Dionne Warwick: Artist Essentials

First released: 1964 (year verified)

The original recording is documented in the 1964 release history of Make Way for Dionne Warwick. Only year precision is assigned; later singles, charts, remasters and live versions do not establish its first release.

Recording: Original 1964 studio recording
Credit: Dionne Warwick
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: Make Way for Dionne Warwick

Make Way for Dionne Warwick - original 1964 recordings
The original 1964 program identifies Walk On By, Reach Out for Me and You'll Never Get to Heaven. The separately titled French and English A House Is Not a Home item is not generalized to an original English-only release. | Reviewed 2026-10-18

Rhino - Make Way for Dionne Warwick
The label identifies the original 1964 Scepter album and its Walk On By, Reach Out for Me and You'll Never Get to Heaven singles. This supports original studio-program identity rather than a later anthology's explicitly live Walk On By. | Reviewed 2026-10-18

First released: 1963 (year verified)

The contemporary November 1963 Cash Box review identifies the issued Scepter 1262 single and both sides. This supports original year 1963 before the 1964 album, without assigning the review date as a release day. The complete indexed review item was read; direct access to the full PDF was unavailable.

Recording: Original 1963 single recording
Credit: Dionne Warwick
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original single: Anyone Who Had a Heart

Cash Box, 23 November 1963 - contemporary Scepter 1262 review
The retrieved indexed facsimile text contains the complete contemporary record-review item identifying Dionne Warwick, Anyone Who Had a Heart / The Love of a Boy, Scepter 1262 and the original approximately 2:58 lead side. This establishes an official original single in 1963 before the 1964 album; no exact release day is assigned. The direct PDF open returned 403, so the claim is scoped to the independently retrieved full review item, not inspection of every PDF page. | Reviewed 2026-10-18

First released: 1967 (year verified)

The original recording is documented in the 1967 release history of The Windows of the World. Only year precision is assigned; later singles, charts, remasters and live versions do not establish its first release.

Recording: Original 1967 studio recording
Credit: Dionne Warwick
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: The Windows of the World

The Windows of the World - original 1967 program
The original August 1967 program includes I Say a Little Prayer and The Windows of the World; only year precision is used. | Reviewed 2026-10-18

First released: 1968 (year verified)

The original recording is documented in the 1968 release history of Do You Know the Way to San Jose. Only year precision is assigned; later singles, charts, remasters and live versions do not establish its first release.

Recording: Original 1968 single recording
Credit: Dionne Warwick
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original single: Do You Know the Way to San Jose

Her All-Time Greatest Hits - scoped original recording fields
Only the recording-specific 1966 Message to Michael and 1968 Do You Know the Way to San Jose fields are used as original years. The 1989 anthology date, explicitly live Walk On By, inherited 1964 Anyone field and inconsistent Valley of the Dolls field are excluded from first-release dating. | Reviewed 2026-10-18

First released: 1979 (year verified)

The original recording is documented in the 1979 release history of Dionne. Only year precision is assigned; later singles, charts, remasters and live versions do not establish its first release.

Recording: Original 1979 studio recording
Credit: Dionne Warwick
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: Dionne

The Definitive Collection - scoped original Arista recording fields
The individual I'll Never Love This Way Again and Deja Vu items retain original 1979 dates. Their full original productions are selected. Many unrelated items carry an implausible inherited 1972 field; those fields and the 1999 anthology date are explicitly excluded. | Reviewed 2026-10-18

First released: 1982 (year verified)

The original-program recording fields establish 1982, earlier than the current album header and the later annual appearance. No exact calendar day is inferred from the inconsistent package header.

Recording: Original 1982 studio recording
Credit: Dionne Warwick
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: Heartbreaker

Heartbreaker - original recording dates
The original program's recording fields place Heartbreaker and All the Love in the World in 1982. These earlier fields take precedence over the current album header's 1983 date; later annual appearances are not first releases. | Reviewed 2026-10-18

First released: 1985 (year verified)

The original recording is documented in the 1985 release history of Friends. Only year precision is assigned; later singles, charts, remasters and live versions do not establish its first release.

Recording: Original 1985 Dionne & Friends studio recording
Credit: Dionne Warwick, Elton John, Gladys Knight and Stevie Wonder
Role in this collection: Lead vocal with co-lead singers Elton John, Gladys Knight and Stevie Wonder

Original album: Friends

Friends - original 1985 quartet credit
The original program explicitly credits That's What Friends Are For with Elton John, Gladys Knight and Stevie Wonder; its 1985 single field precedes the album within the same year. The full quartet is retained instead of treating Dionne & Friends as an unrelated artist. | Reviewed 2026-10-18

First released: 1966 (year verified)

The selected original recording appears on the original 1966 album program before its later single and annual-list appearance. The album-first year is retained.

Recording: Original 1966 studio recording
Credit: Dionne Warwick
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: Here Where There Is Love

Here Where There Is Love - original 1966 program
The original 1966 album contains Alfie, Trains and Boats and Planes and I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself. Alfie's later 1967 single and annual appearance do not redate this album recording. | Reviewed 2026-10-18

First released: 1974 (year verified)

The fully credited duet is on the Spinners' original New and Improved album in 1974, before Warwick's 1975 Then Came You album. Only original year precision is assigned.

Recording: Original 1974 Dionne Warwick and the Spinners studio duet
Credit: Dionne Warwick & The Spinners
Role in this collection: Co-lead vocalist with the Spinners

Original album: New and Improved

New and Improved - original 1974 Spinners album duet
The Spinners' original 1974 album includes Then Came You, and the licensed album account explicitly identifies Warwick's collaboration. This release precedes her 1975 album bearing the song's title. | Reviewed 2026-10-18

First released: 1962 (year verified)

The original debut-album program preserves this recording's 1962 single field before the 1963 album. Only the supported original single year is assigned.

Recording: Original 1962 single recording
Credit: Dionne Warwick
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original single: Don't Make Me Over

Presenting Dionne Warwick - original program and earlier debut single
The original 1963 album program separately retains Don't Make Me Over's October 1962 recording-release field. The album year does not replace that earlier single year. | Reviewed 2026-10-18