I look at the careers of people I'm standing on the shoulders of. People like Lena Horne, Ella Fitzgerald, Sammy Davis Jr., and Sarah Vaughan. These are icons I wanted to emulate, and I feel like they've been holding me up for quite a long time.

One such demo "It's Love That Really Counts"—destined to be recorded by Scepter-signed act The Shirelles—caught the attention of Scepter Records President Florence Greenberg. " It was her first U. In 2007 Rhino Records re-released the CD with new cover art.

As of January 2013 Warwick ranks second behind only Aretha Franklin (who has a total of 88 charted Billboard singles) as the most-charted female vocalist of all time with 56 of Dionne's singles making the Billboard Hot 100 between 1962 and 1998. Having been in a partnership with songwriters Burt Bacharach and Hal David Warwick ranks among the 40 biggest hit makers of the entire rock era (1955–2012) based on the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles Charts. Dionne Warwick (born Marie Dionne Warrick; December 12 1940) is an American singer actress and TV show host who became a United Nations Global Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization and a United States Ambassador of Health.