Pioneer. That's the name awarded Dee Dee Warwick by the Rhythm & Blues Foundation, in a loving ceremony in Los Angeles, February 1999. As far as true soul music fans are concerned, it wasn't a day too soon.
Dee Dee admits the bright light of elere never far away from the Gap Band's influence, either because some new rapper was sampling "Outstanding," or because "You Dropped A Bomb On Me" was getting more airplay on today's "Retro Lunch" shows and "Jammin' Oldies" stations than it got from pop radio in 1982. Even though the group's fortunes ping-ponged throughout the years, there has never been a moment when "Yearning For Your Love" sounded any less pristine or relevant than it did two decades ago.
Brothers Charlie, Ronnie and Robert Wilson gave funk both its most aggressive and energetic records and some of its most plaintive. It's hard to imagine Earth Wind & Fire recording anything as loopy as "Flash Light." It's hard to imagine anything as linear as "After The Love Is Gone" coming out of the P-Funk camp. In their ability to span those extremes, the Gappers more resemble the Ohio Players, who could have "Sweet Sticky Thing" and "Love Rollercoaster" on the same album, but the Wilsons created much more of an identifiable public persona than the Players ever managed. They were also among a mere handful of '70s influenced funk acts - Cameo, Rick James, and Zapp were their most notable company - to hold their own against the advent of hip-hop and the rise of the synthesizer in the next decade.
I Want to Be With You: The Mercury/Blue Rock Sessions,Dee Dee Warwick,Hip-O Records,Pop,R&B,Soul,Soul/R & B,Soul/Reggae/Rhythm & Blues
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I Want to Be With You: The Mercury/Blue Rock Sessions
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ASIN: B00005K9SM Release Date: 2001-06-05 |
Tracks:
- Do It With All Your Heart
- We're Doing Fine
- You Don't Know (What You Do To Me)
- Gotta Get A Hold Of Myself
- Another Lonely Saturday (Baby I'm Yours)
- Worth Every Tear I Cry
- I Want To Be With You
- Lover's Chant
- I'm Gonna Make You Love Me
- Yours Until Tomorrow
- When Love Slips Away
- Alfie
- Locked In Your Love
- Don't You Ever Give Up On Me
- Girls Need Love
- It's Not Fair
- I'll Be Better Off Without You
- Foolish Fool
- Thank God
- That's Not Love
- Don't Pay Them No Mind
- Ring Of Bright Water
- Next Time (You Fall In Love)
- I Haven't Got Anything Better To Do
- All The Love That Went To Waste
- I Who Have Nothing
Album Description
Pioneer. That's the name awarded Dee Dee Warwick by the Rhythm & Blues Foundation, in a loving ceremony in Los Angeles, February 1999. As far as true soul music fans are concerned, it wasn't a day too soon.Dee Dee admits the bright light of elere never far away from the Gap Band's influence, either because some new rapper was sampling "Outstanding," or because "You Dropped A Bomb On Me" was getting more airplay on today's "Retro Lunch" shows and "Jammin' Oldies" stations than it got from pop radio in 1982. Even though the group's fortunes ping-ponged throughout the years, there has never been a moment when "Yearning For Your Love" sounded any less pristine or relevant than it did two decades ago.
Brothers Charlie, Ronnie and Robert Wilson gave funk both its most aggressive and energetic records and some of its most plaintive. It's hard to imagine Earth Wind & Fire recording anything as loopy as "Flash Light." It's hard to imagine anything as linear as "After The Love Is Gone" coming out of the P-Funk camp. In their ability to span those extremes, the Gappers more resemble the Ohio Players, who could have "Sweet Sticky Thing" and "Love Rollercoaster" on the same album, but the Wilsons created much more of an identifiable public persona than the Players ever managed. They were also among a mere handful of '70s influenced funk acts - Cameo, Rick James, and Zapp were their most notable company - to hold their own against the advent of hip-hop and the rise of the synthesizer in the next decade.
Customer Reviews:
I Think She Blew My Speakers!.......2006-06-04
Great Soul Singer!.......2004-11-26
I love the opening track - in which DeDe played the drums, besides sang - 'Do It with All Your Heart.' Apparently the song even charted, however a very low No.122. Bad for such a good song. Others such as 'Gotta Get a Hold of Myself,' and the soul-belter 'Worth Every Tear I Cry' just kick [...]. Also, you cannot exclude her No.5 R&B hit 'I Want To Be with You,' and No.13 hit 'I'm Gonna Make You Love Me.' There are other good songs on here too, but my absolute favourite is her redition of 'Alfie.' Oh, my God! It's just amazing. Now, I've heard Cher's version (from the film; which I like better than Dionne's), Cilla Black's (which is just terrible), and Dionne's (which is eh, okay - not bad). But DeDe's version didn't even chart. It is so damn powerful and absolutely needs to be heard.
Many either don't know this or forget, but DeDe started out as a background vocalist, and when she got a solo contract recorded many songs that would later be made famous by other artists. Songs such as 'You're No Good,' 'I'm Gonna Make You Love Me,' and 'Alfie.'
In Her Sister's Shadow.......2004-07-28
Otra de la saga. Y no la menos dotada, precisamente........2004-06-30
Dee Dee Warwick no sólo no tenía nada que envidiarle a Dionne, sino que sus capacidades vocales eran para algunos aún mayores, sin que ello le restase un ápice de soul. Desgraciadamente en su camino se interpuso el imparable éxito de la hermana mayor, quitando todo el protagonismo a la pequeña. El resultado, el de siempre: una artista que, al tiempo que se veía injustamente subestimada por el gran público, era elevada a la categoría de mito por los connoisseurs. Esta fantástica compilación recoge sus grabaciones de los 60 en Mercury/Blue Rock y es, pese a su pobre remasterización, una auténtica maravilla. Existe otro disco de ella, "She Didn't Know: The Atco Sessions", pero lamentablemente está descatalogado. Esperemos que vuelvan a reeditarlo pronto. Mientras tanto, amantes del soul de todo el planeta, no dejéis de disfrutar de esta enigmática cantante cuyo color de voz recuerda en ocasiones al de otra de las grandes, Cissy Houston. No en vano les venía de familia.
THE BEST OF THE BEST.......2003-05-08
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