Dionne Warwick

[@aaronwilliamsvocalgold6416]

Dionne really brought that gospel fire to this performance! We are so used to soft, sweet easy listening Dionne that she had to take it home to remind us where she honed and practiced that beautiful gift. They are a family of talented jewels.

[@anjelheaven]

It should come as no suprise that Whitney was such an incredible vocalist. Her family is full of powerhouses!

[@rodneytubetied]

Agree with folks earlier: we have grown so accustomed to screaming, rifts, and hollering, I cannot believe folks did not think Dionne Warwick could sing -- until this video. And you wonder why we have so much trash on the radios?

[@rayjones5684]

true!!

[@awesome1990s]

I completely agree, They started to overuse those ways of song in the late 90s/early 00s and it has gotten worse over time. I'm not say I don't want them in music. It's just the singers need to know where and when to use them. Some don't even have a good technique to use them and they are ruining their voices.

[@skip031890]

@@awesome1990s Jennifer Hudson

[@chadthorne9732]

Dionne has a style. And a Name. Screaming is for singers still trying to make it. Lolololol

[@assmithful1491]

Please

[@yeahok7772]

People truly need to revisit Dionne’s discography. She always gave us a sprinkle of church vocals every now and again. As a matter of fact, I’ll never love this way again is a perfect example of this. She is sorely underrated while still being a legend.

[@arlenecerf8833]

Yup - vastly vastly underrated

[@lovebug3078]

I agree! Dionne is so amazingly talented. She knows her voice and music. Nice to hear her singing gospel!!

[@mic1240]

She started in Gospel, are some great recordings of her with her famous aunts/uncles/mom (Drinkard Sisters) singing. Her first group was Gospel group with her sister and friend. Her grandfather was an AME pastor and she grew up singing in the church from very young age. She also did Gospel on her national TV show specials, many now on YT.

[@tonydrayton297]

At the end... Dionne looked like..."imma show these bitches"...*takes a seat* 🤣😂🤣👌

[@lacm64]

Good for her, stellar talent

[@japerkins3565]

May the Lord God continue to bless the entire African Diaspora❤💯

[@DejaVusee]

Haha! You are so right BLACKADAM! Dionne strutted back to her seat like a peacock! She KNEW she had 'brought it' after that performance. She knows you can't go back to New Hope Baptist Church and sing like a pop singer. She had to do some serious singing to move those folks there because virtually EVERYONE is a singer there..and a good one too, and it takes a lot of spirit and feeling to move them. And Dionne did not disappoint!

[@singingmanmd]

Ms. Dionne never dissapoints. No matter what style of music, she IS going to and very capable of giving you an astounding legit delivery!!!! She is not iconic for nothing, lol.

[@arlenecerf8833]

@@singingmanmd thank you 🙌🏽

[@adelphibandit]

This is the kind of footage us diehards have fantasized about for years. Thank you so much! This is Dionne like we've never seen her before!

[@moomp]

Dionne worked that choir OUT

[@savagewaye2708]

That's all Whitney when she turned around I love this lady

[@donovanrobinson1843]

Dionne was once a first soprano in her youth. Her earliest gospel records shows that she could sing up to the 6th octave comfortably.

[@skip031890]

Links?

[@donovanrobinson1843]

@@skip031890 kzbin.info/www/bejne/a2PKoZeurcmojrc

[@thenewyorkmimes5753]

I'm shook. Never, NEVER knew Dionne had them high notes and that kinda volume. God forgive me for doubting. Never doubt what the anointing can do to those who let God use them.

[@iluvrachellef]

Lol you could tell in some of her songs that she had some clandestine skills like when she goes off in ALWAYS SOMETHING THERE TO REMIND ME.

[@oldsoul_anth243]

You should try watching her sing I didn't mean to love you live performance in her orange jumpsuit. That was exquisite!

[@javonteburris3954]

Are you kidding.Dionne singing sooooooooo underrated

[@SomeoneHasToSayIt2525]

I was blessed to see Dionne sing this live in Atlantic City circa 1983 at The Tropicana with a good sound system. It was a cathartic, supernatural event I will NEVER forget. She had Darlene Love and Eunice Peterson on backup. The roof came off the place.

