Dionne Warwick born December 12 1940 In East Orange New Jersey As Marie Dionne Warrick Is A Five-Time Grammy Award Winning American Singer Actress And Television Presenter. Having Been In A Partnership With Songwriters Burt Bacharach And Hal David For Years Warwick Ranks Among The 40 Biggest Hit Makers Of The Entire Rock Era 1955–2012 Based On The Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles Charts. As Of January 2013 Warwick Ranks Second Behind Only Read More On Last.Fm
"Walk On By" Is A Song Composed By Burt Bacharach With Lyrics By Hal David For Dionne Warwick. It Was Recorded At The Same December 1963 Session That Yielded "Anyone Who Had A Heart" Which In 1964 Became Warwick's Second Top Ten Hit. Released In April Of That Year "Walk On By" Became A Landmark Single Reaching #6 On The U.S. Billboard Hot 100. The Song Also Reached The Top 10 In A Brief Run On Billboard's Easy Listening Survey And Was A Number One Hit On Cashbox's R And B Chart Billboard Did Not Print Rhythm And Blues Charts During 1964 The Year Of The Song's Peak Performance. Like Many Of Warwick's 1960s Bacharach-Composed Singles "Walk On By" Was Heavily Covered In Different Ways Some Of Which Gained Significant Chart Success. One Notable Version Was By Funk/soul Musician Isaac Hayes Whose 1969 Cover On His Groundbreaking Album Hot Buttered Soul Was Transformed Into A Twelve-And-A-Half Minute Funk Vamp Breaking Ground For Singers To Release Songs Surpassing Five Minutes. In 1978 The Stranglers Recorded A Gritty Punk-Inspired Version That Hit #21 On The UK Charts. In 1982 Funk Singer D-Train Recorded A US-Only R&B Hit With The Song Mixing Up Warwick And Hayes' Versions. In 1990 Singer Sybil Who Had Scored Her Biggest Hit A Year Prior With A Cover Of Warwick's "Don't Make Me Over" Also Scored A US R&B Hit With This Song.