Presenting Dionne Warwick, the debut album by American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 singer Dionne Warwick

Dionne Warwick

Dionne Warwick is an American singer, actress and TV show host, who became a United Nations Global Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization, and a United States Ambassador of Health....

, was released in 1963 on Scepter Records

Scepter Records

Scepter Records is a record company founded in 1959 by Florence Greenberg. She had just sold Tiara Records with The Shirelles for $4000 to Decca Records. When The Shirelles didn't produce any hits for Decca, they were given back to Greenberg, who promptly signed them. By 1961 Greenberg launched a...

. The LP, produced in New York by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, appeared as number 508 in the Scepter catalog.

Several notable songs are included on this LP: among them, Warwick's debut single, "Don't Make Me Over

Don't Make Me Over (song)

"Don't Make Me Over" is a song written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David which marked the recording debut of Dionne Warwick in 1962.-Dionne Warwick version:...

"; "Wishin' & Hopin'", destined to become a US hit for Dusty Springfield

Dusty Springfield

Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'BrienSources use both Isabel and Isobel as the spelling of her second name. OBE , known professionally as Dusty Springfield and dubbed The White Queen of Soul, was a British pop singer whose career extended from the late 1950s to the 1990s...

 in 1964; "It's Love That Really Counts" -- a song destined for The Shirelles

The Shirelles

The Shirelles were an African-American girl group that achieved popularity in the early 1960s. They consisted of schoolmates Shirley Owens , Doris Coley , Addie "Micki" Harris , and Beverly Lee...

 -- which brought Warwick to the attention of Scepter owner Florence Greenberg

Florence Greenberg

Florence Greenberg was an American record label owner, music executive and a record producer.- Life and career :...

; and a beautiful reading of "Make It Easy on Yourself

Make It Easy On Yourself

"Make It Easy On Yourself" is a popular song written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David which was first a hit for Jerry Butler in 1962 and has since been a Top 40 single for the Walker Brothers - for whom it was a #1 UK hit - and Dionne Warwick.-Jerry Butler:...

". Warwick wanted this as her debut single, and the assignment of that song to Jerry Butler

Jerry Butler (singer)

Jerry Butler is an American soul singer and songwriter. He is also noted as being the original lead singer of the R&B vocal group, The Impressions, as well as a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee.Butler is also an American politician...

 resulted in "Don't Make Me Over

Don't Make Me Over (song)

"Don't Make Me Over" is a song written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David which marked the recording debut of Dionne Warwick in 1962.-Dionne Warwick version:...

", the first of songs "tailor-made" for Warwick.

According to the Robin Platts book, "Burt Bacharach & Hal David", the first session of Bacharach and David with Warwick on this album took place on August 18, 1962, at Bell Sound Studios in New York City.

Track listing

All songs written by Burt Bacharach

Burt Bacharach

Burt F. Bacharach is an American pianist, composer and music producer. He is known for his popular hit songs and compositions from the mid-1950s through the 1980s, with lyrics written by Hal David. Many of their hits were produced specifically for, and performed by, Dionne Warwick...

 and Hal David

Hal David

Harold Lane "Hal" David is an American lyricist. He grew up in Brooklyn, New York. David is best known for his collaborations with composer Burt Bacharach.-Career:...

, except where noted.

1. "This Empty Place" – 2:54
2. "Wishin' & Hopin'" – 2:58
3. "I Cry Alone" – 2:34
4. "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" (Ray Gilbert
   Ray Gilbert
   Ray Gilbert was a lyricist.Gilbert is best remembered for the lyrics to the Oscar winning song "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" from the film Song of the South, which he wrote with Allie Wrubel in 1947.He married, in 1962, actress Janis Paige.Daughter, actress and singer Joanne Gilbert, July...
   
   , Allie Wrubel
   Allie Wrubel
   Allie Wrubel was an American composer and songwriter.-Biography:Born in Middletown, Connecticut, Wrubel attended Wesleyan University and Columbia University before working in dance bands. He began his musical career in Greenwich Village, New York where he roomed with his close friend James Cagney...
   
   ) – 2:41
5. "Make the Music Play" – 2:25
6. "If You See Bill" (Luther Dixon
   Luther Dixon
   Luther Dixon was an American songwriter, record producer, and singer. Dixon's songs achieved their greatest success in the 1950s and 60s, and were recorded by Elvis Presley, The Beatles, The Jackson 5, B.B. King, Dusty Springfield, and others...
   
   ) – 3:01
7. "Don't Make Me Over" – 3:25
8. "It's Love That Really Counts" – 2:18
9. "Unlucky" (Banks, Shockley) – 2:25
10. "I Smiled Yesterday" – 2:42
11. "Make It Easy on Yourself" – 2:42
12. "The Love of a Boy" – 2:00