[@donovanrobinson1843]

She did her best singing with Darlene and Eunice backing her

[@chadthorne9732]

A lot of black artists can scream, yes, that's what the black church expects. However, in the greater world of MUSIC, there are other things that count. Even Mahalia Jackson learned to tone things down. Dionne and many cross-over artists were wise enough to know the difference. Dionne has a style that only she has. And that's what distinguishes a singer from an artist. Having a style.

[@singingmanmd]

You explained it perfectly!! Ms. Dionne is a brilliant, unique, one of a kind master of vocals!!!

[@arlenecerf8833]

This 🙌🏽

[@DejaVusee]

Well...in all my life...I have NEVER heard Dionne 'throw down' like this before! OMG! Just goes to show when she's got to deliver in front of a house full of stone singers (and auntie Anne Drinkard Moss right there directing choir in back), Dionne kicked her vocal cords in high gear! Loved the look on Anne's face when Dionne held that unexpected note. She smiled and started applauding. This was friggin fantastic! Glory Hallelujah!

[@MrForttunate]

dionne sang the way burt wanted her to , intimate , passionate , and tender , and it made her an icon , but she has cut loose many times , i.e. will you still love me tomorrow .

[@singingmanmd]

Daniel these folk don't know no better. If they know, Ms. Dionne, like you said, they would know that she have been singing like this forever and this is nothing compared to many other performances she does. How about that!!, lol, smh.

[@malcolmromeo]

Dionne always Sounds great! I love "Walk on by" its a Classic who wants to forget that. Unfortunatly their is a Huge part of the Black Music Culture, that feels if your not Hooping & Squalling In front of Choirs. Your not Sangin! that not true we have many traditions to Honor. We dont all expsress Ourselves the same way. All the Key changes she performs in song. You have be able to Sang!! to sing "Promises Promises" by Bacharach & David! Come on people lets respect Diversity.

[@swprojectpromo]

Truth!!

[@giovanna8187]

You bet. Dionne had a unique style. Nobody else had her ability to sing a lyric with a wry humour that only brought out the underlying pain. Very sophisticated.

[@singingmanmd]

Ms. Dionne is one of a kind and that's that!!!

[@arlenecerf8833]

Absolutely! Thanks for this 🙌🏽

[@oldsoul_anth243]

I kept reading commentaries saying they never knew she could spit high notes and pull a song off until now. You betta watch her sing I didn't mean to love you (in her orange jumpsuit), No one in the world and All love is fair. Those were untouchable!

[@singingmanmd]

Teacher here we go again right. Where have these people been. This is absolutely nothing new about Ms. Dionne. It is betta for these people to just to say they have been sleep and have not paid attention to a one of a kind singer, Ms. Dionne bc she has been here doing this type of singing plus many other styles for decades, smh!!!

[@stephenyoung2567]

Dionne is the best female vocalist of all time.

[@lovebug3078]

Most definitely!! Burt Bacharach knew it when he heard her singing background! Her first song was a hit!!

[@Justaskkjames]

😂

[@Vincent50]

You know, DIonne has had that church in her wherever she sang. She'd pull it out when needed and my God she just tears it down. Looks like Whitney is backing her up with the woman in the hat. Cissy Houston, Whitney Houston, Dionne Warwick, Dee Dee Warwick made imprints in the world of music but the other members of the family were just as talented. What a gifted bunch.

[@reggiebanks3607]

Thats not Whitney, that's their cousin Felicia. Whitney had already became mega famous by this point and was too busy with her career ie touring and making records, videos at this point

[@SDSFG45]

what I notice here, is her 'extra gear'....and its born out of, gospel being the core of her approach to singing. And its fascinating to see, because this approach cant be faked. If she did, the audience would sense it IMMEDIATELY, and there would be very little applause. But the heart and soul of a REAL singer, will always take over, when they sing something as emotional as gospel. Thats why the Patti LaBelles and Aretha Franklins and Dionne and Gladys, are so special. Because its actually not an easy thing to do, to go from the structure of singing popular music, to the raw emotion of gospel. Singing gospel the way its supposed to be sung, calls for the singer to be spiritually invested. Dont ask me exactly why that is..all I can say is, you have to believe in a Higher Power to REALLY make the audience believe you. And thats what Dionne is doing right here. Doesnt hurt that this is the church she was raised in, either..surrounded by family.

