Why is Dionne Warwick a National Treasure in the Music Industry: Her vocals can't be duplicated, nobody sounds likes Dionne, and yes one of our Greatest Vocals of all Time.
just came from cynthia erivo's performance and ms. warwick looks so beautiful and i love how emotional she sings it. Both ladies did so well and it is so fortunate to have music with incredible singers to back it up
The way Warwick walk's out on that stage is captivating in and of itself. A classy classy lady and she makes the song all her's like no one else can. It's Dionne's.
My favorite Bacharach David Warwick recording the amazing music the deep and profound lyrics and last but certainly not least Ms Warwick's amazing interpretation and delivery of this exquisite gem of a song
I wish gowns and pretty fashion would come back. I loved the 50's fashions.. today's tatty excuses makes some girls look cheap.. no style.. this lady had style by the bucketful...
@@elliekatesmith6363 The formal style was much better back then. This appearance was from the 1967 Academy Awards. She was the 43rd artist to record "Alfie," but the first to make it a hit. She was 26 years old in this performance. There was both style and substance. The current crop of young women could learn style cues from these types of blasts from the past. Good style and substance is still appreciated.
The artist of a lifetime. There will never be another Dionne Warwick..or a songwriting team like Burt & Hal. I miss the days of the great entertainers.
+fool4singing I love how idiots love to debate my comments. Rock has produced some of the most vulgar music that's ever been created. Please miss me with one of the most overrated things in the universe references. Rock at a point was so dark it had to split into different genres. Of you're going to debate at least come in with no type of bias.
This is one of those touchstone moments in musical history. The perfect matchup of song, orchestration and voice. The definitive live performance of "Alfie."
Amen...I'm 62, heard 'em all. No one can hang with Dionne man. Love Gladys, Diana Ross, Streisand of course was amazing. But no ones timbre can match Dionnes, her unique sound. Of coure Bacharach and David supplied some great vehicles for her extraordinary talent. Love Karen Carpenter too! Wish I could go back...oops, I almost forgot beautiful Marilyn McCoo! She had wicked skills.
@Skinny Bones Jones Let me add this. Streisand had the greatest voice in human history technically. Amazing power, range, beauty, control and even soul. I love Streisand. But it's kind of like ice cream, your favorite might be strawberry, mine is pistachio. So what we're really saying I guess when we say someone is the best, is she's my favorite because I like the sound of her voice and her style the most.
OF ALL THE SINGING MUSICAL RECORDING ARTISTS THAT EVER RECORDED AND SANG THE SONG ALFIE THIS IS BY FAR THE BEST VERSION OF THIS SONG ALFIE IVE EVER HEARD IN MY LIFE SUNG BY DIONNE WARWICK ALL THE OTHER SINGING RECORDING ARTIST'S DON'T COME CLOSE THEY CAN'T TOUCH HER IN THIS SONG.
Perfection by Dionne Warwick singing the beautiful lyrics and music of songwriters: Burt Bacharach / Hal David. The song is so powerful, I still remember vividly seeing the movie Alfie and hearing the song at the Drive-in in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia in 1966.
Bacharach, David and Dionne=the finest ear candy ever. God almighty she is so great. I can't imagine life without her catalog of work. I love Dionne Warwick, I really do.
@@cindipossidento5688 Yes. The song "Forever My Love" can have that effect on me as well. "Alfie," especially her version, is highly emotive and dramatic as well.
after Dionne came out from the school of music of Conneticut, Burt Bacharat found her and she became famous, what a voice she had at the time of the recording of Alfie .
I enjoy singing this song. No matter how much I practise & attempt to wrap myself in the lyrics & the tune, I feel indebted to Dionne Warwick, and the gender difference does not matter...we have all (unless in a monastery) known at least one Alfie in our life. That is where I receive my personal inspiration -- direct from Salt Lake City & all the corruption that emanates from that dreadful place. What's it all about, Alfie?
I am so thank ful for being able to expierince the60's.. music as we know it. had reached a high state of evolution. the variety. The people performers. top of the line class act of the sixties Miss Dionne Warwiclk.
