"song four stars out of five. ""Warwick Avenue"" entered the UK Singles Chart at number eighty-three, more than two months before its release (because of digital downloads from Duffy's ""Rockferry"" release). It then began a gradual chart climb, before peaking at number three, and spending six weeks in the top ten. During its first chart run it managed to spend a very successful number thirty-two weeks on the chart, last seen at number ninety-eight. Due to her ongoing success and the popularity of the song, ""Warwick Avenue"" re-entered the UK Singles Chart at number seventy-five, before rising to number seventy-four"
"""Warwick Avenue"", which entered the chart at number 83. However, when the song was released as a single, ""Stepping Stone"" re-entered the chart at number 80 and rose to a peak position of 21, reached on the chart dated 13 September 2008 . The song is Duffy's least successful single in that country, behind ""Rain on Your Parade"", which peaked at position 15. However, the song managed to stay in the UK Singles Chart for a total of 21 weeks. The song also featured on UK's Official Charts Company year-end chart at number 180, behind all of Duffy's previous singles."
"Dionne Warwick Marie Dionne Warwick (; ; born December 12, 1940) is an American singer, actress, and television show host who became a United Nations Global Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization and a United States Ambassador of Health. Warwick ranks among the 40 biggest hit makers of the entire rock era, based on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 Pop Singles Charts. She is second only to Aretha Franklin as the most-charted female vocalist of all time, with 56 of her singles making the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 between 1962 and 1998, and 80 singles making all ""Billboard"" charts combined. Marie"
"by British people (including featured singles), while twenty were by American artists. Just four other nationalities were represented in the Top Forty: Barbadian (three singles involving Rihanna), Australian, Swedish (both two singles) and Canadian (one Nickelback single). The top 40 albums shows a chart dominated by British acts, while also showing albums from varied international artists. The year's charts were dominated by Welsh singer Duffy, as her single ""Mercy"" reached #3 in the year-end charts, with her debut album effort, ""Rockferry"" attaining #1. Her single ""Warwick Avenue"" also charted at #30 in the year-end countdown. Other successful artists included Take"
"top of the charts in February 2008. Duffy became the first Welsh female to top the UK Singles Chart in 25 years, since Bonnie Tyler with ""Total Eclipse of the Heart"". It remained at number one for five weeks. The second single from the album, ""Warwick Avenue"" was at the number 3 position on the UK Singles Chart. The subsequent single ""Stepping Stone"" peaked at number 21 and the title track at number 45. The single ""Rain on Your Parade"" debuted at number twenty-two on 10 November and rose to a peak of number fifteen the following week. Aside from"
"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. Make Way for Dionne Warwick 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. 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"
"male vocalists was planned, but the project was cancelled. The relationship with Concord concluded with the release of ""My Friends and Me"". A compilation CD of her greatest hits and love songs, ""The Love Collection"", entered the UK pop charts at number 27 on February 16, 2008. Warwick's second gospel album, ""Why We Sing"", was released on February 26, 2008 in the United Kingdom and on April 1, 2008 in the United States. The album features guest spots by her sister Dee Dee Warwick and BeBe Winans. On October 18, 2008, Dee Dee died in a nursing home in Essex"
"and groundbreaking album for the ""Spring Awakening"" and Lady Gaga generation, ""No Space for Air"" features material from Alanis Morissette, Skunk Anansie and Stephen Sondheim. Track Listing In June 2010, Atherton released the song ""There's a Fine, Fine Line"" from ""Avenue Q"" as a single. The single was a thank-you to her fans from that show. Track Listing In November 2014, Atherton released her most personal studio album to date, ""Rush of Life"", featuring songs written for her by Dougal Irvine, Craig Adams, Lance Horne, George Maguire and Benedict. Track Listing Julie Atherton Julie Atherton is a British actress, who"
"up."" Warwick's next single release was another major hit. ""Deja Vu"" was co-written by Isaac Hayes and hit #1 Adult Contemporary as well as #15 on ""Billboard""s Hot 100. In 1980, Warwick won the NARAS Grammy Awards for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female for ""I'll Never Love This Way Again"" and Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female for ""Déjà Vu"". She became the first female artist in the history of the awards to win in both categories the same year. Her second Arista album, 1980's ""No Night So Long"" sold 500,000 U.S. copies and featured the title track which became a"
