Poor Dee Dee Warwick--always in the shadow of her somewhat less talented sister. Why Dionne caught phone calls from Burt Bacharach and Solid Gold whilst Dee Dee faded into obscurity, I don't know. With the Franklin siblings, there was a clear talent differential--Aretha was more than Emma, though Emma was quite good.
There exists no such talent gap between the Warwick sisters, and if anything (like I suggested above) Dee Dee was the more talented of the two. Certainly she sang with more emotion, more heart. And was never in a position to make a joke of herself in her later life career path.
And she's passed away. I would have never known had commentor Ms. Rhode not mentioned it in the comments of Levi Stubb's passing. Christ, a lot of talent is dying on us. I had a friend back in high school who loved old blues and jazz, and he used to complain that someone super awesome died on him every week. As a fan of 60's soul, I am beginning to get what he was talking about. Two legends, whose names escape the vast majority of even casual soul fans, pass in the same week, and no one remarks upon it?
Dee Dee Warwick could interpret a fucking song, ya'll, and you could do worse than buying her Greatest Hits. Fare thee well, Dee Dee. I hope Everything Was Beautiful, and Nothing Hurt.
Here's Dee Dee, lip-syncing my absolute favorite song of hers, "We're Doing Fine":
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