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Ladies and gentlemen, Dionne Warwick. Do you mind if i sing . If you see me walking down the street Dionne Warwick, one of the great female singers of all time. Walk on by i heard Dionne Warwicks voice, and i never heard a voice like that before. And youre never going hear a voice like that again. Dont make me over dionnes music is generation. They just dont do it like that anymore. When dionne opens her mouth, did i dont know it was dionne . Of course you did. Her voice was like water in the de...

♪ ladies and gentlemen, dionne warwick. >> do you mind if i sing? ♪ if you see me walking down the street ♪ >> dionne warwick, one of the great female singers of all time. ♪ walk on by ♪ >> i heard dionne warwicks voice, and i never heard a voice like that before. and youre never going hear a voice like that again. ♪ dont make me over ♪ >> dionnes music is generation. they just dont do it like that anymore. >> when dionne opens her mouth, did i dont know it was dionne? ...

That is why i revere him. hal was really mild mannered. but burt is very strong. so, you have to be sure of yourself. and dionne had that quality. >> i would always try to get her to stop smoking. its a hard habit to break. i guess i had been on her case a little bit. and she had some t-shirts made up. dont tell me to stop smoking. its pretty good. >> in the 1950s and 60s, there was race music. so, there was rhythm and blues, which was considered for african americans. ♪ i said check your ♪ ...

>> they approached me and ask if i would be interested in doing demonstration records as long as they would be writing with sal david and new song writing partners. i said, yeah, i guess, as long as it doesnt interfere with my education because my mother would kill you, and me too. >> dionne came in to sing for hal and myself, and we signed her right away. >> florence greenberg said, i cant believe that voice i just heard. it was heavenly. >> thank god for my daddy who negotiated my contract. an...

>> and that didnt sit too well with me. so, when i got to new york, i let him know, you dont do that to me. one thing i want you to both understand is theres something you can never do to dionne is try to make her over. so, dont even think it. they put pen to paper. ♪ dont make me over ♪ ♪ now that you know how i adore you ♪ >> a lot of companies thought burt and hal asceptor were loses when they released "dont make over." >> they said it couldnt happen. a format radio station wouldnt to...