Dionne Warwick | Hal David | Burt Bacharach | I Say A Little Prayer (Studio Rehearsal) | 1967

#DionneWarwick, Hal David, and Burt Bacharach rehearsing "I Say A Little Prayer," (1967).

[@oldwombat3630]

Dionne's vocal agility is something else. Her transition from head to chest when she applies it is so good.

[@giacomodemolai7035]

Yeaaaa

[@spkanava]

1967

[@CaseyKarganilla-kl5vv]

There is only one Dionne Warwick. No can match her style and giving life and justice to a song.

[@rubinlatz4256]

Rest in Peace and heavenly music, Burt Bacharach : - ( Thanks for this, and for so many other touchstones and gemstones.

[@chrisware6324]

Touchstones and gemstones, indeed! Rest in peace, the great Burt Bacharach. Many, many thanks.

[@mileswalcott7241]

Burt Bacharach and Dionne Warrick and are one of the greatest pair

[@sherryalingod1168]

Half David, lyricist, Burt Bacharach, composer and Dionne Warwick singer are trio of geniuses who made magic for so many years !!!❤❤❤

[@karimbennett5651]

It’s charming the way Dionne gradually backs away from the microphone in the nightclub performance at the end to create the fade-out effect in a live setting.

[@bennyadler5882]

Just seeing the talent within that session (Cissy Houston, Myrna Smith, Lee Warrick, Bacharach and David) is astounding and provides a deeper glimpse as to why Dionne became a superstar in Pop music while the others did not.

[@donovanrobinson1843]

Thats anne drinkard-moss not lee warrick alongside Cissy and myrna.

[@Mandy-oi8ok]

Your so right brother.M.

[@palitsalagivickers4588]

RIP, Burt Bacharach. They are on the Jimi Hendrix song "Burning of the Midnight Lamp" recorded at the record plant N.Y. City 1967.

[@RaphaelJ-uv9wm]

@@donovanrobinson1843 I read Cissys book. Lee would never sing secular music. But i thought that Anne only sang in the early 60‘s secular music.

[@donovanrobinson1843]

@@RaphaelJ-uv9wm correct the song was recorded in april of 1966 and anne still sung with Dionne at the time. Another prominent recording with the drinkard women including her mom would come in Dionne’s 1968 gospel album “The magic of believing”

[@jkev1122]

My God, This is so wonderful! All of that talent coming together and Dionne is pure magic. Those days were very special.

[@bobfeller604]

As Dionne just casually nails it...wow.

[@cflo1023]

and she reads the music from what they've written. THAT'S the magic. She can play piano and has her PHD!

[@January.]

Burt Bacharach and Hal David are AMERICAN TREASURES SORELY MISSED 😢

[@weskitten]

Agree. Burt was a genius.

[@davisworth5114]

Sixties cool is gone forever but we still have the records, Dionne said she thought about the soldiers in Vietnam when she sang this. Just wonderful!

[@Jocelyn_Jade]

Imagine being there listening to this song as it makes it’s public debut 4:11 must have been magical. The audience looks mesmerized.

[@ew6862]

Enough to bring tears.

[@lovebug3078]

I listen and watch their magic all day long!! Dionne kills it all the time. They were a match made in heaven who blessed us all!! Rest in Peace Burt Bacharach and Hal David ❤

[@susanfaulkner2304]

Love her voice. She sang with sincerity.❤

[@donnaclarke7734]

Burt you were the greatest!🌹🌹🌹

[@lindawilliams8715]

QUEEN DIONNE WARWICK congratulations on your Kennedy Center Honor, this video shows exactly why you received this esteemed accolade.❤🙏

[@stephencarter744]

Let's PLEASE put a moratorium on using the tired, worn out term "queen". It's beyond tedious and goofy. It's annoying af

[@lisalouiseangonese9134]

Dionne Warwick songs so beautifully. I love listening to her voice.

[@January.]

*sings so beautifully

[@spkanava]

1967

[@TheDlj60]

Heavenly!

[@I-AM-BELIEVER]

1:18 many always claimed they didn’t see Whitney looking like Cissy but at that time mark she looked just like Whitney did from IYBT era on the cover. Cissy was a beautiful woman in her day.

[@dcaldwell4374]

Cissy also looks like her cousin Leontyne Price as well.

