"Walk on By" by Dionne Warwick is Today's Track Du Jour

amazing sound recorded at Phil Ramone's A&R Studios

Magic happened when Hal David and Burt Bacharach hooked up with Dionne Warwick. She was the perfect vocal vessel for their music and lyrics. Though Make Way for Dionne Warwick, released August 31st, 1964 included two tracks on her previous album for the Bacharach and David team, it was such a strong set, in part because it included the Top Ten single hit "Walk on By", it went up the r&b album chart as well.

It's also one of the first albums to include "(They Long to Be) Close to You" later made very popular by The Carpenters. Recorded at Phil Ramone's A&R studios, the sound is remarkable as you'll hear! So make way for Dionne Warwick!

Comments

2026-05-29 08:47:24 AM

Heidi E. wrote:

I bought a sealed mono copy of Here I Am for $10 on Discogs last year. Bell Sound in the dead wax, it also sounds great. There's a wonderful video of Dionne, Burt and Hal working on I Say a Little Prayer, all three happily smoking away. I'm curious how you decide which tonearm to use for a particular track. Do you audition both for each song you post? If you have a UK copy of John and Beverly Martyn's The Road to Ruin, I would love to hear the title track on your rig. Or just keep surprising me. Thanks!
- 2026-05-29 09:48:13 AM
  
  Heidi E. wrote:
  
  Or perhaps Walk on By by the Stranglers?
2026-05-29 09:04:06 AM

JackG wrote:

Sounds amazing, of course. I saw her once many years ago at a Hallmark store in the Livingston Mall. Didn't want to bother her so I just, well...