@@LewSolomon1 Yes indeed, her version is really stellar--more straightforward in powerful vocals, as opposed to a more slightly subtle, nuanced version of Dionne's. I absolutely love them both.
I truly miss this era of music divas such as Dionne , Aretha and Whitney were professional singers who meant business whenever they performed they were every song writers dream
This era way way before Whitney .. Whitney is young enough to be Dionne/Aretha’s daughter! This was back in the 60s and Whitney would have been 3 years old.
@@arlenecerf8833Whitney was Dionne’s first cousin. Both Aretha and Dionne had hits on the 80s when Whitney became popular, both charted for many decades, sadly Whitney didn’t live long enough to know if she would have more in her career. It’s hard to imagine singers of today having careers spanning five or six decades.
@@mic1240 I know that ..I’m aware that they’re first cousins but definitely not from the same era. Yes , they both had hits when Whitney was up and coming as a young singer in the 80s
70's music was so beautiful and heartfelt. I miss everything about the 70's when my dad would drive the family on road trips to visit family far far away for holidays, my heart would beat soo fast the closer we got to our family far away. Thank you to all these special artists for all those beautiful memories through their music!!! Happy Thanksgiving to my family far far away and my dad in heaven. I miss our wonderful rides in that old pontiac catalina listening to these great oldies-I'll cherish them until we meet again pop. l love you, always a daddy's girl 😘😘💞💖💕💓💓
Unforgettable lush gorgeous performance - no surprises that Dionne Warwick was always first pick for Hal David and Burt Bacharach who both chose this song as their favorite - love love love it!!
Warwick owns this song. One of her finest performances. Such class, such emotion in that voice. She makes you a believer. " In whats it all about" sing it Dionne!
BEAUTIFUL MUSIC!!!! DIONNE WARWICK HAS A BEAUTIFUL , SOFT, TENDER VOICE , HEAVENLY, ANGELIC VOICE!!!! I WENT TO THE MOVIES IN 1968 TO SEE " THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS". IT WAS A SAD, BUT TRUE MOVIE , AND SHARON TATES LAST PERFORMANCE BEFORE HER UNTIMELY DEATH!!!!
Since I was a boy Dionne stood out as special to me. This song especially has been indelibly marked on my heart all these years. I'm 71 how and nothing's changed. I thank God for the difference she's made in the music world. Very similar feeling I get as when Karen Carpenter sings. Something very special that goes right to the heart.
Gosh, if only we had singers today who were even half as good as Dionne in the Golden Age of American popular music. Maybe if we hold our breaths a breakthrough artist will emerge?
Hi I am Taylor, and I know your post is old, but I just wanted to let you know that you should keep an eye out for me. I will be making an entrance into the music scene this year and I just may change your opinion about artist today. Happy New Year.
+Noe Berengena Thank you. I will try. Check out my CZcams channel for some samples and I have a lot more on my instagram. instagram.com/its_taylor_harris I need all the support I can get. Thanks again.
Be honest, there are good singers today but they are singing stuff you don't like. They have run out of ideas to appeal to a wider audience. But they can sing.
I think I was born in the wrong generation. I spend more time listen to pre 1980's music. Beautiful performance and gown to match how amazing this performance is. You came dressed to impress!
She always presented with flawless vocals as if the words flowed like a river that's smooth and calm!! It's amazing how her words in a song touches so many hearts 🥰
Ms Warwark is setting me in a trance!!!! I'm completely fixated on voice !!!!!! I just wanna say to you Ms.Warwark I love you even in 2017 u give a sista hope..... I hear love pain sorrow & most importantly strength in your voice....... 😙😙😙😙😙😙😙😙😙😙 your timeless ...... and I love you
The greatest contemporary pop music team in American Music history: Burt Bacharach, Hal David......and if they searched the globe...they could have never found anyone to deliver their brilliant compositions .....on "Golden Wings".....than Dionne!!!
I remember my Dad had the sheet music. He use to play it after work. I learned the words and sang it every chance I got. Wonderful days! Brings back memories. 🙂
I'm glad I was born in an Era...that everyone was able to listen to this absolutely magnificent Voice
Why is Dionne Warwick a National Treasure in the Music Industry: Her vocals can't be duplicated, nobody sounds likes Dionne, and yes one of our Greatest Vocals of all Time.
rite on!
