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- NAME: Dionne Warwick
- OCCUPATION: Singer
- BIRTH DATE: December 12, 1940 (Age: 71)
- PLACE OF BIRTH: East Orange, New Jersey
- Originally: Dionne Warrick
- ZODIAC SIGN: Sagittarius
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Soul singer Warwick became a superstar with early hits "Walk On By" and "I Say a Little Prayer," and later with albums like Dionne and Heartbreaker.
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Popular and soul singer, Dionne Warwick was born on December 12, 1940 in East Orange, New Jersey, USA. She sang in a gospel trio before recording her first hit songs on Scepter, including "Walk On By" (1964) and "I Say a Little Prayer" (1967). After a lull in her career in the 1970s, her album Dionne (1979) sold a million copies. She went on to release the albums Heartbreaker (1982) and How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye? (1983). Over the last 40 years, Warwick is an international music legend.
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