Dee Dee Warwick
| Dee Dee Warwick | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Delia Juanita Warrick |
| Born |
September 25, 1942 Newark, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Died | October 18, 2008 (aged 66) Essex County, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Genres | Soul, R&B |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Years active | 1963–2008 |
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Delia Juanita Warrick (September 25, 1942 – October 18, 2008), known as Dee Dee Warwick, was an American soul singer. Born in Newark, New Jersey, she was the sister of Dionne Warwick, niece of Cissy Houston and the cousin of Whitney Houston.
Warwick was born in East Orange, New Jersey, to Mancel Warrick (1911–1977), who began his career as a pullman porter and subsequently became a chef, a gospel record promoter for Chess Records and later a Certified Public Accountant; and Lee Drinkard-Warrick (1920–2005), manager of The Drinkard Singers. Warwick had one sister, Dionne Warwick, and a brother, Mancel Jr., who was killed in an accident in 1968 at the age of 21.. She was of African American, Native American, Brazilian and Dutch descent. Warwick graduated from East Orange High School in 1960.
Dee Dee Warwick sang with her sister Dionne Warwick and their aunt Cissy Houston in the New Hope Baptist Church Choir in Newark, New Jersey: eventually the three women formed the gospel trio the Gospelaires, who often performed with the Drinkard Singers, Houston being a member of both groups.
At a performance by the Gospelaires with the Drinkard Singers at the Apollo Theater in 1959, the Warwick sisters were recruited by a record producer for session work and Dionne and Dee Dee Warwick, along with Doris Troy, subsequently became a prolific New York City area session singing team.
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