I sir, agree with everything you say, but I must say Ms. Dionne Warwick also sounds true to Ms. Cilla Black. Incredible.
@@roberthamilton5600 Cilla Black sounds like an air raid siren
@@Polygor2 kids--
I saw her in concert many years ago in Portsmouth. England. I am so grateful for my Dad giving me this music to listen to.
So ready for her biopic 😮💨🥰 Dionne Warwick & Shirley Bassey own my heart.
You and me both. True greats.
I just hope they don't use Beyonce ...she doesn't have the range
Toni Braxton might be able to do it
THE BEST rendition of this classic. Thank you, Dionne.
She owns this song... such finese, such control, such beauty.
just came from cynthia erivo's performance and ms. warwick looks so beautiful and i love how emotional she sings it. Both ladies did so well and it is so fortunate to have music with incredible singers to back it up
Cynthia Erivo was amazing, but this is just one of Dionne Warwick's signature songs and Dionne owns it all the way!
Yes.
The way Warwick walk's out on that stage is captivating in and of itself. A classy classy lady and she makes the song all her's like no one else can. It's Dionne's.
She personified elegance!
It's Cilla's.
This is her on top of her game!! Sung with perfection!!
And her young and little cousin Whitney was in same league when it came to walk on stage. Dionne was a true artistic example for Whitney
@@lonegrooverwhen a song is literally written for an artist (Dionne) is a reason Dionne’s version after so many others recorded it stood out
I love how Alfie (Michael Caine) is looking over Dionne's shoulder : )
My favorite Bacharach David Warwick recording the amazing music the deep and profound lyrics and last but certainly not least Ms Warwick's amazing interpretation and delivery of this exquisite gem of a song
She looked exquisite in that gown.
+Shaun A. Brown Yes...Dionne knew how to wear a gown!!!
I wish gowns and pretty fashion would come back. I loved the 50's fashions.. today's tatty excuses makes some girls look cheap.. no style.. this lady had style by the bucketful...
Dionne wearing that Bob Mackie out.
@@elliekatesmith6363 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯 AGREE
@@elliekatesmith6363 The formal style was much better back then. This appearance was from the 1967 Academy Awards. She was the 43rd artist to record "Alfie," but the first to make it a hit. She was 26 years old in this performance. There was both style and substance. The current crop of young women could learn style cues from these types of blasts from the past. Good style and substance is still appreciated.
Nobody sings Alfie better than Ms. Warwick! and no one comes close! Dionne forever!
Really no one surpasses Dionne!
best of all most certianly dam inspiring
Ole' Morabe Cousin Whitney?
Mala D Not even Whitney, this song just simply belongs to Dionne.
I agree. I will never think of anyone else when I consider this masterpiece.
The artist of a lifetime. There will never be another Dionne Warwick..or a songwriting team like Burt & Hal. I miss the days of the great entertainers.
I so agree. Just Genius!
It just doesn't get any better than this. What a gift to the world Dionne is. Can't forget Burt and Hal, too.
Steve Washington Stevie Wonder performed this at The White House Gershwin award premium presented to Burt Bacharach and Hal David😍
With a amazing, terrific and espetacular harmonia solo
Dionne and Whitney knew how to wear a gown!! I can guarantee Whitney memorized many things Dionne , Aretha, and her mother did when she started out
OMG, when I first heard this, I cried!
Every time I hear her sing this song I cry !!!! I love her voice, her music, wonderful to hear again, and again, and again !! 😘
THIS IS GOLDEN VOICE LEVEL!!!!
The voice has never been duplicated, true sign of a great singer!
Poise. Class. Dignity.
What an absolute masterpiece Dionne is. If a human ever was to be a vessel of perfect song - Dionne is it.
Once upon a time and place. The music was smart, sophisticated and sensual. What happened to us?.... Where did we go wrong?......
+lordcron Rap...
+fool4singing Wrong, Rock is where we went wrong. After Rock that was it!
+fool4singing Wrong, Rock is where we went wrong. After Rock that was it!
