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Recorded during the winter of 1978–79, the album marked Warwick's debut with the label. Production on Dionne was helmed by Barry Manilow, who was paired with Warwick by Arista founder Clive Davis. Her highest-charting album since Soulful (1969), Dionne peaked at number 12 on the US Billboard 200 album chart and went platinum in the US.
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A version by Cheryl Ladd was released first on her self-titled album in July 1978. The song became a hit for American singer Dionne Warwick the following year, which was produced by her labelmate Barry Manilow for Warwick's Arista Records debut, Dionne.
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- “Sweet Life,” Punch (1972) Written by Barry Manilow. The ABBA-like quartet consisting of two men and two women—Steve Adler, Charles Merriam, Kathy Ward, and the fourth member known only as Dee—were only together from 1970 through 1973 and released one album and several singles, including Barry Manilow’s softer rock ballad “Sweet Life.”
- “Never Gonna Let You Get Away,” Lady Flash (1976) Written by Barry Manilow. Lady Flash was a trio of backup singers comprised of Monica Pege, Reparata Mazzola, and Debra Byrd, who worked with Barry Manilow from 1974 through 1979.
- “Good News,” Melissa Manchester (1976) Written by Barry Manilow and Melissa Manchester. Melissa Manchester went to New York University to study songwriting, along with her schoolmate Paul Simon.
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Also in 1979, Manilow produced Dionne Warwick's "comeback" album Dionne, her first to go platinum. He scored a top ten hit of his own, in the fall of 1979, with the song " Ships " (written and composed by Ian Hunter, former lead singer of Mott the Hoople ) from the album One Voice .
Aug 27, 2012 · Enter Clive Davis and Barry Manilow. That’s the story being told on Big Break Records’ new expanded and remastered reissue of Warwick’s 1979 Arista debut Dionne, arriving in U.K. stores on August 27 and in the U.S. one week later (CDBBR 0176). Manilow was Arista’s golden child, having delivered to label president Clive Davis nine Top 10 ...
