Make Way for Dionne Warwick

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Make Way for Dionne Warwick
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Studio album by Dionne Warwick
Released August 31, 1964
Recorded 1963–1964, Bell Sound Studios, New York City
Genre Pop, R&B
Length 34:45
Label Scepter
Producer Burt Bacharach, Hal David
Dionne Warwick chronology
Anyone Who Had a Heart
(1964)Anyone Who Had a Heart1964
Make Way for Dionne Warwick
(1964)
The Sensitive Sound of Dionne Warwick
(1965)The Sensitive Sound of Dionne Warwick1965
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars[1]

Make Way for Dionne Warwick is the third album by American singer Dionne Warwick, released in 1964 on the Scepter label. It was produced by Burt Bacharach and Hal David.

History

The album is notable for including the singles "Walk On By", Warwick's second top ten hit on the Billboard Hot 100. Also featured are "You'll Never Get to Heaven (If You Break My Heart)", "A House Is Not a Home", "Reach Out for Me", and one of the first recordings of "(They Long to Be) Close to You." "Get Rid of Him" is actually a 1962 track by The Shirelles, with Warwick's vocal replacing that of Shirley Alston. The album was digitally remastered and reissued on CD on November 29, 2011, by Collectables Records.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Hal David and Burt Bacharach, except where noted. 

Side one
No. Title Length
1. "A House Is Not a Home"   3:00
2. "People" (Jule Styne, Bob Merrill) 3:22
3. "They Long to Be Close to You"   2:23
4. "The Last One to Be Loved"   3:20
5. "Land of Make Believe"   3:03
6. "Reach Out for Me"   2:52
Side two
No. Title Length
7. "You'll Never Get to Heaven (If You Break My Heart)"   3:10
8. "Walk On By"   2:58
9. "Wishin' and Hopin'"   2:55
10. "I Smiled Yesterday"   2:43
11. "Get Rid of Him" (Helen Miller, Howard Greenfield) 2:34
12. "Make the Night a Little Longer" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) 2:31

Charts

Chart (1964) Peak
positions
Billboard Top LPs[2] 68
Billboard Hot R&B LPs[2] 10

Singles

Year Title Peak positions
US
[2]
US
R&B

[A]
US
A/C

[2]
UK
[3]
1964 "Walk On By" 6 1 7 9
"You'll Never Get to Heaven (If You Break My Heart)" 34 10 20
"A House Is Not a Home" 71
"Reach Out for Me" 20 1 23

References

  1. Planer, Lindsay. Make Way for Dionne Warwick > review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-05-15.
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