Editing Dionne Warwick (section)

=== 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.