Very Dionne

Very Dionne
Studio album by Dionne Warwick
Released	December 1970
Studio	A&R Studios, New York City; United Recording Studios, Hollywood; A&M Studios, Los Angeles; Garden State Arts Center, Holmdel, New Jersey
Genre	Pop, R&B, soul
Label	Scepter
Producer	Burt Bacharach, Hal David
Dionne Warwick chronology
I'll Never Fall in Love Again (1970) Very Dionne (1970) Dionne (1972)
Singles from Very Dionne
"Make It Easy On Yourself" Released: September 1970 "The Green Grass Starts to Grow" Released: November 1970

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Allmusic	[1]

Very Dionne is the fourteenth studio album by American singer Dionne Warwick, released in 1970 on the Scepter label. It was produced by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. It would be her final album recorded with Scepter before signing with Warner Bros. Records.

History

The album is notable for including the single "The Green Grass Starts to Grow".

Track listing

All tracks are written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, except where noted.

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Check Out Time"		4:06
2.	"Yesterday"	John Lennon, Paul McCartney	2:36
3.	"We've Only Just Begun"	Paul Williams, Roger Nichols	3:07
4.	"Here's That Rainy Day"	Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke	3:35
5.	"The Green Grass Starts to Grow"		3:00

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"They Don't Give Medals to Yesterday's Heroes"		2:55
7.	"Walk the Way You Talk"		2:50
8.	"Make It Easy on Yourself"		3:34
9.	"Going Out Of My Head"	Teddy Randazzo, Bobby Weinstein	3:08
10.	"I Got Love"	Gary Geld, Peter Udell	2:26

Personnel

• Dionne Warwick - vocals
• Burt Bacharach, Marty Paich, Larry Wilcox - arrangements, conducting
• Armin Steiner, Larry Levine, Michael Wright, Phil Ramone - engineer
• Dick Smith - art direction
• Harry Langdon - photography

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for Very Dionne Chart (1971) Peak position Canada Top 100 Albums ( RPM ) [2] 35 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [3] 14 US Top LP's ( Billboard ) [4] 37 US Best Selling Soul LP's ( Billboard ) [5] 8 US Top 100 Albums ( Cash Box ) [6] 31 US The Album Chart ( Record World ) [7] 24

Year-end charts Year-end chart performance for Very Dionne Chart (1971) Position US Best Selling Soul LP's (Billboard) [8] 26

References

1. Planer, Lindsay. Very Dionne at AllMusic. Retrieved December 31, 2018.
2. "RPM 100 Albums" (PDF). RPM . Vol. 14, no. 23. January 23, 1971. p. 10. ISSN   0315-5994.
3. "Norwegiancharts.com – Dionne Warwick – Very Dionne". Hung Medien. Retrieved December 8, 2024.
4. "Billboard Top LP's" (PDF). Billboard . Vol. 83, no. 4. New York: Billboard Publications Inc. January 23, 1971. p. 68. ISSN   0006-2510.
5. "Best Selling Soul LP's" (PDF). Billboard . Vol. 83, no. 1. New York: Billboard Publications Inc. January 2, 1971. p. 26. ISSN   0006-2510.
6. "Cash Box Top 100 Albums" (PDF). Cash Box . Vol. XXXII, no. 31. New York: The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc. January 23, 1971. p. 37. ISSN   0008-7289.
7. "The Album Chart" (PDF). Record World . Vol. 25, no. 1234. New York: Record World Pub. Co. January 30, 1971. p. 40. ISSN   0034-1622.
8. "Top Soul Albums" (PDF). Billboard + Talent in Action. Vol. 83, no. 52. New York: Billboard Publications Inc. December 25, 1971. p. TA-42. ISSN   0006-2510.

External links

• Very Dionne at Discogs