+Leki Jolo The Beatles were rock, and they had some of the best music of the 20th Century...Rap is overall just ugly and negative.
+fool4singing I love how idiots love to debate my comments. Rock has produced some of the most vulgar music that's ever been created. Please miss me with one of the most overrated things in the universe references. Rock at a point was so dark it had to split into different genres. Of you're going to debate at least come in with no type of bias.
that woman could wear a gown like no other....she looks and sounds awesome
It's the perfect shoulders. Straight spine. Sharp cheekbones. Her mom must've had perfect prenatal nutrition...
I love this song, and I love Dionne Warwick singing it.
This is one of those touchstone moments in musical history. The perfect matchup of song, orchestration and voice. The definitive live performance of "Alfie."
Dionne had a perfect voice🌹🌹🌹🌹💯
My favorite song!!!! Dionne is Beautiful and what a voice!!!
My favorite, by Dionne Warwick, also.
Her voice gladdens the heart.
love that gown and would rock it now
This performance is an entire motion picture. So beautiful.
What a beauty, what voice, what a song.... definitely a high tide mark in class and music.
A stone cold super star. Looks, grace and talent. Enough said.
THE best performance of "Alfie."
No one sings this like her. No one.
dawn williams Legendary singer love this song
She was probably the one singer of the swinging sixties with a trained voice, so she was unique and awesome.
Amen...I'm 62, heard 'em all. No one can hang with Dionne man. Love Gladys, Diana Ross, Streisand of course was amazing. But no ones timbre can match Dionnes, her unique sound. Of coure Bacharach and David supplied some great vehicles for her extraordinary talent. Love Karen Carpenter too! Wish I could go back...oops, I almost forgot beautiful Marilyn McCoo! She had wicked skills.
🥰
@Skinny Bones Jones Let me add this. Streisand had the greatest voice in human history technically. Amazing power, range, beauty, control and even soul. I love Streisand. But it's kind of like ice cream, your favorite might be strawberry, mine is pistachio. So what we're really saying I guess when we say someone is the best, is she's my favorite because I like the sound of her voice and her style the most.
OF ALL THE SINGING MUSICAL RECORDING ARTISTS THAT EVER RECORDED AND SANG THE SONG ALFIE THIS IS BY FAR THE BEST VERSION OF THIS SONG ALFIE IVE EVER HEARD IN MY LIFE SUNG BY DIONNE WARWICK ALL THE OTHER SINGING RECORDING ARTIST'S DON'T COME CLOSE THEY CAN'T TOUCH HER IN THIS SONG.
Listen to the words ...Awesome
Love this song and Diana sings it just Beautiful ❤❤❤
Perfection by Dionne Warwick singing the beautiful lyrics and music of songwriters: Burt Bacharach / Hal David. The song is so powerful, I still remember vividly seeing the movie Alfie and hearing the song at the Drive-in in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia in 1966.
Not one women I've seen enters a stage, walks, sings, and smiles like this beautiful lady, she is simply one of the BEST of the BEST.... Amazing
I agree. Pure poise, class, and dignity.
Always loved her!!!! She can make one cry !
Bacharach, David and Dionne=the finest ear candy ever. God almighty she is so great. I can't imagine life without her catalog of work. I love Dionne Warwick, I really do.
I agree, a very beautiful and classy lady love to hear her voice.
@@cindipossidento5688 Yes. The song "Forever My Love" can have that effect on me as well. "Alfie," especially her version, is highly emotive and dramatic as well.
Grateful to have seen this elegant lady sing this song in concert. I'll never forget that experience. There'll never be another Dionne Warwick
after Dionne came out from the school of music of Conneticut, Burt Bacharat found her and she became famous, what a voice she had at the time of the recording of Alfie .
Brings out tears in me, You know it when a song touches your soul sung by a one in a million voice like Dionne.
I first sang this song at the age of 13 years old and I still cry when I hear it or song it today. A truly beautiful haunting song!!!
I enjoy singing this song. No matter how much I practise & attempt to wrap myself in the lyrics & the tune, I feel indebted to Dionne Warwick, and the gender difference does not matter...we have all (unless in a monastery) known at least one Alfie in our life. That is where I receive my personal inspiration -- direct from Salt Lake City & all the corruption that emanates from that dreadful place. What's it all about, Alfie?
