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Delia Juanita Warrick [1] (September 25, 1942 – October 18, 2008), [2] known professionally as Dee Dee Warwick, was an American soul singer.Born in Newark, New Jersey, she was the sister of singer Dionne Warwick, the niece of Cissy Houston, and a first cousin of singers Whitney Houston and Leontyne Price.
Emily Drinkard was born on September 30, 1933 in Newark, New Jersey to Delia Mae "Dee Dee" (née McCaskill) and Nicholas "Nitch" Drinkard, the youngest of eight children. [1] [2] [3] Houston was the granddaughter of a black landowner in Blakely, Georgia, who later shared the land he owned with Houston's father Nitch during a time when it was unusual for black people to have large landholdings.
Marie Dionne Warwick (/ d i ˈ ɒ n ˈ w ɔːr w ɪ k / dee-ON WOR-wik; [1] born Marie Dionne Warrick; December 12, 1940) is an American singer, actress, and television host. During her career, Warwick has won many awards, including six Grammy Awards .
Dionne Warwick is speaking out after the death of her aunt, Cissy Houston. Warwick, 83, shared a statement to X on Tuesday, Oct. 8, one day after Cissy died at her home in Newark, N.J. while under ...
Dionne Warwick Will 'Never Forgive' Those Who Accused Her Sister of Molesting Whitney Houston
The Drinkard Singers were an American gospel singing group, most successful in the late 1950s, renowned for being the first gospel group to perform at Carnegie Hall and the Newport Jazz Festival and the first gospel group signed to a major record label, recording and releasing the album, A Joyful Noise, on RCA Records in 1958.
From the age of 14, she became a regular performer with the family gospel group, which had originally been formed in Newark, New Jersey, around 1938, and which also at times included Lee Warrick's sister, Emily (later known as Cissy Houston), and daughters Dionne and Delia (later better known as Dionne and Dee Dee Warwick). [2]
Award-winning singer Dionne Warwick will be honored for her decades-long advocacy work for people living with HIV and AIDS Saturday at a star-studded fundraising gala in Palm Beach.