[@I-AM-BELIEVER]

@@dcaldwell4374 yes

[@sansuir-c9593]

This was 1967???? I was just 12 years old and I already knew this song! I’m crying just watching this young Burt Bacharach. He is so handsome even in his last days. I miss you Mr Burt!💕🙏

[@loudlong]

She was so great.

[@akie64]

Still is ❤️

[@spkanava]

1967

[@dmlevitt]

trust in Dionne. she know what she is doing. cool to watch the collaboration. talent everywhere.

[@uminakatani1828]

Great video! You are the greatest musical unit in pair. Thank you for your music, RIP Burt, and thanks again Dionne🥲

[@robertdouglassim7715]

A really historic moment.

[@theresamccullough2841]

The BEST!!! Love, love, love this beautiful beautiful song.

[@marileneurzedo5187]

Maravilhosa!!! Voz linda!!!👏👏👏🥰

[@bksson2818]

Beautiful and brilliantly demonstrated.🙏🏾

[@planesandcooking5142]

I love it! As a side note, it's amazing how cigarettes were so part of normal social interaction and daily living.

[@UncleCaptainMidnight]

This is GOLD. Im crying!

[@peterbennett5910]

Genius's at work Wow

[@jim5746]

God, her voice is amazing !!

[@JosephAbellana-vi7tz]

Wow very beautiful journey of this song's creation both from the lyricist, musician, singer, back ups, and the orchestra

[@January.]

*backups

[@spkanava]

1967

[@dartriaoneill3933]

Rip Burt

[@johnlewis195]

Dionne And Cissy

[@leoprotti2860]

Beautiful!!! Burt ever and ever!!! Dionne is amazing!!!

[@michaelgc3050]

Singing with a cigarette, she looks great too!

[@giacomodemolai7035]

Like Sinatra... it's the great past...

[@January.]

Cigarette smoking ruined their voices and the voices of Judy, Liza, and Whitney.

[@giacomodemolai7035]

@@January. si.... come no

[@michaelgc3050]

@@January. thats correct, i was mainly pointing out how bada** it looked

[@spkanava]

1967

[@aurelianomedeiros1533]

Incrível! Ter o prazer de ver essa dupla magistral dirigindo, ensaiando, orientando a Dione warwick como interpretar suas músicas é simplesmente fantástico, e, me sinto ainda naquela época de 1966 ou 1967. Que magia é a música!

[@DavidChristieCareerCafe]

Sipping from the font of life.

[@claudpiro6469]

Ottimo. Bellissimo

[@marvellespiller63]

I’m just shocked Dionne Warwick is smoking I guess that was the norm back in the day I love me some Dionne Warwick but if she never took that Puff even in old age her voice can still probably still sound amazing as if she was still in this video hopefully no one takes it offensive Man It was a video of Dionne Warwick hit a nightclub man those vocals were on point hitting every note clean and sharp❤❤❤❤

[@drohegda]

If Angels sing, I Believe this is what they would sound like, she sound just so Beautiful, and Thanks to Hal and Burt for all those Great Hits, Thanks for this old video. I never saw this one. 🎹 👍😎

[@martinchildsmusic9297]

Gold❣ Thank you for posting

[@anneleeman3938]

Oh WOW! So COOL to see this right now! Love them all! Rest Peacefully now Burt... With your daughter Nikki💜 BTW I'm a Boston girl and I know my parents saw her at Blintstrub's in the 60's... Not sure if it was this performance... I would have been 2yrs old lol😉 Anyway... Nice memories and LOVE THAT TRIO!!! So perfect together❤❤❤Stay Peaceful & Safe

[@giacomodemolai7035]

Grande documento

[@robertp.wainman4094]

Just love the voice.....both Dionne.....and the wonderful sounding narrator of this film!

[@fernandes5986]

Pure magic.

[@tonykelly109]

My dream is a woman would sing that to me..& really mean it! Wow! Incredible.

[@giacomodemolai7035]

È il sogno di tutti

[@spkanava]

1967

[@norobbery]

WOW that's good!

[@renerosser2255]

I've watched this a million times and will continue to do so. But something tells me she likes the faster studio version. I liked the nightclub bit, but she's so powerful and she had to hold back is all in the nightclub bit. Just my opinion. What a treasure she is 😢

[@valve0radio]

I just Lovved this vintage behind -the -scenes, raw, new live development scenes!

[@christopherwall444]

Genius at work creating…up close…collaborative….stunning video

[@January.]