It captivated me at ton and I'm still asking. 🧡
This song gets me every time no matter how many times I have listened to it over the years and no one does it better than Dionne Warwick.
I am so thank ful for being able to expierince the60's..
music as we know it. had reached a high state of evolution. the variety. The people performers. top of the line class act of the sixties Miss Dionne Warwiclk.
The world's best rendition of alfie. Just LOVE it
WORD
Try Cilla Black's version - either the studio take at Abbey Road, or the take at the Savoy
@@LewSolomon1 Yes indeed, her version is really stellar--more straightforward in powerful vocals, as opposed to a more slightly subtle, nuanced version of Dionne's. I absolutely love them both.
@@LewSolomon1
Definitely Black’s is far more powerful-even when she performs it live. Warwick does a fine job but…..
IN my top 5 female singers of alltime.
I truly miss this era of music divas such as Dionne , Aretha and Whitney were professional singers who meant business whenever they performed they were every song writers dream
This era way way before Whitney .. Whitney is young enough to be Dionne/Aretha’s daughter! This was back in the 60s and Whitney would have been 3 years old.
@@arlenecerf8833Whitney was Dionne’s first cousin. Both Aretha and Dionne had hits on the 80s when Whitney became popular, both charted for many decades, sadly Whitney didn’t live long enough to know if she would have more in her career. It’s hard to imagine singers of today having careers spanning five or six decades.
@@mic1240 I know that ..I’m aware that they’re first cousins but definitely not from the same era. Yes , they both had hits when Whitney was up and coming as a young singer in the 80s
DIONNE WARWICK
I love the curtsy and bow at the end.
What a dress !
70's music was so beautiful and heartfelt. I miss everything about the 70's when my dad would drive the family on road trips to visit family far far away for holidays, my heart would beat soo fast the closer we got to our family far away. Thank you to all these special artists for all those beautiful memories through their music!!! Happy Thanksgiving to my family far far away and my dad in heaven. I miss our wonderful rides in that old pontiac catalina listening to these great oldies-I'll cherish them until we meet again pop. l love you, always a daddy's girl 😘😘💞💖💕💓💓
This was a 60's song
James Slusher but really 🤣😂
@@jimmysaks100 Yes. It was released in 1966, but the Dionne Warwick version in 1967.
What a Melody, yes.
Unforgettable lush gorgeous performance - no surprises that Dionne Warwick was always first pick for Hal David and Burt Bacharach who both chose this song as their favorite - love love love it!!
this should have a million likes
That's is as good as it ever got.
I was just a kid but my mother and father used to play your music on the HiFi
1967 March I was in the 4th grade.I love rock and roll but I always loved this great hit.
Beautiful classy woman. This is the first time I’ve heard this song.
OVER 40 PERSON TRIED THIS SONG. ONLY ONE MADE IT PURE GOLD
Warwick owns this song. One of her finest performances. Such class, such emotion in that voice. She makes you a believer. " In whats it all about" sing it Dionne!
Her timing, tone, phrasing...perfection. Bacharach's music is beautiful, he's a genius.
My Mother, ANNIE L. WALKER loved this song immensely. OK. No one can beat her! OK.
Memories with Mom and Dad. Good innocent times with family.
When she hits the high notes it sends a chill up my spine !
that little foot kick was so human. celebrate Dionne, she owns this song. what an era we lived in
What a voice!
And what a body...
Best ever!
She even sounds just as good singing this live, as she does on record.
Ms. Warwick is other worldly. ❤
What a beautiful woman ,voice and intense. .I have always loved her since I was probably 12,this music was played on the stereo in my house often ; )
What a beautiful woman’ Ugh. Amazing vocals and stunningly beautiful gown on her.
Wow the soundtrack of my childhood....she was gorgeous
BEAUTIFUL MUSIC!!!! DIONNE WARWICK HAS A BEAUTIFUL , SOFT, TENDER VOICE , HEAVENLY, ANGELIC VOICE!!!! I WENT TO THE MOVIES IN 1968 TO SEE " THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS". IT WAS A SAD, BUT TRUE MOVIE , AND SHARON TATES LAST PERFORMANCE BEFORE HER UNTIMELY DEATH!!!!
