Dee Dee Warwick


Delia Juanita Warrick, known as Dee Dee Warwick was an American soul singer. Born in Newark, New Jersey, she was the sister of Dionne Warwick, niece of Cissy Houston and the cousin of Whitney Houston.

Warwick was born in East Orange, New Jersey, to Mancel Warrick , who began his career as a pullman porter and subsequently became a chef, a gospel record promoter for Chess Records and later a Certified Public Accountant and Lee DrinkardWarrick , manager of The Drinkard Singers. Warwick had one sister, Dionne Warwick, and a brother, Mancel Jr., who was killed in an accident in 1968 at the age of 21.. She was of African American, Native American, Brazilian and Dutch descent. Warwick graduated from East Orange High School in 1960.

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