A.D. Amorosi To one generation, Dionne Warwick is a vocalist of supreme sophistication and elegant soulfulness, an interpreter whose gospel influence, jazzy éclat and conversational phrasing have, since 1962, turned the finest of cosmopolitan pop song — from Bacharach/David and Michel Legrand to Thom Bell and Barry Gibb — into gold.To another generation, Warwick is, at 80, the Queen of Twitter, a mature woman who pokes good-natured fun at younger R&B singers and rappers — famously the Weeknd and Chance the Rapper — for their names and disses Chet Hanks for his racial insensitivity.Along with bursting, big-time, onto social media, Warwick has become a totem of 21st Century pop culture by appearing on “The Masked Singer,” popping up onto a.
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