"County, New Jersey. She had been in failing health for several months. On November 24, 2008, Warwick was the star performer on ""Divas II"", a UK ITV1 special. The show also featured Rihanna, Leona Lewis, the Sugababes, Pink, Gabriella Climi and Anastacia. In 2008, Warwick began recording an album of songs from the Sammy Cahn and Jack Wolf songbooks. The finished recording, entitled ""Only Trust Your Heart"", was released in 2011. On October 20, 2009, Starlight Children's Foundation and New Gold Music Ltd. released a song that Warwick had recorded about ten years prior called ""Starlight"". The lyrics were written"
"Although credited to ""Merrilee Rush and the Turnabouts"", both the single and subsequent album (also called ""Angel of the Morning"") were recorded using the same musicians who played on Elvis Presley's famous Memphis recordings. ""Angel of the Morning"" garnered Rush a Grammy Award nomination for best Contemporary Pop Female Vocalist of the year. She was nominated along with Barbra Streisand (""Funny Girl""), Dionne Warwick (""Do You Know the Way to San Jose""), Aretha Franklin (""I Say a Little Prayer""), and Mary Hopkin (""Those Were the Days""). Warwick was the eventual winner. The song has been featured in the major motion"
"Mermaid Avenue Mermaid Avenue is a 1998 album of previously unheard lyrics written by American folk singer Woody Guthrie, put to music written and performed by British singer Billy Bragg and the American band Wilco. The project was the first of several such projects organized by Guthrie's daughter, Nora Guthrie, original director of the Woody Guthrie Foundation and archives. ""Mermaid Avenue"" was released on the Elektra Records label on June 23, 1998. A second volume of recordings, ""Mermaid Avenue Vol. II"", followed in 2000 and both were collected in a box set alongside volume three in 2012 as """". The"
"credits for Tina Arena and CDB. Van Dorsselaer had won an ARIA award for his production work on ""Coma"" by Pendulum. The duo started working together mainly as writers and producers in 1998. Madison Avenue recorded their first single, ""Fly"", featuring Kellie Wolfgram as the vocalist. However, Coates sang on the group's breakthrough single ""Don't Call Me Baby"", as Van Dorsselaer preferred her version, even though the song was initially used as the guide track for Wolfgram. ""Don't Call Me Baby"" proved to be a breakthrough record for Madison Avenue, peaking at number two on the Australian charts in 1999."
"peak performance.) The song also reached the top 10 in a run on Billboard's easy listening survey. The song was ranked number 70 on the ""Rolling Stone"" list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, the second highest song by a solo female on the list after ""Respect"" by Aretha Franklin. ""Walk On By"" became Warwick's second international million seller following ""Anyone Who Had A Heart"" in January 1964. Session drummer Gary Chester played on this recording. Other musicians included Artie Butler and Paul Griffin on piano, George Duvivier on bass, Irwin Markowitz and Ernie Royal on trumpet, Bill"
"Kingdom. This came after staying at number one on the UK Singles Chart for five weeks. Duffy's debut album ""Rockferry"", was released on 3 March 2008, and became the biggest selling album of that year in the UK. Her follow-up singles, ""Warwick Avenue"" and ""Stepping Stone"", did not replicate her early success, although they still sold well; for example ""Warwick Avenue"" charted at number 3 on the UK Singles Chart. Her fifth single, ""Rain on Your Parade"", was released in December 2008. ""Rockferry"" was the fourth-best-selling album of 2008 worldwide, according to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, and"
"be the best course of action. Grammy Awards Grammy Hall of Fame American Music Awards Billboard Music Awards RIAA People's Choice Awards NAACP Image Awards ASCAP Awards Rhythm & Blues Foundation Women's World Awards Trumpet Awards Ride of Fame Cash Box Magazine Dionne Warwick Marie Dionne Warwick (; ; born December 12, 1940) is an American singer, actress, and television show host who became a United Nations Global Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization and a United States Ambassador of Health. Warwick ranks among the 40 biggest hit makers of the entire rock era, based on the ""Billboard"" Hot"