[@singingmanmd]

Well it has never been a surprise to me that Dionne can SANG!!! That for the people who don't really know her music or have not seen her in concert to questioned especially in her hay day up until the mid 90's or so!! She would shut it down her style is incredible: highs, mid, upper register and bass if she want too!! At least 4 standing ovations per show. She gives you gospel, pop, R&B, rock n roll in concert whatever she wanted to do!! Plenty of versatility and surprises. NO one but Dionne!!

[@mgethers1965]

Thanks for knowin your Dionne!!!! Yes, any range!

[@singingmanmd]

@@mgethers1965 Yep, you know it. That's my Ms. Dionne!!!

[@k.n.carter8089]

The Legendary Ms. Dionne Warwick can do all gengres of music. What a Stella performance!

[@nanenoah]

Anne was also a choir director at New Hope, Cissy had a two different choirs which is common in most churches. When I saw Anne in the early 90's she was leading this choir. Dionne as a teenager lead the junior choir as well. Dionne walked back to her seat, the same way she walks off stage when she knows she has laid it down!! Dionne sang the roof off of that church on that occasion.

[@awms.145]

A little tear drop down my cheek. Beautiful ❤❤❤❤I love you Ms Warwick ❤ 💖 ♥ always greatness

[@AntonioJLee]

I thoroughly enjoyed this!!!!!!! I always knew Dionne could sing but this was absolutely mind blowing!

[@dyward50]

This clip gave me a whole new respect for Dionne - she showed off....I love it!!!!

[@singingmanmd]

Ms. Dionne have been doing this type of live singing for years. What you probably didn't know that is the most versatile vocalist ever. She does it all. Trust me🙂

[@derricksingleton4736]

When she walked back to her seat, I got "so emotional " All I could see was Whitney, especially that year at the AMA when she had the black and white stripes on. Whitney was truly her family and mannerisms where on point. The older Whitney got she actually favored Dionne.

[@JudahCub1981]

@@derricksingleton4736So true! Whitney resembles her aunt Lee (Dionne’s mother) and DeeDee (Dionne’s sister) resembles Aunt Cissy. Strong genes and talent.

[@rayjones5684]

The young girl to Dionne's right is Felicia Moss the daughter of the young lady directing the Anne Drinkard Moss (Cissy's sister) the aunt of Dionne and Whitney. Felicia toured with both Dionne and Whitney in the past. Felicia voice has a lots similar tones of Whitney.

[@josephfleetjr4230]

Come Auntie Dee.. I just punched my chair! YESSSSSS! Hallelujah!

[@dddddadadad1796]

You know black people can be so IGNORANT. Dionne Warwick is not doing anything any different than what she has done on EVERY album she has put out since the beginning of her career. She IS a singer’s singer. And had by this time, been singing her face off for nearly 30 years. Please go somewhere with all the ‘I didn’t think she could ‘sing’ till I saw this” and “she can BLOW. Didn’t think so till I saw this” WHAT DO YALL THINK THE WOMAN WAS DOING WHEN SHE WAS SINGING WITH HER OWN GOSPEL GROUP AND HER FAMILY’S GROUP WHEN SHE WAS A YOUNGSTER??????

[@iluvrachellef]

You betta sang Queen Dionne❤🎤🎙🎹🎶🎼

[@Handle2point0]

Dionne was feeling it real hard. I've never seen her like this and I've watched HOURS of her live performances.

[@bjornironside261]

Girl was back HOME

[@awms.145]

I have always adored Ms Warwick even as a young girl. Amazing underated singer ❤❤❤❤

[@bernardshawn]

Never knew she could blow like that. WOW!

[@moonchild2078]

when she turns her back to the camera I swear u forget its dionne abd see and hear nothing but whitney here... Thats that stock (in my whitney voice)

[@TammyVee]

im late on this but YESSSSS!

