European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 01, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Doil Magazine Warwick with eydie Gorme receiving grammy in 1969 for do you know the Way to san Dionne this is a new Era for Dionne Warwick says the Singer after three unproductive years. Innocent bystander by Peter j. Boyer associated press i think everyone needs to be slapped Down occasionally said Dionne Warwick try or Ismil while answering a question she d obviously been asked once too often. It did me a lot of Warwick s still smarting from the slap dealt her three years ago by one of the fort cities of the music game the 1974 breakup of the Hal David Burl Bacharach songwriting team. The split brought Warwick s own career to a screeching halt. She s still making occasional trips to the record ing studio but her fans Are More Likely to see her on television game shows and specials than hear her re cords being played. Television always in need of a familiar face has proven easier Centre than the Tough going in the hit record had been a hit machine for nearly a decade grinding out a string of Gold records some thought would never end. The writers and their lady Singer hit the charts in 1962 with Don t make me Over and stayed there through the 60s with anyone who had a heart walk on by "1 say a Little prayer and do you know the Way to san Jose Dionne Warwick was on top when the 60s became the 70s, with a grammy and a 20-room Beverly Hills mansion to prove it. Then came the fall. Her records received less and less attention from critics and worse the Public. There were a few unexceptional re cords that became stiffs and then a Case of bitterness that the 36-year-old Singer is still nursing. The names Bacharach and David draw a cold response from the former singing end of the musical is a lawsuit she says in a restrained Monotone. Bacharach and David i were associated musically for the Pat. 17 years. Then came a parting of the ways three years ago that i had Noth ing to do was an innocent she says As if de scribing a crime she had and David had disputes of their own that i was in no Way involved she says. Unfortunately i was the one that and David s last collaboration was Dionne in 1972. And it bombed for obvious Rea Warwick says. I mean there s no Way in the world that two people who arc not speaking to each other can Ever write m the Only one who Ever recorded their she says. I m the Only one who Ever could. When they stopped writing together the product i was making available to you. The listening audience just stopped " some folks suggested thai Warwick s career depended entirely on her songwriting partners and to some degree that seemed to be the Case. I was associated with Bacharach and David. You could t say those names without saying Warwick. Wednesday june 1, 1977 to All of a sudden say Warwick and or. Dada Dada Well it s kind of like cheating on your wife or Hus band. People have an absolute right to folks apparently did compare and did t like what they found Warwick is now suing her former had a contract that s the reason for the she says. But contracts Are just a piece of paper. But we had More than a piece of paper at least i thought we Well so much for the bitterness. Now for the Good that Dionne Warwick says came out other break with the Lune Akera. It did me Good she says. It kind of opened my eyes to the fact that there Are a lot of Good writers out Here. I was corralled entered into what was a very lucrative and very rewarding situation but by and Large a very confining m not through As far As i m concerned. I have the rest of my teamed with Thorn Bell for then came you which went Gold and she polished up her act and returned to the Nevada showroom circuit. And if the right script comes along she says she s ready for the feel i be got so much to do that i be not even begun she says. The Bacharach David period in my life was an Era. It was a decade that is Well remembered. But this is a new Era for Dionne Warwick. She is re establishing herself As a recording artist and just loosing if you will her career As an the stars and stripes Page 13
