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Dionne Warwick (born December 12, 1940 in East Orange, New Jersey, as Marie Dionne Warrick) is an American singer best known for her work with Hal David and Burt Bacharach as songwriters and producers.|Dionne Warwick has won 5 Grammy Awards during her music career:| • 1969: “Best Female Pop Vocal Performance” for the single, “Do You Know the Way to San Jose?”| • 1971: “Best Female Pop Vocal Performance” for the single, “I’ll Never Fall in Love Again”| • 1979: “Best Female R&B Vocal Performance” for the single, “Déjà Vu”| • 1979: “Best Female Pop Vocal Performance” for the single, “I’ll Never Love This Way Again”| • 1986: “Best Pop Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocal” for the single, “That’s What Friends Are For”|Dionne Warwick was born in a musical family of which numerous superstars arose.|Warwick’s sister Dee Dee Warwick had a successful singing career, Warwick’s aunt is gospel singer Cissy Houston, and one of Warwick’s cousins is Whitney Houston. |