[@annvroom5539]

whew! talk about power! what a voice! - thank you so much for posting - blew me away! :-) Talk about using your talent to praise the Lord! wow, what a superlative example Dionne has set throughout her life - what a blessing to all of us who admire her! thank you, Ms. Dionne, so much! :-) "I say that He is Lord!" - sing it Ms. Dionne!!

[@kunjidee]

So let me get this straight, the choir director with the big bun is the sister of cissy houston, aunty of whitney houston, and dionne and deedee. It's a family thing....nice.

[@DejaVusee]

Oh...and DeeDee looked so beautiful in this video with her megawatt smile. RIP.

[@billyjenemusiclover667]

I love how Dionne walks back to her seat before the end of the song! She is clearly giving All Glory to God, instead of taking the applause/praise for herself! Very humble of her!

[@kunjidee]

Okay thumbs UP if you agree that the piano player isn't one of the BADDEST dudes on the planet!!!! Amen! AMEN!!!!

[@angeluvsvid15]

yessss sing it Dionne yess

[@tyreekhoward320]

Dionne has a angelic voice from Heaven above ❤️❤️🙏🏾

[@TortoiseJames]

If you ever heard "Then Came You" then you knew Dionne had Gospel Chops. They sneak out all the time in her Pop Catalog just like Whitney's.

[@marquishalsell]

Whitney's family was deeply rooted and grounded in the church this reminds me of the video of when Whitney was at church in the 90s i love this frfr represent Dionne

[@davidmcfarlane9185]

Dionne !!! Come on here !!!! Yess Lord !!!!

[@LifeWithN.A.C]

Dionne is a a wonderful singer I see where Whitney learned some of her singing skilled from besides cissy and Aretha and Patti and others

[@LifeWithN.A.C]

Amen sing Dionne let the gospel move through you

[@jeffrueco4137]

😂😂 i tell you nippy and her cousin Dionne has that factor to their voice its really a distinct voice that only some black women voice possess❤❤

[@ThankGodforUTube]

Mother let loose right here...

[@JudahLord]

she KILLED IT

[@JaySmith-wo3di]

This thumbnail takes me OWT!

[@cincereqoutes8844]

why is that?

[@elijahjones8375]

I love this song such power wow

[@irvinbohac8460]

She’s simply amazing. There is only one Dionne!

[@shawnm.b.922]

OUTSTANDING!!!! Damn Dione!! 👏👏👏👏👏👏💪

[@San47di]

+kunjidee Yes, the lady directing the choir is one of Cissy Houston's (who's real name is Emily Drinkard-Houston) elder sisters.. She is Dionne and Dee Dee Warwick's Aunt, (their mother is Lee Drinkard-Warwick. :-)

[@tighmir]

lord lift us up

[@Samiyo]

OMG, what a treat... I thank you so much for posting. I simply adore Dionne Warwick.

[@NicoletteEmmerson]

We all grew up at our family church…New Hope Baptist church💗

[@stephenalexanderkuwadi]

Powerful ❤❤ amazing Dionne

[@tharealbeblessed]

Sing Dionne!

[@rupertfergusson]

Search for “The Drinkard Sisters”.

[@terrellstaley4001]

Wow Dionne!

[@musicallychallenged2848]

Good A4 - D5 transition at 3:23!!! Good phrased F5 at 3:56! 4:30 good D5 and Eb5s!!

[@musicallychallenged2848]

Omg!!! Those F5s, F5#, and F5s beginning at 6 minute mark!

[@musicallychallenged2848]

G#4 at 6:57

[@musicallychallenged2848]

Sustained Eb5 at 7:23

[@musicallychallenged2848]

8:25 B4 to F5 transition!!!

[@musicallychallenged2848]

And that sustained Eb5 at 8:59 is just dangerous!!!

[@ronaldblack9539]

people come on now her aunt is Cissy Houston.....

[@TheBeethovenrox1770]

Ronald Black her older Aunt Ann Drinkard Moss is directing the choir.

[@neededsaying]

That was AMAZING!!!!

[@jamarcussmith-bouler5982]

She literally excuse my French…. Sang the shit outta that song.🫠

[@phinehasmosley6845]

That ain't french

[@Vinylhabibi]

Whoa Dionne.