Agree

[@michaelkhoo5846]

It would be great to see the unedited film takes.

[@spkanava]

1967

[@kenwalsh224]

Legendary

[@singingmanmd]

That trio is the greatest who ever did it!! Ms. Dionne is the only one left now. SHE is amazing to say the least❤❤❤

[@claudpiro6469]

Che fascino questi due... che musica...

[@spkanava]

Dionne Warwick I Say A Little Prayer For You 1967

[@brokenfurnacerecordings]

Brilliant!

[@JayArchangell]

beautiful documentary

[@RockinEd]

Geniuses at work!!!!

[@mathewjacobchakramakal2322]

God bless you You made the world happier

[@dwaynesbadchemicals]

So cool. One of my seventies fever dreams.

[@bennyadler5882]

This session never fails to fascinate me. Myrna Smith already showing those coquettish looks that would captivate Elvis a few years later.

[@michaelkhoo5846]

Astonishing, thank you for uploading this.

[@phillaralleyne505]

legend

[@craigquinn7887]

❤❤❤❤

[@patricknicholson9407]

Monumental artists creating a masterpiece. But Aretha and her musicians made it the greatest pop single ever

[@marmaly]

Huh?

[@gregoryobryant6178]

Nonsense!

[@stephenletts4942]

RIP

[@giacomodemolai7035]

Ottimo

[@t.paquet264]

A great composition and a wonderful singer.😊

[@walendxweg]

💎

[@bryanwiley5511]

The Voice, never duplicated, the Gown right on Spot. Ms. D, all the love "I Say A Little Prayer"

[@KingOFuh]

This is my favorite hymn

[@tonymcneil978]

So Cissy sang background on both the Dionne Warwick and Aretha Franklin versions of this song?

[@oldsoul_anth243]

Not just Cissy. The Sweet Inspiration did.

[@shaunjenkinson5089]

Incredible to see her smoking between takes

[@giacomodemolai7035]

Like Sinatra. It was ordinary

[@thegodblogger3812]

Different times. You'd probably pass out to see pregnant women smoking up until the late 1970s. People didn't have all the info they have now. And even now we can't fully trust the system.

[@January.]

@@thegodblogger3812 You obviously graduated from the University of Social Media and Conspiracy Theories.

[@thegodblogger3812]

@@January. You're obviously a graduate of Naive University and Tire Repair 🙄

[@spkanava]

1967

[@thomasnorman4221]

What a peach

[@cyberprimate]

What club is she singing in here?

[@antw859]

Isnt the one lady Dionne's aunt Ann Moss? Anyone know the age difference between Ann and Cissy?And Dionne must of grew up wit her aunts cause she dont look that much younger than them.Dionne,Whitney and Cissy all loved smokin

[@matthewjones8848]

Anne was born in 1927 Cissy was born in 1933 Dionne was born in 1940

[@curbmassa]

3:47 Henry Kissinger strikes up the band. Who Knew?

[@phillygirl1984]

Rih Burt

[@henriquecosta1441]

Two Cissy houstons omg 😅😅😅

[@donovanrobinson1843]

Her sister anne drinkard moss

[@spkanava]

1967

[@unknownunknown-lg4vc]

Aside from the cigarette smoke it was a great journey to hear and see the creativity. I feel Cissy was underrated And prefer Phyllis Hyman to all of them

[@debbiemartin2026]

Dione had an unusual identifying voice but it never drew any emotions out of me. I acknowledged it for its individuality but I preferred when men sang his songs. Like raindrops and this guys in love with you. I remember as a preteen becoming emotional; from the male songs, but not Dionne. Here her pitch is too high for too long.

[@jazztime7186]

@@debbiemartin2026 Karen Carpenter used to say, of her own voice's richness at the bottom end, "the money is in the basement". Same with Dionne. She can sound a little strident when the tune has her sailing up high for extended amounts of time. On a tune like "The Windows of the World", where she can do more subtle stuff in her creamy mid-range and she only goes up high to gently float a note or two, she's hard to beat.

[@debbiemartin2026]

@@jazztime7186 yes, agree. Good explanation. I also think Dionnes songs should have been slower. It sounded like she was trying to catch her breath. I hate to criticize… “I say a little prayer” is an example of the rushing through the song. Interesting that Karen said that about her voice. I have the exact same range as Karen which is why I love singing her songs with her. Its funny bc my voice doesn’t sound that good, other than singing with her. Then I have a great voice. Richard said he wrote every song for her range. The only other person I have heard with the same range was Anne Murray. “Snowbird” a good example.