THE ONE AND ONLY. She killed this song! The best of all!!
When you get older all we have are memories. I started singing this morning after never hearing it for years.
I really can't think of a better singer on this planet
Since I was a boy Dionne stood out as special to me. This song especially has been indelibly marked on my heart all these years. I'm 71 how and nothing's changed. I thank God for the difference she's made in the music world. Very similar feeling I get as when Karen Carpenter sings. Something very special that goes right to the heart.
I'm the same age and feel the same way. Incredibly talented ladies that pluck your heart strings every time you hear them!!
Gosh, if only we had singers today who were even half as good as Dionne in the Golden Age of American popular music. Maybe if we hold our breaths a breakthrough artist will emerge?
Hi I am Taylor, and I know your post is old, but I just wanted to let you know that you should keep an eye out for me. I will be making an entrance into the music scene this year and I just may change your opinion about artist today. Happy New Year.
best of luck..I am listening for your voice!
Taylor, get out there and show the world what you've got! Good luck.
+Noe Berengena Thank you. I will try. Check out my CZcams channel for some samples and I have a lot more on my instagram. instagram.com/its_taylor_harris I need all the support I can get. Thanks again.
Be honest, there are good singers today but they are singing stuff you don't like. They have run out of ideas to appeal to a wider audience. But they can sing.
Oh the humanity, pure beauty, melody, verse, orchestration, timing, phrasing and vulnerability.
Dionne's vocal abilities are just mesmerizing!
I think I was born in the wrong generation. I spend more time listen to pre 1980's music. Beautiful performance and gown to match how amazing this performance is. You came dressed to impress!
never stop loving this music..it was great. We need more young people who
listen to it; it would be nice if they still played it on the radio, too.
M Williams ok,,,,,!,,,,, think I was born in the wrong decade I was born in tha 90s..... but I think my soul is time caspuled in tha 60s
Dionne me donne des frissons quand je l'écoute depuis l'age de 14 ans et j'ai toujours cette sensation à près de 70 ans . C'est merveilleux!
@@mbotman I fully agree with that.
I have always loved this song,so much I just named my precious Kitten Alfie,he listens too when I play !
Leaves you speechless.....Heavy sigh.....THE BEST.
Simply Dionne I'm here just Paying Respect. 12/28/2020
She always presented with flawless vocals as if the words flowed like a river that's smooth and calm!! It's amazing how her words in a song touches so many hearts 🥰
Just seen in concert for the fifth time. Absolutely the best of the best
Ms Warwark is setting me in a trance!!!! I'm completely fixated on voice !!!!!! I just wanna say to you Ms.Warwark I love you even in 2017 u give a sista hope..... I hear love pain sorrow & most importantly strength in your voice....... 😙😙😙😙😙😙😙😙😙😙 your timeless ...... and I love you
The greatest contemporary pop music team in American Music history: Burt Bacharach, Hal David......and if they searched the globe...they could have never found anyone to deliver their brilliant compositions .....on "Golden Wings".....than Dionne!!!
LOVE THAT SONG
A true Legend!
One of my all-time favorite singers, singing one of my all-time favorite songs...!!!
... Priceless ...!!!
best version of alfie yup
This is just EXTRAORDINARY 👏
Perfection
I am listing to the lyrics...wow ! what an excellent son writer Burt Bacharach was.. exceptional !
Wow, Dionne is the ultimate songstress with that indelible voice and her elegant poise and demeanor! !
I’ve loved this song for over 50 years.
Goosebumps...to this day...She is magnificent.......
Beautiful ♡☆♡☆♡☆♡☆
Thank you Emily in Paris
I remember my Dad had the sheet music. He use to play it after work. I learned the words and sang it every chance I got. Wonderful days! Brings back memories. 🙂
Amazing voice...so elegant..Ms. Dionne Peacewick..:)
What a glorious gift of song? Her singing is delicious! Thank you for sharing. Amazing!
Only Dionne ..many have tried and many have failed ....