About Dee Dee Warwick
Delia Juanita Warrick, known professionally as Dee Dee Warwick, was an American soul singer. Born in East Orange, New Jersey, she was the sister of singer Dionne Warwick, the niece of Cissy Houston, and a first cousin of singers Whitney Houston and Leontyne Price. Warwick (Black American) was regarded as one of the first openly lesbian performers within the music industry. Warwick continued to record for Mercury through the late 1960s. Warwick made her first recordings for Atco in February 1970, cutting four tunes with Townsend. In 1965, Warwick signed with Mercury Records, where she recorded with producer Ed Townsend for their subsidiary Blue Rock label, reaching the R&B Top 30 with "We're Doing Fine".
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