[@mikegalvin9801]

Our parent's generation never heard of second hand smoke.

[@Eric_M_]

Burt Bacharach & Hal David should have given Dionne at least one songwriting credit somewhere along the way, especially when each of them acknowledged they were often writing words and music to her voice. Financially, it would have benefitted her immensely long-term.

[@thegodblogger3812]

Rarely that's how it works.

[@spkanava]

1967

[@jazztime7186]

They gave her first crack at their songs during their most productive, creative and hit-filled years, they produced an amazing string of records for her on Scepter, they helped her get her Scepter recording contract, they set her up for an amazing career that's lasted 60+ years...I think Dionne came out pretty well from her association with Bacharach and David! She could easily have had the career of Ruby Nash, Mary Wells, or countless other gifted soul singers who snagged a few good tunes from various writers and then faded away after 5-10 years. Dionne had an incredible catalog of recordings behind her by 1972 that along with her amazing voice gave her a unique perch in American pop and soul. She was able to get gigs for decades based on that catalog, even after her later albums saw fewer and fewer hits.

[@johndipinto4084]

Not unless she was actually coming up with music or lyrics herself. Dionne Warwick is one of my very favorite singers, and I think she was/is vastly talented musically, but what she's doing here, from what I can see, is making suggestions about the arrangement. Lots of singers do that, and it's good that they can give that kind of input, but that doesn't make them songwriters.

[@DarrenODonnell]

Dionne at 2:45 lol

[@giacomodemolai7035]

La unica cosa che stona... a voler essere pignoli... è la banda del night di Boston che la accompagna alla fine del video

[@JoeDoe2]

I would have liked to have heard what they were all saying to each other, like Hal talking to Dionne, instead of the narrator talking over them.

[@markdrinkwater1508]

Aretha stole it.

[@walendxweg]

Petales les ondules tram mirage statuons celiwhere

[@ut1004bp]

Burt is a awesome piano player and composer, but any time he sings, everything is out of tune.. bless his heart, I don't think he could harmonize with anyone

[@nikolausgerszewski2086]

beautiful song, but the lyrics are so banal, it hurts. though Dianne somehow manages to sing them as if they were quite meaningful.

[@chockergram]

Banal? It’s probably the greatest anti-war song ever written, and was a direct comment on the tragedy of Vietnam. (By the end of the song it’s obvious he won’t be coming back.)

[@nikolausgerszewski2086]

@@chockergram I didn't know that, however that doesn't make the rhymes any better... together-forever...

[@chockergram]

@@nikolausgerszewski2086 - the character singing is a young housewife. Don’t expect Shakespeare!

[@BillBordelon]

@@nikolausgerszewski2086 Explain how the lyrics are banal? What love song has better, less banal lyrics?

[@nikolausgerszewski2086]

@@BillBordelon there are lots. Heroes (David Bowie), I'll be your mirror (Velvet Underground), Something (Beatles), just to name a few.

[@January.]

She ruined her voice smoking

[@thegodblogger3812]

She sounded fine even later in life. Age brings about changes. Female voices lower and get weaker. It's called life. In her 70s, Dionne sounded better than 85% of the yunguns.

[@January.]

@@thegodblogger3812 That's your opinion. Barbra never smoked and her voice is still smooth. Dionne sounds like a frog croaking.

[@thegodblogger3812]

@@January. You're a whole klown, Barnum and Bailey style.

[@johndipinto4084]

@@thegodblogger3812 Nah - if you take good care of yourself, your voice can last well into your 70's without any significant deterioration of range or strength. By the 1980's Warwick had lost some of her upper register, presumably from smoking, which is the worst thing you can do as a singer if you really want to keep your chops up. I wouldn't say she "ruined" her voice - she still sounded good, and does even today, but she was definitely singing in a lower range that she had been in her heyday. The idea that this is something that always just happens as you get older is a falsehood. It happens when you don't make a point of taking care of yourself or your voice (when you're a singer), or when you indulge in bad habits.

[@thegodblogger3812]

@johndipinto4084 Didn't read all that but the beginning said it all. Veeeeery few voices remain unabated into a person's 70s. Everything begins to fail, voice included. Fact, not opinion..