Don't Make Me Over
Dionne Warwick | Artist Essentials
First released: 1962 (year verified)
Original 1962 single recording
MusicAtlas editorial note: The low, controlled opening gathers force as the orchestration and vocal line climb together.
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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
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About Dionne Warwick
Dionne Warwick brought a distinctive contralto and precise phrasing to the songs of Burt Bacharach and Hal David in the early 1960s. Anyone Who Had a Heart and Walk On By are landmarks of that partnership. Her later work extended through R&B, jazz and soft-rock ballads, including I'll Never Love This Way Again. Across these settings, her recordings connect pop melody with gospel and soul vocal traditions.
Artist background sources
Dionne Warwick - Rock & Roll Hall of Fame biography
Vocal range and phrasing, Bacharach-David collaboration, representative recordings and later R&B/jazz/soft-rock directions. The source's album-date and B-side anecdote are not used. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-17. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
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