Dionne Warwick (b. 12 December 1940) is an American singer and actor.
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During the 1990s, Warwick earned in excess of three million dollars per year as spokesperson for the Psychic Friends Network. Her tour manager acknowledged that "when Dionne was going through an airport and a child recognized her as 'that psychic lady on TV', Dionne was crushed and said she had worked too hard as an entertainer to become known as 'the psychic lady.'" -- adapted from Wikipedia
Dionne Warwick sought to get work
With the famous psychic’s network --
Three million bucks a year --
But she learned that she had blundered
When their number (1-900)
Eclipsed her long career.
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Family Divas
In her 2011 autobiography, My Life, as I See It, Warwick notes that opera diva Leontyne Price is a maternal cousin. --Wikipedia
Hal David and Burt Bachrach
Had written yet another track
Which Warwick sang, ensuring it
Was yet another solid hit.
After putting out a fistful
Of these ballads, sweet and wistful,
Did she dream about the magic
Of portrayals dark and tragic,
And tearing up a final scene
Like her cousin Leontyne?
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