How to Honor a Superstar – Harlem Week Celebrates Music Icon Dionne Warwick

Industry: Advertising & Marketing

New York (PRUnderground) August 4th, 2017

As the summer is sizzling to a close, one blazing star is hotter than ever. After 50 plus years of nonstop entertaining, Dionne Warwick has not slowed her roll yet. She has concert and appearance dates from her upcoming show at The Fredrick Brown Jr. Amphitheater in Peachtree City, GA on August 26, 2017 an additional shows in the months to come including at the River Rock Casino Richmond, BC on September 9, 2017.

Harlem Week is about to wrap her in tributes thanks to her remarkable efforts of social awareness in global health and the AIDS epidemic. She was appointed as Health Ambassador during the Reagan administration and has for years been a powerful voice in supporting the improvement of our wellbeing. As a musician, from 1962 with Burt Bacharach and Hal David and her first hit “Don’t Make Me Over” she placed her early marks in music. Less than a decade later, she had released more than 18 consecutive Top 100 singles. Ms. Warwick received her first Grammy Award in 1968 for her mega-hit, “Do You Know the Way to San Jose?” and a second Grammy in 1970 for the best-selling album, “I’ll Never Fall in Love Again.” Most notable is her hit AIDS awareness song with Elton John, Stevie Wonder and Gladys Knight, “That’s What Friends Are For” which continues raise notice of the cause, internationally.

Harlem will roll out the preverbal red-carpet tribute on August 15, 2017, first with an unveiling of her plaque on Apollo Theatre’s Walk of Fame. According to their website: “The Apollo Theater’s Walk of Fame celebrates and honors the legendary performers who have helped to build the Theater’s legacy for over 80 years. The Walk of Fame inductees have had an enormous influence on generations of musicians and fans.”

Later that day (8/15/17), Ms. Warwick will be honored in recognition of her contributions in health at the Harlem State Building on 125th St. at 1:30 PM.

Finally, a most distinguished highlight to the year will be on November 14, 2017 when she will also be presented with the Marian Anderson Award in Philadelphia. “The award has been created to celebrate critically acclaimed artists – individuals who have used their talents for personal artistic expression and whose body of work has contributed to our society in a singular manner. It is named in memory of the legendary singer and distinguished Philadelphian, Marian Anderson.”

For more info and to catch Ms. Warwick live visit: https://www.dionnewarwickinternationalfanclub.com/dionne-s-upcoming-appearances/

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