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Dee Dee Warwick, R.I.P.

SoulOnIceSoulOnIce 13,027 Posts
edited October 2008 in Strut Central
a href="http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gZwT021JKviyJAeyXwJW73sOHrhgD93TSOJ80" target="_blank"1http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gZwT021JKviyJAeyXwJW73sOHrhgD93TSOJ80/a1b,121b,121... and the hits just keep on coming. While I was on the air today,b,121just after reading a tribute to Levi Stubbs and playing some Four Tops,b,121I got a call to tell me that Rudy Ray Moore had died, I hung up with thatb,121call to get another ringing line, which was someone else calling to tellb,121me that Dee Dee Warwick was dead. Man, what a bummer sequence of events.b,121b,121Anyway, Dee Dee may not have the fame of her sister, or the prolific outputb,121of some other soul singers, but she is truly one of my favorites. By far theb,121best version of "You're No Good" ... her "Got To Get a Hold of Myself" onb,121Blue Rock is amazing, and was covered by the Zombies, and her late 60's workb,121on Atco with the Dixie Flyers ("Suspicious Minds," etc) was all excellent.b,121She also sang back-ups on some very popular and amazing tracks. Surely oneb,121of the greats, she will be missed. Give her records a spin today in memory.b,121b,121object width="425" height="344"1param name="movie" value=""1/param1param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"1/param1embed src="" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"1/embed1/object1b,121b,121b,121object width="425" height="344"1param name="movie" value=""1/param1param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"1/param1embed src="" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"1/embed1/object1b,121b,121object width="425" height="344"1param name="movie" value=""1/param1param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"1/param1embed src="" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"1/embed1/object1

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  • pcmrpcmr 5,591 Posts
    man RIPb,121b,121indeed the best version of your no good
  • holmesholmes 3,532 Posts
    Damn, this sad news. I really rate Dee Dee up there with my fave soul singers, "Foolish Fool" is a banger, also "Locked In Your Love" from her Mercury stuff. Co-sign on "You're No Good" & "Suspicious Minds" too. This has really put a dampener on the day. RIP.
  • LaserWolfLaserWolf Portland Oregon 11,517 Posts
    rip
  • cratedigginnatecratedigginnate 106 Posts
    rip b,121b,121this is a bad week
  • dreas_heardrumsdreas_heardrums 686 Posts
    RIP
  • hammertimehammertime 2,389 Posts
    respect.
  • coolchriscoolchris 301 Posts
    damn,I was just playing her album on Atco just this past weekend.b,121And yes,her version of "Your no good" is unrivaled.Been In my play out box for a while now.
  • doughboydoughboy 190 Posts
    'It's Not Fair ( a href="http://www.nz.youtube.com/watch?v=JUh4kqYDnRI" target="_blank"1http://www.nz.youtube.com/watch?v=JUh4kqYDnRI ) is one of the best orchestral soul joints around i reckon... (is that a celeste that opens up the tune?). And man, could she ever sing.
  • luckluck 4,077 Posts
    A shame. She certainly had more soul than her sister, and she got far less shine.b,121b,121/font1
    Quote:/font1h,121b,121"Got To Get a Hold of Myself" on Blue Rockb,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121Yes. "We're Doing Fine" and "Do It With All Your Heart" are two other nice Blue Rock (a Mercury subsidiary) sides of Dee Dee's.
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