, Kenneth Branagh, Edgar Wright Movies Among First Set For Toronto Film Festival; In-Person Theater And Digital Screenings Planned |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |first=Pete |last=Hammond |date=June 23, 2021 |access-date=June 24, 2021}}</ref> Organizers of the Toronto Film Festival announced that she would be honored in the upcoming event as a music icon.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Vlessing |first1=Etan |title=Toronto: Dionne Warwick to Receive Tribute Award |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/toronto-dionne-warwick-tiff-tribute-award-festival-1235003544/ |access-date=August 26, 2021 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=August 26, 2021}}</ref> On November 26, 2021, Warwick released the single "Nothing's Impossible" a duet featuring [[Chance the Rapper]]. Two charities are being supported by the duet: SocialWorks, a Chicago-based nonprofit that Chance founded to empower the youth through the arts, education and civic engagement, and Hunger: Not Impossible, a text-based service connecting kids and their families in need with prepaid, nutritious, to-go meals from local restaurants.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Iasimone |first=Ashley |title=Dionne Warwick & Chance the Rapper Team Up for 'Nothing's Impossible' Duet |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/dionne-warwick-chance-the-rapper-nothings-impossible-stream-1235003008/ |date=November 26, 2021 |access-date=November 27, 2021 |magazine=Billboard}}</ref> On January 1, 2023, the documentary premiered on national television on CNN.<ref>{{cite web |title=Review: Dionne Warwick Doc "Don't Make Me Over" Proves CNN Should Keep Showing Films |url=https://www.showbiz411.com/2023/01/01/review-dionne-warwick-doc-dont-make-me-over-proves-cnn-should-keep-showing-films |website=Showbiz411 |access-date=January 2, 2023 |date=January 1, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=NJ.com |title='Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over' on CNN free live stream: How to watch online without cable |url=https://www.nj.com/tv/2023/01/dionne-warwick-dont-make-me-over-on-cnn-free-live-stream-how-to-watch-online-without-cable.html |website=nj |access-date=January 2, 2023 |language=en |date=January 1, 2023}}</ref>

In December 2023, Warwick participated in the [[The Masked Singer (British TV series) series 5|fifth series]] of ''[[The Masked Singer (British TV series)|The Masked Singer UK]]'' as "Weather". She was eliminated and unmasked on the first episode.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/dionne-warwick-masked-singer-weather-b2471379.html |title=The Masked Singer unmasks legendary soul singer as first celebrity eliminated from new series |date=December 30, 2023 |access-date=December 30, 2023 |website=[[The Independent]]}}</ref>

On April 26, 2024, Warwick along with the vocal group [[the Chi-Lites]], were inducted into [https://www.rnbmusicsociety.com/atlantic-city-walk-of-fame The Atlantic City Walk of Fame] presented by [https://www.rnbmusicsociety.com/ The National R&B Music Society Inc]. Producer, writer and director [[Dave Wooley]] was the presenter for Warwick. The induction ceremony was held at Brighton Park in Atlantic City, NJ.<ref name="Hughes 2024">{{cite web |title=Dionne Warwick sparkles at Atlantic City walk of fame ceremony |url=https://mosaic.nj.com/news/2024/04/dionne-warwick-sparkles-at-atlantic-city-walk-of-fame-ceremony.html |first=Clyde |last=Hughes |website=Mosaic |access-date=April 30, 2024 |language=en |date=April 27, 2024}}</ref><ref name="Vazquez 2024">{{cite web |first=Selena |last=Vazquez |title=The Chi-Lites, Dionne Warwick inducted into AC Walk of Fame |url=https://pressofatlanticcity.com/life-entertainment/local/music/warwick-chilites-atlanticcity-walkoffame/article_cf3a7d9e-03d1-11ef-9382-b331c12138ec.html |website=Press of Atlantic City |access-date=April 30, 2024 |language=en |date=April 26, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Music Legend Dionne Warwick Shines During Atlantic City Walk of Fame Induction – Front Runner New Jersey |first=Clyde |last=Hughes |url=https://frontrunnernewjersey.com/2024/04/26/music-legend-dionne-warwick-shines-during-atlantic-city-walk-of-fame-induction/ |website=frontrunnernewjersey.com |access-date=April 30, 2024 |date=April 27, 2024}}</ref>

In 2024, Warwick was selected for induction into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] in the musical excellence category.<ref>{{cite web |title=2024 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees |url=https://rockhall.com/2024-inductees/ |website=Rock & Roll Hall of Fame |access-date=April 22, 2024 |date=April 22, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Greene |first1=Andy |title=Cher, Ozzy Osbourne, Dave Matthews Band, Mary J. Blige Lead Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2024 Class |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/rock-hall-fame-2024-cher-ozzy-osbourne-dave-matthews-band-mary-j-blige-1235007784/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=April 22, 2024 |date=April 22, 2024}}</ref> She also competed on episode of ''[[Wheel of Fortune (American game show)#Celebrity Wheel of Fortune|Celebrity Wheel of Fortune]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Lusk|first=Darian|title='Wheel of Fortune' Announces Pat Sajak Will Return This Year for 1 Night Only |url=https://www.tvinsider.com/1160129/celebrity-wheel-of-fortune-pat-sajak-special-holiday-episode/|website=[[TV Insider]]|date=November 1, 2024|access-date=December 4, 2024}}</ref>