Presenting Dionne Warwick

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Presenting Dionne Warwick
Presenting Dionne Warwick cover
Studio album by Dionne Warwick
Released 1963
Genre Pop, R&B
Label Scepter
Producer Burt Bacharach, Hal David
Professional reviews

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Dionne Warwick chronology
Presenting Dionne Warwick
(1963)		 Anyone Who Had a Heart
(1963)

Presenting Dionne Warwick, the debut album by American singer Dionne Warwick, was released in 1963 on Scepter Records. The LP, produced in New York by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, appeared as number 508 in the Scepter catalog.

Several notable songs are included on this LP: among them, Warwick's debut single, "Don't Make Me Over"; "Wishin' & Hopin'", destined to become a US hit for Dusty Springfield in 1964; "It's Love That Really Counts" -- a song destined for The Shirelles -- which brought Warwick to the attention of Scepter owner Florence Greenberg; and a beautiful reading of "Make It Easy on Yourself". Warwick wanted this as her debut single, and the assignment of that song to Jerry Butler resulted in "Don't Make Me Over", the first of songs "tailor-made" for Warwick.

According to the Robin Platts book, "Burt Bacharach & Hal David", the first session of Bacharach and David with Warwick on this album took place on August 18, 1962, at Bell Sound Studios in New York City.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "This Empty Place" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 2:54
  2. "Wishin' & Hopin'" (Bacharach, David) – 2:58
  3. "I Cry Alone" (Bacharach, David) – 2:34
  4. "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" (Ray Gilbert, Allie Wrubel) – 2:41
  5. "Make the Music Play" (Bacharach, David) – 2:25
  6. "If You See Bill" (Luther Dixon) – 3:01
  7. "Don't Make Me Over" (Bacharach, David) – 3:25
  8. "It's Love That Really Counts" (Bacharach, David) – 2:18
  9. "Unlucky" (Banks, Shockley) – 2:25
  10. "I Smiled Yesterday" (Bacharach, David) – 2:42
  11. "Make It Easy on Yourself" (Bacharach, David) – 2:42
  12. "The Love of a Boy" (Bacharach, David) – 2:00