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The Dells Sing Dionne Warwicke's Greatest Hits

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Released
  
1972

Length
  
52:50

Release date
  
1972

Label
  
Cadet Records

Recorded
  
1972

Artist
  
The Dells

Producer
  
Charles Stepney

Genres
  
Soul music, Funk

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The Dells Sing Dionne Warwicke’s Greatest Hits [sic] is an album by the vocal group The Dells consisting of music written by Burt Bacharach & Hal David and originally performed by Dionne Warwick.

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Reissue summary

From Dusty Groove:

Chess Records takes on the music of Burt Bacharach, with amazing results – thanks to deep soul vocals from The Dells and impeccable production from the legendary Charles Stepney! The album’s a tremendous meeting of the minds, as The Dells really transform Bacharach’s brilliant compositions – giving them depth and feeling in ways that are quite different from any other renditions of the songs. The arrangements by Stepney are incredible too – on a par with his famous work for Minnie Riperton, Rotary Connection, and Ramsey Lewis – as majestic as Burt Bacharach might have wanted, but with a very different approach, and a slight undercurrent of funk. Instrumentation is by Stepney, Phil Upchurch, and members of The Pharaohs – plus a full string section as well. Another baroque soul classic from the glory days of the Chicago soul scene!

Track listing

  • All songs written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David.
  • Personnel

    The Dells
  • Marvin Junior (baritone)
  • Johnny Carter (tenor)
  • Verne Allison (tenor)
  • Mickey McGill (baritone)
  • Chuck Barksdale (bass)
  • Additional musicians
  • Charles Stepney – Fender Rhodes, piano, harpsichord, congas, percussion
  • Phil Upchurch & Roland Faulkner – guitar
  • Cash McCall – guitar (on I Just Don’t Know)
  • Art Hoyle & Robert Lewis – trumpets
  • Ed Druzinsky – harp
  • Ether Merker & Paul Ondracek - horns
  • Morris Jennings & Donny Simmons – drums
  • Bobby Christian – percussion
  • Derf Reklaw, Ealee Satterfield, & Oye Bisi Nalls – bongos & congas
  • Technical personnel
  • Arrangements, supervision, & production – Charles Stepney
  • Engineers – Gary Starr, Roger Anfinsen, Brian Christian
  • Album Coordination – Mia Krinsky
  • Production Supervision – Bob Scerbo
  • Songs

    1I'll Never Fall in Love Again6:00
    2Walk on By4:57
    3This Guy's in Love With You5:39

    References

    The Dells Sing Dionne Warwicke's Greatest Hits Wikipedia