"the 1980s. Another top 10 entry on the AC chart was a 1989 updating of Dionne Warwick's ""Walk on By"". The single was pulled from her album Tribute, which honored some of the singers that influenced her style. In 1992 she sang the title song for the animated musical, written by the Sherman Brothers and accompanied by the London Symphony Orchestra. She appeared as herself during a two-day guest appearance on the ABC-TV daytime soap ""General Hospital"" to sing the song for Robin Scorpio and her AIDS-afflicted boyfriend Stone Cates. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s Manchester alternated recording with acting,"
"success; ""Just Being Myself"" (1973), produced by Holland-Dozier-Holland; ""Then Came You"" (1975), produced by Jerry Ragovoy; ""Track of the Cat"" (1975), produced by Thom Bell; and ""Love at First Sight"" (1977), produced by Steve Barri and Michael Omartian. Her five-year contract with Warners expired in 1977, and with that, she ended her stay at the label. Warwick's dry spell on the American charts ended with her signing to Arista Records in 1979, where she began a second highly successful run of hit records and albums well into the late 1980s. With the move to Arista Records and the release of"
"as fellow British singer Amy Winehouse. ""Mercy"" was nominated for several awards in 2008, including the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the 51st Grammy Awards. Well received by the public, ""Mercy"" peaked at number one on the UK Singles Chart in February 2008, remaining atop the chart for five weeks, and went on to become the third-best-selling single of 2008 in the United Kingdom, with sales of over 500,000 copies in the UK that year. It achieved worldwide chart success, topping the charts in Austria, Germany, Greece, the Netherlands, Norway, Republic of Ireland, Switzerland and Turkey,"
"Though she still does not like it, the song remains one of Warwick's most popular chart selections, and she still includes it in almost every concert she performs. Warwick won her first Grammy, the 1969 Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, for ""Do You Know the Way to San Jose."" She told ""Jet"" in May 2002 that winning this award was the overall highlight of her career. ""Do You Know the Way to San Jose"" has also been recorded by Connie Francis, Rita Reys, The George Shearing Quintet, The Avalanches, The Baja Marimba Band, The Temptations and The"
"lyrics written by Woody Guthrie; music composers are listed below. Mermaid Avenue Mermaid Avenue is a 1998 album of previously unheard lyrics written by American folk singer Woody Guthrie, put to music written and performed by British singer Billy Bragg and the American band Wilco. The project was the first of several such projects organized by Guthrie's daughter, Nora Guthrie, original director of the Woody Guthrie Foundation and archives. ""Mermaid Avenue"" was released on the Elektra Records label on June 23, 1998. A second volume of recordings, ""Mermaid Avenue Vol. II"", followed in 2000 and both were collected in a"
"The Streets and Katy Perry, and the station selected the album as Album Of The Day on 12 August. Positive reviews appeared in publications such as ""The Word"", ""Q"", ""Artrocker"" and ""Clash"", who included a track on a covermounted CD with their September 2008 issue. Steve Lamacq championed the band, stating that they should have been nominated for that year’s Mercury Music Prize. Following the release of the album, Silvery played a series of one off shows, most notably British Sea Power's Sing Ye From The Hillside festival at the legendary Tan Hill Inn, Yorkshire. The third single ""Action Force"""
"and much of her output from 1962 to 1971 was written and produced by the Bacharach/David team. Warwick weathered the British Invasion better than most American artists. Her UK hits were most notably ""Walk On By"" and ""Do You Know the Way to San Jose?"" In the UK, a number of Bacharach-David-Warwick songs were recorded by British singers Cilla Black, Sandie Shaw and Dusty Springfield, most notably Black's ""Anyone Who Had a Heart"" which went to No. 1 in the UK. This upset Warwick, who described feeling insulted when told that in the UK, record company executives wanted her songs"
"back. There was an apology on it."" It was her first U.S. #1 hit on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. Other than this success, Warwick's five years on Warner Bros. Records produced no other major hits, but ""Then Came You"" was issued by co-owned Atlantic Records, the Spinners' label. Two notable songs recorded during this period were ""His House and Me"" and ""Once You Hit The Road"" (#79 pop, #5 R&B, #22 Adult Contemporary), both of which were produced in 1975 by Thom Bell. Warwick recorded five albums with Warners: ""Dionne"" (1972), produced by Bacharach and David and a modest chart"