[@keithswordsman]

Wow. That's some church right there.

[@tonymcneil978]

Dionne worked that choir out..... the lady in the white dress singing backup looks like a before stardom Whitney. Must be a cousin.

[@ktookes6027]

is there a full video of this whole anniversary service? Lee, Dionne, Dee Dee, Aunt Reebie, Anne, drinkard singers

[@debrabrown7444]

This was recorded in 1984

[@iluvrachellef]

I think it's around 1990. In 84 her hair was shorter.

[@samuelbennie7690]

Debra Brown This is def ‘84...their cousin Felicia is the dark skin female singing on the side and I remember her being smaller in pictures before she started touring with Whitney later in 85-87.

[@DejaVusee]

Poor Eunice and Felicia were ready for the workout Dionne was going to give them. Affectionately calling them her "aggravation on the road.." (I didn't quite get this until --at I noticed at 8:31, Eunice misses her timing! D catches it -- and says "Ah haaa!", causing poor Eunice & whole church to laugh in good fun! D then makes them do it 1 more time-and then Eunice & Fel nail it. Dionne is quite the perfectionist, hence her comment "that they'll HOPEFULLY be singing their parts... "

[@tighmir]

Dionne raised her voice?? ooh lawd :)

[@90sKidsSchoolLibrary]

As a kid I use think Whitney's mother was Dionne since they looked alike.

[@arlenecerf8833]

Ikr 😅

[@JaniceChambers2003]

Gwen Gurthie @ 5:52

[@iluvrachellef]

8:59 😳😱👀🎙👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

[@meboneme1]

Doesn't WHITNEY look like DIONNE'S TWIN!! DIONNE showed what a REAL singer can DO!!!

[@MrReedGrantberry]

They have the same build (slim w/ broad shoulders) but Whitney looked exactly like her own father, John Houston.

[@TheBeethovenrox1770]

@@MrReedGrantberry and Dionne looks like hers: Mancel Warrick.

[@HaliB75]

They always looked like twins ❤

[@quincywilliams6750]

Man! I never new her voice hit like that. I now know smh

[@aisensantana6765]

She used to show out on solid gold fam

[@averyjenkins2786]

I wish she never touched cigarettes

[@chadthorne9732]

Dam, you act like God put her on earth to sing to you. If she needed a cigarette, she needed a cigarette

[@jadawoodard1068]

Chad Thorne right! 🤣🤣

[@brucep9393]

@@chadthorne9732 I am sure they realized what they did before it was too late. Theres an old video of her with Gladys and Patti Labelle smoking like a chimney. No one needs a cigarette, I bet if she could go back she would stop. Look at Gladys and Patti voices, to this day.

[@deanjosefmartell701]

@@chadthorne9732 That'a Boy Let Him Have It :) DM

[@antd8259]

Lol. Right. Nobody needs a cigarette. We know that now lol.. We as a people learn better and learned the negative health effects if it. I can remember when it was perfectly ok to smoke a cigarette in a hospital. How crazy is that.. Lol

[@06monarch]

Preachers ought to pay attention to this: bring a real message, sit down and let the Spirit take over.

[@ennisel]

what year was this please? indeed i've never heard dionne throw down like this....but you can hear the thread of legacy than ran through to witney wowza

[@Calvin375]

Now, I understand why Aretha Franklin felt a certain way about Miss Dionne, because had she came out the gate in the early 60's doing this style of singing in the Pop/ R &B/ Soul genres, the competition would've been on for the both of them. Aretha would've been very vigilant!

[@pusitexe]

But, I think it's great that they have found their own lanes. To think they were both the most charted and influencial artists of their time in gospel and pop arenas.

[@saivery2803]

I wonder though if she ever misses her old range?

[@user-mj8nf2vp7q]

...I'm sure she does. Those cigarettes really did a number on her voice, although she still has a limited range & deeper timbre.

[@singingmanmd]

Ms. Dionne proved herself many years and many times over. Worry, not so much she still is a master at what she does just in a different way at a much different age.

[@JudahLord]

I've NEVER seen Dionne sing like this, I knew she was from the CHURCH, but she sings very BLAND usually. She took you straight back to church here !

[@arlenecerf8833]

You need to have your ears cleaned cause Ms Warwick was never a “bland” singer. Restrained , technical, stylish- yes but never a bland singer. She did not need to prove anything by screeching because she knew she was a badass and can deliver. Her tone, range, musical intuition/knowledge speaks for itself.

[@jasonnelson316]

You will have to pull up her Gospel videos here on KZbin.

[@90sKidsSchoolLibrary]

I'm guessing this is the early 90's?

[@LadyIrrigator]

So it wasnt enough to solo. She had to turn around and atart directing the choir too😂 Amd whek she was done she got out the way. Took her seat om the pew and let the choir director wrap it up😂😂

[@Nikray]

That's just the Lord's hand!!

[@ktookes6027]

what song is this & did dionne actually do this song?

[@kklustra]

+K Tookes - Up Where We Belong. It was a big hit Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warren in 80's.

[@nickyp2820]

@@kklustra Thank you! No one named the song until you!

[@kyvonj11]

Do anyone know the lyrics to this song?

[@anjelheaven]

It's just a "gospelized" cover of Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes' "Up Where We Belong". Just look up the lyrics to that and substitute the word "Lord" whenever "Love" is said in the chorus.

[@lordvoldemort5725]

What song was she singing.

[@rayjones5684]

It was pop song many turned into a gospel song " Lord ( love) Lift us Up" from them of " an Officer and Gentlemen"....

[@ISER1992]

What is the name of this song??

[@iluvrachellef]

Up Where We Belong!

[@DaOrigTruthSeeker]

Does anybody know what year this was?

[@shemarmiller6060]

Were Whitney on the choir at that time?

[@samuelbennie7690]

No, around this time I believe was 84-86. Whitney most likely in the 70's and early 80's.

[@kawanferreira5968]

People think they know us, but they dont at all. Dionne caaaaan sing yaaaall, stop that shit

[@chezjusa7392]

Someome please call BURT BACHARACH

[@DaOrigTruthSeeker]

Is that young thin girl in the back to Dionne's right Whitney? It sure looks like it could be her. The one in the all white skit suit i am talking about.

[@reggiebanks3607]

no this looks like the mid to late 80's after or around the time Whitney became famous in her own right. I'm sure she was too busy with her career at this point

[@jlusk999]

That young lady is Dionne and Whitney's first cousin Felicia Moss. Her mother is the choir director, Anne Drinkard Moss....the sister of Cissy and Lee Warrick and Dionne and Whitney's aunt.

[@mavisbaby1]

He is playing reggae organ not even in good Jackie Mittoo style either. But Dionne and the choir were a delight!

[@nolagotti]

@PaulRiddleJr yea... its a great song.../watch?v=CFYtpTot7hQ

[@charlesjeffery1155]

I had no idea she can blow like that's cus her records are pop and don't show her gift at all but gospel is where she got singing from and now I see she's anointed and can blow she had did r n b instead of pop them we would have none

[@iluvrachellef]

you mean "would have known".....i've always known she could blow. And i'm glad she did a different style of music because everyone tries to lump black singers together.....i love her 60s music,it set her apart from everyone else.

[@r.t.h251]

People do try to lump black singers together.. But i must say that DIonne's Family has done a lot in showing the world the different highs and lows of the female voice... From Donnne's smooth style, to De De & Cissy's fiery voices & whitney was truly a combination of both.. Great vid.. The Drinkard family never ceases to amaze me

[@arlenecerf8833]

No thanks . I’m glad did what she did cause she broke barriers and paved the way for many artists who came after her. She followed her heart and did not allow herself to be pigeonholed and confined to the standards of the late 50s/ early 60s . She was a pioneer and should be held in great respect and high esteem being one of the very first pop/ crossover artists. No one could have interpreted Bacharach/ David’s repertoire the way that Ms Warwick did. She was unique and almost peerless (in the 60s pop scene)

[@jpr7693]

what is up with the stink face at 0:13?

[@chefjny]

she tired,,,back in the day,,yes. maybe

[@iluvrachellef]

just disrespectful smh.