"and #13 on the ""Billboard"" R&B Chart. In Canada, ""I'll Never Love This Way Again"" peaked at #6. The song won Warwick a 1980 Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. The tune was certified by the RIAA as Gold for sales of over 1 million copies and helped her Arista debut album, ""Dionne"", be certified by the RIAA as Platinum for album sales of over 1 million copies. The song was first recorded by Richard Kerr himself for his 1978 album ""Welcome To The Club"" as ""I Know I'll Never Love This Way Again"". Using the same title,"
"personal struggles and casting her demons away and feminine power. [It's] her singing for young girls to be strong, and what they’re going through in life, just growing up in this world of uncertainty."" ""London Bridge"" was released as the album's lead single on July 18, 2006 to radio stations and on August 7, 2006 on the iTunes Store. The urban pop track caused controversy due to its double entendre title, but became a huge success, topping the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 (for three weeks) and New Zealand charts, while also reaching the top-ten in over twelve countries. The music video"
"This Way Again"". Isaac Hayes and Adrienne Anderson contributed another song, ""We Never Said Goodbye"" (the duo had provided Warwick with ""Deja Vu"" in 1979 from her previous album ""Dionne""). The title track is one of two U.S. charting songs from the album, reaching #23. The other hit, ""Easy Love,"" peaked at #62. Both songs were also hits on the Adult Contemporary chart. ""Easy Love"" peaked at #12 and ""No Night So Long"" spent three weeks at #1. This album was reissued on CD by Nippon/Phonogram-Arista in Japan in 1986, but only 500 copies were pressed. Until March 2010, no"
"2002, Warwick was nominated to be Goodwill Ambassador of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). In 2004, Warwick's first Christmas album was released. The CD, entitled ""My Favorite Time of the Year"" featured jazzy interpretations of many holiday classics. In 2007, Rhino Records re-released the CD with new cover art. In 2005, Warwick was honored by Oprah Winfrey at her Legends Ball. She appeared on the May 24, 2006, fifth-season finale of ""American Idol"". Millions of U.S. viewers watched Warwick sing a medley of ""Walk On By"" and ""That's What Friends Are For"", with longtime collaborator"
"the 1978 hit by Little River Band, which peaked at No. 9, it also reached No. 9 in the ARIA End of the Year Australian Singles Chart for that year. Madison Avenue won the Best Dance Artist at the International Dance Awards in 2001 in Miami. Destiny's Child, Madonna, *NSYNC and Britney Spears were also nominated for the award. At the end of 2001 Madison Avenue went into hiatus. Coates married and the couple had a child in 2002. Madison Avenue resumed performing in 2003 but split by mid-year. After Madison Avenue disbanded in 2003, Coates started working on her"
"Make Way for Dionne Warwick 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. 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"
"You Know the Way to San Jose"", which charted on Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart, becoming one of several double sided hits for Warwick during the 1960s. The album became an RIAA-certified gold record and peaked at #6 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 Album chart, #2 on the Billboard R & B Album Chart and #10 on the UK Album Charts; the album would remain on the Billboard Hot 100 Album Chart for over a year. Rhino Records reissued the album on compact disc in 2004, combined with ""Windows of the World"". Dionne Warwick in Valley of the Dolls Dionne"
"The single was nominated for a BRIT Award in 2009, for Best British Single. Duffy's performance of ""Warwick Avenue"" at the ceremony helped to increase sales of ""Mercy"" by double the market average before the broadcast. The song was also nominated for a Grammy Award in the category ""Best Female Pop Vocal Performance"". The song was also nominated during various award ceremonies including the MTV Europe Music Awards (Most Addictive Track), ""Q"" Awards (Best Track) and the 2009 Music Producers Guild Awards (UK Single of the Year). ""Mercy"" was also nominated for PRS for Most Performed Work and Best-selling British"
"Avenue is a minor east-west street, between and parallel to Sunset Boulevard and Santa Monica Boulevard, two very congested arteries. Therefore, when Johnny Carson asked Bette Davis for advice on ""the best way an aspiring starlet could get into Hollywood,"" Ms. Davis replied without hesitation, ""Take Fountain!"" ""The US version does not include ""On Ramp."""" All the songs were written by David Gedge and Simon Cleave Take Fountain Take Fountain is the sixth studio album by The Wedding Present. It was released in the UK on 14 February 2005, through Scopitones Records, and a day later in the US through"